IS HE SERIOUS? 🎵 M - Pop Muzik REACTION

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[@linkloudenback8359]

The epitome of 80’s pop music.Satire and serious at the same time.

[@themanftheworld8439]

It's a 1979 song actually.

[@luriankosovo8767]

late 70s

[@dr4782]

Ironically, "Pop Muzik" became the epitome of pop music, when it became the #1 song in the U.S. on November 3, 1979. It spent one week at #1. This song, along with "My Sharona" by The Knack, and "Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Buggles, are actually 1970s hits that are commonly mistaken as 1980s hits. Each of those three songs were hits in 1979. In fact, "My Sharona" was the #1 song of 1979, spending six weeks at #1, beginning August 25, 1979. By the way, if you want to see another music video with ironic, deadpan faces, check out "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" by Wang Chung. That song is Wang Chung's biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100 (#2; December 27, 1986), but if you watch the video, the duo don't seem to be having much fun, judging by the expressions on their faces.

[@kingwen1286]

Also Flying Lizards' "Money" for deadpan.

[@marcusrichards402]

This song hit number one on the billboard hot 100 in late 1979. Very popular. Which is what pop stands for.

[@randytorres8211]

This song is sung from the perspective of a disc jockey spinning records at a dance club. This being 1979, the Pop Music of the time was the finest disco in all the land. While on the surface, the song is about enjoying the sound and losing your inhibitions on the dance floor, M (Robin Scott) sees a far deeper meaning in the track. In disco music, he saw people coming together from all over the world, and the DJ was their voice of authority giving them direction. He explained to Melody Maker: "At the end of the track, I say 'Do you read me Loud And Clear.' It's very pushy. I'm not sure that I like to be spoken to like that, but I get the feeling that people want to know that someone is in control. I see everybody in the disco like being in an enormous army which is waiting to be told what to do. They've all rallied under this call, and now they're sweating out their hang-ups there." M's backing musicians were known as "The Factor." He said they were more of an "organization" than a band. M is very much a one-hit wonder in America, where this was his only chart single. He hit #33 in the UK with a follow-up song called "Moonlight and Muzak," and a 1989 remix of "Pop Muzik" made it to #15 there. M went on to collaborate with Oscar-winner Ryuichi Sakamoto on some lesser-known pop music. (Songfacts.com)

[@rebeccalipps23]

Yeah, leave it to the Europeans to have an underlying dystopian POV. Not that it is a bad thing, especially with considering a couple of generations nearly destroying the continent, twice, within 50 years.

[@quarkwrok]

Did not know that, I would have guessed the same as Brad. A one hit wonder here in the UK too.

[@briangray00]

@@rebeccalipps23 Bit of a stretch Rebecca; as a 19 year old European, at the time I was aware of 2 great wars, but unaware of my own responsibility of my own blame for them. As for dystopia you're kidding, right?! Most of us thought that we'd put war to bed and the only way was up. Cheeky ironic, catchy pop song about pop songs is the A to Z here.

[@GKinslayer]

This is part of the New Wave response to popular music in the late 70s/early 80s, at the same time as punk rock. Like how The Ramones, Talking Heads and DEVO all started around the same time.

[@mikefetterman6782]

This was one of the first songs that used the new (1978-79) pitch correct feature in the studio. It was similar to an early type of auto tune. It would shift the pitch of out of tune singers to match the key of the music. You can really hear the effect on the "Pop Pop Pop music" part. It almost sounds electronic. This was when people started to cheat at music, and MTV was soon to follow.

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

Be gentle, kids. This was 1979. I was in 9th grade. Yup, I had that 45. From there, it was Depeche Mode, VNV Nation and beyond.

[@Transmodulator]

This was a huge hit back in the late 70's, it's absolute not my style, but an absolute banger back then, can't get it out of my head until today, thanks for covering it.

[@lantose]

It’s a song that I wouldn’t change the channel for something else and I don’t know why…. I always cranked it up because of a great beat with double time!

[@jamielandis4308]

1979 was such an interesting year for music. This was the Dawn of techno pop. I loved it! This looks silly today, but then it was edgy.

[@paulluna8099]

There was a couple of acts ahead of M, namely Kraftwerk and whoever created the Popcorn song in the late 60's.

