On Apr 5, 2008, at 8:14 AM,
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> It would probably take us outside of the literary
realm. When you add
> music to text, there is an endless spectrum of
(mainly visceral)
> reactions. And the cult of personality is paramount
in popular music.
Sure, if you only look at the surface. But like crime fiction
and other pop culture, there are hidden depths there well
worth exploring.
Songs about crime have been with us forever.. And Carrie, we
have actually discussed this before (with Bill's tolerance,
if not his blessing), and the cult of personality, while
present in most art, was actually pretty much absent from the
discussion.
Among the (usual) suspects rounded up and examined were
Waits, Springsteen, Cave, Zevon and Dylan. One more seriously
worth adding to the list is Kathleen Edwards, from Ottawa.
Every album, so far, has had a tight, terse song about crime,
and there are several on her latest. OH CANADA is
particularly potent.
And Mario, isn't the reaction to almost all art visceral, at
least at first?
I've written about crime music for Crime Spree, the Mystery
Readers' Journal, on my blog and the site, and I'm about to
start a major series on it in Mystery Scene, so if other's
are willing to play, I'll go get my glove.
Kevin
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