IDENTIDADE IMIGRANTE EM CANÇÕES: A CONSTRUÇÃO DO SENTIDO BASEADA EM FRAMES

: A música popular é um artefato midiático através do qual são tramitados socialmente conceitos, valores, atitudes e estratégias de identidade individual e coletiva. Através das letras, podemos refletir sobre assuntos importantes, nos emocionamos, reconhecemos a uma identidade cultural. Na música universal, temas que vão desde o amor à exploração do trabalho se presentificam, e a identidade dos imigrantes fica de fora do escopo temático das canções. Este trabalho é uma relação entre as áreas de Língua Inglesa, uma vez que todas as canções estudadas são deste idioma, é de Língua Portuguesa, na questão da interpretação e análise de construção do sentido. Assim, para compreender um pouco mais da identidade dos imigrantes e demais aspectos sociais elucidados pela linguagem, esta pesquisa se propôs a investigar como se dá a construção de sentido das canções que trazem à luz o universo do povo imigrante. Esta pesquisa tem por natureza ser qualitativa. Em primeiro lugar, investigaremos as dentre as mais tocadas do cenário pop internacional nos últimos 20 anos que elucidam, de alguma maneira, a identidade dos imigrantes. Inicialmente, investigaremos canções de sucesso mundial, de grandes artistas ou bandas reconhecidas internacionalmente, que são facilmente reconhecidas pelo público. Para análise da construção de sentido, privilegiaremos o domínio conceptual básico do frame. Estes tipos frame são associados a expressões ou a itens lexicais e, ao se relacionarem com outros frames, auxiliam na construção do significado. Ao associarmos os itens lexicais “flores”, “choro” e “caixão”, elucidamos o frame de velório, por exemplo. A partir dos critérios definidos pela pesquisadora bolsista, que buscou pelas músicas mais tocadas na plataforma YouTube, chegamos às seguintes canções para compor o corpus desta pesquisa: a) Immigrant Song, Led Zeppelin; b) American Oxygen, Rihanna; c) Prayer of the Refugee, Rise Against, d) Immigration Man, Crosby & Nash, e) Ellis Islans, Mary Black, f) America, Neil Diamond, g) Immigration Blues, Chris Rea, h) City of Immigrants, Steve Earle e i) The Refugee, U2. Tomando como base os elementos analisados, é possível afirmar que a figura imigrante é uma figura submissa a condições sociais e de gênero. É um ser que não tem o domínio de seu próprio destino e que aguarda sempre a chegada de outra pessoa, pela indefinição tonal, que espessa toda uma ampla gama de transferências interpretativas, colaborando densa e criticamente para o pensamento recente sobre imigração no país.

Step It Up and Go

In its 1930s prime, Durham was as important a blues hub as any city in America thanks to Blind Boy Fuller, Rev. Gary Davis, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee and others, most of whom made their living busking in and around the city’s tobacco warehouses. It was a scene centered around houseparties and street corners, not remembered well today but very influential on the 1960s rock generation. Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead and Peter, Paul & Mary are just some of the acts to cover their songs. Local merchant J.B. Long played a key role, recording Blind Boy Fuller extensively.

Michael Skidmore v Led Zeppelin: Copyright infringement in music under US law

Michael Skidmore v Led Zeppelin No 16-56057, DC No 2:15-cv-03462-RGK-AGR, 9 March 2020 The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal upheld that Led Zeppelin's song Stairway to Heaven did not infringe the copyright of the instrumental song ‘Taurus’ and overruled circuit precedent to reject the inverse ratio rule.

“Ramble On”

Although first published in 1954, the cultural impact of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings arguably began in earnest only during the late 1960s and early 1970s. As Terrence Malley explained in 1972, Tolkien’s writings seemed “particularly relevant in our own age of anti-heroes, in this time when we can readily identify with the small and the apparently powerless.” This chapter considers the role of The Lord of the Rings in the music of Led Zeppelin between 1969 and 1971, focusing on three songs that directly reference Tolkien’s works: “The Battle of Evermore,” “Misty Mountain Hop,” and “Ramble On.” By considering previous incarnations of medievalism and romanticism in British history as well as Tolkien’s own participation in antiquarianism and constructions of Britishness, this chapter suggests that Led Zeppelin’s allusions to Tolkien’s literature rely on cultural memory to actively participate in a dialogue of urban criticism and a romanticized vision of rural Britain.

Wind of Change

What remains of the Soviet identity for those who grew up in an empire that started in the Baltic sea and ended in Kamchatka? What kind of post-Soviet cultural combos have been produced afterwards? Was it bizarre to listen to Led Zeppelin and Nirvana while being targeted with nuclear missiles from the West? In a retrospective way and engaging with the collective memory of his home country, Estonia, the author reflects on different narratives of Europeanisation, shame and peripherality and the way local people embodied them.

The Effect of Thickness of A Plectrum Used on The Sound Produced by A Guitar String

It is believed that the human ear is very sensitive to subtle changes in sounds. In the context of a guitar, the myriad of sounds produced by the strings depends majorly on the plucking technique of the player, but it is hypothesized that the sound produced by a string is also influenced, to some degree, by the thickness of the plectrum used for playing. This has led many to speculate whether bands and artists like the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones would have sounded very different if they hadn't used the right guitar plectrum. In this research paper, three plectrums of different thickness have been used to pluck electric guitar strings and the output electric voltage has been documented using the software Visual Analyzer. The observations show that the thickness of a plectrum indeed influences the sound produced by a guitar string to a significant extent