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Experimental Popular Music
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• is all music experimental?
• pushing boundaries / experimentation
• influence
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Laurie Anderson
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“O Superman” (1981)
• Minimalist-inspired
• half-sung, half-spoken electronically altered vocals
• #2 on UK singles chart
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Björk
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Medúlla (2004)
• seventh studio album
• entirely vocal sounds
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“Oceania” at 2004 Athens Olympics
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Laurie Anderson and Björk both
• 1) Worked for their respective governments
• 2) Experimented with the use of the human voice
• 3) Performed only acoustic music
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Sonic Youth
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• “noise” rock
• layers of guitar sound, feedback
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“Teenage Riot” (1993)
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Sonic Youth was influential in the development of
• 1) Grunge Rock (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc.)
• 2) Hip-Hop (Sugar Hill Gang, NWA, etc.)
• 3) Progressive Rock (Jethro Tull, ELP, etc.)
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The Velvet Underground
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Song: “Venus in Furs” (1967)Video clip from Andy Warhol, Symphony of Sound (1966)
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The Velvet Underground were
associated with
• 1) Claude Monet
• 2) Andy Warhol
• 3) Frank Stella
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When is your second paper due?
• 1) Nov 21 (Next Monday)
• 2) Dec 5 (Last day or school)
• 3) ??????
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Brian Eno
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Brian Eno
• Ambient music composer
• Experimental pop artist / collaborator
• Producer / “Sonic landscaper”
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“Deep Blue Day” (1983)
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• Genesis
• David Bowie
• Talking Heads
• Devo
• Laurie Anderson
• U2
• Depeche Mode
• Ultravox
• James
• Grace Jones
• Coldplay
• etc., etc., etc.
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Brian Eno & David Byrne, “Poor Boy” from Everything that Happens Will Happen Today (2008)