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29 September 2010 @ 08:18 pm

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Day 04: A genre you hate
Pop opera, aka operatic pop. I wish I had a nice, tidy explanation why this is so, but I'm really not sure why I dislike it so much. It may have something to do with those voices singing those songs---I'd much prefer operatic voices to sing opera and balladier voices to sing ballads. Or it could be that they're so schmaltzy and saccharine...except I love an embarrassing number of sappy songs. Or maybe it's that so many of them are power ballads? Only I do enjoy the occasional power ballad. Perhaps it's the combination of these things: maybe together they hit a spot on my psyche that results in knee-jerk revulsion.

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in-omnia.livejournal.com on September 30th, 2010 04:23 am (UTC)

They make me giggle too, and they make for great karaoke if you can hit all the notes. :D As for pop opera, that's when classically trained singers perform pop songs, usually Celine Dion-style power ballads. Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, Charlotte Church, Sarah Brightman, Paul Potts all fall into the pop opera category. Although they'll occasionally sing actual opera as well...which I like much, *much* better.

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janeite723.livejournal.com on September 30th, 2010 09:05 pm (UTC)

Ah, okay, gotcha. I'm not a huge fan of that type of music either! It seems like these singers with phenomenal voices are just downplaying their talent to appeal to a lowest common denominator.

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mneme-metis.livejournal.com on October 12th, 2010 03:48 am (UTC)

I totally was going to ask what pop opera was too! Once you explained it, it seemed the perfect description.

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in-omnia.livejournal.com on October 13th, 2010 08:59 pm (UTC)

I think most people have heard it; they just might not know that it's an actual genre of music. :) I think there must be a genre title for just about every sound out there these days....

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