POP MUSIC

The pop is a kind of music that uses a formal structure " verse - refrain - verse ".

The big difference between different types of music and pop are the melody and the voices. It began in the 20th century in England, in the decade of the 60.

A few groups are: No way out, La Oreja de Van Gogh, The Jonas Brothers, El Canto del Loco,…

The recent hits of no way out are: Lo mismo, Insomnio, A lo perdido, Rena…

The recent hits of The Jonas Brothers are: S.O.S, burning up, I am what I am…

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EL CANTO DEL LOCO

El canto del loco (ECDL) was born in Madrid when the group’s founders, who are Ivan and Dani, knew themselves in a school of theatre in 1994. Both shared musical interests. From the song “El canto del gallo” (The roster’s singing) they extracted the name of the group, doing a play on words.

Later, David got into the group, Dani’s cousin. One day, David met Jandro and they decided Jandro would be the battery and fourth component of the group. Time later, Chema, Dani's friend in the university added himself in the band.

Then, El canto del loco were five, and they already formed a group.

ECDL have a lot of famous songs, for example: Peter Pan, Eres tonto, Besos, Fotos en blanco y negro, Zapatillas…

In this photo Ivan had left the group.

LA OREJA DE VAN GOGH

La Oreja de Van Gogh was formed in January, 1996 in San Sebastian. It was composed by Amaia, Paul, Álvaro, Xavi and Haritz. When they were teenagers, they enjoyed at the University talking about their favorite musical groups, but when they started to compose topics, they realized that none of them has a special voice to sing. One day, Paul met Amaia and proposed her to form part of the group. Amaia agreed, and when the others heard her voice, she became the band’s singer.

At the beginning they sang in bars. One day, they participated in a competition. They didn’t win any prize, but they appeared in the local radios, and its name began to be known.

Years later, Amaia left the group in order to sing alone. Leire, got into the group in 2008, when the others searched another singer to sing in the band to substitute Amaia.

La Oreja de Van Gogh have a lot of famous songs: Dulce locura, Puede ser, Muñeca de trapo, El último vals…

In this photo, Amaia hasn’t left the group.

Some musicologists trace the origins of pop music to 1679, when Alessandro Scarlatti composed his first opera, or even earlier, when Francesco Provenzale coined the musical language that Scarlatti popularized: light, lively and catchy.They placed the emphasis on arias, clearly separated from the "recitativo", and grounded the arias on a strong sense of rhythm and melody. The song "Slide, Kelly, Slide", released by Edison Studios in 1894, is sometimes credited as the first "pop hit" record.

The standard format of pop music is the song, customarily less than five minutes in duration, with instrumentation that can range from an orchestra to a lone singer. Despite this wide scope, a typical lineup in a pop band includes one or two guitarists, a bassist, a drummer (or an electronic drum machine), a keyboardist and one or more vocalists.
Pop songs are generally marked by a consistent and noticeable rhythmic element, a mainstream style and traditional structure.

The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" (see Popular music), but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternative to rock and roll.