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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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documentary, music

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Banger Films

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2 nominations

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Auto-Tune cut that week
down to half a day. - This Is Pop

Auto-Tune cut that week down to half a day.

The Human Be-In was proof
that an outdoor concert could work - This Is Pop

The Human Be-In was proof that an outdoor concert could work

Sadly, the current politics
mirror 30, 40 years ago. - This Is Pop

Sadly, the current politics mirror 30, 40 years ago.

I had producers grabbing it from my hand. - This Is Pop

I had producers grabbing it from my hand.

I mean, there's their story
and there's other stories. - This Is Pop

I mean, there's their story and there's other stor...

♪ And they all go hand-in-hand ♪ - This Is Pop

♪ And they all go hand-in-hand ♪

Electrical engineer and inventor,
Andy Hildebrand - This Is Pop

Electrical engineer and inventor, Andy Hildebrand

So, is it troubling
that we're still addressing - This Is Pop

So, is it troubling that we're still addressing

And when it was hot,
when you were on a roll, - This Is Pop

And when it was hot, when you were on a roll,

Nate had a friend
who actually was security for Will Smith, - This Is Pop

Nate had a friend who actually was security for Will Smith,

Because when you're on that creative roll
you stay where you are, - This Is Pop

Because when you're on that creative roll you stay wher...

He said, "Look, we're going to be
at the Powerhouse on blah-blah date," - This Is Pop

He said, "Look, we're going to be at the Powerhous...

I'd been playing it all my life, - This Is Pop

I'd been playing it all my life,

It was as if suddenly
it was okay to be British, - This Is Pop

It was as if suddenly it was okay to be British,

♪ I don't know what I can sing ♪ - This Is Pop

♪ I don't know what I can sing ♪

Everybody heard through word of mouth
about this new software. - This Is Pop

Everybody heard through word of mouth about this new softwar...

A few months later,
we had Auto-Tune distributed - This Is Pop

A few months later, we had Auto-Tune distributed

When I took it home, I can remember
driving down Laurel Canyon Blvd. - This Is Pop

When I took it home, I can remember driving down Laurel Cany...

There was definitely
something in the air at that time. - This Is Pop

There was definitely something in the air at that time.

♪ Oh, you feel like days gone by... ♪ - This Is Pop

♪ Oh, you feel like days gone by... ♪

And just listened to it
over and over and over again, - This Is Pop

And just listened to it over and over and over again,

I'm gonna end up talking
about these things until the day I die - This Is Pop

I'm gonna end up talking about these things until the d...

I think that's all a part
of the desire and the will - This Is Pop

I think that's all a part of the desire and the will

I feel like Carole King, - This Is Pop

I feel like Carole King,

I had a very famous producer stop me, - This Is Pop

I had a very famous producer stop me,

The job of an artist
is to try to make the roads better - This Is Pop

The job of an artist is to try to make the roads better

We didn't have tickets,
so they put us back - This Is Pop

We didn't have tickets, so they put us back

In the '80s, when my parents' generation
was looking down on ABBA, - This Is Pop

In the '80s, when my parents' generation was looki...

I came in this world not knowing
what the hell was going on. - This Is Pop

I came in this world not knowing what the hell was going on.

Blur's success with "Parklife"
made the English music press take notice. - This Is Pop

Blur's success with "Parklife" made the Engli...

She really was going through some things - This Is Pop

She really was going through some things

♪ Is in the stardust of a song ♪ - This Is Pop

♪ Is in the stardust of a song ♪

I lived, paid attention, listened, - This Is Pop

I lived, paid attention, listened,

And I come around the corner - This Is Pop

And I come around the corner

But, um, ABBA,
we didn't take them seriously - This Is Pop

But, um, ABBA, we didn't take them seriously

My striving was
to do something that didn't repeat itself, - This Is Pop

My striving was to do something that didn't repeat itse...

They didn't want any controversy - This Is Pop

They didn't want any controversy

It was when the outside world - This Is Pop

It was when the outside world

- ♪ Well, I got down on my knees ♪
- ♪ Got down on my knees ♪ - This Is Pop

- ♪ Well, I got down on my knees ♪ - ♪ Got down on my knees ...

And then, when it's finished,
I would invite people to my home, - This Is Pop

And then, when it's finished, I would invite people to ...

For example, I remember Elvis Costello, - This Is Pop

For example, I remember Elvis Costello,

All the people, all the artists
that had come into the side entrance. - This Is Pop

All the people, all the artists that had come into the side ...

Of course, a song matters
and has always mattered. - This Is Pop

Of course, a song matters and has always mattered.

