Adorno argues that the whole structure of popular music is standardised. He says that popular music was symptomatic of the political and aesthetically destructive nature of the capitalist mode of destruction. Basically it’s a production line that mass-produces inferior commodities. Adorno also goes on to say that part interchangeability only serves to give these products an illusion of uniqueness. However Gendron, who goes on to say that music is the recording of a moment in time and that it is therefore very hard to mass replicate can argue otherwise. For example you could have two versions of the same song but its connotations could be completely different. So the question were left asking is; just because something is a commodity does this mean its not art? There are arguments for both sides, however we also have to understand that art can be described as something aesthetically pleasing and it is my belief that popular music fills this criteria.
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