[@davidjames3080]

@@paulluna8099 Indeed. But not really mainstream. This was a much more commercial and mainstream techno/disco/pop mix than anything that came before. And what is more important, it came at the right time - at the dawn of MTV. This is one of the first records I ever bought and heralded a new age, compared to the music my dad was listening to.

[@alanmusicman3385]

@@paulluna8099 There were a lot ahead of this. As you say Kraftwerk were in there from the early 1970s onward and "Popcorn" by Hot Butter (actually a hit in 1972) - although yes, their version was a more multi-phonic version of an earlier 1969 version by composer Gershon Kingsley. But long before that there were acts who had great success with records which majored on synthetic sounds - notably Johnnie and the Hurricanes who had a series of international top ten hits in the very late 1950s and early 1960s. Hits like "Runaway" by Del Shannon and later George Harrison's solo "Wonderwall" album from 1968 (no, nothing to do with the Oasis hit of the same name) and of course 1971s "Won't get Fooled Again" by The Who are other examples of commercially successful synth music long before significant new tech developments and a wider public acceptance took it to mainstream dominance in the early to mid 1980s a dominance for which hits like this one by "M" and othert hits by "New Musik" (like "This World of Water") and tracks put out by the german Hansa team and also producer Gregg Diamond (various band names) led the way. In the UK synth kings like Nik Kershaw and Howard Jones had numerous big hits with tracks featuring sounds that a decade before only Kraftwerk fans would have lauded.

[@paulluna8099]

@misterstubbs1611 yup I know. There was a guy from the 1800s who developed his own version of the synth, it took up an entire room.

[@tvgator1]

This song was straight 🔥🔥FIRE🔥🔥in 1979; pretty much introduced new wave music. They played the hell out of this one.

[@Yowza78]

I love the shooby dooby doo wop part. Even as a kid i knew that was a sick burn on the pop music of the 50s and 60s.

[@bretcantwell4921]

I was 10 in '78 with Silent Generation parents in a non-musical household. This was one my first introductions to New Wave along with Cars the doo wopesque stanza was a definite hook.

[@ericsmith6615]

Wife here..Brad..Very interesting..I had this record..Wore it out..Even as a child..,I thought it was just "Pop Music Jiberish"..But.., Hey Low Key Making 💯 Absolutely!!!..This was a Hugggge radio hit..!!..Catch etc..Very Familiar..Perfect you guys!!

[@throwabrick]

This is solidly "New Wave" music. It was the style to be robotic or alien. "Visitors from another world" kinda vibe.

[@prob3061]

This and Gary Numan's "Cars" blew my 8-year-old mind when they came out.

[@bretcantwell4921]

I was 10 and they gave me a lifelong appreciation for techno and new wave.

[@OronOfMontreal]

This was one of the very first New Wave hits. I was in high school at the time.

[@48mastadon]

I remember the first time I saw this video back in the 80's when it came out. I came home tripping balls on a Friday night. I turned on the TV and the weekly show, Friday Night Videos was playing this video. I don't think I ever laughed so hard in my life.

[@joefav76]

OMG! I’m thinking…1979 for this one? This was pre- MTV!!

[@MRBrien77]

Check out The Vapors Turning Japanese

[@smartin807]

Pop has ALWAYS been short for Popular Music.

[@3DJapan]

It also works for the genre though. A Pop song doesn't mean it's popular.

[@noobgamerbo2773]

@@3DJapan pop is short for popular music as opposed to more "serious" music has nothing to do with with the individuel song is popular or successful.

[@StarryStarryNocturne]

@@3DJapan It pretty much does, pretty much by design. Pop music is called that because its the one genre of music that consistently and reliably utilizes the commercially proven, popular musical formula from artist to artist. From the music, the lyrics, the artists presentation and the marketing approach. Think about it this way, the last time a Pop artist did anything new or different was when Michael Jackson introduced Broadway elements into it. That is almost 40 years ago. Controversy and sexual overemphasis meanwhile has been a thing since the 70s. In comparison, Rock music which is the least formulaic of the major modern music genres was constantly changing every decade until the early 2000s when it died off as a mainstream genre and even hip hop which is only a little less formulaic and conventional than Pop has changed in its presentation from the 80s to the 90s to the 2010s.

