30TH JAN 2012

TROPE 

"a re-occuring element or convention which has formed over many years. "

MEME

 "a cultural unit that gives us information about something and spreads from people to people."

POP TROPES

• really fashionable
• looks like having loads of fun
• usually singing about the opposite sex
• smiling
• girly
• attractive people
• bright colours
• appear perfect
• idolised by all ages
• can be liked by all ages
• in bands often members where the same things in different colours, or each member given a colour and wear their colour in different items of clothing 

The tropes of anything is important in giving a genre an identity and giving it its memes. Memes of a particular industry change over time depending on the themes the genre portray. These are changed by different people developing different fashions and trends depending on the history of that genre. 
Pop music derived from rock and roll in the 1950s. There are few incidents in the history of pop music however many of the charts is dominated by pop artists and millions of copies of there singles and albums have been sold around the world. 
Memes of pop music at the moment are the over the top outfits and music videos. 

HIP-HOP/RAP TROPES

• usually quite sexual
• sometimes a lot of tattoos on the artist
• often collaborate with other artists 
• don't tend to wear generically glamourous clothing
• always appear quite rough and 'from the hood'
• have a lot  of skin showing
• will often wear a lot of jewellery 

HEAVY METAL TROPES

• aggressive 
• angry
• usually singing about something they hate or are passionate about
• wear a lot of leather and chains
• usually have long, dark hair
• big part of song time often given to an instrumental