HLTHAGE 4O03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: General Order, Yankee, Johnny Marr
5 Nov 2018
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HLTHAGE 4O03
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Particular listening contexts and practices also impact significantly on how
these meanings might be picked up; how they are covered up/missed, enhanced,
exaggerated etc
Processual and psychological aspects:
Meanings might be quite directly and obviously stated
Or meanings might be less obviously stated/ alluded to
Or lyrics/images might be very general, and thus open to multiple interpretations in
terms of what they might mean
General order of events -
Listen (with varying degrees of focus)
Process (think about)
Internalize (compare to personal and other known contexts)
Emotional response (e.g. anger, loss, love, hope, fear)
Cognitive reasoning and possible reaction (e.g. in attitude, outlook or behavior)
Possible re-exposure (due to circumstances or choice)
Life Course matters to music and meaning…
Adolescence and early adulthood is a key period considered by the literature
because…
It is a period of identity formation that influences predisposals, outlooks and
actions in later life
It coincides with the greatest rates of musical consumption
There is higher ‘buy in’ to music and musical cultures in this age group
It happens also to be the period of greatest rebellion and anti-establishment
thinking
Times of care and later life are also important as musical meanings go beyond
‘everyday consumption’ being key to music therapy and reminiscence therapy.
Meanings emerge here during interactions between practitioners, clients and songs
during therapy sessions
Case Study The The/Matt Johnson …
Document Summary
Particular listening contexts and practices also impact significantly on how these meanings might be picked up; how they are covered up/missed, enhanced, exaggerated etc. Meanings might be quite directly and obviously stated. Or meanings might be less obviously stated/ alluded to. Or lyrics/images might be very general, and thus open to multiple interpretations in terms of what they might mean. Internalize (compare to personal and other known contexts) Emotional response (e. g. anger, loss, love, hope, fear) Cognitive reasoning and possible reaction (e. g. in attitude, outlook or behavior) Adolescence and early adulthood is a key period considered by the literature because . It is a period of identity formation that influences predisposals, outlooks and actions in later life. It coincides with the greatest rates of musical consumption. There is higher buy in" to music and musical cultures in this age group. It happens also to be the period of greatest rebellion and anti-establishment thinking.
