Surrealism (TV, Literature and Music)

To clearify, im maybe gonna wright my paper in English bahceleor about 70s surrealisme in multimedia, or in the popular media, and I can't think of anything more surreal then Monty Pythons humour, vissulars and language, tHGttGs surreal humor, world and to Genesis lyrical themes that overall deals with surrealisme, with both leadvocalists, the overall theme in the lyrics of Genesis is dreams, surreal, greek mythology and things I assosiate with surrealisme,

I can't think of a more surralistic themed lyricaly band as Genesis, Pink Floyd who was Douglas Adams favoured band, or Beatles or Procol Harum is as surreal as the lyrics in Genesis, in my head Genesis is the most pythonesque of the prog bamds, in humor, in sillyness but also smartness, i don't know any other bands that i could compare to the surral ways of Life of Brian, or Hitchhikers Guide other the compare them ot the Lamb, in a way, maybe I overthinks this way to much,

But i want in my paper to compare and discuss  them together, in a context to how surrealisme both could be intellegent but also appeal to the mass marked, in the 70s and 80s, without lacking relevance,

I might also include books like Thorugh the Looking Glass and Roald Dahl into the bacheleor papers im gona wright.  

Edited by aginor - February 24 2013 at 02:53

Don't really know The Hitchhiker's Guide well enough to vote in the poll... 

Edited by irrelevant - February 24 2013 at 11:30

have to check that out

I thought this poll was going to be about the actual surrealist movement. :(

Voted other, because there are too many great ones. Satie is an excellent call, but let's not forget the writings of Andre Breton, Benjamin Peret, Tristan Tzara, Louis Aragon, the art of Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Rene Magritte, and of course the ultimate in Dada-esque music, Nurse With Wound.
(I know Dada and Surrealism aren't the same thing, but come on, close enough)

For anyone interested in delving into the subject, I highly recommend Andre Breton's "Anthology of Black Humor."

BUÑUEL!

Edited by The Quiet One - February 26 2013 at 22:30

Originally posted by The Quiet One BUÑUEL! Like Llama, I thought this was about the actual movement. Nothing wrong with Monty Python, though. Seriously, check out Buñuel's 70s movies if you're only going to take the 70s. The Discreet Charm of the Burgoise, The Milky Way, Phantom of Liberty. All top-notch surrealism, absurd and radical. Also, do read the First Surrealist Manifesto by Breton, it's pretty interesting and fundamental to understand the movement.

my paper is gonna posibly be about the connection between surrealisme, and art, and in the link between intellegent entertainment and comercial appeal or success, into 3 domains of litterature, TV and music i regard as surrealistic in their showcasing their art, and in the different shapes it is shown, i regard Genesis to be the prog band that include the most surreal imagery of the prog bands, who also obtained a high commercial appeal, Yes is more odd then surreal, (in terms of lyrics),

I might insteda focus on books like Alice in Wonderland, the Wizard of OZ, Peter Pan and the Witches.