Music as conversation

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New Pitchfork column by me on answer records, fan fiction, music as conversation... thanks to piratemoggy for her help putting this one together!

http://pitchfork.com/features/poptimist/7635-poptimist-21/

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She used to be a dude around the block

[koganbot]

--I wonder if Murdock choose the title "Superstar" because of the Carpenters' great "Superstar" (which I took to be narrated by a groupie, though it could have just been a delusional fan).

--There's a Europop rap record narrated by a Billie Jean that's a lot better than the Murdock track; I've got it on cassette somewhere, but can't find which one.

--Is there a historian in the house? I know r&b and rock 'n' roll had answer records going back to "Work With Me Annie," "Roll With Me Henry," "Annie Had A Baby," and I wouldn't be surprised if '20s blues were full of 'em, but I don't know if pre-r'n'r pop had them.

--UTFO's "Roxanne Roxanne" inspired a whole slew of answer songs (e.g. "The Truth Can Be Told: Roxanne's A Man"), two of them kick-starting a couple of mini-careers by excellent rappers (that of The Real Roxanne [though this one's better] and Roxanne Shanté).

Re: She used to be a dude around the block

[koganbot]

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