Greg Kot's The Velvet Underground

Pop artists tended to work with post WWII themes, such as manufacturing and the booming society. This new art form was interpreted as a way to critique the capitalistic society and the products that were being circulated through the new and changing society.5 The Pop Artists had a big interest in analyzing what meaning there is behind the artificial goods that were coming to be, due to the booming economy. It was as if the artists were trying to tell society that art was a necessity for society and that it is what society is built upon. Without a base of art within a society, everything is worthless and lacks status according to Pop artists.
Sadly the 50’s were an illusion and they gave way to the tumultuous 60’s. It consisted of people finally speaking
His greatest achievement in the music industry was managing The Velvet Underground, who can quite easily be the most influential band of the 60’s. In an article written by Greg Kot, a writer, author, journalist and music critic at the Chicago Tribune for many years, he states that The Velvet Underground is the most influential band to come out of the 60’s, including The Beatles. “It was The Beatles’ decade, after all, and the band remains internationally beloved for their universality and brilliantly crafted, genre-spanning songs. But time has validated the Velvets’ unsentimental music; it has become a touchstone for subsequent generations of music-makers.” 9 Greg Kot does make sense because The Velvet Underground has had a major impact on what was defined as music. Their dark lyrics have been referred to as “porn rock” 9, but it does not change the fact that their lyrics have a very deep and dark side to them. The whole new music genre gave people ideas of how to influence other forms of art. One strange influence it had was on the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ in the musical JC Superstar, by Andrew Lloyd