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2 minutes
Released:
Oct 27, 2014
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Podcast episode
Description
Welcome to Switched on Pop, a show about how popular music works and why it matters hosted by musicologist Nate Sloan and songwriter Charlie Harding. We break down the music in pop hits to help you find those "a-ha" moments. Whether you’re a pop fanatic or skeptic, teenager or octogenarian, non-musicians or professional composer, every music lover will discover something ear-opening in Switched on Pop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Oct 27, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Taylor Swift’s Beethovian Blank Space: Taylor Swift’s Blank Space is about emptiness of the heart. This motif of Blank Space is contained through the entire piece: from the drums, to the melody, to the lyrics. We pull away the sonic structures to show how Taylor recreates that empty feeling... by Switched on Pop