Kramer Theory

Postmodern music does not respect the boundaries between sonorities and procedures of the past and of the present.





This Oasis song from 1995 samples the melody from John Lennon's Imagine which was released in 1971. They bring the tune into the 90's 'Britpop' phase of music Oasis are so well known for; this shows a disregard for the procedures of the past, editing a well respected piece of music does not respect the boundaries of past and present.





Kanye samples Shirley Bassey's iconic song, particularly the chorus. This disregards procedures of past and present. It also ignores the boundaries of past and present by completely remixing the song to give an alternative view point of the song, as well as mixing genres.

Postmodern music shows disdain for the often unquestioned value of structural unity. 



This songs features Will Ferrell quotes 'No one knows what it means, but it's provocative, Gets the people going!' from film Blades of Glory. This interrupts the structure of the song, the quote is also said to represent an opinion of rap music, which could potentially suggest the song features an element of irony.



This song starts with a short story which explains the context of the song.