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[MyRedNeptune]

Pop usually leaves me slightly amused at best and seriously annoyed at worst... to me, catchy means it's gonna get stuck in my head, which means annoying. Don't see the appeal at all!

Clearly you've not heard The Planets.

I was talking more about the genre of pop music than popular music in general, but who cares; that sounds AWESOME.

Thanks, btw.

All jokes aside I disagree slightly in that catchy is bad because it gets stuck in your head. I have Beethoven playing in my head basically all day and am not annoyed because it isn't annoying music. I sing along to basically everything I listen to, even 12 tone music. But I agree with the general idea you were trying to relate.

That reminds me... apart from classical I have always had an affinity for genres and songs that would fit right into the category of "catchy, therefore annoying" music. I particularly enjoy electronic genres.

I think you're right. Now that I think about it, it's not the catchiness that matters, but the idea that the music proposes. The fresher the idea seems to you at the time of listening, the more stimulating the music becomes. And the more beaten the idea, the more annoying it becomes. At least, that's how it is for me.

For example, I regularly cycle between Baroque and Romantic music. I used to cycle between orchestral and electronic. I get annoyed if I listen to one piece, one composer, or even one genre for too long. In this respect, I still prefer classical music in general to other genres due to how long-lasting it can be. It's like the "slow food" of music. It takes longer to take in, but lasts longer as a result. Yeah, basically, I consume music like a hungry insatiable beast.