Originating Location: Worldwide
Originating Era: The beginning of recorded music / early 60s as an actual genre
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Pop music is a double-edged sword. On one hand, it is consided as simply popular music. On the other hand it is a genre that emerged in the early 60s as a reaction to the more brash sounding rock & roll. When using the term as a genre, it is usually coupled with another genre (like pop-rock, pop-country, folk-pop, psychedelic pop), which is used to further describe the sound. This is done due to the overarching boundaries that the style is able to encompass. Since it's inception, pop has always been the biggest money maker as well as the most popular in the mainstream, which could almost be considered synonomous. The teen idol craze in the early 60s kicked off the style as a genre, enlisting youthful and attractive artists along with simple song structures and catchy melodies to compel to the listening audience. Interestingly, these simplistic techniques as well as a brighter, smoother and almost bubblier sound became one of the most competitive of the large musical genres. This meant that only the most skillful and innovative musicians, songwriters and singers could truely make it to the top and make the most money, henceforth the business of popular music was created and still remains prominent today. Throughout the decades, the style of pop most popular has varied immensly which has made the music business extremely fickle and demanding with audience tastes constantly changing. Some of these styles include (but nowhere are limited to) the pop-rock, bubblegum and Motown of the 60s, the soft rock, AM pop and blue-eyed soul of the 70s, the synth pop and adult contemporary of the 80s, the teen idols of the 90s and in the last decade the emergence of pop-punk.
Pop (a short form of the English "Popular"), was a type of music that began on Earth in the 20th century, and continued to be known at least until the late 23rd century. (TOS novel: The Rift)
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Pip and Pop are two inseparable purple otters who live on the otter pond behind the Big Blue House on Bear in the Big Blue House. They are cousins, and share a set of grandparents: Otto and Etta Otter. They are both obsessed with clams (though Pip loves steamed clams, whereas Pop loves stuffed clams), and enjoy the game of checkers. They often speak simultaneously --- saying or singing the same thing in unison.
They look almost identical, but there are a couple of minor differences. Pop's ears are slightly higher on his head, and his eyes are slightly larger and closer together than Pip's. Thus, "Pop's ears are on top" and Pip's ears are towards the front. Another difference Pip and Pop have noted about themselves is that Pop is able to make some very funny faces that Pip isn't able to. According to Noel MacNeal, "Pip was always on camera left. So ... it's Peter Linz on the left, and Tyler [Bunch] on the right."[1]
When Pip and Pop aren't at the Big Blue House, they can often be found at the Otter Pond. This is no surprise, as they love water. They can also be found hanging out and playing in the bathtub a fair amount.
One of Pip and Pop's favorite toys is a talking clam named Clammy, which they receive in the mail in "The Way I Feel Today."
They were both brown in the pitch tape for the series.[2]
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