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- Release Year
- 2019
- ISBN
- 9780190056650
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0190056657
ISBN-13
9780190056650
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15038303226
Product Key Features
Book Title
Switched on Pop : How Popular Music Works, and Why It Matters
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal
Publication Year
2019
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Yes
Genre
Music
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Hardcover
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Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.7 in
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Trade
LCCN
2019-007775
Reviews
"Switched On Pop is an essential text for anyone who imagines the song to be a curious machine, burrowing its way into our hearts and minds." -- Hanif Abdurraqib, author of Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes on a Tribe Called Quest "As smart and playful as the podcast that preceded it, Switched On Pop finds inventive ways to put sound on paper." -- Linda Holmes, host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour and author of Evvie Drake Starts Over "Switched On Pop is a unicorn of a book: a work of public scholarship that neither ignores the public nor skimps on the scholarship. It is musicology that thinks about feelings and feels about thinkings. A rare feat!" -- Phil Ford, Associate Professor, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and co-host of the Weird Studies podcast "Through rigorous but accessible dissection...the pair don't just make the case for pop's relevance-they also illuminate the discrete layers that make it so fun." -- The Atlantic, "Switched On Pop is an essential text for anyone who imagines the song to be a curious machine, burrowing its way into our hearts and minds." -- Hanif Abdurraqib, author of Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes on a Tribe Called Quest "As smart and playful as the podcast that preceded it, Switched On Pop finds inventive ways to put sound on paper." -- Linda Holmes, host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour and author of Evvie Drake Starts Over "Switched On Pop is a unicorn of a book: a work of public scholarship that neither ignores the public nor skimps on the scholarship. It is musicology that thinks about feelings and feels about thinkings. A rare feat!" -- Phil Ford, Associate Professor, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and co-host of the Weird Studies podcast, "Switched on Pop:How Popular Music Works, and Why it Matters is an important text in the growing cosmos of pop-culture-oriented criticism." -- Max McKenna, Pop Matters"Switched On Pop is an essential text for anyone who imagines the song to be a curious machine, burrowing its way into our hearts and minds." -- Hanif Abdurraqib, author of Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes on a Tribe Called Quest"As smart and playful as the podcast that preceded it, Switched On Pop finds inventive ways to put sound on paper." -- Linda Holmes, host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour and author of Evvie Drake Starts Over"Switched On Pop is a unicorn of a book: a work of public scholarship that neither ignores the public nor skimps on the scholarship. It is musicology that thinks about feelings and feels about thinkings. A rare feat!" -- Phil Ford, Associate Professor, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and co-host of the Weird Studies podcast"Through rigorous but accessible dissection...the pair don't just make the case for pop's relevance-they also illuminate the discrete layers that make it so fun." -- The Atlantic, "Switched on Pop:How Popular Music Works, and Why it Matters is an important text in the growing cosmos of pop-culture-oriented criticism." -- Max McKenna, Pop Matters "Switched On Pop is an essential text for anyone who imagines the song to be a curious machine, burrowing its way into our hearts and minds." -- Hanif Abdurraqib, author of Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes on a Tribe Called Quest "As smart and playful as the podcast that preceded it, Switched On Pop finds inventive ways to put sound on paper." -- Linda Holmes, host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour and author of Evvie Drake Starts Over "Switched On Pop is a unicorn of a book: a work of public scholarship that neither ignores the public nor skimps on the scholarship. It is musicology that thinks about feelings and feels about thinkings. A rare feat!" -- Phil Ford, Associate Professor, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and co-host of the Weird Studies podcast "Through rigorous but accessible dissection...the pair don't just make the case for pop's relevance-they also illuminate the discrete layers that make it so fun." -- The Atlantic
Table Of Content
