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.
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This is interesting and quite passionately written. I like the line about the computer being the strat of the 21st Century! However it is a little bit light on evidence.
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