...However, their activities, which seemed to be united in their desire to break through the stagnation, did not last long, and by 1978, they had changed in various ways, and the post-punk era was already being talked about, and the comprehensive term "new wave" became common, taking into account the subsequent diversification. Although people differ in what constitutes new wave, what became mainstream in the 1980s was so-called electronic pop music, which, in terms of sound, certainly fell into the post-punk movement, but its attitude was quite commercial, being popular music for young people, and quite different from the original attitude of punk. As the name suggests, electronic pop is pop music that makes full use of the latest electronic instruments and recording equipment such as synthesizers, and was popularized by bands such as Kraftwerk in Germany, Gary Numan in the UK, and YMO (Yellow Magic Orchestra) in Japan. *Some explanations of terms that refer to "electronic pop music" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…しかし,閉塞した状況を打ち破りたいという気持ちで一致していたかにみえた彼らの活動も意外と長続きせず,78年ころにはさまざまに変質し,早くもパンク以後がとりざたされるようになり,その後の多様化を視野に入れたニューウェーブnew waveという包括的な呼び方が一般化する。どこまでをニューウェーブに含めるかは人によってさまざまだが,80年代に入ってからの主流となったのは,いわゆるエレクトロニック・ポップ・ミュージックelectronic pop musicで,これはサウンドの感覚からいえば確かにパンク以後の流れのなかに位置しているものの,その姿勢はかなり商業主義に接近した若者向けの大衆音楽であって,当初のパンクの姿勢とは大きく隔たっている。エレクトロニック・ポップは,その呼名が表すとおり,シンセサイザーなど最新の電子楽器や録音装置を駆使したポップ・ミュージックであって,ドイツのクラフトワークKraftwerkに始まり,イギリスのゲリー・ニューマンGary Numan,日本のYMO(イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ)などが盛んにした。… ※「electronic pop music」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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