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Preprint version of: Brandellero, A., Verboord, M. & Janssen, S. (2018). ‘Do you remember rock ‘n’ roll radio?’ How audiences talk about music-related personal memories, preferences, and localities. In: Sarah Baker, Catherine Strong, Lauren Istvandity & Zelmarie Cantillon (Eds.), Routledge Companion to Popular Music History and Heritage (pp.217-228). Abingdon/New York: Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-138-23763-6. This is the preprint version of the article; for the final version please consult the book. ‘Do you remember rock ‘n’ roll radio?’1 How audiences talk about music-related personal memories, preferences, and localities Amanda Brandellero, Marc Verboord and Susanne Janssen Erasmus University Rotterdam Introduction Music plays a multifaceted role in the everyday life of people. Music is used as an accompaniment to daily tasks and chores, as a mood changer or enhancer, or as a key to alternative, imaginary reality. Analyses of the use of music have tended to focus on the positive contribution it makes to everyday life, revealing how it can offer individuals a symbolic resource for shaping their personal identity, while providing tools for collective experiences and sharing of tastes in social groups (see Hesmondhalgh 2008 and Roy and Dowd 2010 for a review). Music also supports the inward and outward process of representation and projection of self (Larsen et al. 2010). DeNora (2000) has been ground- breaking in showing the diversity of how people integrate music in their daily lives. Yet beyond the active choice of music and its instrumentality in processes of identity 1 ‘Do you remember rock ‘n’ roll radio?’ is the title of a song by the Ramones, released on Sire records in May 1980.
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