Trash Theory just put out a new video essay on Peter Gabriel who’s plenty post punk adjacent. If you haven’t seen their videos before. They’re absolutely worth a look. Covering a lot of post punk related artists and much more.
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Yeah the essay absolutely sticks to the 70’s/80’s experimental period. These days he’s much more adult contemporary or maybe world music it seems. Which is fair enough. But yeah the 70’s and especially 80’s stuff will always have a special place for me for sure.
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Not that I remember. His videos tend to be rather narrative heavy. Pulling in a lot of footage for silent background B roll is the style he tends to go with. Sometimes throwing in short clips with the artist talking etc. But yeah That early synth stuff is always interesting. Watching some of the interviews Numan has done talking about how they changed his trajectory can’t help but pique your interests. Speaking of. Have you seen the documentary “I Dream of Wires”?
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And just because of all the great stuff they’ve posted in the past. Here’s a short curated list of relevant videos to check out.
Before Nine Inch Nails: How Industrial Became Pop
Sweet Dreams: How Eurythmics Shocked America and Made MTV I New British Canon
How The Damned Beat the Pistols at Their Own Game | New British Canon
Siouxsie & The Banshees: Jet Black Pop Darlings (“Spellbound”) | New British Canon
The Violent Desire of PJ Harvey’s “Rid Of Me” | New British Canon
How Echo & The Bunnymen and God Wrote “The Killing Moon” | New British Canon
Depeche Mode & “Enjoy the Silence”: From Parody to Royalty | New British Canon
Before Are “Friends” Electric?: How Synth-Pop Became Synth-Pop
The Smirking Revenge of The Sisters of Mercy & THIS CORROSION | New British CanonAnd that’s just a small scratch at the 100+ essays they have up.
I’m not sure if “when Peter Gabriel went political” is some kind of attempt at a clickbait title but it’s pretty bizarre when Genesis’ first single after the false-start From Genesis to Revelation album (after which they went on hiatus and went back to school) was about violent revolution and Kent State, a decade earlier.
Yeah I definitely think it was a bit clickbaity. And not the only one. But such is trying to appease the algo-gods I suppose. If you look at the title card for the video it actually has a different IMO better title.
Suppose I could go back in and enter it manually. But just was lazy and went with what was suggested and listed as the title.