[@tvgator1]

You guys both nailed the purpose of the song so well this time.

[@zoegartham312]

This is my first time hearing the original, and holy hell is it different. The one I have heard is (I believe) 3rd Party's version on the Night at the Roxbury soundtrack. That version is probably disco, and much more expressive than this version. Definitely NOT a mockery of pop music, as this version seems to be.

[@neilaslayer]

I was just about to comment the same thing. They Nailed It.

[@matthewenies3668]

Glad you like it! I think of this 1979 song as precursor and a pioneer to a lot of the electronic pop in the 1980s

[@keithgupton9349]

Thomas Dolby She Blinded Me With Science. I'm sure Lex will love it.

[@PaintedCavern]

Iconic song from my favorite time of music! New Wave!! One of my all time favorites, I did an animation school project to this song. So fun. Other songs I relate to this one are: Cars by Gary Numan, Video Kliled the Radio Star by The Buggles, Let's Go by The Cars, Drivers Seat by Sniff 'n' the Tears, Whip It by Devo, everything by The B-52s etc... etc... ❤️

[@lumpyfishgravy]

Yeah Buggles.

[@FUBAR1986]

These are all songs of rollerskating rink played

[@PaintedCavern]

@@FUBAR1986 Yes! I went skating often growing up back then. 👍

[@glennmitchell9107]

Great play list.

[@robbiekearsley9158]

Thanks for reminding me that Drivers Seat exists... off to hunt it down now 😁

[@katscully]

3:47 - For the kids who don't know, those are 45-rpm records they're tossing. I recall Lex thinking the "I have my 45 on" lyric in Sheryl Crows "Soak Up The Sun" meant she was packing. That little 45 -rpm record is what she was referring to. They have 2 songs on them that are picked from a full album to be sold as a "single". The "A-side", commonly a hit single & the "B-side", a lesser known single from a full album, & sold as singles on a 45 record. In some cases the B-side is a song that wasn't released on full album or was only released in another country for some reason. The more you know....

[@josephbrowning4220]

Got my 45 on is more probably a reference to SPF45 sun screen given that the song is about soaking in the sun.

[@magna116]

Nope. 45 refers to suntan lotion.

[@Reno_Slim]

@@magna116 Nope, SPF 45 sunscreen wasn't available when this song came out. SPF 30 was the highest rating at that time.

[@Johonnac]

Had “Pop Muzik” on a yellow 45 back in the day, actually

[@leonardshevlin7260]

All of a sudden she's playing a 45 rpm outdoors in the sunshine? She would much more likely be rocking on to a radio or a portable unit. She could also rock on with her acoustic guitar, a Gibson J-45.

[@Robert-un7br]

One of the earliest music videos ever made for TV. 1979 was two years before MTV premired.

[@OnlyGoodMusic_]

It is not true, I am British and I remember many videos that were shown on TOTP in the early 70s (they probably did it before) including some made by the BBC itself

[@shanehebert396]

I *love* this song... have since the first time I heard it (back when it was released). This is right at the leading edge of 80s music... such a fantastic time.

[@lisaheathcock7924]

To my 11 yr old self… this was New Wave 🔥🔥🔥😂

[@Codex7777]

This is a great pop track! It's slightly tongue-in-cheek but it actually sounded quite futuristic at the time. :)

[@OneThousandHomoDJs]

When synths began to be used, a lot of the songs tended towards sounding like novelty records. That's just kinda how it went. Same with Video Killed The Radio Star. It took a few years for people to learn how to write properly with synths.

[@JEREMY99218]

This was definitely "Pop Music" of the late 70s - early '80s. You can hear similar elements in the New Wave and other "Pop" styles. The Buggles, Blondie, Men Without Hats, Berlin, Gary Numan, Soft Cell, Men At Work, Devo, B-52s, Yaz/Yazoo, Adam and the Ants, Bow Wow Wow, Talking Heads, ABC, and many more

[@FUBAR1986]

Hell yeah it’s about time somebody did this…… cause we’re talking about music!!

