Originally published in 1983. Song has always been a natural way to
record everyday experiences - an expression of celebration,
commiseration, complaint and protest. This innovative book is a
study of popular and working-class song combining several
approaches to the subject. It is a history of working-class song in
Britain which concentrates not simply on the songs and the singers
but attempts to locate such song in its cultural context and apply
principles of literary criticism to this essentially oral medium.
It triggered controversy: some critics castigated its Marxist
approach, others enthused that 'such unabashed partisanship amply
reveals the outstanding characteristic of Watson's book'. The
author discusses the way in which the popular song, from Victorian
times onwards, has been forced by the entertainment industry out of
its roots in popular culture, to become a blander form of art with
minimal critical potential. The book ends by considering the
possibilities for a continued flourishing of a genuine popular song
culture in an electronic age. It has become a standard title in
bibliographies and curricula. Much has changed since 1983, not
least in music; but this then innovative book still has a lot to
say about popular song in its social and historical context.
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