Progressive Pop

Bruno Pernadas

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Progressive pop is a form of pop music that brings in more complex ideas while retaining a straightforward pop sensibility. Songs typically involve multiple key changes, tempo modulations, unorthodox instrumentation, or other qualities that may surprise the listener and sound novel for its time. Although this might sound identical to "experimental pop" or "avant-pop" tags, progressive pop is distinguished for almost never being abrasive or inaccessible. Some of the most famous examples are the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, Electric Light Orchestra's "Mr. Blue Sky", and the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star". .