Just read an interesting blog on Music Thing regarding pop music. Apparently since 1890, of the 37,000 songs that have made it into the top 100, collectively fewer than 9,000 words were used in those songs. That's not a whole lot of words.
Maybe it's that what we consider to be new and fresh, really is just a regurgitation of what was "new and fresh" yesterday, or we really don't care what's new and fresh. Or maybe it's just that there aren't very many good words out there?
Or just maybe it's that there are some super nerds out there with too much time on their hands to analyze pop music for the last 109 years. Seriously guys get a life....but until then, keep posting your findings, cause it's pretty cool.
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