Conveying Lived Experience through Rock and Pop Music Lyrics explores rock and pop music lyrics of the last seventy years to elucidate a broad spectrum of themes about the collective human experience. The opening chapters discuss personal topics, with a first chapter about developing a romantic relationship and a second chapter about breaking up. Subsequently, lyrics describing nostalgia, that is, the longing for the past, as well as those about leaving home, going on the road, and returning home are considered. More social topics are treated in chapters devoted to lyrics about the outsider in society, those experiencing mental illness, and alcohol and drug use. Next, songs of social and political critique are surveyed, followed by an examination of utopian and dystopian lyrics. Finally, rock and pop songs about religious topics are considered, first with a chapter on the use of the prophetic voice, and then with a description of lyrics about hell and the devil, as well as heaven, angels, and God. This broad survey of several hundred songs, using a close reading approach, shows how rock and pop lyrics convey the lived experience of people in contemporary society.
| ISBN: | 9781666945591 |
| Publication date: | 15th September 2024 |
| Author: | David C Wright |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 142 pages |
| Series: | For the Record : Lexington Studies in Rock and Popular Music |
| Genres: |
Musical scores, lyrics and libretti Popular music |
Conveying Lived Experience through Rock and Pop Music Lyrics explores rock and pop music lyrics of the last seventy years to elucidate a broad spectrum of themes about the collective human experience. The opening chapters discuss personal topics, with a first chapter about developing a romantic relationship and a second chapter about breaking up. Subsequently, lyrics describing nostalgia, that is, the longing for the past, as well as those about leaving home, going on the road, and returning home are considered. More social topics are treated in chapters devoted to lyrics about the outsider in society, those experiencing mental illness, and alcohol and drug use. Next, songs of social and political critique are surveyed, followed by an examination of utopian and dystopian lyrics. Finally, rock and pop songs about religious topics are considered, first with a chapter on the use of the prophetic voice, and then with a description of lyrics about hell and the devil, as well as heaven, angels, and God. This broad survey of several hundred songs, using a close reading approach, shows how rock and pop lyrics convey the lived experience of people in contemporary society.
Conveying Lived Experience Through Rock and Pop Music Lyrics features in the following genres: Musical scores, lyrics and libretti, Popular music
Conveying Lived Experience Through Rock and Pop Music Lyrics is available in Hardback
Conveying Lived Experience Through Rock and Pop Music Lyrics was written by David C Wright and published by Lexington Books
Conveying Lived Experience Through Rock and Pop Music Lyrics has 142 pages
Yes it is part of For the Record : Lexington Studies in Rock and Popular Music series
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