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What does "music as metaphor" mean? Rock'n'roll may have been mostly dance music, but Jazz, Folk, Blues, Chanson etc. already existed before Beatles. And songs
by goto11 5y ago
What does "music as metaphor" mean?
Rock'n'roll may have been mostly dance music, but Jazz, Folk, Blues, Chanson etc. already existed before Beatles. And songs like Yesterday or Let it Be are not really rock'n'roll anymore than say Jacques Brel is.
- bsenftner 5y agoIt means a song can be written such that none of the lyrics, if taken by their literal meanings, betray what the song is about. The entire meaning and content of the song is never stated, it requires one to identify words and phrases used in opposition to their normal usage, and realize an alternative meaning that typically connects opposing ideas in colorful ways. Such as "his intelligence was slothish, capable of amazing feats of inactivity..."
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