91. Elsewhere were a few scattered videotapes with no titles and a few covers from CDs by popular Colombian music groups. 92. Every moment of amorphousness, the quiet searching of free improvisation, was contrasted with a rhythmic fierceness that often verged on the power of popular music. 93. Ethnomusicologists are rarely accused of getting popular music right. 94. Few can doubt that much of popular music is lyrically challenged. 95. Finally, ruminations about Western popular music were commonplace, considering early performances of the blues or the scores of Looney Tunes cartoons. 96. Flimm evidently enjoys the idea of working not just with Wilson but also with English-speaking songwriters who have made their name in popular music. 97. For nearly two decades his fans have displayed a loyalty rare in the fickle world of popular music. 98. For popular music, as for the pharmaceutical industry, this is a symbiosis long coming. 99. For some listeners, probably a majority, popular music is a realm of order and ease, an escape from everyday strife. 100. For the better part of three decades, Don Cornelius has straddled the worlds of popular music and broadcasting. |