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examples of song lyrics used in visual artworks?
May 23, 2011 3:55 AM   Subscribe

Trying to find examples of musical lyrics being used in visual artworks (painting, print, film, etc).

I immediately thought of Peter Blake to see if he'd done anything along those lines, but the pickings are slim - perhaps because of the copyright problems involved. So, not looking for a discussion of the copright problems, just those few examples where someone may have gone ahead anyway.

Also of interest - any 'visual reenactments' of lyrics that aren't what we ancients used to refer to as music videos. Thank you.
posted by aesop to media & arts (8 answers total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
Does the Imagine mosaic count?
posted by amyms at 4:55 AM on May 23, 2011


It's a good start - would like more, too. Thank you.
posted by aesop at 5:07 AM on May 23, 2011


There's a site called My Favorite Typo' Music where people create typographically based art pieces using song lyrics. Here's an example by the site owner. This one is cool too.
posted by amyms at 5:34 AM on May 23, 2011 [1 favorite]


One more and then I'll stop hogging the thread: Music Philosophy is a weekly graphic/typographic interpretation of philosophical song quotes.
posted by amyms at 6:07 AM on May 23, 2011 [2 favorites]


Two music videos come to mind: Cee-Lo Green's "Fuck You" and Jonathan Coulton's "Shopvac." (Not visual re-enactments but animations of the lyrics.)
posted by jbickers at 6:58 AM on May 23, 2011


One music video comes to mind, which is the official video to Prince's Sing O' The Times. Video is simply scrolling lyrics presented in different typography over a minimalist background. I consider it a piece of multi-media art, but then I'm a big Font / Typography geek, and YMMV.
posted by Faintdreams at 4:18 AM on May 24, 2011


I'm very grateful to those of you who have thought about the video examples.

I'm hoping that there might be a few more paintings, prints, or maybe comics or something, though.
posted by aesop at 2:36 AM on May 25, 2011


Thanks everyone.
posted by aesop at 4:21 PM on June 12, 2011


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