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As a result, a new phenomenon emerged: artists signifying, or commenting, on earlier recordings, an extension of African American rhetorical culture and practice into a new medium. Signifyin(g) is a method of transforming or troping existing materials though parody, pastiche, implication, humor, or tone and word play, references only understood by within Black urban culture. Reusing accompaniments, melodies, or characters from recordings might re-frame the original work in a different musical context, infuse it with additional layers of meaning, or indicate hidden subtexts. They might also serve as a commentary on the performer, the recording, or both, demonstrate either reverence or irreverence to the original. Answer songs too are a method of signfyin(g), creating a rhetorical dialogue with the original work, playing on or contravening its original intent, presentation, and style. Some cover songs and “new” versions of other artists’ recordings also serve this context, demonstrating prowess by replicating a respected work, as do fusions of disparate subjects or styles. From Bumble Bee Slim’s Big Bill and Blind Boy Fuller’s “Jiving” titles aimed at each other, to riotous answer songs, surprising covers. jibes, parodies and pastiches, this presentation reveals the unexpected dialogues between blues recordings.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Publisher"]},"value":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eBy the 1930s, the transmission of blues songs was in a state of flux, with recordings supplementing the folk process of local or regional artists learning numbers from older musicians. New songs and trends proliferated simultaneously in Black communities, with both rural and urban musicians responding to a common repertoire. As a result, a new phenomenon emerged: artists signifying, or commenting, on earlier recordings, an extension of African American rhetorical culture and practice into a new medium. Signifyin(g) is a method of transforming or troping existing materials though parody, pastiche, implication, humor, or tone and word play, references only understood by within Black urban culture. Reusing accompaniments, melodies, or characters from recordings might re-frame the original work in a different musical context, infuse it with additional layers of meaning, or indicate hidden subtexts. They might also serve as a commentary on the performer, the recording, or both, demonstrate either reverence or irreverence to the original. Answer songs too are a method of signfyin(g), creating a rhetorical dialogue with the original work, playing on or contravening its original intent, presentation, and style. Some cover songs and \u0026ldquo;new\u0026rdquo; versions of other artists\u0026rsquo; recordings also serve this context, demonstrating prowess by replicating a respected work, as do fusions of disparate subjects or styles. 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