Drowned, Washed Up, and Left for Dead
Hyperbolic Irreverence in “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21836431 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Salvador Alarcón-Hermosilla (0000-0001-7494-5144, Universidad Internacional, corresponding author), Neil Nehring (The University of Texas at Austin), Javier Campos Calvo Sotelo (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 69-80 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rock Music Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1940-1159 • E-ISSN: 1940-1167 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19401159.2022.2110420 |
| OpenAlex | W4291001330 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
One of the most celebrated hits of all time, “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (1968) took the Rolling Stones back to the Rock Olympus after a musically modest 1967. The song is a by-product of the turmoil of the late 1960s across the world, a statement of rebellious youth against the values of their parents. However, the song has never been approached from a linguistic or poetic point of view. The present study explores the semantics of the verses and the inflections of their vocal performance to unearth a coarse figurative language blasphemously employing Biblical parallels with Jesus to create a demonic antagonist
Art · Art history · Literature · Visual arts · Digital Games and Media · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
| Highly cited | No |
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