Introduction: Switched On PopCarly Rae Jepsen - "Call Me Maybe" (2011)1. Y'all Don't Want To Hear Me, You Just Want To DanceMeter: Outkast - "Hey Ya!" (2003)2. A Star's Melodic SignatureMelody: Taylor Swift - "You Belong With Me" (2008)3. The Harmonic Hero's JourneyHarmony: Fun Ft. Janelle Monae - "We Are Young" (2011)4. How The Drop Broke The Pop SongForm: Rihanna Ft. Calvin Harris - "We Found Love" (2011)5. A Voice Without A FaceTimbre: Sia - "Chandelier" (2014)6. Painting A Musical MasterpieceLyric: Justin Timberlake - "What Goes Around Comes Around" (2006)7. What Makes Pop So CatchyThe Hook: Ariana Grande Ft. Zedd - "Break Free" (2014)8. Sometimes The Truth Don't RhymeRhyme: Drake - "God's Plan" (2018)9. Drunk On RhythmSyncopation: Kendrick Lamar - "Swimming Pools" (2012)10. Music Takes You HigherModulation: Beyoncé - "Love On Top" (2011)11. The Performance of IdentityCounterpoint: Britney Spears - "Oops I Did It Again" (2000)12. Is Collage A Crime?Sampling: M.I.A. - "Paper Planes" (2008)13. Shock, Awe and SynthesisSound Design: Skrillex - "Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites" (2010)14. Finding Home In The Harmonic DiasporaTonal Ambiguity: Luis Fonsi Ft. Daddy Yankee - "Despacito" (2017)15. Does Pop Have A Sound?Genre: Kelly Clarkson - "Since U Been Gone" (2004)16. I Like Everything... Except Country and Hip HopMusical Identity: Jay Z and Kanye West Ft. Frank OceanConclusion: The Past, Present and Future Of Silly Little Love SongsPaul Mccartney - "Get Enough" (2019)AcknowledgementsNotesIndex
Synopsis
Pop music surrounds us - in our cars, over supermarket speakers, even when we are laid out at the dentist - but how often do we really hear what's playing? Switched on Pop is the book based on the eponymous podcast that has been hailed by NPR, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, and Entertainment Weekly for its witty and accessible analysis of Top 40 hits. Through close studies of sixteen modern classics, musicologist Nate Sloanand songwriter Charlie Harding shift pop from the background to the foreground, illuminating the essential musical concepts behind two decades of chart-topping songs. In 1939, Aaron Copland published What to Listen for inMusic, the bestseller that made classical music approachable for generations of listeners. Eighty years later, Nate and Charlie update Copland's idea for a new audience and repertoire: 21st century pop, from Britney to Beyoncé, Outkast to Kendrick Lamar. Despite the importance of pop music in contemporary culture, most discourse only revolves around lyrics and celebrity. Switched on Pop gives readers the tools they need to interpret our modern soundtrack. Each chapterinvestigates a different song and artist, revealing musical insights such as how a single melodic motif follows Taylor Swift through every genre that she samples, André 3000 uses metric manipulation to get listeners to "shakeit like a Polaroid picture," or Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee create harmonic ambiguity in "Despacito" that mirrors the patterns of global migration.Replete with engaging discussions and eye-catching illustrations, Switched on Pop brings to life the musical qualities that catapult songs into the pop pantheon. Readers will find themselves listening to familiar tracks in new waysDLand not just those from the Top 40. The timeless concepts that Nate and Charlie definecan be applied to any musical style. From fanatics to skeptics, teenagers to octogenarians, non-musicians to professional composers, every music lover will discover something ear-opening in Switched on Pop., Pop music surrounds us - in our cars, over supermarket speakers, even when we are laid out at the dentist - but how often do we really hear what's playing? Switched on Pop is the book based on the eponymous podcast that has been hailed by NPR, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, and Entertainment Weekly for its witty and accessible analysis of Top 40 hits. Through close studies of sixteen modern classics, musicologist Nate Sloan and songwriter Charlie Harding shift pop from the background to the foreground, illuminating the essential musical concepts behind two decades of chart-topping songs. In 1939, Aaron Copland published What to Listen for in Music, the bestseller that made classical music approachable for generations of listeners. Eighty years later, Nate and Charlie update Copland's idea for a new audience and repertoire: 21st century pop, from Britney to Beyoncé, Outkast to Kendrick Lamar. Despite the importance of pop music in contemporary culture, most discourse only revolves around lyrics and celebrity. Switched on Pop gives readers the tools they need to interpret our modern soundtrack. Each chapter investigates a different song and artist, revealing musical insights such as how a single melodic motif follows Taylor Swift through every genre that she samples, André 3000 uses metric manipulation to get listeners to "shake it like a Polaroid picture," or Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee create harmonic ambiguity in "Despacito" that mirrors the patterns of global migration.Replete with engaging discussions and eye-catching illustrations, Switched on Pop brings to life the musical qualities that