The 1970s and 80s, context and detail
- Created by: Bethan Chainey
- Created on: 16-05-16 10:13
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- The 1980s and 70s, Influential Bands
- Kraftwerk
- In melody maker "for gods sake take the robots out of music
- "Spineless emotionless sound." review of a show in newcastle
- "No other band since the Beatles have given so much to pop culture" The Guardian
- Album covers of their first 2 albums take an industrial take on Warhols banana for velvet underground
- First advert for autobahn in NME shocked people. Super alien
- "Radioactivity", sinister undertone, Geiger counter
- Depeche Mode
- Use of sampling
- American Invasion
- Vince made it poppy and for the masses and Martin made it sinister and art
- Topics like sexual frustration (literally every song on black celebration) and the male's role in a relationship, questioning dominance and getting alittle ***** ooh. "behind the wheel", "master and servant"
- Questioning religion and christianity "blasphemous rumours"
- Gary Numan
- Converted his punk band to electro punk (tubeway army) "electro is the new punk" analysis
- Recorded it on a polymoog synth with one finger
- Was put on medication for asberges, early songs were about seeing the world differently and living with asberges, emmersed himself in scifi writers
- "David Bowie was theatrical, Gary Numan was otherworldly"
- Problems
- Desperate years for GB politically and economically
- Kraftwerk
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