THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME: 800 YEARS OF LOVE SONGS, LAMENTS AND LULLABIES
Book ID/图书代码： 01899519C00013
English Summary/英文概要： An illuminating history of the song for every kind of music lover
Often today, the word ‘song’ is used to describe all music. A free-jazz improvisation, a Hindustani raga, a movement from a Beethoven symphony: apparently, they’re all songs.
But they’re not. From Sia to Springsteen, Archie Roach to Amy Winehouse, a song is a specific musical form. It’s not so much that they all have verses and choruses – though most of them do – but that they are all relatively short and self-contained; they have beginnings, middles and ends; they often have a single point of view, message or story; and, crucially, they unite words and music. Thus, a Schubert song has more in common with a track by Joni Mitchell or Rihanna than with one of Schubert’s own symphonies.
The Song Remains the Same traces these connections through seventy-five songs from different cultures and times: love songs, anthems, protest songs, lullabies, folk songs, jazz standards, lieder and pop hits; ‘When You Wish Upon a Star’ to ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘Jerusalem’ to ‘Jolene’. Unpicking their inner workings makes familiar songs strange again, explaining and restoring the wonder, joy (or possibly loathing) the reader experienced on first hearing.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 对于每一个音乐爱好者来说，这首歌的历史都是很具有启发性的。
今天，“歌曲”这个词经常被用来形容所有的音乐。自由爵士即兴创作，印度斯坦拉格，贝多芬交响乐中的乐章:显然，它们都是歌曲。
但他们不是。从Sia到Springsteen，从Archie Roach到Amy Winehouse，歌曲是一种特定的音乐形式。并不是说他们都有歌诀和合唱——尽管他们中的大多数都有——而是他们都相对简短和独立；他们有开头、中间和结尾；他们通常有一个单一的观点，信息或故事;最重要的是，它们将文字和音乐结合起来。因此，与舒伯特自己的交响乐相比，舒伯特的歌曲与乔尼•米切尔或蕾哈娜的音乐更相似。
《歌曲依旧》通过75首来自不同文化和时代的歌曲来追溯这些联系:情歌、圣歌、抗议歌曲、摇篮曲、民歌、标准爵士乐、民谣和流行歌曲; “当你对着星星许愿时”，“我们会摇滚你”，“耶路撒冷”，“朱莉”。拆解它们的内在运作方式，让熟悉的歌曲再次变得陌生，解释并恢复读者第一次听到时所感到的惊奇、喜悦(或厌恶)（YYW）
Awards/获奖情况：“关于唱歌、音乐和录音的内容和关于歌曲创作的内容一样多，这种折衷的旅程通过独特的歌曲选择（每个人都会为其他选择而争论），巧妙地策划和散落着耐人寻味的关于创作者和他们的时代的有趣细节，充满了对其他歌曲的喜爱，交叉引用和娴熟的音乐分析。我敢说，每个人都会到网上去听那些不熟悉的东西，或者根据新的细节重新听一遍以前喜欢听的歌。这本书中最棒的趣味之一就是弄清楚为什么这首歌后面会放那首歌：通常它们总有一个聪明的，常常非常有趣的连接。”--罗宾•阿切尔
‘As much about singing, musicianship and recording as it is about songwriting, this eclectic ride through a unique choice of songs (everyone will argue for alternatives) is cleverly curated and littered with intriguing details about the creators and their times, filled with loving cross-references to other songs and deft musical analysis. I defy anyone not to leap online to listen to the unfamiliar, or re-listen to old favourites in light of new detail. One of the best games in this book is figuring out why one song follows the other: there’s always an intelligent, often very funny, link.’ —Robyn Archer
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