SOP #90 - Why is 90s Pop so Bizarre?

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Artist: Bob Tozier
School: North Allegheny

Notes:
2:00 - song plays

This podcast is about the use of older music reworked into new songs. An example could be Aaron Copeland's Howdown

Comments

Jack Lopuszynski from: North Allegheny - posted: September 19, 2018
Drum corps use a ton of classical music in their shows, so although it wouldn't count as pop music, Phantom Regiment used Dvorak's New World Symphony as the theme for their most recent show.

Trey Tillotson from: North Allegheny - posted: September 24, 2018
I think that the "Cotton-Eye Joe" (or however it's spelled) it largely popular because of the dance that comes from it, normally at weddings or high school dances.

Mary Katherine Stewart from: North Allegheny - posted: September 24, 2018
this podcast reminded me of Brittney Spears. Her two songs "Ooops I Did it Again" and "Hit me Baby one more time" have very similar elements and are frequently confused with each other. She reworked portions of the songs into each other to create chart toppers.

Reid Suddaby from: North Allegheny - posted: September 24, 2018
My example of a song recreated from an older song is Lucid Dreams by Juice WRLD (2018) recreation from The Message by Nas (1996). Both songs feature a riff which ha a similar depressing quality.

Chelsea Chao from: North Allegheny - posted: September 24, 2018
Both Camila Cabello's Havana (2017) and Selena Gomez's Same Old Love (2016) start with syncopated piano notes in Bb minor and B minor, respectively. Both songs also have a piano bass.

Aman Khalid from: North Allegheny - posted: September 25, 2018
Rednex's taking of inspiration from Copland's "Hoedown" reminds me of Nathan Milstein's reproduction of Paganini's Caprice 24 in his "Paganiniana;" while maintaining the same chord progression and melody, Milstein adds his own virtuosic variations to the piece, giving skilled violinists a new challenge.

Emily Vaiz from: North Allegheny - posted: September 27, 2018
this reminds me of Drakes song "Nice for what" which is sampled from the song "ex-factor" by Lauryn Hills as they have the same note syncopation and almost similar chords.

Nicholas Zurchin from: North Allegheny - posted: September 27, 2018
I think another bizarre thing about 90s pop is that in the early 90s no one genre was really the hit of the day, like the 70s had hard rock, the 80s had electronic garbage, etc.

Ainsley Ferron from: North Allegheny - posted: October 1, 2018
In "Hum Hallelujah" by Fall Out Boy, they sample a part of Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen.

Brett McCutcheon from: North Allegheny - posted: October 1, 2018
The Star Wars story movies have the same melodies as the original Star Wars songs but the chords and harmonies are completely redone.

William Wang from: North Allegheny - posted: October 24, 2018
Cotton-eyed Joe is a cool song. I also like Hoedown.

Luke Wood from: North Allegheny - posted: October 25, 2018
I think cotton eyed joe works because it was the first thing like it ever to be released. It was so different from all other songs on the radio.

Jake Mellinger from: North Allegheny - posted: October 25, 2018
This reminds me of the song "Otis" by Jay-Z and Kanye who sampled an Ottis Redding song that allows for the song to keep the same hip-hop feel that Jay-Z and Kanye thrive for while mixing in elements of Soul that give the song a multigenerational feel that can be appreciated by all types of music fans.

Emma Hackworth from: North Allegheny - posted: October 25, 2018
Weird example but... "Anaconda" by Nicki Minaj has excerpts incorporated from the early 90s song "Baby got Back."

Pavan Otthi from: North Allegheny - posted: October 25, 2018
Cotton Eye Joe takes a version of older music, folk music, and modernizes it with an added beat. This use of modernizing older music is prevalent today. For example, Kanye West's New god Flow takes the chord progression from the first movement of the moonlight sonata and using it as the background for his rap piece.

Malia Wilson from: North Allegheny - posted: October 26, 2018
I personally love 90s music. Fergie's song Fergalicious sampled the beat and some vocals from JJ Fad's hit Supersonic in the 1980s

Lily Stromberg from: North Allegheny - posted: October 26, 2018
some of the 90s music isnt really good but there is music that is good. N'SYNC and the Backstreet Boys are a great example. Everyone can throw down to I Want It That Way

Yukang Guo from: North Allegheny - posted: October 27, 2018
The beginning of Cotton Eye Joe is like a signal to get ready to dance. then the song becomes more upbeat so that it goes with the dance, which is nice for fun parties.

Kellie Smith from: North Allegheny - posted: October 29, 2018
The Cotton Eyed Joe is a piece of music that just utilizes that ability to catch people with a simple beat and dance that people of any age can learn. Its the same thing as any dance craze today, such as "the whip/nae nae" or "dab".