Dance music has been taking over the US for the last couple of years. Listen to the most recent music from Lady Gaga, David Guetta, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Flo Rida, Chris Brown and many others. It is all very dance-influenced, if not straight-up dance music.
Stereo Love, Bulletproof, We No Speak Americano...
And OG is not really dance, it's just has a good beat. There is a big difference, OG is still Pop to me.
Only girl is europop its NOT a Dance song in the original sense. But in American terms it is a dance song like GaGa's Poker Face, Just Dance and Bad Romance.
Only Girl is pop, however it is obvious it has a dance edge to it. The track isn't typical dance music, however just because the song is europop that doesn't mean it has no dance influence in the song. It is also quite trance influenced as well, you can tell that by taking a good listen to the production.
Im sorry but OG is dance music. The hard hitting beat is ongoing for the whole track and the prechorus even has a little 'typical trance raise'
In my home OG is a dance track
I agree, however I would not summarise the track as 'dance' song. I know what you mean by the hard hitting beat, but it doesn't follow the exact formula like many other dance tracks. It is a dance influence but not enough to call it a typical dance track.
I think of the sort of music that people like BEP and Far East Movement are releasing as commercial house. It has it's roots in house music and is full of dance elements but it is not particularly far removed from pop music. These songs are produced with the idea that should appeal to the mass market an do not incorporate the sort of motifs that are used in the thousands of offshoot genres of dance music that have primarily niche followings. The production work is not overly experimental and the lyrical content is tailored to the standard Jersey Shore enthusiast. But I think the biggest difference between our housey dance pop and music that is considered "real" dance music is a difference in song structure. For example, the standard trance track ranges anywhere from 7 to 9 minutes as to allow for the proper building tension of a buildup, subsequent breakdown, main theme and outro. For pop acts dabbling in pop music this isn't really a viable idea and thus a lot of these elements will be scrapped in order to create a radio friendly edit. In pop music the extended mix or club mix is an afterthought, whereas in most dance genres a proper house, trance, or techno tune would not translate well to a shortened radio form. The intent in these genres is to really show off the production and create an emotion, whereas pop music needs to showcase the vocalist or act responsible for the hit.
And I'm not condeming our current pop music. I've been longing for American pop to adopt a more European and dance oriented sound for years, but I'd never go as far as to consider our current house inspired pop tracks as proper dance music.
Only girl is europop its NOT a Dance song in the original sense. But in American terms it is a dance song like GaGa's Poker Face, Just Dance and Bad Romance.
I think of the sort of music that people like BEP and Far East Movement are releasing as commercial house. It has it's roots in house music and is full of dance elements but it is not particularly far removed from pop music. These songs are produced with the idea that should appeal to the mass market an do not incorporate the sort of motifs that are used in the thousands of offshoot genres of dance music that have primarily niche followings. The production work is not overly experimental and the lyrical content is tailored to the standard Jersey Shore enthusiast. But I think the biggest difference between our housey dance pop and music that is considered "real" dance music is a difference in song structure. For example, the standard trance track ranges anywhere from 7 to 9 minutes as to allow for the proper building tension of a buildup, subsequent breakdown, main theme and outro. For pop acts dabbling in pop music this isn't really a viable idea and thus a lot of these elements will be scrapped in order to create a radio friendly edit. In pop music the extended mix or club mix is an afterthought, whereas in most dance genres a proper house, trance, or techno tune would not translate well to a shortened radio form. The intent in these genres is to really show off the production and create an emotion, whereas pop music needs to showcase the vocalist or act responsible for the hit.
And I'm not condeming our current pop music. I've been longing for American pop to adopt a more European and dance oriented sound for years, but I'd never go as far as to consider our current house inspired pop tracks as proper dance music.
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