Week 5 - Can popular music ever really be unplugged?

Popular music cannot be unplugged as to keep it popular it needs to be distributed and in order to do so the music has to be performed with technology to be recorded and placed on to CD. There wouldn’t be the varied genres we have today, such as Rock music, where all of its sound is consisted of technology and its misuse. For instance the Stratocaster by Fender in 1954 and the feedback made by the closeness of the amplifier and instrument constituted a trademark sound and an iconic style for rock n roll. A need for microphone and amp is important in the creation of popular music so not to overshadow the other instruments when performing, such as drums overpowering vocals. It can be said Radio 1’s Unplugged is contradictory as techniquly the music is not unplugged as to be heard it is recorded. The points that say popular music can be unplugged are always justified. Such as singing acapella, but there is the need of a venue that would have to have the ability to carry a voice to make it loud enough for audience appreciation. Also the banging on an inanimate object (a table) can be performed to produce popular music; however as it is the use of scientific knowledge it makes the table technology.