Iconic music videos
One example of an iconic music is "Thriller" by Michael Jackson. This is because of the length of the video which is 13 minutes long and at the time had never been done because it was un ethical for a music video to be over 4 minutes long, and is now know to be one of his greatest songs that he has created to date up until his death. The 1980s would have been boring without this music video.
Another iconic music video of all time is Madonna's "Like a Prayer" which is famous for being controversial for its use of sexual activity an offence to religion. Many Religious figures took offense to this and had reported about it. It remains today as a iconic music video and possibly one of her best videos in her career.
This video links with the theory of the Zeitgeist through the rebellious attitudes of artists like Madonna beginning to dominate the music video and then headlines of national and international press
This video links with the theory of the Zeitgeist through the rebellious attitudes of artists like Madonna beginning to dominate the music video and then headlines of national and international press
Iconic CD/Album covers
One iconic CD cover of all time is "Abbey Road" by the Beatles, released on September 26th 1969. This is iconic and has been created for many media over the years as a tribute to one of the Beatles greatest albums. The location used is now considered to be a national landmark. this was the last album that the Beatles recorded together. For the first time on a Beatles album, the front cover contained neither the group's name nor the album title just that iconic photograph taken on the zebra crossing near the entrance to the studios in London NW8 in August 1969. Abbey Road entered the British album chart at no.1 in October and stayed there for a total of seventeen of its 81 weeks in the chart. In the US, it spent eleven weeks at #1 during its initial chart stay of 83 weeks.
Another album cover which is iconic in today's culture is by Van Helen which portrays how the genre of rock and roll can corrupt anybody and shows rebellion. Especially in the 1980's when this album was released - Linking to the Zeitgeist. Some would find this offensive through the fact that a child is used smoking to promote the rock and roll genre. At the time of its release, much of the fuss surrounding 1984 involved Van Halen's adoption of synthesizers on this, their sixth album.
Another iconic CD/Album cover is "Dark side of the moon" by Pink Floyd. Released in 1973. The cover itself and its creation was debated - as shown from Shortlist's iconic covers
"Roger Waters, Pink Floyd's bassist and singer suggested to designer Storm that perhaps for the cover of Dark Side of the Moon, he might not use a photograph. He replied, “What do you mean? That’s what I do. Pictures...I don’t do graphics.” Thankfully, for the history of album cover design, he embraced the challenge laid down to him. Using twin inspirations of Floyd's live light show and a triangle - a symbol of thought and ambition - he created this cover and a piece of musical and art history." Although to me this cover seems very plain and unrelated, this has a big place in the music industry and so does the plain and simple design.
Unfortunately now because of the digital age in which we live in. These album covers are becoming obsolete and many people now prefer to watch music videos or download the song through the Internet, but the CD cover will always have a place in my heart and hopefully people can recognize this and keep the covers which are or will be iconic.
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