What brought it out
to the public's awareness - This Is Pop

What brought it out to the public's awareness

I just thought they sounded good - This Is Pop

I just thought they sounded good

It might seem like a funny move
for some people to think, - This Is Pop

It might seem like a funny move for some people to think,

Britain, at that time,
was being suffocated by American rock - This Is Pop

Britain, at that time, was being suffocated by American rock

There's a dial on the software
that slows down the pitch change. - This Is Pop

There's a dial on the software that slows down the pitc...

They sang about the times
that they lived in in their work, - This Is Pop

They sang about the times that they lived in in their work,

I think I was just being nice - This Is Pop

I think I was just being nice

So you can go from
a faster song to, say, a ballad, - This Is Pop

So you can go from a faster song to, say, a ballad,

Grunge was all about baring your soul
and singing from the heart, - This Is Pop

Grunge was all about baring your soul and singing from the h...

And I suppose the questions
that they posed will always be relevant. - This Is Pop

And I suppose the questions that they posed will always be r...

Now you can actually say
that you like ABBA, so it's... it's good. - This Is Pop

Now you can actually say that you like ABBA, so it's......

The questions of
what it means to be a person - This Is Pop

The questions of what it means to be a person

You can turn that dial the other way
and go to a faster song, - This Is Pop

You can turn that dial the other way and go to a faster song...

I think Willie was just
leaning towards that word "authenticity," - This Is Pop

I think Willie was just leaning towards that word "auth...

I mean, they were like
the modern day Temptations to us, - This Is Pop

I mean, they were like the modern day Temptations to us,

And to quote The Smiths,
"It said nothing to me about my life." - This Is Pop

And to quote The Smiths, "It said nothing to me about m...

♪ And that's the way I write
A song for you right now ♪ - This Is Pop

♪ And that's the way I write A song for you right now ♪...

Lou Adler and John Phillips
really produced it. - This Is Pop

Lou Adler and John Phillips really produced it.

Just for fun,
I let the dial go all the way to zero, - This Is Pop

Just for fun, I let the dial go all the way to zero,

Nate did call, and he called
every night for, like, two or three weeks - This Is Pop

Nate did call, and he called every night for, like, two or t...

The pop tradition of this country
is a bit more playful, post-modern, - This Is Pop

The pop tradition of this country is a bit more playful, pos...

♪ After love, after love
After love, after love... ♪ - This Is Pop

♪ After love, after love After love, after love... ♪

But it was just not something
that was done in those days in Nashville. - This Is Pop

But it was just not something that was done in those days in...

When someone
from a little country like Sweden - This Is Pop

When someone from a little country like Sweden

♪ This land is your land ♪ - This Is Pop

♪ This land is your land ♪

It was really hard
to convince politicians in Monterey - This Is Pop

It was really hard to convince politicians in Monterey

I know when to stop
and I know when the song is found. - This Is Pop

I know when to stop and I know when the song is found.

It makes everyone understand,
"Well, if they can do it, we can do it." - This Is Pop

It makes everyone understand, "Well, if they can do it,...

I got back to California and found out
they released 500 copies. - This Is Pop

I got back to California and found out they released 500 cop...

Blur, they were pioneers
of British guitar rock - This Is Pop

Blur, they were pioneers of British guitar rock

There it is,
I just heard it go by, you know, - This Is Pop

There it is, I just heard it go by, you know,

I didn't think anybody in their right mind
would ever use it that way. - This Is Pop

I didn't think anybody in their right mind would ever u...

But then it turned out
that a lot of people liked that music - This Is Pop

But then it turned out that a lot of people liked that music

♪ You can dance ♪ - This Is Pop

♪ You can dance ♪

And there would be absolutely no drugs. - This Is Pop

And there would be absolutely no drugs.

♪ No matter how hard I try ♪ - This Is Pop

♪ No matter how hard I try ♪

And next thing you know,
the seeds of Britpop had been sown. - This Is Pop

And next thing you know, the seeds of Britpop had been sown.

They sent me a gold album - This Is Pop

They sent me a gold album

If it wasn't for Nate Morris,
I would have never been a music executive. - This Is Pop

If it wasn't for Nate Morris, I would have never been a...

Wow. It's like you're
tapping into something else. - This Is Pop

Wow. It's like you're tapping into something else.

A hundred miles from
the bustle of San Francisco is Monterey, - This Is Pop

A hundred miles from the bustle of San Francisco is Monterey...

Savage & Best was a publicity firm - This Is Pop

Savage & Best was a publicity firm

Then they sent me a platinum album
and that was even better. - This Is Pop

Then they sent me a platinum album and that was even better.

And the next one I got
had six platinum albums on it. - This Is Pop

And the next one I got had six platinum albums on it.

You know,
a lot of them run around in our office - This Is Pop

You know, a lot of them run around in our office

Like I'm a channel, I know that. - This Is Pop

Like I'm a channel, I know that.

Something came from... something spiritual - This Is Pop

Something came from... something spiritual

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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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