Aesthetically “America’s Son” draws from a range of American musical traditions. The stiffly struck and unadorned piano chords and tuneful melody resemble a parlor song from the turn of the 20th century. The shifting layers of whispered vocal harmonies and the archaic syntax (‘would the wretchedness I try to hide?’) contribute a hymn-like quality. The short repeating phrases ...(展开全部) Aesthetically “America’s Son” draws from a range of American musical traditions. The stiffly struck and unadorned piano chords and tuneful melody resemble a parlor song from the turn of the 20th century. The shifting layers of whispered vocal harmonies and the archaic syntax (‘would the wretchedness I try to hide?’) contribute a hymn-like quality. The short repeating phrases in the banjo, clarinet, and high keys of the piano that interlock and phase in and out around the bass drum softly thumping quarter note pulse recalls the New York minimalism of Steve Reich. Lyrically the song is about someone who imagines being born into a life of plenty with VIP access to all those institutions that exemplify the American Dream. In doing so they realize that the true American experience is not living this dream (because most of us won’t, not in its most iconic form anyway) but confronting it as an outsider. By co-opting elements of various domestic musical traditions, this song calls into question our idea of the typical American experience.
0 有用 Taecomme 2019-11-04 15:48:21
7.5
0 有用 克莱德思构坡 2012-02-17 05:26:04
好好听!!
0 有用 Taecomme 2019-11-04 15:48:21
7.5
0 有用 克莱德思构坡 2012-02-17 05:26:04
好好听!!