The Semantics of the Popular Song

Year Published: 1959

Creator: KQED San Francisco Dr. S.I. Hayakawa Clancy Hayes Richard Moore Tom Borden Ralph Chesse Ruth Asawa W.A. Palmer Films Inc.

Format: 16mm

Description: Contrasts the attitudes toward love developed by the lyrics of popular songs and the blues. Uses the concept of the idealization-frustration-despair disease to illustrate the orientation of the lyrics of most popular songs. Shows that the blues present a more realistic rather than magical treatment of love. Questions whether popular songs make attainment of emotional maturity more difficult. Featured guest is Clancy Hayes, jazz singer.

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