Music and Idealogy

The idealogy of the genre affects all aspects of its representation. Music magazines will reflect the idealogy of their genres in visual style and language.

An ideology is a belief. Every musical genre has an accompanying idealogy. Often genres divide along binary oppostion or a dichotomy.

Pop

- Clean
- Calm
- Non - sexual
- Euphemistic
- No drugs or alcohol
- Happy/ upbeat
- Professional/ 'good' singing and playing
- Fake artifical
- Money, success

Rock

- Dirty
- Aggressive, loud
- Sexual
- Literal
- Drugs/ alcohol
- Angry/ unhappy tone
- Appears to be less competant or concerned about professionalism (could be questioned)
- Authentic 'for real'

Hip-hop idealogy

- Misogynistic (women hating)
- Drugs
- Women
- Sexism
- Swearing
- Guns/ violent crime