MUAR 392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Mick Jagger, Psycho Killer, Andy Summers
MUAR 392
Lecture 20 â March 9
Post-Pink/ New Wave
What does New Wave and Post-Punk mean?
Post-Punk: reactionary wave of music happening after Punk, although there is an element that
is carried over from traditional punk
New Wave: related to punk but emphasis on the arty, avant-garde, studied and ironic dimension
accompanied the streetwise working-class and vulgar dimension
-The terms punk and new wave were used interchangeably until 1977
Post-Punk: punk was declared dead when the Sex Pistols broke up in 1978, other bands/
approaches tried to ïŹll the void left by punk
Post Punk & New Wave
-Post-Punk has less commercial success
-New Wave was made to be more commercially successful, and easier to digest by listeners
The Police: formed in London in 1977
-Sting (vocals, bass), Andy Summers (guitar) and Steward Copeland (drums)
-Blended éléments of punk, reggae, avant-garde rock and pop
Talking Heads, âPsycho Killerâ (1977) â relationship here in sound and image to rock, punk?
-Musically there is a repetitive driving base line, but making fun of opening to an audience by
stating âour next number isâŠâ
-âPsycho killer, quâest-que , fa fa fa fa fa âŠ.â â bilingual, nonsensical lyrics
DEVO: art school band formed in Ohio
-Robotic
-Awkward
-Masculine
-Inhuman
-Nervous
-Authentic? â Mick Jagger noted that he preferred this version to his own
The B-52s: formed in Athens, Georgia in 1976
-Formed in a college down â reconstruct the sounds and attitudes of post-Sputnik, pre-
Vietnam pop America within a New Wave context
-Drew on themes from the 1960s, both in appearance and sound
âRock Lobsterâ (1980)
-Performative, speaking and singing
-Bright colours
Retro-trash
-Pastiche in which signs â musical, sartorial are detached form their historical contexts and
meanings
Generalizations: disparate sounds,images or uniïŹed by time period
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Document Summary
Post-punk: reactionary wave of music happening after punk, although there is an element that is carried over from traditional punk. New wave: related to punk but emphasis on the arty, avant-garde, studied and ironic dimension accompanied the streetwise working-class and vulgar dimension. The terms punk and new wave were used interchangeably until 1977. Post-punk: punk was declared dead when the sex pistols broke up in 1978, other bands/ approaches tried to ll the void left by punk. New wave was made to be more commercially successful, and easier to digest by listeners. Sting (vocals, bass), andy summers (guitar) and steward copeland (drums) Blended l ments of punk, reggae, avant-garde rock and pop. Musically there is a repetitive driving base line, but making fun of opening to an audience by stating our next number is . Psycho killer, qu"est-que , fa fa fa fa fa . bilingual, nonsensical lyrics. Mick jagger noted that he preferred this version to his own.