catapult songs into the pop pantheon. Readers will find themselves listening to familiar tracks in new ways - and not just those from the Top 40. The timeless concepts that Nate and Charlie define can be applied to any musical style. From fanatics to skeptics, teenagers to octogenarians, non-musicians to professional composers, every music lover will discover something ear-opening in Switched on Pop., Pop music surrounds us - in our cars, over supermarket speakers, even when we are laid out at the dentist - but how often do we really hear what's playing? Switched on Pop is the book based on the eponymous podcast that has been hailed by NPR , Rolling Stone , The Guardian, and Entertainment Weekly for its witty and accessible analysis of Top 40 hits. Through close studies of sixteen modern classics, musicologist Nate Sloan and songwriter Charlie Harding shift pop from the background to the foreground, illuminating the essential musical concepts behind two decades of chart-topping songs. In 1939, Aaron Copland published What to Listen for in Music , the bestseller that made classical music approachable for generations of listeners. Eighty years later, Nate and Charlie update Copland's idea for a new audience and repertoire: 21st century pop, from Britney to Beyonc, Outkast to Kendrick Lamar. Despite the importance of pop music in contemporary culture, most discourse only revolves around lyrics and celebrity. Switched on Pop gives readers the tools they need to interpret our modern soundtrack. Each chapter investigates a different song and artist, revealing musical insights such as how a single melodic motif follows Taylor Swift through every genre that she samples, Andr3000 uses metric manipulation to get listeners to "shake it like a Polaroid picture," or Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee create harmonic ambiguity in "Despacito" that mirrors the patterns of global migration. Replete with engaging discussions and eye-catching illustrations, Switched on Pop brings to life the musical qualities that catapult songs into the pop pantheon. Readers will find themselves listening to familiar tracks in new waysand not just those from the Top 40. The timeless concepts that Nate and Charlie define can be applied to any musical style. From fanatics to skeptics, teenagers to octogenarians, non-musicians to professional composers, every music lover will discover something ear-opening in Switched on Pop ., Pop music surrounds us - in our cars, over supermarket speakers, even when we are laid out at the dentist - but how often do we really hear what's playing? Switched on Pop is the book based on the eponymous podcast that has been hailed by NPR , Rolling Stone , The Guardian, and Entertainment Weekly for its witty and accessible analysis of Top 40 hits. Through close studies of sixteen modern classics, musicologist Nate Sloan and songwriter Charlie Harding shift pop from the background to the foreground, illuminating the essential musical concepts behind two decades of chart-topping songs. In 1939, Aaron Copland published What to Listen for in Music , the bestseller that made classical music approachable for generations of listeners. Eighty years later, Nate and Charlie update Copland's idea for a new audience and repertoire: 21st century pop, from Britney to Beyoncé, Outkast to Kendrick Lamar. Despite the importance of pop music in contemporary culture, most discourse only revolves around lyrics and celebrity. Switched on Pop gives readers the tools they need to interpret our modern soundtrack. Each chapter investigates a different song and artist, revealing musical insights such as how a single melodic motif follows Taylor Swift through every genre that she samples, André 3000 uses metric manipulation to get listeners to "shake it like a Polaroid picture," or Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee create harmonic ambiguity in "Despacito" that mirrors the patterns of global migration. Replete with engaging discussions and eye-catching illustrations, Switched on Pop brings to life the musical qualities that catapult songs into the pop pantheon. Readers will find themselves listening to familiar tracks in new ways--and not just those from the Top 40. The timeless concepts that Nate and Charlie define can be applied to any musical style. From fanatics to skeptics, teenagers to octogenarians, non-musicians to professional composers, every music lover will discover something ear-opening in Switched on Pop ., Based on the critically acclaimed podcast that has broken down hundreds of Top 40 songs, Switched On Pop dives in into eighteen hit songs drawn from pop of the last twenty years--ranging from Britney to Beyoncé, Kelly Clarkson to Kendrick Lamar--uncovering the musical explanations for why and how certain tracks climb to the top of the charts. In the process, authors Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan reveal the timeless techniques that animate music across time and space.
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ML3470.S6 2020
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