Pixies
A deliberately dumb, deadpan pastiche of teen pop-song sincerity, sung by drummer David Lovering rather than the band's usual…
parody of pop romance adolescent sexuality irony through simplicity
Blondie
"Denis" is a girl-group pastiche dressed up in new wave attitude: a breathless, repetitive crush song built almost entirely…
infatuation teenage devotion nostalgia/pastiche
Jethro Tull
This is a sardonic protest against the commercial and violent hijacking of Christian imagery in American culture, pairing…
religious hypocrisy American mythology and violence commercialization of faith