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This Is Pop

Uncover the real stories behind your favorite pop songs as this docuseries charts the impact of the festival scene, Auto-Tune, boy bands and more.

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N/A

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documentary, music

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Banger Films

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2 nominations

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I was good,
we were all very motivated - This Is Pop

I was good, we were all very motivated

I don't think you really understand
where you come from - This Is Pop

I don't think you really understand where you come from

With The Isley Brothers in 1975
as a protest record. - This Is Pop

With The Isley Brothers in 1975 as a protest record.

And solved some gnarly mathematical
problems to make the computing feasible. - This Is Pop

And solved some gnarly mathematical problems to make the com...

That's a schlager. - This Is Pop

That's a schlager.

The Human Be-In
built on the popularity - This Is Pop

The Human Be-In built on the popularity

It said something to protest the power - This Is Pop

It said something to protest the power

It just made us realize British culture
has been completely marginalized. - This Is Pop

It just made us realize British culture has been completely ...

Schlager is a German word
that simply means "hit song," - This Is Pop

Schlager is a German word that simply means "hit song,&...

It spoke for itself, of what
the album cover ought to look like, - This Is Pop

It spoke for itself, of what the album cover ought to look l...

Coming up with an anthem for Spike Lee's
movie Do the Right Thing in 1989, - This Is Pop

Coming up with an anthem for Spike Lee's movie Do the R...

I like that, yeah,
but it's gotta be harder, - This Is Pop

I like that, yeah, but it's gotta be harder,

It's just different from English
and American pop music. - This Is Pop

It's just different from English and American pop music...

♪ La-da, la-da, la-da, la-da... ♪ - This Is Pop

♪ La-da, la-da, la-da, la-da... ♪

I don't think there is an album
we ever made - This Is Pop

I don't think there is an album we ever made

We went into the studio - This Is Pop

We went into the studio

ABBA retained some of the
melody-driven sentimentality of schlager, - This Is Pop

ABBA retained some of the melody-driven sentimentality of sc...

It was the typical assembly
that the school normally had. - This Is Pop

It was the typical assembly that the school normally had.

There is a huge need
in the recording industry - This Is Pop

There is a huge need in the recording industry

♪ Fight the power
You gotta fight the powers that be... ♪ - This Is Pop

♪ Fight the power You gotta fight the powers that be... ♪...

It's a whole community - This Is Pop

It's a whole community

And on January 14, 1967, - This Is Pop

And on January 14, 1967,

Before Auto-Tune, the singers would
have to spend a lot of time in the studio - This Is Pop

Before Auto-Tune, the singers would have to spend a lot of t...

I was just trying to get old Waylon
to sell a million records - This Is Pop

I was just trying to get old Waylon to sell a million record...

The record company were aghast, - This Is Pop

The record company were aghast,

We bought these cheap suits
from this place called Twofers. - This Is Pop

We bought these cheap suits from this place called Twofers.

Yes, you can call it back then - This Is Pop

Yes, you can call it back then

A lot of
the outlaw thing comes down to - This Is Pop

A lot of the outlaw thing comes down to

You know, it was fucking talented people
doing really incredible things - This Is Pop

You know, it was fucking talented people doing really incred...

It's just down to marketing.
It's how it sold to people. - This Is Pop

It's just down to marketing. It's how it sold to p...

We were... you know, we were swagged out,
you know what I'm saying? And, um... - This Is Pop

We were... you know, we were swagged out, you know what I�...

Here's the thing. When you listen
to Willie Nelson in 1965 and 1975, - This Is Pop

Here's the thing. When you listen to Willie Nelson in 1...

For a generation that was
facing increased racism, - This Is Pop

For a generation that was facing increased racism,

To get a good vocal take back then,
you had a good vocalist. - This Is Pop

To get a good vocal take back then, you had a good vocalist.

Girls and people there saw us
just like they saw everybody else. - This Is Pop

Girls and people there saw us just like they saw everybody e...

♪ I get up when I want
Except on Wednesdays ♪ - This Is Pop

♪ I get up when I want Except on Wednesdays ♪

Those guys were already fully formed
in doing what they were doing, - This Is Pop

Those guys were already fully formed in doing what they were...

In order to get
the license to do it from the city, - This Is Pop

In order to get the license to do it from the city,

It was the '80s,
in which everything seemed - This Is Pop

It was the '80s, in which everything seemed

Kids don't understand that you're supposed
to meet, you know, Jay, the bass player - This Is Pop

Kids don't understand that you're supposed to meet...

They finally found a way
to get in with a much bigger audience - This Is Pop

They finally found a way to get in with a much bigger audien...

I read comic books
and I played Dungeons & Dragons - This Is Pop

I read comic books and I played Dungeons & Dragons

♪ My, my ♪ - This Is Pop

The outlaw is a term
that someone came up with - This Is Pop

The outlaw is a term that someone came up with

"Fight the Power" happened to capture
through music, lyrics and rhythm, - This Is Pop

"Fight the Power" happened to capture through musi...

