Is folk music only meant for ageing people because it's not as cool as pop music?
446354
Folk music is not popular these days. This is natural because folk songs are the pop music of previous eras. However, it is interesting that if we sing in pubs or parties we rarely sing current pop music.\nAnyway, it is not only for ageing people. It’s part of the cultural heritage that must be preserved, just like we must preserve today’s pop music for the future. (Yes, even the crap songs.)
979244
Many stores decide to choose music that will either relax their customers and make it easier to shop (for the older crowd) and other stores choose music that is more upbeat and recognizable, which puts the younger crowd in a better mood.  Have you ever been in a store without music, or when it stopped playing for awhile?  It is kind of boring.  The music makes the atmosphere more enjoyable, thus keeping more people in the store.  This increases the chances of them making purchases.  Hope this helps!
684769
SINGING IS MORE CUSTOMARY IN ENGLAND\nNOT SO MUCH IN NORTHAMERICA INCLUDING USA
1164899
If it has a guitar in it there's good chances I listen to it.\n\nBut I don't really like Pop and Rap/Hip Hop, don't know why, it just never appealed to me. The rest I never really listen to.
213510
music's purpose is to entertain and doesn't have ethnical singularity. I know many african americans who listen to "pop" and "rock" music. There's nothing wrong with that.
877782
what hath lynyrd skynyrd wrought? i think that most of what comes out of nashville these days is what would have been called pop music 25 or 30 years ago, crap maybe, but i find the evolution interesting. certainly a lot of  music, no matter what label it's given,has the bottom line of how much cash it's going to bring in, if the person singing it has that attitude or not, and that always waters the music down to it's lowest common denominator. a lot of music i ignore if i don't like it, country or not, even among "artists" that i like. it does seem as if you have to wade through a lot of fluff until you hear something you like, or are turned on to some good music by somebody.  but i'm sure the crap sounds good to some people, and that's okay if i don't get it, as i'm sure a lot of people don't get the first set of the dead at winterland, sf 12/29/77. but yeah, i could do without a song that is nothing more than a sports chant, that's like writing "someone's knocking on the door, someone's ringing the bell."
514824
No, music does not effect how we live.  It may affect how we live. but it doesn't effect anything.  Go back to your dictionary.
1108736
Yes you will see that. You will also appreciate more as you grow and mature as well. You will love the music you grew up with. And you know why? Music is a source of time travel. A song can strike up a memory that you wouldn't have remembered without it. The songs you are listening to today during todays experiences you will remember 20, 30, 40 yrs from now. Songs remind me of everything from riding in the car with my parents, driving my own car at 16, and driving while my son was in the backseat singing along. You will hear "50 Cent" played by a 80 yr old guy just like you hear do-wap today. The thing is that if you really love music then you know it changes and you have to change with it.
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Everyone's opinion about music, the new type is crap and has no taste. But, that is what every next generation has thought. Parents in the 50's thought Elvis was trash, that doesn't ensure that he is. That's why it is a free country, and if you think music has been going downhill, then it probably started going downhall after people started making music. Just because you think your music is better doesn't make it. I don't like the new music myself, I am a fan of blue, jazz, rock, and classical.
1116484
Absolutely you can be a pop singer at any age.  Pop isn't about the age of the artist, it's about the style of music that is considered "pop" at the time.
331168
its great when  your young and have a lot of energy. but as you get older you eventually slow down. well most people do.
654736
I'm an adult and I've heard of some of those singers but they are more my mom's generation. Like for people who are over 60. I like most country, some rap, blues, hip hop and even some Rammstein. Mom only played country and musicals. \nNever hurts to be well rounded in music. Every little girl should watch Rodgers and Hammersteins " Cinderella " at least once in their lives. The singing is fantastic.
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I'd think more that its the era of kids obssessed with following a bunch of completely different musical cults, won't (or can't accept) anyone who thinks outside their tiny, weeny little boxes and don't appreciate anything other than whatever they're 'in to'.\nSpeaking from an 18 year olds point of view, I'd say that have a varied taste in music is pretty rare today. And according to my mum, it's like the whole 'mods and rockers' phase we had in England two or three decades ago.\n\nI'm happy to say that I listen to what I want, when I want to, and nobody can change that. This may vary from your 'emo' type music to 70's and 80's punk. \n\nI have the most interesting and different group of friends going, and not a gaggle of people who won't accept anyone who isn't 'gangsta' or doesn't have a million piercing, or chose not to wear jeans that cut of the circulation in your legs. \n\nSO IN ANSWER TO YOU QUESTION, I'D HAVE TO SAY THAT, FOR THE majority OF PEOPLE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE IGNORANT 'MUSIC-IST' ERA.
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Because musical taste changes, which is a good and bad thing, if we had the same music from 60 years and nothing changed, it would get pretty damn boring!\nThe bad side is that we get "artists" like Britney Spears, Nsync etc who are a change from the artists before them, but we could of done without that change. ;)\n\nAnyways to answer your question, it's still pretty popular, but no where as popular as before.  I have a feeling that The Blues will stay with us for a while, whether we like it or not.
857279
The 90's were it mate, to much hip pop hop rubbish at the moment.\nOnly dance music has had a good few years in my eyes.\nLove the 90's man, guitar music was at it's best, lost interest in lots of the music nowadays, even indie and rock stations are crap.\nAnd in the 90's we had a proper little Ska revival, crack on 90's.
542833
I think the new age Madonna is deffinatly overrated. I think a 40 some year old woman who's had kids shouldnt be dancing around and humping speakers in a leotard. \n\nGreen day on the other hand, I've liked. They've always been good. I think they're newer stuff is just tackeling different issues, so its bringing in different listeners, and losing some of their old.
487206
They're a bit old fashioned in some of their traditions for me, but the ones I know are good people.  I like how the songs are lined.  I wouldn't want to hear all music that way, but it's an interesting change.