The Velvet Underground, Pink Floyd, David Bowie

Dear Reader,

In this section I am going to write about the Velvet Underground, Pink Floyd and David Bowie.

First of all I am going to look at Pink Floyd, at the time Syd Barrett was their original lead singer. I am first going to determine what Pink Floyd had in common at this time with The Beatles and what they had in common with the Velvet Underground.

I think that Pink Floyd could really be compared with the Beatles, since they were two bands of experiments. They developed a 'new' type of music, with trying everything they could possibly do. I think that is the most important similarity that is also explained in the following movie:

A thing that Pink Floyd had in common with Velvet Underground is their interaction with the fans/audience. Both the bands had a really good interaction and so could really work together with. They knew how to treat and enjoy their fans.

The second thing I am going to discuss is about the question on which elements David Bowie took from The Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol in the early part of his career.

Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol had a great impact on David Bowie. Both Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol tried to do something 'different'. David Bowie wanted to do this experimenting too, which is why they were really a good example for his career in the beginning. This is why they had a great impact on David Bowie!

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An Opposite View

Dear Reader,

Today I am going to write about the opposite view of the blog assignment I did last time. I had an pretty positive reaction about the way the performances of Jimi Hendrix and the Who were like in the clips. But actually this wasn't really true.

In fact, the way the artists treated their gear, was terrible. It made no sense that they actually were destroying it. Although some may see it as art, it is still a waste of money and material where no one benefits from. The fact that the clip in total will only be famous because of the destruction of instruments is another poor thing. That clip will not really focus on the quality of the song therefore, but will be just promoted because of the visuals and crazy things the audience will see.

There is no need to do that, and especially for great musicians like them, it is a waste of money and material. The only reason they could have for doing it, is about the fact that they wanted to do something new. There are only a few artists/musicians, these two included, who have done this destruction of gear in their clips, where only artistic people will go deeper into it.

For normal people it just stays an abnormal activity and is only attractive to watch when it comes to the astonishment of the audience!

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