2011/01/01 by James Crossley · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Music History and Culture #Period (music) #Biblical studies #Introspection #Nihilism #Pessimism #Literature #Hedonism #Religious studies #Philosophy #Sociology #History #Aesthetics #Theology #Art #Epistemology
paper · doi:10.1163/156851511x557343
openalex publication_date 2011/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Abstract 1976-1994 marks a distinctive period in Mancunian popular music history. During this period, biblical language was used extensively. However, such use is markedly different at the beginning and end of our period. At the beginning, biblical language was used in the name of dark introspection, cynical observation, nihilism and pessimism; by the end, such language was largely being used in the name of self-congratulation, self-importance, hedonism, and (largely misguided) optimism. Social, cultural, economic and biographical reasons are given for this shift.