From AndrewC. Sent Sat, Mar 13th 1999, 15:42
From AndrewC. Sent Sat, Mar 13th 1999, 15:42
From: Al Ritchie <xxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx> >Here's something I've been wondering about for quite a while: >and Lamb can be filed under trip hop, but what about Gusgus, Saint Etienne >and Bjork? It's obvious to me that all these artists are riding in the >same boat, but what do we call the boat? Strange that as popular as this >stuff is, I've still never heard anyone attempt to coin a singular term to >encompass it all. It seems to me that pop music has always used the latest tech in its quest for the perfect 3 minute chart smash. St Etienne and Bjork are doing much the same thing, so I'd say they're just pop music. Good pop for sure, but pop none the less. Certainly interviews I've read with SE make it clear that they consider themselves pop... CheerioAndrewC.