Maybellene
Meaning and the Listening Subject
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4879160 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cubitt (0000-0002-7633-6809, corresponding author), Sean Cubitt |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Pages | 207-224 |
| Publication date | 1984-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Popular Music (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-1430 • E-ISSN: 1474-0095 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0261143000006231 |
| OpenAlex | W2108826444 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 5 |
There appeared in the summer of 1982 a song written and performed by three German structuralists, a song characterised by the simplicity - to the point of banality - of its musical structure and instrumentation. Intended as a critical intervention in the production of ordinariness in popular music, 'Da Da Da' reached number one in the British charts, and Trio's appearance on the British TV show, Top of the Pops, was no more threatening than that of Captain Sensible or any other novelty act: welcome to the whacky world of deconstructive minimalism. Clearly the intended meanings of the song were not always the ones it evoked for the listener. Recordings have a way of taking on a life of their own in their meetings with the public; in Voloshinov's phrase, the production of meaning is intersubjective, involving artists, promotional campaigns, disc jockeys and the audience. This article addresses particularly the role of the listening subject in the construction of a song's meanings
Active listening · Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · German · Linguistics · Literature · Meaning (existential · Media studies · Minimalism (technical communication · Musical · Novelty · Phrase · Popular music · Simplicity · Sociology · Subject (documents · Visual arts · Communication · Computer Science · History · Music History and Culture · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2009 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |