Cover songs operate as a form of cultural discourse across various musical genres and different societal, historical and political conditions. Case studies include a comparative analysis of Jimi Hendrix's and Whitney Houston's versions of ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" as well as …
"Rather than questions of quality and how a cover song measures up as "better or worse" than other versions, this book focuses on ideological and social stakes of the "same old songs" as they are reconfigured in numerous ways to consider, comment on, and confront political issue…
Cover songs operate as a form of cultural discourse across various musical genres and different societal, historical and political conditions. Case studies include a comparative analysis of Jimi Hendrix's and Whitney Houston's versions of ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" as well as …