[Smt-talk] Music Theory in the Funny Pages

[David K Feurzeig]

This is a funny coincidence, because "Forget You" is the song I use as  
a  "contemporary" example of the classic (Beatles-initiated) progression
I - II# - IV - I.

David Feurzeig
UVM

On Sep 9, 2011, at 1:16 PM, Paul Lombardi wrote:

> A music theory textbook flies across the screen in the music video  
> *Forget* You by Cee Lo Green.
>
> Paul Lombardi, Ph.D.
> Lecturer III
> Department of Music
> University of New Mexico
>
> On 9/9/2011 5:07 AM, Dave Headlam wrote:
>> Indeed! I like the blue wrist braces . . .
>>
>> On the general topic of music theory in popular culture, there’s a
>> notable episode of an old TV show, Moonlighting, which starred Cybill
>> Shepherd and Bruce Willis. In the episode, Willis is dating a  
>> cellist,
>> and he goes over to her wall, and she has a diploma of some sort in
>> Music Theory. So, Willis says, “Music Theory, huh? [ plucks the C  
>> string
>> on her cello ] -- I was going to get a degree in Music Theory, but  
>> Grand
>> Funk Railroad broke up!”
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On 9/9/11 6:59 AM, "Justin London" <jlondon at carleton.edu> wrote:
>>
>>    OK, so which one of us bribed Woody Wilson and Make Manley to get
>>    the "music theorists often use math to understand music" shout out
>>    into today's comic?
>>
>>    http://www.oregonlive.com/comics-kingdom/?feature_id=Judge_Parker
>>
>>    And next time, let's talk to Garry Trudeau or Darby Conly(!)
>>
>>    *************************************************
>>    Justin London
>>    Affiliated Researcher, /Centre for Music and Science, / 
>> University of
>>    Cambridge
>>    Professor of Music (and other stuff), Carleton College
>>    Department of Music
>>    One North College St.
>>    Northfield, MN 55057 USA
>>    507-222-4397
>>    fax 507-222-5561
>>    jlondon at carleton.edu
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