Disco:
This
song by Kelly Marie falls into the Disco genre because it has a strong beat
that is electric. The specific video
that I link to is actually one that takes place during the day time, but there
is also another recording in which she is at a Disco club singing the
song. Disco has some of its roots in
African American song and dance, which is shown with her backup dancers who are
constantly keeping the beat throughout the song. In terms of technology, the song does have
the electric repeated beat, but the sound that is similar to a train, a bit of
a choo-choo sound, is an electric whistle.
Nineties
This
is a moody and angst filled ballad, similar to many other songs in the 90’s and
in the category of Nineties. An element
of this song and technology is the electric guitar that is present in the song,
particularly in the early portion of the song, and the layering of the
instruments over the voices. In terms of
the technology with the song, it is also similar to others throughout the 90’s
in that it has a narrative portion and an understated action of the band
singing and not playing their instruments, or minimally playing their
instruments.
Girl Power
Jill
Sobule certainly is an artist who falls under the girl power genere, especially
through the themes of her songs, such as “I kissed a girl” and “Karen by night,”
with the later not having a music video to reference to. The theme of the song is non-traditional
roles of women, which mirrors many of the other girl power songs. The element that stands out with regards to
technology is actually the video itself.
It is a high end production and it features Fabio, a very well known
star in the 1990’s. The video was in
1995, prior to any of the present day songs about kissing girls, and when LGBT
elements in any mainstream song was a bit taboo. Jill Sobule has a high end production video,
with major stars, highlighting a lesbian type romance between two
individuals. The full meaning of the
song is certainly communicated using video technology. The strength of Sobule as the singer is also
shown in her power guitar solo which also uses electric guitar like others in
the genre.
Electro-Clash
This
is a song that is an early YouTube video that is interesting because it ties
together the sounds of Electro-Clash, but in the capacity of someone who is not
a singer, but more of a satire artist.
It’s Electro-Clash because it is a heavy techno beat, but it has some
talkative narrative in between the different rifts. There is a point in which the refrain is a screeching
electric “F*you” that is played over and over again, which has been synthesed. It’s actually really unique in that it ties
in technology because it is one of the earlier videos on YouTube and has
millions and millions of views because of its longevity, which without the
technology of YouTube, the video would not have existed in the first place.
Virtual
Prozzak
is a band that emerged in the late 1990’s and has an identity that is entirely separate
from its actual creators. Prozzak fits
into the genre virtual in that its singers are entirely separate from the music
itself, with no one knowing who the actual people are and it taking on the
identity of Milo and Simon.
Realistically, we know who the singers are, a different embodiment of
singers from the Philosopher Kings, but it is a pop sound that is light hearted
and has been around for a long time independent of the actual artists who are
affiliated with other projects. The second
fits into the virtual element in that it is songs are through embodiments that
are virtual or cartoon and has a very heavy technological aspect to the sound,
such as reoccurring techno beats made mostly for a dance environment.
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