Velvet underground & The Pink Floyd & David Bowie & Andy Warhol

Hi there!

I've been ill the past weeks, so therefore my blog is not very up-to-date. This is going to change now because I will post last weeks blog today and the one of this week later. In this post I will be answering some questions about similarities between different artists.

1. What did "The Pink Floyd" (as they were known at this point) have in common at this time with The Beatles? 

- What I saw that The Pink Floyd and The Beatles had in common was that both member(s) went to art schools and wrote their own songs. Next to that they had a new sound, something that wasn't heard before, just like with The Beatles. Also the fact that both bands used a lot of polyphony in their songs is a similarity. 

2. What did they have in common with The Velvet Underground?

- Both bands were exploring rock music and trying new things, experimenting. They both started without any intentions of becoming famouse, but both did. I find it very hard though to find big similarities and to put my finger on it, but I think those two were fair enough. Maybe also the fact that it was not only the music that was important in their performance, but also the lightshows and artistic ideas around it. Their performances were just very important, because that is where they really attracked the atention of their audiences with. The colours and abstract images on stage etc. 

3. What element did David Bowie take from the Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol in the early time of his career?

David Bowie did not really have a music style of his own, or a particular thing that characterized him. That was according to me mainly due to him being inspired by so many different styles of art and artists. He loved the music of The Velvet Underground and how they worked with light during their performance. That is what is started doing as well. He made rock, but left away the hair and the beart, the jeans. Andy Warhol was also someone he looked up to, his appearance was very similar to Andy and I also think that David much appreciated Andy's way of thinking. Some people say that David stole from other artists, but I do not agree and think that little things of those artists together made him for what he became later in his career. 

That's it for today!

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