{"id":37,"date":"2022-08-16T10:24:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T10:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/when-cher-sings-a-song-what-it-means\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T08:10:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T15:10:42","slug":"when-cher-sings-a-song-what-it-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/2022\/08\/when-cher-sings-a-song-what-it-means\/","title":{"rendered":"When Cher Sings a Song: What It Means"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef02a30d48b024200b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Slander-libel\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef02a30d48b024200b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef02a30d48b024200b-300wi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 300px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Slander-libel\" \/><\/a>So I\u2019ve mentioned before how when different people sing the same song, it can have different meanings; and this is because every person brings to a song their own \u201cstar persona\u201d and personality and backstory and public backstory.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Goodwin talks a lot about this in his book <em>Dancing in the Distraction Factory<\/em>&#0160;about music videos in the 1980s and 90s. A music video was never just a music video, but a piece in a conglomeration of promotional materials, star personas, the history of entertainment on television, (and he doesn\u2019t mention it but this includes musical segments on old variety shows), posters, album covers, magazine interviews, TV interviews, aspects of business and the whole cyclone of products, promotions and pressures that circle around a song.<\/p>\n<p>So while I was working on the latest Cher show this week, her opening song came up as a perfect example of this. First of all, I had never heard this song, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rUTUhtErpo0&amp;t=134s\">Keep the Customer Satisfied<\/a>,\u201d before last weekend; but I loved it immediately and saw it as the kind of song Cher would often use to explain herself, certain songs she sings over and over again, like \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oMRwwt4kiDo\">More Than You Know<\/a>,\u201d and \u201c\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t1a73yQkjb0\">Aint Nobody\u2019s Business<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I was very surprised to discover this was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3YNsZLtzF18\">a Simon &amp; Garfunkel song<\/a>, written by Paul Simon. And when they sing it (and as the lyrics literally read) the song is about being on the road and the perils and pains found there.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef02a2eed14fdc200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: right;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Slander-libel2\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef02a2eed14fdc200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef02a2eed14fdc200d-200wi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" title=\"Slander-libel2\" \/><\/a>But Cher can\u2019t help but lend a different spin to the song. She sings a few bars of the Janis Ian song \u201cStars\u201d as the initial torch moment of the opening. \u201cStars\u201d is a song about how alienating stardom can be. This was a significant song on her 1975 album (and not the only song on the album dealing with issues of fame) and it is significant that this was chosen as the title of the album. So from the beginning of this performance, Cher is setting up that \u201cthis song is about me as a famous person.\u201d &#0160;This affects the context of the matching, following song, &quot;Keep the Customer Satisfied&quot; which in her hands focuses more on slander and libel than life on the road.<\/p>\n<p>In her version, the road is more figurative for her whole celebrity life. At the time Cher was the most recurring cover girl on news stand tabloids, which were full of silly, off-the-wall stories about her love life (mostly involving people she had never met). She was also criticized for her divorce and risqu\u00e9 costumes. Here she\u2019s presenting as a working showgirl just trying to do her job and entertain. The sheriff becomes not a literal middle-America sheriff but middle-America itself.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef02a2eed14fe0200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: right;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Slander-libel3\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef02a2eed14fe0200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef02a2eed14fe0200d-200wi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" title=\"Slander-libel3\" \/><\/a>So literal details can become figurative depending upon what the singer persona brings to the song. It\u2019s a magical thing.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also a catchy song. And this isn\u2019t always the case, but here I like the Cher version better, even though the big production of the S&amp;C version has a fun build. I feel the song fits Cher&#39;s drawl and delivery. She brings more gravitas to her version. Because really, how slandered and libeled were Simon and Garfunkel compared to Cher.<\/p>\n<p>Or was anyone I submit to you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3aa0_GXKHoY\">The Gary Puckett version<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What the context of star text brings to the meaning of a 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