When pop fans have a conversation about current popular musicians, they like to talk about pop musicians' endurance. Pop changes its manners frequently, so it is very hard to survive for even very popular stars.
However, we can find some exceptional stars who broke existing rules and became 'classic' such as Bob Dylan, Bob Marley and Prince. The author describes them 'Pop acts become classic when they reveal the contingent nature of classic.' We also can see some hit wonders who got tremendous popularity with 1 or 2 songs and disappeared but their songs became classic and influenced many other musicians and created a new trend in pop.
The author describes Lady Gaga 'a trained professional who tries to sell herself as one hit wonder'. Before acquiring fame, she used to perform songs in New York clubs and wrote songs for famous musicians such as the Pussycat Dolls and Britney Spears. So she really has ability to sing and write. Gaga's first album which is made by cleverly chosen prominent professionals changed pop's trend 'away from hip-hop back to disco'. Gaga knows odd 1 hit wonders are cooler than a long term musical stretch. She might obtain her name for both weirdness and endurance.
Very interesting and well written summary. The New Yorker is a great source for reading, glad you chose this article to summarize! Welcome to the class and to our blog!
ReplyDeleteI like this article and I like Gaga. She is very her, no copy and she doesn't care if her style matches any superstar. She is FRESH!!!
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