POP MUSIC - For some reason, Spencer finds this term offensive, becoming particularly agitated when it's used to refer to his own oeuvre. In its literal sense, the term is certainly inappropriate: his songs aren't 'popular' in themselves. They are, however, derivative of ones that are. His intention in writing them was to imitate the baleful influences of his youth and, consequently, make himself a baleful influence to others. The fact that he's failed to interest more than a handful of people can be attributed to a lack of practical diligence and unsavoury fixations rather than absence of ambition.

 

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