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The Cops of Pop

Hi-Phi Nation

CHAPTER

The Consequences of Pop Music

According to Adorno, people enjoy music in the most unsophisticated way possible. Popular music also has this feature for Adorno of creating pseudo-individualism. All pop music is verse chorus verse. The chorus is the same every time. It has a completely regular and repetitive rhythm. Everything is composed in one octave. You can just predict what will come next once you've heard enough of it.

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