Pop music sampling (from the 1980s) have also been utilized as methods for the creation and elaboration of pop music. By the early 1980s, the promotion of pop music had been greatly affected by the rise of music television channels like MTV, which "favoured those artists such as Michael Jackson and Madonna who had a strong visual appeal". The latter half of the 20th-century included a large-scale trend in American culture in which the boundaries between art and pop music were increasingly blurred. Between 1950 and 1970, there was a debate of pop versus art. Since then, certain music publications have embraced
Old Pop in an Oak climbed up an oak tree to get away from his wife whose pet skunk he cooked on a grill. The music video for "Old Pop in an Oak" was directed by Swedish director Stefan Berg. Berg also directed the music video for "Cotton Eye Joe". Old Pop in an Oak "Old Pop in an Oak" is a song recorded by the Swedish band Rednex. It was released in November 1994 as the second single from their debut album "Sex & Violins". The song reached number one in many countries, including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, and Sweden. It is essentially a