Reading Song Lyrics (eBook)

An Interdisciplinary and Multimodal Approach

Glenn Fosbraey (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
93 Seiten
Anthem Press (Verlag)
978-1-83999-502-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This book will provide an exploration of how popular songs have been analysed in the past, before detailing how an interdisciplinary approach is necessary to appreciate the multimodal format of the medium. Beginning by examining what we can gain from staying 'inside' the song, it will explore the role the listener has in determining meaning within a song, before moving on to how, through their lyrics, songwriters can persuade their audience to react in the desired ways. Lyrical storytelling will also be analysed, in terms of the narratives we find within individual songs, but also through 'song sequences' where the story spans multiple songs across different projects, and also the 'concept album' format. As we move 'outside' the song, we see what can be offered in terms of cultural significance, the difference between real events and their lyrical representations, how the format we listen to music in influences our readings, and to what extent visual materials affect our relationships with songs.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.8.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: album art • How To Listen To Songs • How To Separate Art From Artist • Lyrics And Storytelling • Music Video • Pop Music And Culture • Pop Music And Gender • Pop Music And Linguistics • Pop Music And Society • popular music • Popular Music And Multimodality • Song Lyrics • Why Song Lyrics And Poetry Are Different
• ISBN-10: 1-83999-502-5 / 1839995025
• ISBN-13: 978-1-83999-502-6 / 9781839995026