Now That’s What I Call Music?!

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A few years ago – I can’t even remember how long it has been now – the American Hit Radio program started as a forum to discuss popular music. That meant that we were going to look at music from various eras, but it also meant that we would be reflecting on contemporary pop music as well. As the show developed, we spent less and less time looking at what was new, focusing instead on music from past eras. I didn’t do this intentionally, it just sort of ‘happened’. As far as I can determine, the main reason this occurred was that contemporary pop music had appeared to grow trite and annoying, and perhaps even irrelevant. There was so little happening that seemed to matter, either in the present or, more importantly, at some time in the future. Would anybody give a damn about any of these songs in another five, ten or twenty years?
Today we confront that issue head on by discussing the songs that appear on the most recent edition of the “Now That’s What I Call Music” series (#25). Each of these songs are a valid representation of the current state of popular music; in the most obvious sense, they actually define it. We sample a few tracks and discuss their relevance today, and also their projected relevance. Next week, we intend to continue our focus on new music, but from a different angle.
Here’s a list of songs featured in today’s program;
1) Thnks fr th Mmrs – Fall Out Boy
2) Girlfriend – Avril Lavigne
3) U & Ur Hand – Pink
4) Never Again - Kelly Clarkson
5) Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood
6) Pop, Lock & Drop It – Huey
7) Glamorous - Fergie w/ Ludicrous
8) Summer Love - Justin Timberlake