PopmusicisheldIcontemptbymanypeople.Inthesepeople’seyespopmusicisalwaysinsharpcontrastto“loftymusic”.ThelatterreferstosymphoniesandoperasoftheEuropeancountries.Theyshowgreatconcernforthefactthatmanypeoplepreferpopmusictosymhonies,becauseforthempopmusicshouldbeexcludedfromtheholypalaceofmusic.
Conversely,manypeoplehaveanordorforpopmusic.Theyarguethatpeoplewhowantustolistentosymhoniesareadvocatingakindof“eliteculture”.Thisnotionisunacceptabletopopmusicfans,fortheydon’tbelievethatsymphoniesareloftierthanpopmusic.Thedifferenceonlyliesintheinterestsofdifferentpeople.Itisunfairtospeakofpopmusicwithcontemptwhilespeakingofsymphonieswithawe.
Inconclusion,myideaisthatjustasthereisnodistinctionbetweenhighcultureandlowculture,soitisinappropriatetosaypopmusicbelongstothe“lower”peoplewhereassymphoniesinahigher,loftierformofmusic.Afterall,therearemanybadly-composedsymphonies.Andwecan’texpecteverypieceofpopmusictobeexcellent.Popmusicreflectsthethoughtsandinterestsofacertainagegroupofageneration.Itistheproductofacertainage,butitalsohassomethinguniversal,somethingthatbelongstoallhumanbeings,thatunderliesitsgreatsuccessamongpeople.Inthissenseitisratherfoolishforsomepeopleofmediatoshowgreatconcernsimplybecausemanypeoplepreferpopmusic.Anywaypopmusichasbecomeanindispensablepartofthehumanfamily.
