Multi genre artists
Discussion
Just having a think today of artists who have had multi careers across different genres. Not just different genres but could be same genre but presented very differently. (Phil Collins)
a few
Damon Albarn , Blur/ Gorillaz
Norman Cook, Housemartins/Fatboy slim
Cerys Matthews, Indie to folk music
Mariah Carey, pop princess type to RnB I think.
Thread for no reason but a little fun and discussion.
a few
Damon Albarn , Blur/ Gorillaz
Norman Cook, Housemartins/Fatboy slim
Cerys Matthews, Indie to folk music
Mariah Carey, pop princess type to RnB I think.
Thread for no reason but a little fun and discussion.
bazza white said:
Mariah Carey, pop princess type to RnB I think.
Is that much of a jump? To me, modern RnB (it's not really - there's little rhythm and certainly no blues in there) is just 'pop' music anyway.Obvious answer to OP is David Bowie. 60's psychedila (earliest stuff), glam rock (Ziggy/Aladdin), avante-garde rock/synth(Heroes/Low/Lodger), soul (Young Americans), pop (Let's Dance), drum/bass (Earthling), grunge (Tin Machine) and avante-garde Jazz (Black Star).
Some more successful than others, but Bowie was always looking for a different sound.
Grime > Pop/Dance
Skepta,Wiley,Dizzie,Chipmunk have all flipped back and forth between a more traditional Grime sound and the commercially successful pop/dance stuff. (and in the case of Older Mcs like Wiley they were Mcing on DnB and Garage before Grime even existed)
Soulwax(indie)/ToMany DJs(dance)
subsub(dance)/Doves(indie)
Sonny Moore
First to Last(emo) / Skillex(brostep)
Boy George
Pop / Dance
Joy Division > New Order
From Gloomy PostPunk/indie to Pop/Dance/Football anthems
Mike Patton
alt Metal, Mathcore, Italian Pop Songs, TripHop, Pop, Opera and a load of stuff I don't even know the genre for.
Skepta,Wiley,Dizzie,Chipmunk have all flipped back and forth between a more traditional Grime sound and the commercially successful pop/dance stuff. (and in the case of Older Mcs like Wiley they were Mcing on DnB and Garage before Grime even existed)
Soulwax(indie)/ToMany DJs(dance)
subsub(dance)/Doves(indie)
Sonny Moore
First to Last(emo) / Skillex(brostep)
Boy George
Pop / Dance
Joy Division > New Order
From Gloomy PostPunk/indie to Pop/Dance/Football anthems
Mike Patton
alt Metal, Mathcore, Italian Pop Songs, TripHop, Pop, Opera and a load of stuff I don't even know the genre for.
Status Quo. Pictures of Matchstick Men to Rockin All Over The World.
Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Fairly inaccessible white boy funk to radio friendly pop songs that try to recreate Under The Bridge. (Are there any other bands who, upon having a surprise breakthrough hit decided to completely abandon their old sound and go hard on the sound that brought them success?)
Kara’s Flowers: promising power pop band turn into funky pop after lead songwriter goes to Juilliard and change their name to Maroon 5
Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Fairly inaccessible white boy funk to radio friendly pop songs that try to recreate Under The Bridge. (Are there any other bands who, upon having a surprise breakthrough hit decided to completely abandon their old sound and go hard on the sound that brought them success?)
Kara’s Flowers: promising power pop band turn into funky pop after lead songwriter goes to Juilliard and change their name to Maroon 5
MikeT66 said:
bazza white said:
Mariah Carey, pop princess type to RnB I think.
Is that much of a jump? To me, modern RnB (it's not really - there's little rhythm and certainly no blues in there) is just 'pop' music anyway.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJIGKt3YokQ
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