David Bowie- He invents the idea of being someone else when he performs. He creates a new personified character each for each album and uses postmoderninsm to completly change his style. His songs are mix of different genres and each album not only shows a different character but also a new genre of music that the audience is not expecting. Bowie took lyrics from different songs and put them together in no particular order to create new material. His period of music creation from the years 1970-1980 are seen as the breakthrough of postmodern ideas in music.
Devo- These were an American band that based their music genre on 80s synth pop. They had a main aim to have fun and didnt take themselves seriously at all, they were a pastiche of old american west style music and wrote songs that would mock the media. They were renound for their outrageous dress style when performing and could be seen wearing bin liners and plant pots to create both interset and humour.
Tenacious D- This is a created duo that includes actor Jack Black. They record parody songs that are humurous with the lyrics but do have a musicalstructure which makes them interesting to listen to. They are also an example of a group that creates songs of humour to build a fanbase and over recent years they have performed at famous English festivals such as Reading and Leeds.
Lady Gaga- This artist is seen as the best example as everything she does and creates can be linked in a postmodern way. She uses intertextuality throughout most of her videos and can be linked to 50s films and previous music artists. There is evidence of her tryig to emulate Madonna in both her videos and music. Her dress sense changes all the time and she is constantly changing her style, her audience would not feellike they are watching her if she didn't do something outrageous and diferent.
Kanye West- He is known for changes his style by changing his appearence, although his music style and genre stays the same. He is also very outspoken and because he is such a respected artist in the music world, his opinions are heard.
Blue Man Group- These are an American comedy act that put on a variety show to their audience. They are seen as a strange group asthey are all completly blue, they even do this off stage. They create an audience from their humerous but yeat interesting acts which you would not seen anywhere else. They are also known for mixing different genrs when they do perform music.
Queen- The band do not follow typical conventions of a song that we are used to hearing as a lot of their work has no structure and songs sound like they could have put three songs into one. They have done this to good effect as some songs they have produced are seen as some of the best written ever. The way Freddie Murcury portrayed himself as a woman in the video 'I want to break free' is postmodern as he showing himself a housewife woman, he is almost living up to sterotypes. The video also uses intertextuality by showing scenes that we would expect to find in the well know television programme 'Corronation Street'.
Eminem- He uses intertextuality by taking scenes from well known films and ercreating them in his music videos. He creates an alter-ego for each album he produces, such as 'Slim Shady'. He plays and acts as a different character and gives them a personality and purpose. He also pays homage to other artists by taking parts of their music to make his own.
Hurts- They are postmodern as they pay homage to an era of music that we no longer hear in todays market, this is the 80s. This era has been brough back in todays music often. The bands work is shown to be contradicting itself as each song has more that one meaning that are completly different.
Mumford and Sons- They are an English folk band that pay homage to a genre of music that is also rarely played today, this is classical folf music. They have made classical guitars and banjos look cool and interesting whereas before this band we wouldn't. They take quotes from Shakespears plays such as 'Sigh no More' from 'Much ado about nothing'. They are a unigue band to the music society today.
2 Many DJs- They are a duo that produce rock/alternate music. The remix other peoples music. They have built up a fanbase and now play sets that last for hours at festivals. They use technology by projecting visulas onto the backscreen so the audince get a show as well as the set.
DJ Dangermouse- He pays homage to other artists that are big and successful as he named his album 'The Grey Album'. This is paying respect to 'The Beatles' who famously named one of their albums 'The White Album'. He had to take his case to court. He sold blank CDs and told people they could download his music off the internet for free. This way he was not selling jis music as people were buying nothing.
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