Episode Synopsis "Nightsticks, Water Cannons, Tear Gas, Padlocks: The Musicality of Lists"

In this episode of Songs and Objects, Richard talks about list songs and the inherent musicality of lists more generally. He explores how the listing of objects, events or people in prose and poetry creates some of the necessary conditions for song and describes songs that employ lists as a structuring device, pulling examples from Bob Dylan, R.E.M., Billy Joel, Blackalicious, Nina Simone, Robert Wyatt, John Grant, Joe Pug, Tom Lehrer and Gilbert & Sullivan.

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