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Description of Rock/Pop

 
Just as a Supreme Court justice famously declared that he couldn't define pornography but he knew it when he saw it, there's something silly about trying to describe rock. A basic beat, a little electricity, a hint of sexual abandon, and generous helpings of youth and rebellion have always been the essential ingredients, though fashion and circumstance tend to emphasize different parts of the recipe (and the youthful rebellion is getting harder to spot as wrinkled pioneers the Rolling Stones and the Who plod on). In rock's nascent days, "pop artist" was shorthand for commercially successful, mop-topped musicians. As rock became more ambitious, pop came to denote anything short and sugarcoated with bright melodies and infectious hooks.
 

Top Rock/Pop Tracks

 
Play Track Artist Price
1. I Gotta Feeling Black Eyed Peas
$1.29
2. Use Somebody Kings Of Leon
$1.29
3. Boom Boom Pow Black Eyed Peas
$1.29
4. Poker Face Lady Gaga
$1.29
5. Celebration Madonna
$1.29
6. Sex On Fire Kings Of Leon
$1.29
7. LoveGame Lady Gaga
$1.29
8. Viva La Vida Coldplay
$1.29
9. Fire Burning Sean Kingston
$1.29
10. Billie Jean Michael Jackson
$1.29
11. She Wolf Shakira
$1.29
12. Just Dance featuring Colby O'Donis Lady Gaga
$1.29
13. Halo Beyonce
$1.29
14. New Divide Linkin Park
$1.29
15. I'm Yours Jason Mraz
$1.29
16. Closer Kings Of Leon
$1.29
17. If Today Was Your Last Day Nickelback
$1.29
18. The Climb Miley Cyrus
$1.29
19. Second Chance Shinedown
$1.29
20. Battlefield (Main Version) Jordin Sparks
$1.29
21. Beat It Michael Jackson
$1.29
22. Waking Up In Vegas Katy Perry
$1.29
23. No Surprise Daughtry
$1.29
24. Here We Go Again Demi Lovato
$0.99
25. You Found Me The Fray
$1.29
26. He Could Be the One Miley Cyrus
$1.29
27. Wild At Heart Gloriana
$1.29
28. Smooth Criminal Michael Jackson
$1.29
29. Please Don't Leave Me Pink
$1.29
30. Clocks Coldplay
$1.29
31. Rock That Body Black Eyed Peas
$1.29
32. Fugitive David Gray
$1.29
33. Manhattan Kings Of Leon
$0.99
34. All Summer Long Kid Rock
$0.99
35. Thriller Michael Jackson
$1.29
36. Better Together Jack Johnson
$0.99
37. Big Green Tractor Jason Aldean
$0.99
38. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) Beyonce
$1.29
39. Gotta Be Somebody Nickelback
$1.29
40. I Run To You Lady Antebellum
$1.29
41. How Far Do You Wanna Go? Gloriana
$1.29
42. Don't Stop Believin' Journey
$1.29
43. Crawl Kings Of Leon
$0.99
44. Notion Kings Of Leon
$1.29
45. Funny the Way It Is Dave Matthews Band
$0.99
46. Hot N Cold Katy Perry
$1.29
47. Whatever It Is (Album) Zac Brown Band
$1.29
48. Revelry Kings Of Leon
$1.29
49. Imma Be Black Eyed Peas
$1.29
50. Disturbia Rihanna
$1.29
 

Rock/Pop Key Albums

 
A New World Record
(Bonus Tracks) $9.99
Abraxas
$9.99
All That You Can't Leave Behind
$7.99
All The Right Reasons
(Bonus Tracks) $10.99
American Beauty
(Bonus Tracks) $10.99
Appetite For Destruction
$9.99
Astral Weeks
$8.99
Brushfire Fairytales
$10.99
Californication (Expanded Edition)
(Bonus Tracks) $10.99
Chuck Berry Is On Top
$9.99
Combat Rock
$9.99
Come Away With Me
$9.99
Continuum
$9.99
Crash
$9.99
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
$9.99
Electric Ladyland
$9.99
Exile On Main St.
$7.99
FutureSex/LoveSounds (Expanded)
(Bonus Tracks) $9.99
Gold: Greatest Hits
$10.99
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
$15.99
Greatest Hits
$9.99
Highway 61 Revisited [Remastered]
$9.99
Icky Thump
$9.99
In Utero
$7.99
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
$9.99
Like A Virgin
$9.99
Modern Times
$9.99
More Songs About Buildings And Food
(Bonus Tracks) $10.99
Pump
$9.99
Synchronicity
$9.99
Ten
$12.99
The Band
(Bonus Tracks) $9.99
The Best Damn Thing
(Explicit) $9.99
The Cars
$8.99
The Doors
(Bonus Tracks) $9.99
The Heart Of Saturday Night
$9.99
The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
$9.99
The Wall
$22.99
Thriller
$7.99
Under The Pink
$9.99
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
$9.99

