Firstly Aldorno argues totally against the idea of pop music being an art form. He argues it creates inferior commodities. Music can be considered an art form regardless of the genre or can it? I think an art form has to contain originality and creativity which is why some music such as the pop group JLS may have no credibility in the music world. They can be seen as simply a mass produced commodity with no originality whatsoever and just another manufactured boyband foe record companies to make money.
There are millions of bands out there and due to this, some may have similarities which is why Aldorno may not see pop music as an art form as opposed classical artists such as Beethoven. There is some pop music genres out there that not only change the way we listen to music but the style in which we dress and live our lives and to me this is an art form. For example, The Sex Pistols and the punk era. This brought among a new movement for the people which I don't see as a mass produced commodity.
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Some would argue that The Sex Pistols were just as manufactured a boy band as JLS (see the part played by Westwood and McClaren), oh and it's Adorno.
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