Nyhet

Repeat After Me

Song Lyrics as / and Technology

AvAndrey Logutov,Bernd Herzogenrath

Inbunden, Engelska, 2027

Del i serien Thinking Media

1 799 kr

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Beskrivning

Repeat After Me: Song Lyrics as / and Technology explores the popular song not as a poetic artifact or cultural symptom, but as a technological form, approaching lyrics as part of a wider ecology that includes sound recording, data flows, streaming platforms, and listening habits.This book illuminates what happens when we stop treating lyrics as literary texts and start seeing them as elements within a media environment shaped by repetition, inscription, and playback. Spanning case studies from Bryan Ferry to Syd Barrett and John Cale, and drawing on thinkers from Adorno and McLuhan to Kittler and Szendy, the book offers a new framework for understanding how lyrics function in the context of media history. It asks how lyrics work when repeated, misheard, looped, or archived, when they no longer tell stories but structure attention, emotional timing, and user behavior.This is not a book about what lyrics mean but about what they do: how they move us, position us, and sometimes lose us. As we navigate an era increasingly shaped by algorithmic short content, the pop song remains one of the most ubiquitous and underestimated technologies of feeling, memory, and repetition.Structured as a series of interconnected essays, Repeat After Me moves between close listening, media theory, and personal reflection. It traces how the ancient form of song converges with modern systems of storage and circulation from vinyl and magnetic tape to AI recommendation engines.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2027-01-07
Mått:140 x 216 x 25 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Thinking Media
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9798216454793

Utforska kategorier

Populärmusik inom Kultur
Noter, sångtexter inom Kultur
Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Andrey Logutov is Walter Benjamin Researcher at the Institut für deutsche Literatur und ihre Didaktik at Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. Dr. Lougutov has a background in American literature, sound studies, and discourse analysis. Between 2009 and 2022, Dr. Lougutov was employed at Moscow State University, Russia, and developed the first Russian graduate course in sound studies and a curriculum in song lyrics analysis.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceA. Instead of an Introduction: Walking in the Room with Bryan FerryB. No Sex, No Drugs, No Rock’n’Roll: A Note on Methodology and StructurePart 1: Song as Technology1. Songs As Loops: The First Listening as an Illusion2. A Technology of Repetition: How Words and Music Work Together3. A Media Intervention: Music and Words Falling ApartPart 2: The Rogue Voice4. Flying into the Room: Poe’s Raven as a Recording Device 5. Testing Reality: Edison’s Phonograph and the Ghost of the Voice6. The “Heroes” of the Microphone: Voices from NowherePart 3: The Rogue Listener7. Loops to Cycles: Modeling Time Through Sound8. Transportation Authority: Song Lyrics as Guidance9. Lost in the Words: The Neotenic World of Syd Barrett Part 4: Meaning, Information, Data10. Cycles to Streams: Meaning, Information, and Data11. Lyrics Archives: Browsing Through Words12. Cold Blooded Fish: Swimmers in the Ocean of Song13. Streams and Codes: How Lyrics Don’t Mean AnythingConclusion: Back in the Same RoomIndex