 

Rock/Pop Key Artists

 
ABBA

This Swedish foursome's
hooky pop is as popular in
the new millennium as it
was in the group's 1970s
heyday. The name Abba...

AC/DC

There is only one AC/DC.
They play rock 'n' roll that's
more punk than punk and
more metal than metal.
They rule. AC/DC formed i...

Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne not only
writes her own songs, she
was the executive
producer of her 2007 album
The Best Damn Thing. She...

Bob Dylan

Whether he's playing folk,
country, rock or blues, Bob
Dylan always channels
songs that are timeless. Bob
Dylan legally changed his...

Dave Matthews Band

South African
singer/guitarist Dave
Matthews formed his funky
pop/rock outfit in Virginia in
the early '90s. Like Q-Tip...

David Bowie

A performer whose career
flagrantly defies convention
with such finesse that fans
not only forgive him, they
worship him. It seems like...

Elvis Presley

From his humble Rockabilly
beginning to his swaggering,
sweaty Las Vegas persona,
Elvis embodied all that was
rock 'n' roll. Elvis cut his f...

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters members have
also played in the Germs,
Sunny Day Real Estate and
(of course) Nirvana. Foo
Fighters were named afte...

Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson's warm,
emotive voice and
acoustic-based music often
gets mistaken for Dave
Matthews. Pick a career:...

Jimi Hendrix

Hendrix used feedback,
heavy blues and LSD to
create enduring, influential
rock that expanded the
language of the guitar. Ja...

Led Zeppelin

Zeppelin took the blues and
injected it with satanism,
horniness, and light-speed
guitars, the result became
heavy metal. The name Le...

Linkin Park

Linkin Park are
guitar-slinging scratch
wizards who simultaneously
glorify the big riff while
bowing down to hip-hop....

Madonna

One of pop's most
successful artists, Madonna
is admired for her music as
much as for her maverick
personality. Madonna left...

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson's
domination of radio and
television in the 1980s
earned him the nickname
"King of Pop." His first solo...

Neil Young

Since the mid-1960s Neil
Young has staked out the
ground where country,
rock and feedback meet.
From Buffalo Springfield t...

Nickelback

Nickelback are an
Alberta-based nu-metal
band whose track "Leader
of Men" was an alt radio hit.
Initially, Nickelback was a...

Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam went from grunge
also-rans to one of the most
popular stadium rock bands
of the 1990s and beyond.
After Mother Love Bone si...

Pink Floyd

The premier psychedelic
band of the 1970s, Pink
Floyd formed in 1965,
incorporating jazz and
insanity into their music....

Prince

A suave Svengali and the
savior of post-Parliament
funk, Prince has found love
on the pop charts since the
1980s. Prince has been co...

Radiohead

Radiohead are one of the
most revered bands of the
1990s and beyond. Quite a
change from their initial
one-hit wonder tag. Radio...

The Beatles

The Beatles gained
enormous popularity with
genius songwriting,
beautiful harmonies and
non-stop experimentation...

The Byrds

The Byrds applied ringing
guitars to Dylan songs,
explored the outer reaches
of psychedelia and
kick-started Country Roc...

The Rolling Stones

Forever the greatest rock
band on the planet, the
Stones have turned their
bluesy brilliance into a way
of life. The Stones' foundi...

U2

The evolution of U2's music
is ongoing, and each record
seems to bring a
never-before-encountered
style to their oeuvre. Oth...

Van Halen

The premier American hard
rock band of the late '70s
and early '80s. Eddie Van
Halen influenced a
generation of guitarists. V...

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