Research paper on J. Priest's "Night Crawler"

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f you're interested in a more academic approach to heavy metal lyrics, then here's a cognitive poetic/stylistic analysis of the language of terror (as in 'terror as a narrative mode') in Judas Priest's "Night Crawler". It's, of course, very academic (and thus perhaps not the most accessible text in the world) and all that, but, if that's your thing, you might want to read it: http://web.fu-berlin.de/phin/phin71/p71t2.htm. If that's not your thing, then you probably don't want to read it. However, at least, it might be still nice to know that heavy metal music, lyrics and culture is now being taken seriously enough that professional academically trained scholars and scientists actually research them.

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Time Signature Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MMA Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 7690	Post Options Post Reply Quote Time Signature Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Research paper on J. Priest's "Night Crawler" Posted: 17 Feb 2015 at 6:49pm
	f you're interested in a more academic approach to heavy metal lyrics, then here's a cognitive poetic/stylistic analysis of the language of terror (as in 'terror as a narrative mode') in Judas Priest's "Night Crawler". It's, of course, very academic (and thus perhaps not the most accessible text in the world) and all that, but, if that's your thing, you might want to read it: http://web.fu-berlin.de/phin/phin71/p71t2.htm. If that's not your thing, then you probably don't want to read it. However, at least, it might be still nice to know that heavy metal music, lyrics and culture is now being taken seriously enough that professional academically trained scholars and scientists actually research them.


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	I can´t claim that I got through it all, but the idea to study heavy metal lyrics just as you would study anything else is certainly interesting.
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UMUR Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List MMA Special Collaborator Errors & Omissions Team / Retired Admin Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 18091	Post Options Post Reply Quote UMUR Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Apr 2015 at 8:45am
	I send the link to a colleague who is a gigant Judas Priest fan.
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Time Signature Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MMA Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 7690	Post Options Post Reply Quote Time Signature Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 May 2015 at 6:43am
	Cool :-) I plan to do two more similar analyses: one of 'Killers' by Maiden and one of 'Black Sabbath' by Black Sabbath. I have some other more hardcore linguistic research to do first though.


Vim Fuego Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Death, T/S/G, Grind, VA Teams Joined: 05 Jul 2015 Location: Canterbury, NZ Status: Offline Points: 6481	Post Options Post Reply Quote Vim Fuego Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Dec 2015 at 10:05pm
	Here's something you might find interesting: New Zealand's very own Dr Bogan. ("Bogan" is a term exclusive to NZ and Australia, and refers to a typical metal fan- take a look at the guy for a perfect example!) http://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-events/media/2012/waikato-graduand-to-become-dr-bogan He expanded his thesis (http://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/handle/10289/6078) out to a book (yes, I've read it!) and even had a documentary series about bogan culture made. Bogan culture covers more than just metal, but it has been quite refreshing to see it taken seriously enough to inspire an academic study. It caused a lot of controversy, with a lot of people calling it a waste of time and money, but I think it's enlightened the general public on a misunderstood, and sometimes very visible sub-culture.