Originally Posted by
RedStratocas
i hate to be the doucher to argue but i honestly don't think she's pushed any boundaries at all. image is always progressing through time, really her appearances and performances seem like just a logical extension of what has already been in the spectrum of pop, if that makes sense. i guess i cant really think of another artist that dresses like her per se, but i dont see her image as completely far-fetched from where it was before, and given the fact that every new female pop artist attempts to make themselves a groundbreaking if not concept-driven image, i dont really see what separates her from any other female pop star.
when i think of musicians who have been able to infiltrate and push the boundaries of pop, i think of people like kate bush or david bowie.
its all context. pop songs age exponentially. you play a random track from a moderately successful artist that came out in say, 2003, and no one will really immediately comment on its age because in the context of music that isn't well-known, time is not what matters most. the song is being played because it is good, not because it is necessarily relevant. however if you were to play "i gotta feeling" by the black eyed peas today, people would groan about how old it is even though its only about a year. cause in the pop spectrum, whats considered "new" changes fast. but in the context of this thread, when i think of "old" songs, its either usually a) songs that came out before i was born or b) songs that came out while i was alive but didn't have the capacity to enjoy when it did.
