Don't Stop Thinking About the Music

The Politics of Songs and Musicians in Presidential Campaigns

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Elections, Entertainment, Music, Theory & Criticism, History & Criticism, Reference
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Author: Benjamin S. Schoening, Eric T. Kasper ISBN: 9780739172995
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: December 16, 2011
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: Benjamin S. Schoening, Eric T. Kasper
ISBN: 9780739172995
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: December 16, 2011
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

In this insightful, erudite history of presidential campaign music, musicologist Benjamin Schoening and political scientist Eric Kasper explain how politicians use music in American presidential campaigns to convey a range of political messages. From “Follow Washington” to “I Like Ike” to “I Got a Crush on Obama,” they describe the ways that song use by and for presidential candidates has evolved, including the addition of lyrics to familiar songs, the current trend of using existing popular music to connect with voters, and the rapid change of music’s relationship to presidential campaigns due to Internet sites like YouTube, JibJab, and Facebook. Readers are ultimately treated to an entertaining account of American political development through popular music and the complex, two-way relationship between music and presidential campaigns.

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In this insightful, erudite history of presidential campaign music, musicologist Benjamin Schoening and political scientist Eric Kasper explain how politicians use music in American presidential campaigns to convey a range of political messages. From “Follow Washington” to “I Like Ike” to “I Got a Crush on Obama,” they describe the ways that song use by and for presidential candidates has evolved, including the addition of lyrics to familiar songs, the current trend of using existing popular music to connect with voters, and the rapid change of music’s relationship to presidential campaigns due to Internet sites like YouTube, JibJab, and Facebook. Readers are ultimately treated to an entertaining account of American political development through popular music and the complex, two-way relationship between music and presidential campaigns.

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