[@sisterdebmac]

I love this song. It's silly, but also damn clever at the same time. I remember when the video would pop up on MTV back in the day. I always turned it up.

[@a.k.1740]

I had the album New York · London · Paris · Munich (of which "Pop Muzik" is a part) when it was released in 79 and I still have excellent memories of it. I really liked this mix of new wave, disco and synthpop. M was rather the project of Robin Scott (and partner Brigit Novik) than a real band, although we found some regulars on their albums such as Julian Scott (Robin's brother), Wally Badarou, Phil Gould & Mark King ( both from Level 42), Gary Barnacle.... "Moonlight and Muzak" and "That's the Way the Money Goes" were other tracks from this album released as singles.

[@tileux]

You have to remember that all of this was brand new to us at the time. That sound had never been heard before. Ever. This was at the very start of music videos - there were no music videos before this; you listened to music on the radio (often AM) or bought the record. It was a different world and there are actually LOTS of these quirky songs from around this time. Just look up ‘synth pop’. Huge bands like depeche mode and daft punk have their roots in this music.

[@dcanmore]

U2 did banging version of this in the mid-90s.

[@w.w.2restorations.vehicles698]

I haven't heard this song since 1983 when I was in high school. It was catchy but I never got sick of it. As fast as it hit the charts it seemed to vanish just as quickly. This is the first time understanding part of the lyrics for me. Singing in the subway Shovel with a shoeshine Mix me a molotov I'm on the headline Wanna be a gun slinger Don't be a rock singer Eenie, meenie, mienie, mo Whichever way you wanna go

[@vinceedwards3978]

You have fully nailed this! This was a one hit wonder but it also was commentary on the state of pop music in the late 70's. This was just at the emergence of New Wave music. But I think this song hit number 1 on Billboard!

[@suzukispider]

I played this for my sister just a month or two ago with the note underneath it that said does this make you feel old or what? This song came out when I was about 10. I really never thought you guys would ever get around to playing it but it's hilarious that you did

[@jchow5966]

Great!!!!!! This was a huge hit. It was really ahead of its time. It sounded unlike any other music.

[@wanghotangho5803]

Still does sound unlike anything else. Wonderful creation this song.

[@SRGots]

I still have this on 45! I loved this song when I was younger.

[@sixbladeknife44]

Still have mine too!

[@saratemp790]

It sounds later than 79. Very modern

[@krtaust5]

This was finally used as theme music for the old Pop Up music videos programs on VH1

[@scatton61]

A brilliant little pop tune. They also did a tune called Moonlight and Muzik

[@matthewchambers-sinclair8772]

We had frequent lunchtime dances at my school for the grade 7s & 8s and this song always played. Awkward kids trying to look cool and lurching around to new wave. Thanks for the memories!

[@Love42se]

I've got so many mixes of this song. One of my favourites. U2 used this song as their entry song on their POP MART tour

[@Trifler500]

This song was definitely part of the Pop music scene for ages. It was all over the clubs, radio, and MTV. :)

[@Eric4471066]

This song was M's one and only Top 40 hit in America. Not only this song spent one week at the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 but, the song did peaked at the #1 spot on the Billboard Disco chart during the late fall of 1979. This song was a banger indeed!!!

[@Steffe]

Massive hit back in the day.

[@mikepaulus4766]

I had this 45 single when I was 8 years old. The flip side was called M Factor and was almost as catchy as Pop Music.

[@medwards98020]

To this day, when some company tries to impress by listing where their international offices are, my brain always goes "…everybody talk about pop muzik!"

[@Lexy-O]

The beginning of New Wave

[@superdarmbruster7169]

Before MTV, there was HBO's "video jukebox" ,This song. like Video Killed the Radio Star, was the first song played on Jukebox. This was just before MTV began.

[@argonwheatbelly637]

Prophet-5, Jupiter-8, DX-7....from around '77 through '86. Techno (Synth) Pop. Wonderful genre!!! Played all of those synths, and more over the decades. Classic sounds.

[@argonwheatbelly637]

@@group-music - I know. I was talking about technopop synths when the genre was young. 😊

[@donnacarter2617]

OMG I forgot about this song, I was 9 when this came out. They played this alot. This is when started to change.

