Pop Off http://www.npr.org The Record posts about Pop Off en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:10:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif Pop Off http://www.npr.org Pop Off Podcast: From Bebop to Bieber Maura Johnston and Jay Smooth talk about the heavy coat of gloss on the music at the top of the charts, and how pop got so shiny. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:10:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/09/03/129624932/culturetopia-from-bebop-to-bieber?ft=1&f=129455741 http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/09/03/129624932/culturetopia-from-bebop-to-bieber?ft=1&f=129455741 Maura Johnston and Jay Smooth talk about the heavy coat of gloss on the music at the top of the charts, and how pop got so shiny.

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]]> Pop Off: What's Lost When A Recording Sounds Too Perfect "Bust The Windows Out Your Car" was a hit, but the <em>Glee</em> cover of the song sounds very different. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/08/31/129562500/pop-off-can-songs-be-too-fresh-too-clean?ft=1&f=129455741 http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/08/31/129562500/pop-off-can-songs-be-too-fresh-too-clean?ft=1&f=129455741 "Bust The Windows Out Your Car" was a hit, but the Glee cover of the song sounds very different.

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]]> Pop Off: He Raps, She Sings. Does It Still Count As A Duet? Recent hits suggest that there's an imbalance of power between men and women on pop duets. Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/08/03/128960713/pop-off-is-the-new-duet-a-dude-rapping-on-a-woman-s-pop-song?ft=1&f=129455741 http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/08/03/128960713/pop-off-is-the-new-duet-a-dude-rapping-on-a-woman-s-pop-song?ft=1&f=129455741 Recent hits suggest that there's an imbalance of power between men and women on pop duets.

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]]> Pop Off: Can Kanye Call This A Comeback? The idea of the "comeback" song isn't new to pop, but the turnaround time is getting a lot shorter. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:46:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/07/20/128655370/pop-off-can-kanye-call-this-a-comeback?ft=1&f=129455741 http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/07/20/128655370/pop-off-can-kanye-call-this-a-comeback?ft=1&f=129455741 The idea of the "comeback" song isn't new to pop, but the turnaround time is getting a lot shorter.

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