LEADER 02729nam 22004335 450 001 9910792748603321 005 20200229105050.0 010 $a0-300-16572-2 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300165722 035 $a(CKB)3710000001085026 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4815350 035 $a(DE-B1597)540318 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300165722 035 $a(OCoLC)1143794864 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001085026 100 $a20200229h20172017 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Poetry of Pop /$fAdam Bradley 210 1$aNew Haven, CT : $cYale University Press, $d[2017] 210 4$d©2017 215 $a1 online resource (425 pages) 311 $a0-300-16502-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tPart I -- $t1. LYRIC AND SONG -- $t2. READING -- $t3. LISTENING -- $tPart II -- $t4. RHYTHM -- $t5. RHYME -- $t6. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE -- $tPart III -- $t7. VOICE -- $t8. STYLE -- $t9. STORY -- $tCONCLUSION -- $tAppendix -- $tNotes -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tCredits -- $tIndex 330 $aFrom Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles to Beyoncé, ";Mr. Bradley skillfully breaks down a century of standards and pop songs into their elements to reveal the interaction of craft and art in composition and performance." (The Wall Street Journal) Encompassing a century of recorded music, this pathbreaking book reveals the poetic artistry of popular songs. Pop songs are music first. They also comprise the most widely disseminated poetic expression of our time. Adam Bradley traces the song lyric across musical genres from early twentieth-century Delta blues to mid-century rock 'n' roll to today's hits. George and Ira Gershwin's "Fascinating Rhythm." The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." Rihanna's "Diamonds." These songs are united in their exacting attention to the craft of language and sound. Bradley shows that pop music is a poetry that must be heard more than read, uncovering the rhythms, rhymes, and metaphors expressed in the singing voice. At once a work of musical interpretation, cultural analysis, literary criticism, and personal storytelling, this book illustrates how words and music come together to produce compelling poetry, often where we least expect it. 606 $aPopular music 615 0$aPopular music. 676 $a781.64 700 $aBradley$b Adam, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01160238 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792748603321 996 $aThe Poetry of Pop$93749390 997 $aUNINA