“There’s no one as honest as those in pain”: The language of Tom Petty’s song lyrics

IF 1.6 3区 心理学 0 MUSIC
Seth C Kalichman, Joshua M Smyth
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Tom Petty’s songs are among the most recognized and influential in rock music. One aspect of Petty’s songs that contributes to his popularity is his use of language in his lyrics. The current study performed two sets of analyses: (a) to examine linguistic features of Petty’s song lyrics over the course of his songwriting career; and (b) to investigate similarities and differences between Petty’s lyrics and the earlier and contemporaneous lyrics of an artist widely assumed to have influenced him, Bob Dylan. Results of analyses using a standard textual program, Linguistic Inquiry Word Count (LIWC), showed that Petty reduced his references to social relations and reduced his focus on future time orientations over his songwriting career. There were also rises and declines in expressions of authenticity as well as increases in analytical thinking. In analyses comparing Petty to Dylan using a time-lagged approach, Petty’s songs remained shorter in number of words than Dylan’s songs and there was an increase in indicators of analytical thinking in Petty’s later work reaching levels that are characteristic of Dylan’s songs. Further research is needed to trace the influences on prolific songwriting and other aspects of music beyond lyrical expression.
"没有人比痛苦中的人更诚实":汤姆-佩蒂歌词中的语言
汤姆-佩蒂(Tom Petty)的歌曲是摇滚乐中公认的最具影响力的歌曲之一。佩蒂歌曲受欢迎的一个原因是他在歌词中使用的语言。本研究进行了两组分析:(a) 研究佩蒂在其歌曲创作生涯中歌词的语言特点;(b) 研究佩蒂的歌词与被广泛认为对其有影响的鲍勃-迪伦早期和同时代歌词之间的异同。使用标准文本程序 "语言调查字数统计"(LIWC)进行分析的结果表明,佩蒂在其创作生涯中减少了对社会关系的提及,并减少了对未来时间取向的关注。此外,真实性的表达也有增有减,而分析性思维则有所增加。在使用时滞法对佩蒂和迪伦的歌曲进行比较分析时,佩蒂的歌曲在字数上仍然比迪伦的歌曲短,而在佩蒂后期的作品中,分析性思维的指标有所增加,达到了迪伦歌曲的水平。还需要进一步的研究来追踪多产歌曲创作的影响因素以及歌词表达以外的音乐其他方面。
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期刊介绍: Psychology of Music and SEMPRE provide an international forum for researchers working in the fields of psychology of music and music education, to encourage the exchange of ideas and to disseminate research findings. Psychology of Music publishes peer-reviewed papers directed at increasing the scientific understanding of any psychological aspect of music. These include studies on listening, performing, creating, memorising, analysing, describing, learning, and teaching, as well as applied social, developmental, attitudinal and therapeutic studies. Special emphasis is placed on studies carried out in naturalistic settings, especially those which address the interface between music psychology and music education.
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