They started with a nice idea. But unlike the previous docuseries of this company "Heavy Metal Evolution" and "Hip Hop Evolution", these series ("This is Pop") totally lack research.
The series focus only on the North American pop music and the only time they showed Sweden as example of European pop music origin, was because of the connection to Brittney Spears, Backstreet Boys and so on.
What they show about the North American pop music is good, but even there they missed the major pop-stars - no Madonna, no Michael Jackson. How could this be?
These docuseries are a farce. USA is roughly 233 years old at present. While they have some pop music which originated there, there is a lot more going in Europe.
So what was missed - This is NOT POP because: no Madonna, no Michael Jackson, no European pop-music properly explained and more specifically:
No proper schlager explanation - dang you people - you did not found what Polka is ?? Yes, it started in Europe much before the Polka, but still. Then we go to Sweden about ABBA, but then we go to Italy (and partially Germany and France) about 80s disco called eurodisco, mostly known for the italodisco. Whoever did this movie is a total newbie. The italodisco was the major European pop music in the 80s. Madonna would have never been known in Europe if it wasn't for the Sandra to drop the pop-queen crown to become a mother. Then there is Sabrina and Samantha Fox. We have Mylene Farmer in France (and so much more). Did anyone mentioned the New Wave and the New Romantic? Okay I guess the New Romantic was a very short-lived thing.
Fast forward to the 90s where finally the eurodance came to the clubs and the swedish stars they mentioned became club legends.
But then anyone mentioned Belgium? No. They never heard of it. Late 90s was the hype of the electronic music. Dang they forgot Germany again? Berlin Techno anyone? Nope.
They talk of some festivals and they give example with some festivals and all of a sudden is like the famous Love Parade never existed ?! The biggest ever festival in the world is not mentioned at all.
Fast forward to the 2000s - the hype of the eurotrance (the vocal trance) and the power of Belgium (starting with Technotronic for example in the 90s) - Belgium is a mass producer of vocal trance - Milk Inc, Lasgo, Sylver.
So no - "This is Pop" is "This is NOT Pop". Too many major things missing. Forget these docuseries and go watch a proper pop-music documentary.
The series focus only on the North American pop music and the only time they showed Sweden as example of European pop music origin, was because of the connection to Brittney Spears, Backstreet Boys and so on.
What they show about the North American pop music is good, but even there they missed the major pop-stars - no Madonna, no Michael Jackson. How could this be?
These docuseries are a farce. USA is roughly 233 years old at present. While they have some pop music which originated there, there is a lot more going in Europe.
So what was missed - This is NOT POP because: no Madonna, no Michael Jackson, no European pop-music properly explained and more specifically:
No proper schlager explanation - dang you people - you did not found what Polka is ?? Yes, it started in Europe much before the Polka, but still. Then we go to Sweden about ABBA, but then we go to Italy (and partially Germany and France) about 80s disco called eurodisco, mostly known for the italodisco. Whoever did this movie is a total newbie. The italodisco was the major European pop music in the 80s. Madonna would have never been known in Europe if it wasn't for the Sandra to drop the pop-queen crown to become a mother. Then there is Sabrina and Samantha Fox. We have Mylene Farmer in France (and so much more). Did anyone mentioned the New Wave and the New Romantic? Okay I guess the New Romantic was a very short-lived thing.
Fast forward to the 90s where finally the eurodance came to the clubs and the swedish stars they mentioned became club legends.
But then anyone mentioned Belgium? No. They never heard of it. Late 90s was the hype of the electronic music. Dang they forgot Germany again? Berlin Techno anyone? Nope.
They talk of some festivals and they give example with some festivals and all of a sudden is like the famous Love Parade never existed ?! The biggest ever festival in the world is not mentioned at all.
Fast forward to the 2000s - the hype of the eurotrance (the vocal trance) and the power of Belgium (starting with Technotronic for example in the 90s) - Belgium is a mass producer of vocal trance - Milk Inc, Lasgo, Sylver.
So no - "This is Pop" is "This is NOT Pop". Too many major things missing. Forget these docuseries and go watch a proper pop-music documentary.