tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post1984270333520009011..comments2024-03-24T00:16:17.304-07:00Comments on Storming the Ivory Tower: Ways of Reading Gaga Intermission Chapter--Pop.Sci.Fi Part ISam Keeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00863236889998956170noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-61983785025335461112013-08-05T16:30:18.903-07:002013-08-05T16:30:18.903-07:00David Bowie cannot really be incorporated into any...David Bowie cannot really be incorporated into any analysis of contemporary pop because he always predates pop movements by about five years, primarily by inventing them first. (For instance, he invented glam with Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars & Aladdin Sane, and shortly after glam started being called glam, he released Diamond Dogs, which not only was proto-punk but directly inspired a large number of both the early punk and early new wave artists.) You could say that Bowie's use of science fiction imagery in videos was in part the genesis of it in the work of other artists (which may or may not be bullshit), and that in twenty years every music video will closely resemble the video for The Stars Are Out.John Ohnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11352441770252592928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-12306284755104777162012-01-18T19:18:08.980-08:002012-01-18T19:18:08.980-08:00What, no Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars?...What, no Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars? Too old or too epic? X)Eurydicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15287342000403670156noreply@blogger.com