Analysis



This section of the site will contain essays on specific aspects of The Stone Roses' work (music videos, album artwork, etc) and investigate particular themes. These were the first pages to analyse John Squire's art - and usage of artistic works - at length. Please contact me if you have any contributions.


Francis Bacon's 'Version Two of Lying Figure with Hypodermic Syringe' forming the basis of the Ten Storey Love Song video   1   2

Fra Filippo Lippi's 'The Feast Of Herod' and How Do You Sleep

Artistic nature of Stone Roses photos taken by Pennie Smith

The Stone Roses' usage of The Bible and their interest in Gnosticism

John Squire's interest in the subject of History

Religious imagery evident within Where Angels Play

The Surrealist cinematic influence of Luis Buñuel's 'Un Chien Andalou' on Squire's See You On The Other Side

The influence of 'Nature of the Threat' by Ras Kass on Ian Brown's The Fisherman

An examination of the literary influences on The Stone Roses' work

An examination of the films that have influenced The Stone Roses

A look at the places that feature in the history of The Stone Roses

The people who have influenced The Stone Roses and those referenced in their work

The artists who have influenced John Squire

'How Manchester was Madchester ? The geography of the Madchester scene.' Dissertation (12,360 words) by Dave Fawbert (2004)

'The role of popular music in the lives of its fans, from the perspective of fans themselves.' Thesis (30,914 words) by Julie Marie Hutchinson (2004)


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