tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6417337773760045947.post7809212978323012020..comments2023-09-08T14:41:38.903+01:00Comments on faces on posters<br> too many choices: Golden Yearscarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886258675618058752noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6417337773760045947.post-56708845057739084782013-01-04T09:52:56.628+00:002013-01-04T09:52:56.628+00:00Rap is ultimately about status though, so I guess ...Rap is ultimately about status though, so I guess the gold is inevitable.<br /><br />I think the confusion is that in traditional hierarchical societies top dog status is usually dependent upon personal "quality" (courage, charisma etc.), whereas in covert-hierarchical late Capitalist societies personal "quality" is perceived as resulting from becoming top dog.<br /><br />Things like gold retain their old metaphysical connection with higher human values, though they're frequently owned by people who do nothing more than trade stocks or dabble in property or insult rivals over backbeats etc.Phil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214245608032305452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6417337773760045947.post-51196576623331204762013-01-04T00:18:05.597+00:002013-01-04T00:18:05.597+00:00And what started out as pop parodies of 'high ...And what started out as pop <i>parodies</i> of 'high society' glamour (probably starting with Roxy Music, but maybe earlier), ended up being intentionally (?) mistaken for the 'genuine article'. Chic come to mind, but it was definitely the case with New Romantics inspired by both bands. But that's what post-modernism was all about, I suppose: blurring the boundaries between the 'original' and its 'spoof'. David K Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756535951359716522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6417337773760045947.post-73013292343330151532013-01-04T00:12:30.378+00:002013-01-04T00:12:30.378+00:00Also gold became a big motif in rap a few years la...Also gold became a big motif in rap a few years later. Even the most 'revolutionary' rappers mentioned it repeatedly. It was the most ubiquitous fashion statement on covers. Then it became brand-placement outright, until the present day.David K Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756535951359716522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6417337773760045947.post-18342705891296940462013-01-03T17:35:59.972+00:002013-01-03T17:35:59.972+00:00Yes - there's also that whole "Rio" ...Yes - there's also that whole "Rio" vs. "Luxury Gap" (fantasy vs. reality) critique that was also going on at that time.<br /><br />As the sounds got more opulent, the question became "what is the real gold?".<br /><br />(The yuppies gave us the answer).Phil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214245608032305452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6417337773760045947.post-30362202475742963852013-01-03T12:54:37.854+00:002013-01-03T12:54:37.854+00:00here's another one, which seems more of a comm...here's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAkDWfYiy_Y" rel="nofollow">another one</a>, which seems more of a comment on the phenomenon than an example of it. Recently <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS1py7L71gg" rel="nofollow">covered</a>.owen hatherleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943115307136493045noreply@blogger.com