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12/24   What is the difference between Pop and Rock music.  It seems that
        music from the 50s and 60s would never be classified as Pop.  But
        for music from the last 20 years, what makes it Pop vs. Rock?
        For example, Patrick Swayze's "She's like the Wind".  Pop or Rock?
        "Crazy Life" by Toad The Wet Sprocket.  Rock or Pop or Alternative?
        "Life in a Northern Town" by Dream Academy.  Pop or Rock?
        How is that determined.  I hear the words Pop and Rock and other
        genres all the time, but I never got a clear definition of them.
        Oh, and WTF is World music?
        \_ PopROcks are candy
        \_ who are you?  your problems are stupid.
                \_ and your motd posts ARE? !op
        \_ There was SO 50s and 60s pop.
        \_ Pop is, uh, popular music. Rock is rock, which may or may not
           be pop.
        \_ http://csua.com/?entry=27503
        \_ world music is music from any country not the US or UK.
           \_ You mean like Alanis Morissette?
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For example if band is X, is X considered Altenative, Rock, Pop, etc? jazz is more problematic, but i usually lose interest around bebop anyway. Either your categories will be too general to be useful, or too specific to be accurate. If you have a "punk rock" category, X probably fits into it well. But if you don't--if, say, the only punk rock album you have is the X one with "Breathless" on it--"Alternative" sort of fits amorphously. They classify bands by similar likeness, which should please the people who want "Pop, Rock, Classical" as well as the tom's who want a more varied classification.