Can Manufactured Bands ever be Classified as 'Good' Art? The Effect of the Market on the Construction of Music
Introduction
Manufactured bands now make up a major percentage of chart music today, not least of them Take That, Boyzone, Bad Boys inc., East 17 and other all-boy pop bands. In this essay I would like to discuss how the standard of art has been lowered by the capitalistic system of the music industry, using a specific example - 'Upside Down', which is maybe the latest addition to this genre of music.
By this genre of music, I mean the all-boy bands w…
