‘Hot Dog, Jumping Frog’: the community of experience and meaning in songs

Authenticity, Empathy, and the Creative Imagination
Negus, K. and Astor, P. 2022. Authenticity, Empathy, and the Creative Imagination. Rock Music Studies. 9 (2), pp. 157-173. https://doi.org/10.1080/19401159.2021.1989272

The poetry of rock: song lyrics are not poems but the words still matter; another look at Richard Goldstein’s collection of rock lyrics
Astor, P. 2010. The poetry of rock: song lyrics are not poems but the words still matter; another look at Richard Goldstein’s collection of rock lyrics. Popular Music. 29 (1), pp. 143-148. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261143009990055