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pop song

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pop song (plural pop songs)

A type of song from the genre of music derived from rock and roll music of the 1950s characterised by a short catchy tune and the frequent repetition of a chorus.

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In the 1960s, people were trying to get away from the pop song format. Tracks were getting longer, or much, much shorter. Brian Eno

I dreamt this ship was sinkin' there was people screaming all around And I awoke to my alarm clock it was a pop song it was playin' loud. Conor Oberst

Saying you have a political solution is like saying you can write a pop song that's going to stay at the top of the list forever. I don't have many illusions about this, but I'm not cynical about it. Bruce Sterling

Your average pop song or film is a very sophisticated item, with very sophisticated ways of listening and viewing that we have not really consciously developed over the years - because we were having such a good time. Paul Muldoon

To look for some kind of insight or meaning in pop songs is not really - well there's plenty of other places where you should probably look first before you start looking for it in a pop song. Jason Newsted

Pop music has greater power to change people and to affect people because it's a universal language. You don't have to understand music to understand the power of a pop song. Paul Epworth

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