All genres of music have an ideology. An ideology is a set of ideas that suit a particular genre. Claude Levi Strauss' theory of binary oppositions applies here. In western cultures we often think in pairs of ideas that oppose eachother. E.g love/hate, war/peace.
Here are some stereotypical ideas of these genres:
Rock
- More rebellious
- Rawer, less over-produced
- (pretend to) Care less about image
- Sexual
- Violence
- Open drug/alcohol references
- Anti Social
- More aggressive
- Self indulgent, more about the artists self expression
- Niche audiences, outside mainstream
- Swearing
Pop
- More conformist
- Slick, better produced
- Conscious of 'good' image
- Less obviously sexual/ euphemistic
- No drugs/alcohol references
- More passive
- Universal messages
- Mass audience, mainstream
- Non-violent
- Don't always swear
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