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Radijo laidų ciklas pristato praėjusio amžiaus antrosios pusės Lietuvoje skambėjusią estradinę muziką ir ją kūrusias asmenybes. „Atsiliepk dainoje“ kviečia į kelionę laiku prisimenant arba naujai atrandant ryškiausius praėjusio amžiaus Lietuvos estradinius ansamblius. Laidos pašnekovų prisiminimus iliustruoja muzika iš LRT aukso fondo. Vedėjas – Ignas Gudelevičius.
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Garso Kronikose Marius ir Mindaugas neria į muzikos pasaulį apžvelgdami jį iš žmogiškos, visuomeniškos ir, iš dalies, antropologinės pusės. Smalsiai pasakosim už įrašų ir albumų pasislėpusias istorijas ir godžiai ragausim muzikos personalijų patiektus, už kadro likusius, gardumynus. Domėsimės kaip jie rengėsi, ką skaitė, kokių laikėsi prietarų. Diskutuosim kokie muzikantų sprendimai turi įtakos pokyčiams visuomenėje ir atvirkščiai. Nesame profesoriai, tad su Jumis dalinsimės tuo, kas mums patiems yra įdomu.
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How Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” Ushered Female Pop Into the Future
Among Taylor Swift’s indelible catalog of zeitgeist-capturing smash singles, none represents a more decisive pivot into ambitious pop dominance than her chart-shattering 2014 single “Shake It Off”. Musically a defiant upbeat departure from the melodramatic country-pop that launched her career, lyrically “Shake It Off” marked Swift’s watershed declaration of emancipation from public criticism through kinetic self-acceptance. Both composition and mantra-ready chorus resonated explosively, propelling Swift to ascend as the voice of her generation on the strength of outside-the-box artistic liberation.
By 2014, Swift had already amassed critical accolades and multiplatinum sales over four albums spanning nearly a decade in the spotlight since age 16. But rather than capitalize on established success formulas, Swift took startling risks with “Shake It Off”, reinventing her musical persona without warning. Trading vulnerable breakup balladry for swaggering horns, marching drums and shamelessly dorky verses about bad dancing, Swift made an ecstatic bid for fearless artistic ownership. Her playfulness felt iconoclastic in a pop realm then still unaccustomed to transparency from female stars beyond tabloid drama exploitation.
Yet beneath that cheerful rhythmic bounce, “Shake It Off” reveals deeper personal epiphanies reclaiming Swift’s joy after years of weathering emotionally taxing criticism in an unforgiving public eye. Her lyrics confront tormentors head-on while dismissing the damage bluntly through the repetition of the titular hook. She urges tuning out disparagement through self-celebration. Rather than censoring raw reactions to pain though, Swift leans into unease sassily, exposing societal gendered double standards. Cathartically she chooses to laugh at misplaced judgments on her worth or talent.
With “Shake It Off”, Swift ultimately redefined commercial pop boundaries through lyrics marrying the struggle to triumph over the commonplace burden of other’s projections. The track established her poignant yet galvanizing brand of musical inspiration rooted in resilience. Both sonically upbeat and thematically awakening, “Shake It Off” signaled Swift’s flowering into the chief emotional translator of millennial female experiences.
From those very first confrontational lyrics, “Shake It Off” announces itself as Swift’s line in the sand defending creative liberty by rebutting criticism directly. She calls out perpetual judgments from “the liars and dirty, dirty cheats of the world” for thinking they can still “take her down”. Then with newfound maturity, she exposes harsh scrutiny as more toxic to targets than sources, determining she can simply tune out unproductive detractors without engaging.
Swift doubles down on owed autonomy in the second pre-chorus singling out “the fakers” who leverage malicious gossip and salacious headlines purely for entertainment. Having endured years as media rags’ favorite clickbait controversy magnet for daring to be a young woman navigating romance openly, she again opts out of reaction cycles that only benefit those stirring turmoil.
So when Swift unveils her signature rallying cry to simply “Shake it off, shake it off”, she provides permission for weary listeners to disempower bullies by forfeiting their harmful judgments any lingering currency or accuracy. She coaches fans to allow fleeting public embarrassments to roll off our backs smoothly by leaning into passionate personal purpose instead, our self-belief armor against detractors.
