Liv Wood

David Bowie Post Modernism

David Robert Jones 8th January 1947 Known for his distinctive voice as well as the intellectual depth and eclecticism of his work. Each of David Bowies albums has a different concept and genre. This is an aspect of postmodern as is rejects the general structure of an album and the expectation of an artist having consistency. The mixture of genres in itself is relevant, even though there is not always a different combination on each album, rather each album being different to the last. Even the most well-known of his songs such as Golden Years and Lets Dance are completely different Examples of the ways in which Bowies albums differ - Debut, self-titled album Folk f rock/pop (Bearing little resemblance to his later music) - Space Oddity Psychedelic folk/progressive rock - The Man Who Sold The World claim to be the birth of glam rock - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust rock (based on the rock star alter-ego of Ziggy Stardust) - Young Americans Soul/funk/rock - Black Tie White Noise Soul/electronic

Bowies period of 1970 1980 is often referred to as the a breakthrough of postmodern ideas into popular music, going through various musical genres and subject matter Lyrics are influenced by a range of things, such as politics, love, drugs and literature. Bowie brought the unexpected into his lyrics, such as the decay of society, pairing together different things Goes from lyrics with content such as, give me your heart and Ill love you till Tuesday to Homo sapiens have outgrown their use