First time ever sitting behind
a recording console, - This Is Pop

First time ever sitting behind a recording console,

For some reason,
when the curtain opened up... - This Is Pop

For some reason, when the curtain opened up...

Everybody thinks
it's just songs and celebrity. - This Is Pop

Everybody thinks it's just songs and celebrity.

We're gonna use rap music,
'cause we're not into - This Is Pop

We're gonna use rap music, 'cause we're not i...

No. It's swag and chemistry
that creates a fucking legacy. - This Is Pop

No. It's swag and chemistry that creates a fucking lega...

Revolutionary ideas
mixed with ground-breaking music - This Is Pop

Revolutionary ideas mixed with ground-breaking music

I was suddenly pulled in
on Magical Mystery Tour - This Is Pop

I was suddenly pulled in on Magical Mystery Tour

...it's almost like those kids
saw our future. - This Is Pop

...it's almost like those kids saw our future.

"Fight The Power" means, like,
if there's a foot that's on your shoulder - This Is Pop

"Fight The Power" means, like, if there's a f...

The girls were screaming
and falling out of their chairs. - This Is Pop

The girls were screaming and falling out of their chairs.

Sometimes, it would take him a while
to get a vocal, sometimes not. - This Is Pop

Sometimes, it would take him a while to get a vocal, sometim...

And, uh, we got to the chorus
and a pair of knickers hit Damon - This Is Pop

And, uh, we got to the chorus and a pair of knickers hit Dam...

♪ Waterloo ♪ - This Is Pop

♪ Waterloo ♪

The Grateful Dead had a tribe,
Blue Cheer had a tribe, - This Is Pop

The Grateful Dead had a tribe, Blue Cheer had a tribe,

But then, I was blessed
to work with someone I consider - This Is Pop

But then, I was blessed to work with someone I consider

You would have sworn
that New Edition was there. - This Is Pop

You would have sworn that New Edition was there.

I was like,
"Wow. Something's just changed." - This Is Pop

I was like, "Wow. Something's just changed."

♪ Let's get this party started ♪ - This Is Pop

♪ Let's get this party started ♪

I had rented an apartment on the beach
in Malibu and had just moved in, - This Is Pop

I had rented an apartment on the beach in Malibu and had jus...

And you mix in the music,
which was very basically peaceful, - This Is Pop

And you mix in the music, which was very basically peaceful,

♪ Take a look at the lawman
Beating up the wrong guy ♪ - This Is Pop

♪ Take a look at the lawman Beating up the wrong guy ♪

You know,
If you talked to the general public - This Is Pop

You know, If you talked to the general public

He looked up and waved,
I said, "That is Willie Nelson." - This Is Pop

He looked up and waved, I said, "That is Willie Nelson....

People were young
and they had a sense of being - This Is Pop

People were young and they had a sense of being

So, we ended up jamming at night
just the two of us, on our decks, - This Is Pop

So, we ended up jamming at night just the two of us, on our ...

He was a member of New Edition, - This Is Pop

He was a member of New Edition,

♪ Parklife ♪ - This Is Pop

♪ Parklife ♪

♪ Is there life on Mars?... ♪ - This Is Pop

♪ Is there life on Mars?... ♪

I think the song resonates 30 years later - This Is Pop

I think the song resonates 30 years later

Anything that New Edition
was into at that time, - This Is Pop

Anything that New Edition was into at that time,

I usually start with a piece of a melody - This Is Pop

I usually start with a piece of a melody

"Stardust"
and "On the Sunny Side of the Street," - This Is Pop

"Stardust" and "On the Sunny Side of the Stre...

They had their own culture,
their own way of being - This Is Pop

They had their own culture, their own way of being

To hear that song now, - This Is Pop

To hear that song now,

♪ Parklife ♪ - This Is Pop

♪ Parklife ♪

It would have been almost impossible - This Is Pop

It would have been almost impossible

Uh, it always has been, I think, - This Is Pop

Uh, it always has been, I think,

I don't really care anymore,
uh, but we did then. - This Is Pop

I don't really care anymore, uh, but we did then.

♪ Sometimes I wonder why I spend ♪ - This Is Pop

♪ Sometimes I wonder why I spend ♪

Across the country,
hundreds were arrested - This Is Pop

Across the country, hundreds were arrested

There were only four channels on the TV, - This Is Pop

There were only four channels on the TV,

Before Auto-Tune, the singer would
be in the studio for a week. - This Is Pop

Before Auto-Tune, the singer would be in the studio for a we...

Sweden was resisting
ABBA's pop superstardom - This Is Pop

Sweden was resisting ABBA's pop superstardom

And so, an appearance on that - This Is Pop

And so, an appearance on that

Sometimes you came up with nothing, - This Is Pop

Sometimes you came up with nothing,

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Uncover the real stories behind your favorite pop songs as this docuseries charts the impact of the festival scene, Auto-Tune, boy bands and more.

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Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Production: Banger Films

Genre: documentary, music

Year: 2021

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

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Released: 06 Mar 2021

Awards: 2 nominations

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