[@alistairmcdougall8390]

Still sounds so cheesey after all those years but I still find myself enjoying it but I don't know why

[@mts982]

The song was initially recorded in R&B and funk styles before a friend of Scott suggested using synthesisers.[6] He describes the genesis of "Pop Muzik": I was looking to make a fusion of various styles which somehow would summarise the last 25 years of pop music. It was a deliberate point I was trying to make. Whereas rock and roll had created a generation gap, disco was bringing people together on an enormous scale. That's why I really wanted to make a simple, bland statement, which was, 'All we're talking about basically (is) pop music.'[7]

[@catserver8577]

I bought this EP with my own allowance when it came out and I still have it. EP is extended play, an album that has one song on each side but instead of being a 45 single, it's an LP single. My dad almost stopped me from buyig it because it cost the same as an album ($6.99) at the time, and 45s were only .89. But the 45 didn't come with the pretty cover, lol.

[@terryallen345]

You both would love the axis of awesome doing "four chord song". Much love and respect plus best wishes from Australia 🇭🇲

[@chrisb9577]

This is the epitome of the New Wave sound of the late 70s/early 80s. This song came out in 1979. M was actually a DJ named Robin Scott. I had this 45 (vinyl single) when I was a kid. The video was also in heavy rotation when MTV first went on the air a couple years later.

[@electricwizard3000]

As I recall, the guy singing was a radio DJ.

[@jennyjenny4501]

Now this is a blast from the past! Takes me back to the roller rink!

[@richardmtl]

All I know is everyone danced to this song and we loved it. It was really trippy for it's time

[@marksperry9062]

You’re on the right track. The song is a catchy (like pop music) tune, that very blandly makes the point that all music genres (disco, rock and roll, county, new wave, punk, etc.) are all just pop(ular) music. It’s essentially all the same. Even Mozart was a “rock star” in his day. What we refer to as classical music was the pop music of its day.

[@Katehowe3010]

This is what they call Meta Pop. And bloody clever it is too. Just missed out on topping the UK charts back in '79. Great memories!

[@cahillgreg]

The uk charts wouldn't be of much consequence - The American Market is what counts - M was #1 in the US

[@Katehowe3010]

@cahillgreg The UK charts were of great significance to it's inhabitants, no matter how small an island we are. The American artists also viewed our chart to be important to their career!

[@richard_n]

Wow, yet another good song I had completely forgot about.

[@davidstephens6462]

In the late 70's videos like this were made to be played in record stores and music departments of big chain stores. MTV saw kids standing around the screen in these stores and started up as one of the first real cable channels to focus on music in short order. Other acts started making videos before MTV as well. STYX, Journey, AC/DC, KISS, Rex Smith, Partridge Family, Meatloaf all produced videos, and some older groups had recordings of live shows and TV appearances that they released commercially when it became a thing.

[@kenhall6525]

Great song from the end of the disco, beginning of the New Wave Era

[@jimtatro6550]

I was 12 when this came out and it was everywhere 😂

[@jackiepapers138]

My fav song as a kid. Had the 45. Still love it!

[@thunderspike1892]

M aka Robin Scott. The woman in blue singing the chorus are his wife Brigit Novik aka Brigtte Vincheon. He has been active since 1968 and are 75 years old. Their daughter Berenice Scott used to play keyboards for Heaven 17. He was a friend of David Bowie and some of his works sounds a little like Bowie.

[@scottmurray3490]

Catchy fun - no need to think too much about it song from the 80’s when I was in High School 😂 (released 1979)

[@shaksper]

The woman in the blue top, seen in triplicate, is Brigitte Vinchon from France who at the time was the partner of the singer Robin Scott.

[@lumpyfishgravy]

1979 classic!

[@dunringill1747]

Brad is on it here. It's sarcasm. That is why they all show no emotion. The idea is pop music is commercialized repetition. At the end of the video, the woman hands him (the DJ) a 45, he hands it to another woman who tosses it. What that means: The music industry is a machine where songs go in, get processed, then get tossed aside for the next product song to consume. Don't think, just consume. PS: Pop stands for popular.

[@dionisioiacobelli6689]

Great playlist song to play in the summer.

