MUSC 2150 Chapter : UNIT 1 SUMMARY
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All art, including music, reflects the time in which it was created, so we need to understand a song s historical context in order to fully understand the song. A song s meaning can also change over time, as the historical context surrounding it changes. In the extremely conservative 1950s, the sexually-suggestive lyrics were considered rather scandalous. Today, while still understood as a sexual metaphor, the song is considered by most as a bit of harmless nostalgia and not remotely racy. In short, because the web of elements that make up a song s historical context, as outlined by covach, has shifted its alignment over the decades since the song s release. Rocket 88 -- jackie brenston and his delta cats: Song is in a quadruple meter; each bar is divided into four beats. Meter is simple because each beat is divided into two parts.
