Work of art and a song to match, lets get artsy fartsy?

1) find a work of art. (post link to image)


2) find a song that you think fits the art. (post link if you can)


3) explain why you paired them up.





(don't worry if you don't know much about art, i do know art, don't let that intimidate you, and it doesn't require you to have knowlegde of the art or artist, like mine does)





here is mine:


this 'untitled' painting is by 'jean-michel basquiat' http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/k...


basquiat was funded by andy warhol and died of a heroin overdose, so i think 'the velvet underground's' (who warhol also managed) and their song 'heroin' would fit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BFuFUEgZ...

Work of art and a song to match, lets get artsy fartsy?
Fantastic question P. Wall, really got me thinking





Last Exit (warning-noisy free jazz)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPMfPVQlM...


Jackson Pollock


http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/pol...


Chaotic, exciting and somewhat antisocial.





Cocteau Twins (dreampop)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WybSSagVv...


John Everett Millais


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Milla...


I stole this idea from a poster on Youtube who paired stills of pre-Raphaelite paintings with some Twins music. I had to look all this info up, I know very little about paintings. Just went with the one that I thought fit the song...





Stooges (Shake Appeal)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmzwDdg18...


Vampirella # 36 cover art by Sanjulian


http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/vampir...


This made for an excellent match when I was 13 or so. Probably seems tame by today's standards, but it was the next best thing to my buddy's tree fort with the Playboy wallpapering :)





One last one...


Nickelback


http://www.why#%!*bother.com


Shhh...I don't want to spoil the punchline...


http://www.talariaenterprises.com/images...
Reply:Thanks P. Wall. You should do another Q like this, it really was a fun one. Report It

Reply:"Vincent" by Don Mclean. It's about Van Gogh. PeAcE :)
Reply:This makes me think of Drunken Lullabies by Flogging Molly


http://www.nancarrow-webdesk.com/warehou...


I'm not sure what it's titled, but it's painted by Picasso


It reminds me of Drunken Lullabies because the song is loud and fast paced, and so is most of Picasso's work (in my opinion). Well, a painting can't be fast paced but it has that same feeling. Also, this particular painting has alot of clovers in it and the members of Flogging Molly take pride in Irish. Clovers are associated with Ireland.


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Reply:I was out all day, but I was super excited to answer this question, as it's a neat concept.





You didn't specify which type of visual artworks you would accept, so I hope you will give me a bit of leeway on my first one:





http://www.loc.gov/preserv/bachbase/imag...





And its song:





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38JpAMG65...





(Kindly observe the mud and dirt--and yes, I know this song has been mentioned by me before this very evening--I apologize for that--the other question was influenced by my planned answer to this one.)








Another song:





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE63Z_W6A...





And its companion image:





http://www.allposters.com/View_HighZoomR...





And yet another song (and one of my very favorites of all time):





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbuhK9WR0...





With its companion image:





http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...





And the final one:





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaQSrv2qt...





And its companion image, which is, again, a photograph:





http://nancys.110mb.com/nancygallery_ima...





(I have to explain a bit on the last one--the bass line is so prominent in "M", and it always reminds me of Sid, as he "played" bass--also, the line, "Take a step, move in time, but it's always back," always, always reminds me of the two of them--in the end the only thing they did right was the way they loved each other--everything else they tried just set them back further.)
Reply:THE two most cherished things in my life in a way, art%26amp;music!





Ok, this is one of my favourite artists, Ron English [he's amazing]


http://popaganda.com/Paintings/pages/Mar...


So, I'll go with, 'Dude Looks Like A Lady' - Aerosmith





And, I'll have to do another..Salvador Dali is my favourite artist of all time. Ever.


So, here's one of his works,


http://www.fotos.org/galeria/data/520/3S...


and I'll pick White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane, because looking at one of his paintings is like being on some magical drug [or as if HE was on some magical drug whilst painting it :D]





http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/mar...


War - Edwin Starr





EDIT: I love Bansky he's amazing!!
Reply:Hmm....I quite a fan of Monet so I shall use...


http://impressionist1877.tripod.com/Mone...





The song shall be...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBTH2E5QP...





Now why? when I first heard this song this painting immediately came into my mind and then later on I discovered the English translation which are:


"Alive


Has returned home


A lost seafarer"


It fit for me. =]





Edit: Oh man! Does this one?


http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h...
Reply:My favourite artist - Banksy, a london Graffitti artist.. Cool thing is - he is anonymous





http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/12...





Anarchy in the UK - Sex Pistols





Army man getting searched by junior citizen ? Anarchy!!





Sarah - Isn't he just great ?





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http://www.newyorker.com/images/2007/05/...





The Kids Aren't Alright by THe Offspring
Reply:http://www.crystalinks.com/moonnewaquari...





I think the song Aquarius by Within Temptation fits this song. Kinda self explanatory.
Reply:sorry, couldn't find a great picture of this piece


"Gust of Wind" by Lucien Levy-Dhurmer


http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/jpegs/...





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUyVANDGe...





I think the song "Legend Land" by Leaves' Eyes goes well with this painting because they both have an epic and beautiful feel to them... I really don't have a good answer I just think they go together well.








EDIT:





wow, great version! Way better than the one I found.
Reply:The Work Of Art


http://www.utdallas.edu/~lxt057000/image...





The Song


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfaNgiDgD...





If You look at the painting and then listen to the song, the connection will be crystal clear.





Great Question P Wall.
Reply:P. Wall - FYI - I love Basquiat - thanks for giving him Props :)





btw -- Did you know, when you spell-check "Basquiat" - you get "Biscuit" - hmmmm... oh well...





Okay this picture is framed insided a brown cover from Yessongs - the first Yes live album -





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Yesso...





However - for My Song Pick to make sense, the picture is repeated on the inside cover, only with a Person sitting on Top of the Post on the right -





To see this Picture - You have to scroll half-way down, on this page to see what I'm saying -





http://classicyes.net/yessongs.html





SONG - Whenever I look at this Picture, I think of the song -





"Watcher of the Skies" by Genesis





EDIT - Thank you, everybody, for so many Great Pictures!! :)


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Reply:Holy Smuckers, I asked a question like this a billion years ago, well, that's an exaggeration : P





I guess great minds think alike :0 )





Oswaldo Guayasamin's The Scream:


http://www.guayasamin.com/pages_ing/2_ob...





reminds me of King Crimson's 21st Century Schizoid Man





EDIT:


Shizzle Bizzle!: I LOVE Banksy! For some odd reason, some of his street art reminds me of the Smiths, I have no idea why.
Reply:1) http://www.indiemusicfilter.com/images/r...


2)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lt7zC12v... *not the actual music video but the only clip I could find


3) just beautiful





and I love The Velvet Underground!!











glad you like it, yours was awesome too!. Sigur Rós are from Iceland and the artwork is also from an art collaboration (kind of a side project of the lead singer) from Iceland called Riceboy Sleeps. They are so unique and beautiful-I love their sound. These are some of my favorite clips!





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doc1eqstM...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bClxir4El...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhLZP6Cz2...
Reply:1. Art: http://www.metasurface.net/uploaded_imag...


2. Song: Guernica by Brand New: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd7nZsKeT...


3. They're paired because they have the same name. :P But if you know why they called that song Guernica, I would love to know. :]