[@huerosantos7563]

British Pop ! The 80s invasion blasted off in the USA along with MTV launch in 81. It was Worldwide. I heard this song in Australia, when I was in the military.

[@loisrogers9042]

I'd forgotten about this song. 😄

[@mizarkh8745]

this was one of the first videos on MTV

[@louisb5563]

By George, I think they might be onto something... when I heard this as a teenager I never considered any deep meaning to it but the explanation of a commentary seems to make sense now!!!👍🏻

[@chrisharris6206]

Yeah Yeah 😊😊😊, I was wondering if someone would react to it, 🙂😂💯, very little but love ❤️ it, back in 79, this was the 💩, in a good way, thanks Brad and Lex, this one Lex , definitely for you 😉. Lex you are silly, Robotic, Lol this song

[@brucegame1458]

M was a new wave band and they were making light of pop music songs which were prevelent on MTV back then another strange band from that era was the flying lizards they had a hit called Money

[@SteveInTheOC]

Eany meanie miny moe i’m laughing at this reaction 🤣

[@3DJapan]

I knew Lex would like this one.

[@fowleheidi482]

M was a bit toung in cheek, they wrote this t get a POp Hit It was after disco before electric music and one of the best MTV hits!

[@willahelmpowers4835]

I want to say I remember hearing this regular beginning of the 80's at the roller rink, along with a handful of other stuff, like Lipps Inc: Funkytown and Kool & The Gang - Celebration, come to mind, being played a lot while everyone was skating around.

[@johnglue1744]

I remember U2 had this playing as they took the stage n their Pop tour.

[@mikemiller3069]

This in "new wave" music.🌊🎶

[@joesmith8725]

Ok. This is new wave punk with a little funk. Lol. Its usually fun and goofy. Similar to Similar to Tom Tom Club, Talking Heads, DEVO, Empire of the Sun, MGMT, and others. New wave was blowing up during the late '70s, early '80s while disco was fading away during the late '70s and early '80s. New kind of dance music with some quirk to it. We liked this as kids when it was all new. BTW, this came out '79 and was on MTV often during the '80s. This song was poking fun at pop music. Funny that Ray Parker JR "Ghostbusters" and Huey Lewis and the News "I Want a New Drug" took the same beat a few years later and were also hits. This was M's biggest hit here in the US (they were an UK new wave band). Watch their other videos like "Moonlight and Muzak" (another semi-hit and their early '80s videos like " Official Secrets" and "That's the Way Money Goes". Those videos are weird, too.

[@crvnmrhd]

Technology Pop was the sound when MTv jumped on the scene. There were tons of bands that sounded like this.

[@primeminister66]

We used to listen to this, Whip it good, Rock Lobster etc

[@mikemaggio6429]

It just goes to show you, in the late 70's and early 80's All you needed was a good camera, a set, your instruments, and a crew to set it up, and a few hundred dollars to pay them and BINGO! You have your video!!

[@CofyjunkyPNW]

Released when I was just 11 y/o, (1979) but I loved it all through Jr. High & High school! ~ Jenn-X

[@janef220]

This was very popular song. But I was the right age for it young teen. 🎉 it was a one hit wonder. I bought this as a 45. I think I still have it somewhere

[@anneboban2002]

The dance floor would fill up to this one.

[@terrylandess6072]

Thanks. I didn't know those brain cells still existed, but they're awake now.

[@soundrevolver886]

Kraftwerk was the OG robot band. Devo was doing the same type thing in the 70s

[@argonwheatbelly637]

I remember this from high school! ☺

[@jeffreekoch9298]

This won a poll? 🕺 Yes! Finally lol. I was very little when this was popular. Early 80s. Makes you move and dance. It's quirky because it's new wave, pop punk. Like Talking Heads, Devo, Lene Lovich, Thomas Dolby, etc. It's not pop music. They are making fun of pop music.

[@quarkwrok]

Some people are very snobby about pop music. It used to mean a good catchy tune but is now just what is popular (not necessarily tuneful). It comes in all shapes and sizes and quirky or arty stuff is my favourite (like Steve Harley or Boo Radleys), pop but mostly not released as singles.

[@nelms78]

Released: 9 March 1979