<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div><div><div>Dave Headlam writes (re. Katy Perry’s ‘Prism’): "there is a certain kind of ingenuity at work here, I'd say.”</div><div><br></div><div>Too right! Severals kinds, undoubtedly. Re. the ingenuity of the single ’Teenage Dream’, for instance, I actually have a lecture on one module devoted to that track, called (forgive me) ’Teenage Meme’. Like many songs authored and produced by Dr. Luke and co., it simmers key elements of popular songwriting down to a slickly articulated essence, and it's great for teaching pop analysts, songwriters and budding Adornians alike. </div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes</div><div><br></div><div>Nick Reyland</div><div><div><div>____________________________________________</div><div><div><div><div> </div><div><span class="531590010-21072009">Dr Nicholas Reyland</span></div></div>Senior Lecturer</div><div>Music & Film Studies<div>Keele University<div><div><span class="531590010-21072009"></span></div><div><span class="531590010-21072009"></span> </div><div><a href="mailto:n.w.reyland@keele.ac.uk">n.w.reyland@keele.ac.uk</a></div><div>www.keele.ac.uk/music/people/nicholasreyland</div><div><span class="531590010-21072009">T: +44 (0)1782 733297</span></div></div></div>Music, The Clock House, Keele University, ST5 5BG, UK</div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Dave Headlam <<a href="mailto:dheadlam@esm.rochester.edu">dheadlam@esm.rochester.edu</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wednesday, 26 March 2014 11:54<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> <<a href="mailto:johnrcovach@gmail.com">johnrcovach@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org">smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org">smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [Smt-talk] music theory on slate<br></div><div><br></div><div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi -- Most of the "news" stories at
sites like "slate.com" and "salon.com" elicit the same response
from those in the field under discussion -- but these sites,
usefully I think, bring topics normally considered only by
specialists to a wider audience; my post was simply to note that
MT was, somewhat unusually, put in this position. Of course, much
is "lost in translation" in this process. ( That is not intended
to be facetious, BTW, and in this regard, note the following from
a wikipedia article on Perry's album "Prism" - "The International
Federation of the Phonographic Industry reported that Prism was
the sixth best-selling album in the world in 2013, the
best-selling album in the world in 2013 released by a woman, and
labeled Perry 'A global phenomenon.'" -- there is a certain kind
of ingenuity at work here, I'd say.)<br>
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Eastman<br>
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<div>I have to admit that when I first read Ted's essay online I
had to wonder what was new about these observations. I mean, a
magazine like Rolling Stone has always been a lifestyle
magazine. What we do and what they do are very different
things.</div>
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On Mar 25, 2014, at 3:42 PM, Andrew Schartmann <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:andrew.schartmann@yale.edu">andrew.schartmann@yale.edu</a>>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">For
anyone interested, here is the article that inspired
Pallet to write a theory-based analysis of a Katy Perry
song: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/18/music-criticism-has-degenerated-into-lifestyle-reporting.html&k=p4Ly7qpEBiYPBVenR9G2iQ%3D%3D%0A&r=MGIjVXD0MpvArfh7TaFtour4KYQZxxmjH58etj588dE%3D%0A&m=wn7SFYJtt8vMzcOPJnWbGgoz%2FW%2BvZ7tEIg5ZtzoxpCU%3D%0A&s=fa3ad61378639e2fd2c392a651b4931789d05907711674339f9f2d0257bddb6e">http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/18/music-criticism-has-degenerated-into-lifestyle-reporting.html[thedailybeast.com]</a>.
Needless to say, Gioia's article generated quite a
controversy online.<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Also,
I'm pretty sure Pallet's title ("Explaining the genius of
Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream'—using music theory") is meant
to be facetious.<br>
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Schartmann<br>
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