MUS 16 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sept, Timpani, Neutron Bomb
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Prominent guitar/drums; ktp in chorus sounds like 50s pop (bg vocals: went to bullshit studio to record for free; authenticity lies in wanting to spread word, major theme: [obv] kill the poor; dks were uni students. Pov: sarcasm, in protest, not actually going to drop neutron bomb. Robert plant: squeeze my lemon baby explicit is implicit. Artist myth authenticity: has to do with artist creating the song. Selling an image, singing to you, the song is for you: change in image can end a career (pervert to prude, or reverse) Means of production: nonhuman elements used to produce, meaning is encoded in instruments used, etc. Cultural product: meaning is how we receive the object. Societal filter: meaning is about what others think. All that really matters is how you receive it yourself. Is the meaning in the myth, or in how it applies to you. Bo diddley: rhythm & blues (r&b, term coined by music journalist jerry wexler to replace.
