Can "pop" be as much an aesthetic as it is a label for music that gains a certain level of acceptance by the masses?
yes
its an aesthetic i think more than $$$$
pop is fresh, charming, youth orientated
(& girls like it :-)
like ladytron http://www.tricatel.com/biolady.html
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people here now are talking of bastard pop like
http://www.2manydjs.com/
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