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#PopArt6Music - help make a pop art-inspired playlist

Tom Robinson wants listener suggestions for a playlist inspired by pop art via #PopArt6Music.

To help celebrate 6 Music's Pop Art season, Now Playing applauds one of the most striking and dynamic cultural movements of the 20th Century...and we need YOU to help us.

Intrinsically linking music and art like no other genre, Pop Art can take dozens of different forms, and it's here where we'll mine the best examples of fantastic Pop Art and arty pop. You can start with the obvious picks...

Andy Warhol was, of course, the king of Pop Art and hung out with a whole host of music legends on a regular basis, including Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground and even Judy Garland.

He made legendary screen prints of Debbie Harry, Elvis Presley and Nico, created one of the most iconic album covers of all time for The Velvet Underground, and did you know he painted record sleeves in the 1950s for jazz artists? Before he hung out at The Factory, Warhol painted music artwork for Thelonious Monk, Kenny Burrell and Count Basie among others.

Or how about Roy Lichtenstein; U2 were inspired so much by his work that they wrote an album and made a tour based on his visual style. Sir Paul McCartney allegedly has an original Lichtenstein hanging in his Soho office.

Speaking of The Beatles, they and many others are famous for incredible album artwork, so you could use renowned album covers as a basis for a great song choice.

Or how about choosing an artist that uses visual art and design as an integral part of their offering? Step forward Bjork, Kraftwerk, Roxy Music, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Tool, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush and many many more.

You pick the music, so get your Pop Art-inspired suggestions to Tom via the hashtag #PopArt6Music to help create a playlist. Comment on the Now Playing Facebook page, here on the blog, email nowplaying@bbc.co.uk or drag tracks onto our Spotify and Rdio playlists.

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Music Played

  • The Velvet Underground

    Venus In Furs

    • VERVE.

  • The Stone Roses

    Love Spreads

    • Silvertone.

  • Django Django

    Default

    • BECAUSE MUSIC.

  • Curiosity Killed the Cat

    Misfit

    • Now 10, Part 2.
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • Transvision Vamp

    Andy Warhol's Dead

    • Pop Art.
    • MCA Records.
    • 9.

  • The KLF

    3 A.M. Eternal

    • Now 1991 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)

    • SMASH - The Singles 1985-2020.
    • Rhino.

  • Orange Juice

    I Guess I'm Just A Little Too Sensitive

    • The Orange Juice.
    • Polydor.
    • 2.

  • Lou Reed And John Cale

    Open House

  • The Who

    I Can See For Miles

    • Polydor.

  • The Jam

    Pop Art Poem

  • Grace Jones

    I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect For You)

    • Now 8 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Beatles

    Hey Bulldog

  • Wham!

    Everything She Wants

    • Wham! - Make It Big.
    • Epic.

  • Black Grape

    Kelly's Heroes

    • Radioactive Records.

  • Wire

    Mannequin

    • MCA.

  • Sex Pistols

    God Save The Queen

    • Virgin.

  • Art Brut

    DC Comics And Chocolate Milkshake

    • CD SINGLE.
    • COOKING VINYL.
    • 1.

  • Soft Cell

    What?

    • SOME BIZZARE.

  • Gorillaz

    Stylo (feat. Bobby Womack & Yasiin Bey)

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Miss You

    • CBS.

  • David Bowie

    Andy Warhol

    • EMI.

  • New Order

    Blue Monday

    • (CD Single).
    • Factory Records.

Broadcast

  • Sun 30 Aug 2015 18:00
    大象传媒 Radio 6 Music