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Not your father's drinking song

December 31, 2015 by Lamont Antieau in corpus analysis, lyric analysis

An analysis of variation and change in terms used for alcoholic beverages in American popular music (1951-2014).

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December 31, 2015 /Lamont Antieau
drinking songs, evolution of pop music, social change reflected by pop music, brand names in pop culture, wine in song, champagne in song, cognac in song, drinking in top 10 music
corpus analysis, lyric analysis
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