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2024考研英语同源外刊7月:流行乐怎么越来越丧了?

Years ago, every song in the Eurovision song contest was simple, sunny, and catchy.  There were plenty of songs about love and heartache, of course, but also about the joy of being alive, or about civil rights. The second half of the twentieth century was a period of unprecedented change and economic prosperity in the western world. There were also enormous challenges and threats, such as the Cold War, but young people rightly felt that the world belonged to them and that it was their responsibility to celebrate it and perhaps to change it. There was a feeling of general optimism in the air and anything seemed possible, particularly in the arts.

多年前，欧洲歌唱大赛的每一首歌都是简单、阳光、朗朗上口的。当然它们中很多歌曲是关于爱与心痛，但也有关于生命的乐趣或关于民权的歌曲。20世纪下半叶西方世界出现前所未有的变革以及经济繁荣。有巨大的挑战也有威胁，比如冷战，但年轻人理所当然地感到世界属于他们，他们有责任庆祝并改变这个世界。那时，四处传播着一种普遍乐观的情绪，一切似乎都是有可能的，尤其是在艺术领域。

Things are different now. So far the 21st century has brought us the 9/11 attacks, the financial crisis, COVID, climate change, and the war in Ukraine. Young people struggle to get a mortgage and many don't feel that the world belongs to them anymore.

但情况现在可不一样了。目前为止，21世纪带来了9/11袭击、金融危机、新冠病毒、气候变化和俄乌纷争。年轻人很难申请到抵押贷款，许多人觉得这个世界不再属于他们。

Interestingly, this has coincided with a change in tone in popular music. An article published in the Journal of Advertising Research some years ago found that themes of love are less prominent in modern songs; instead, 'desperation' seems to feature quite frequently. A more recent study, published in the Journal of Popular Music Studies, also shows that contemporary songwriters are inspired by sadder themes than their predecessors. The authors of this study conclude that themes like 'anger, disgust, fear, sadness, and conscientiousness have increased significantly, while joy, confidence, and openness expressed in pop song lyrics have declined'.

有趣的是，这与流行音乐曲调是同步变化的。一篇几年前发表在《广告研究杂志》上的文章发现，爱情主题的歌曲在现代歌曲中并不那么突出;相反，“绝望”的主题似乎出现得相当频繁。近期发表在《流行音乐研究杂志》上的一项研究也表明，当代词曲作者比前人更容易受到悲伤主题的灵感启发。这项研究的作者得出结论，“愤怒、厌恶、恐惧、悲伤和尽责等主题显著增加，而流行歌曲歌词中表达的快乐、自信和开放则有所下降。”

At the same time, different sources have reported that hit songs are more likely to be written in a minor key nowadays, something almost unthinkable some years ago. Minor keys are often used to express sad, nostalgic, or introspective states of mind, the exact opposite of those chirpy old Eurovision tunes.

与此同时，不同的数据来源表明，现在的热门歌曲更多可能是用小调创作的，这在几年前几乎是无法想象的。小调常用于表达悲伤、怀旧或内省的心绪，与那些欧洲歌唱大赛欢快的旧曲调完全相反。

I think it is safe to assume that any cultural expression is the product of the times in which it is created. The sad tone of many successful modern songs suggests that current young music consumers favor sad themes, probably because these melancholic songs are more in tune with their own state of mind than the happier alternatives. This may perhaps be the result of the difficult socio-economic conditions in which young people have to plan their future nowadays.

我认为可以肯定地说，任何文化表现形式都是孕育该文化的时代的产物。这可能是在艰难的社会经济环境下，年轻人不得不规划他们的未来的结果。

 

单词：

1.contest

英 [ˈkɒntest]  美 [ˈkɑːntest]

n. 比赛，竞赛;争夺，竞争;争论，争执

v. 争辩，提出异议;争取赢得，角逐

2.unprecedented

英 [ʌnˈpresɪdentɪd]  美 [ʌnˈpresɪdentɪd]

adj. 前所未有的，史无前例的;(大小、数量、程度等)前所未知的，空前的

3.prosperity

英 [prɒˈsperəti]  美 [prɑːˈsperəti]

n. 繁荣，成功

4.in the air

在空中：指某物或某人在空中，离地面一定距离。

在传播中：指某种情绪、观点或信息正在广泛传播。

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