Pop music is just "cultural fast food". (B)

A. Correct

B. Wrong

Pop music originated in the United States at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. From the perspective of the music system, pop music originated in the United States. Music developed on the basis of the American popular music structure such as Tin Bang Alley songs, blues, jazz, rock music, and Soul music.

It has diverse styles and rich forms, and can generally refer to cities born after the 20th century such as Jazz, Rock, Soul, Blues, Reggae, Rap, Hip-Hop, Disco, New Age, Funk, Ramp; B etc. Commodity music.

However, such a definition may cause music that is not popular music to be classified as pop music just because it is also widely circulated among the masses, such as: "Internationale", " "March of the Volunteers", "La Marseillaise", "The Waves of Honghu Lake", "Singing the Motherland", "The East Is Red", "Nanniwan", etc.

On the other hand, music that is clearly popular is excluded from popular music because it cannot be circulated (which is also true in popular music). Obviously, pop music is not necessarily popular, and popular music is not necessarily pop music. Pop music refers to music that is well known to the public.

The accurate concept should be commercial music, which refers to music created with the main purpose of making profit. It is commercial music entertainment and all the "industrial" phenomena related to it. (See the 1990 edition of the former Soviet Union's "Music Encyclopedia Dictionary") Its marketability is primary, and its artistry is secondary.

Although some songs are sung with popular singing methods, they are highly ideological and artistic. Such songs are not commercial songs. Such as "Everyone rows oars and drives a big boat", "Asian Magnificent Wind", "The Moon on the Fifteenth Day is Sixteen Round", "What a Big Tree", "Lovely China", "The Beauty of China", etc. These songs can be called "excellent popular songs".