MUS 1014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Devo, Computer World, Arena Rock
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Music that seemed to learn all the lessons and internalize them. Punk did not take the musical enterprise seriously. Feels like punk, looks like punk, but not to be afraid to be radio friendly. New wave: does not set out to make the arena rock claims, how it is going to save you. Power chords on the guitar are typically absent in this type of openly confrontational. Music was about being a vengeful looser. He is persistent on trying to get a woman. Whining sound in being unable to get the girl. Tells the listener that this song is about obsession. Entire aesthetic of kraftwerk was to mock themselves with synthesizers. Pocket calculator was the beginning of the electronic world, the pioneer. Synthesizer solo is the exact notes over and over. A synthesizer at this point in time could only play one note at a time.
