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I'd really appreciate some help here.
A chapter in my dissertation deals with theoretical approaches to pop music and the degree to which musicological analysis can be of use for songs which need contextualisation to be properly understood. I'm trying to refute the theory of a Swedish nutter called Philip Tagg who argues that the best way to investigage the meaning of particular songs is to break them up into pieces and then compare the pieces to other pieces from other songs, or to progressively distort the individual piece until it changes in character (by transposing to a different key, inverting the melody, etc).
...Long story short: sampling clearly refutes this theory. Samples (often) rely on ironic juxtaposition to deliberately change the character of whatever is borrowed. Unfortunately I've got a complete mental block and can't think of any decent examples. Can you?
A prize will be offered to the best suggestion. The prize might come in the form of gratitude.
Thanks!
I'd really appreciate some help here.
A chapter in my dissertation deals with theoretical approaches to pop music and the degree to which musicological analysis can be of use for songs which need contextualisation to be properly understood. I'm trying to refute the theory of a Swedish nutter called Philip Tagg who argues that the best way to investigage the meaning of particular songs is to break them up into pieces and then compare the pieces to other pieces from other songs, or to progressively distort the individual piece until it changes in character (by transposing to a different key, inverting the melody, etc).
...Long story short: sampling clearly refutes this theory. Samples (often) rely on ironic juxtaposition to deliberately change the character of whatever is borrowed. Unfortunately I've got a complete mental block and can't think of any decent examples. Can you?
A prize will be offered to the best suggestion. The prize might come in the form of gratitude.
Thanks!