Media, Information and Technoculture 2159F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss, The Carpenters
16 Dec 2018
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Muzak" and music that simulates excitement": 1968 (?) I know we"re not rock richard carpenter said, we"re pop. But we"re associated with the term easy listening . I can never go home the shangri-las: they were tough, working class, bad" girls. Sonic youth: grunge, kim gordon, inserts historical consciousness, aware of girl groups. Tunic (song for karen) : takes karen"s anorexia and puts it in a song addressed to the mother. Oh seriously. = the rock vs. pop binary is getting old. Weisbard: easy listening = before rock, key values in pop are embraced by easy listening, embraces pop ideas, but can be reconsidered as containing foundation for rock. Western self: more about the person doing the writing, rather than the other culture, sinatra is promising exotic/forbidden things by placing them in other places, easy listening tends to involve exotic spectacles, fantasy other, exoticism.
