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  2. Satirical music - Wikipedia

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    Satirical music describes music that employs satire or was described as such. It deals with themes of social, political , religious , cultural structures and provides commentary or criticism on them typically under the guise of dark humor or respective music genres.

  3. British humour - Wikipedia

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    This style of comedy was common in music halls and in the comedy music of George Formby. Many comedians from music hall and wartime gang shows worked in radio after World War 2, and characters such as Julian and Sandy on Round the Horne used innuendo extensively. Innuendo also features heavily in many British films and TV series of the late ...

  4. Music and emotion - Wikipedia

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    Simon Vouet, Saint Cecilia, c. 1626. Research into music and emotion seeks to understand the psychological relationship between human affect and music.The field, a branch of music psychology, covers numerous areas of study, including the nature of emotional reactions to music, how characteristics of the listener may determine which emotions are felt, and which components of a musical ...

  5. Scare quotes - Wikipedia

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    Writers use scare quotes for a variety of reasons. They can imply doubt or ambiguity in words or ideas within the marks, [18] or even outright contempt. [19] They can indicate that a writer is purposely misusing a word or phrase [20] or that the writer is unpersuaded by the text in quotes, [21] and they can help the writer deny responsibility for the quote. [19]

  6. Theories of humor - Wikipedia

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    To illustrate their theory, the authors use 7 examples of the light bulb joke, each variant shifted by a single Knowledge Resource. [44] Each one of the KRs, ordered hierarchically above and starting with the Script Opposition, has the ability to "determine the parameters below themselves, and are determined [circumscribed] by those above ...

  7. 10 Musical Geniuses Who Couldn't Read a Note of Music - AOL

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    3. Prince. Like many people on this list, Prince made up for not being able to read sheet music by having an unusually good ear for melody and an intuitive sense of what chord should go where. He ...

  8. 'Friends' and Matthew Perry helped people learn English and ...

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    Friends is more than a catchy theme song and coffee shop banter. For many English-language learners around the world, the seminal sitcom is an unconventional classroom, offering glimpses into ...

  9. Portal:Classical music/Quotes - Wikipedia

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    Portal:Classical music/Quotes/15 Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart