What's love got to do with it? : emotions and relationships in popular songs / Thomas J. Scheff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scheff, Thomas J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Love songs--History and criticism.

Love songs.

Emotions in music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What do pop songs have to say about love? Surprisingly, this book shows that most popular love songs express much more about alienation, infatuation, estrangement, jealousy, and heartbreak than about love. Scheff takes the reader on a tour of popular lyrics from 80 years of American song to reveal the emotional and relational meaning of lyrics. He shows that popular love songs typically steer listeners away from a healthy connection to the emotions surrounding love. Readers will gain a deeper understanding of love songs while appreciating the author's suggestions for how listeners and artists could enrich the art of the love song.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface: A Note to the Reader; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: What's in a Love Song?; 2 Conceptions of Love: The Eternal Debate; 3 Emotion Languages: Love, Pride, Anger, Grief, Fear, and Other Emotions; 4 Alienation in Top 40 Songs 1930-2000; 5 Nobody Knows but Me: Curtailment of Feeling; 6 Genuine Love and Connectedness; 7 What Emotion Is the Shadow of Love?; 8 The Beat Goes On: Alienation and Curtailment of Emotions; Afterword: Two Projects for Better Lyrics; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

First published 2011 by Paradigm Publishers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 28, 2016).

ISBN:

1-317-24924-0

1-315-63117-2

1-317-24923-2

9781315631172

OCLC:

932338470