Can popular music ever really be unplugged?

Pop music can be unplugged but this would result in it being a lot less popular. To create music without electronic technology would mean, performing to a very small audience in a room with great acoustics. However 'without electronic technology, popular music in the 21st century is unthinkable' (P. Theberge)

The only band that i could think of doing this were the 'Libertines'. However even though the music itself was 100% unplugged they promoted it via electronic technology. It seems impossible for pop music to return to unplugged, with the invention of the microphone, amplifier and electric guitar stepping away from this is almost an insult to the modern 'popular' music. The computer is the Stratocaster of the 21st century and is another step away from unplugged music. However i think its sad to walk away from a style of music that is so intimate, never again will you find something quite as charming.

What is pop music?

Pop music in my eyes is music that is always in the public eye. Its music that has been hovering around the charts making a lot of money for artists and record labels, then very quickly moves onto the next phase similar to that of fashion or technology. However this slightly naive and narrow minded view has been created from growing up and watching 'Top of the Pops' on a Friday night where i always believed the 'cooler' bands would refuse to play.

However as time went on and I began to appreciate music more and more. It seems that my idea of pop music is focused towards all music, its difficult to put Artists under the pop music umbrella yet still i have a slight tendency to think that pop is a genre that follows the classic conventions of music to please the masses.