Can popular music ever be unplugged?

When presented with the question, Can popular music ever be unplugged? one has to think long and hard about there response as they have to be careful not to contradict themselves. Now unplugged music is considered as music without the inclusion of technology through its journey of creation or distribution. Now due to the fact that 21st century music is heavily reliant on electronic technology ‘unplugged’ music is considered acoustic, but is that really unplugged? even the traditional guitar is a piece of technology, Now it is nearly certain that if you were to attended a live gig or set you would most definitely find the technology of the microphone gifted to us in the 1920’s by Charles Wheatstone. Simply put popular music is plugged in, especially within the 21st century with a lot of it reliant on such technologies as synthesizers and electric guitars. Even if it was Acapella , as for it to get recorded/distributed some technology was needed

What is Popular Music?

To answer a question such as ‘What is Popular music?’ is as difficult as explaining ‘Why the Sky is Blue’ because there is no definitive answers. Over the years Popular has adopted many different meanings. Originally a legal term derived from the Roman word ‘Popularis’ Meaning belonging to the people, by the 16^th century it soon took on a lesser identity meaning base, vulgar and of common people end with the birth of Popularity which then meant , courting the favour of the people by undue practices. By the 18^th century its identity had improved and things ‘Popular’ were considered ‘High Favoured’ where as 19^th American magazine stated it ‘as quite gravely and sincerely as a synonym for good’ Eventually all Popular music consist of a hybrid of musical traditions, styles and influence, and is also an economic product which is invested with Ideological significance by many of its investors.