论述至此，本人认为还需要给流行音乐补充两个细节上的说明：一，在快节奏的现代社会，任何事物更新速度都非常快，而流行音乐正是体现生活的门户，在更新换代上，从来都是时代先锋，即使作品留得下来，那也是“反刍”而不会是连续性的。二，流行音乐在大众观念中相当于一种歌曲类型，这是一种狭义的概括，却有强有力的根据，这就是外来词“pop music”成词的源流：The term "pop song" is first recorded as being used in 1926 in the sense of a piece of music "having popular appeal".[1] Starting in the 1950s the term "pop music" has been used to describe a distinct genre, aimed at a youth market, often characterized as a softer alternative to rock and roll.[2][3] In the aftermath of the British Invasion, from about 1967, it was increasingly used in opposition to the term rock music, to describe a form that was more commercial, ephemeral and accessible.[4] Although pop music is often seen as oriented towards the singles charts, as a genre it is not the sum of all chart music, which have always contained songs from a variety of sources, including classical, jazz, rock, and novelty songs, while pop music as a genre is usually seen as existing and developing separately（自维基百科）
若据此，本人在定义界定上的大部分困难均解除。可惜，对于同样翻译为“流行音乐”的这个外来词，在发源国有着两种不同的指代：“pop music ”是“popular music”的减缩形式，在群内语境中指具体的音乐类型，而“popular music”则是较宽泛的概念，并且一直处于发展状态：Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres, and stands in contrast to art music,[1][2] and traditional music which was disseminated orally.[2][3] Although popular music sometimes is known as "pop music", the term pop music usually refers to a specific musical genre.(自维基百科)
这样，我们大概可以看到定义的众说纷纭的症结所在了。并且，上述外文定义中同时可以为我们解决另外一个疑惑：and traditional music which was disseminated orally.根据简单逻辑，我们是否能推断：经商业运作的原生态民歌专辑，经过包装过的民歌手，应一时之风的情况，也可以被纳入流行音乐的范畴呢。