Throughout, Swift models radical acceptance of all self-perceived flaws from awkward dance skills to fashion faux pas. Playfully she flips every shortcoming named on its head until radiating self-love powerful enough to turn mockery into celebration. With winking genius, she guts criticism’s sting by embracing supposed missteps first.
Swift later elaborated on the cathartic creative process in the studio where this musical pivot felt fully liberating. She called the horn-laced production “a sonic bath” soothing the accumulated sting inflicted by years steeped in self-doubt from external voices. Swift attested to escaping that echo chamber of shielding perceived weaknesses to be judged made loudly proclaiming unconditional self-acceptance through lyrics that deeply healing. She recognized fans craved that modeling of courage too.
Accordingly “Shake It Off” resonated explosively upon release in summer 2014, majorly redefining Swift's artistic trajectory going forward. The track blasted airplay records and became her first bonafide global smash crossover, outselling every 2014 single besides megahit “Happy”. Swift attributed its meteoric success to how “Shake It Off” arrived as an emotional lifeline for young women feeling similarly discouraged into self-consciousness.
With that cultural antennae attuned, Swift soon marshalled pop dominance on her own terms, becoming synonymous with daring vulnerability, and political activism alongside number-one hits. “Shake It Off” stood as a watershed mark of her assuming creative reigns. Where country radio once bounded her inventiveness, Swift now freely hybridized musical styles to match raw lyricism.
When embarking on global stadium tours too, Swift transmuted “Shake It Off” into her emboldening encore anthem, catapulting from trap doors in sequined leotards to sizzle energy to a fever pitch. Like a choreographed metaphor, Swift dramatically shed past constraints before tens of thousands echoing the chorus with tearful elation. Together artists and audiences wordlessly sealed a covenant pursuing self-love and purpose above outside voices.
In 2023, nearly a decade since its release, “Shake It Off’s” legacy as Swift’s career-rocketing fight song endures stronger than ever with new generations discovering its empowerment. TikTok dollies regularly revive the track as euphoric shorthand for overcoming all manners of adversity or injustice through solidarity. Swift even partnered with Spotify to release uplifting “Shake It Off” remixes naming societal biases still requiring shaking off - from anti-LGBTQ legislation to climate change denial.
Clearly Swift struck generation-defining magic with “Shake It Off” that fateful summer precisely by boldly marrying musical innovation to psychological healing insight well ahead of pop peers. Where female icons before relied on image spectacle or vocal acrobatics alone, Swift invited mass intimacy through compassionate accountability instead. And a decade later, pop remains filled with disciples she’s paved space for from Selena Gomez to Olivia Rodrigo actively erasing stigmas around women’s mental health issues through smash hits.
But most resonantly, Swift sustains that solidarity with fans growing up alongside her by upholding “Shake It Off” as a guiding light whenever adversity strikes. Each show’s climactic mirrorball explosion into its jubilant chorus becomes a ritual rebirth summoning strength together. The song remains both balm when coping privately and amplifying battle cry declaring collective triumph.
Indeed nearly 10 albums later, Swift endures as critic-proof pop's most ingenious visionary precisely by inspiring human connections around struggles no external success could shield her from either. The resonance is evident in every voice raised to cheer “Shake It Off’s” audacious chorus in unison makes clear Swift’s genius was ensuring nobody needs weather objectification or self-doubt alone in the dark anymore. Not when there exists an ever-brightening beacon guiding whole generations toward confidence’s dawn. Thanks for Listening to Quiet Please. Remember to like and share wherever you get your podcasts. -
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Привет, я Настя.
Тут я просто помогаю своему парню уснуть и каждую неделю рассказываю ему историю жизни одного известного писателя.
А он берет и делает из этого подкаст. Так что все кто прогулял литературу в школе из-за того что было слишком душно - заходите, я тут немножко приоткрыла форточку и делюсь подробностями личной жизни акул пера, о которых училка по литературе решила умолчать.Instagram https://www.instagram.com/burdinana/
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Proto Pemza pasirodo ten, kur susitinka tikri nusikaltimai, siaubą keliantys įvykiai ir ekscentriški kuriozai. Keturiese pasakojame apie smalsumą keliančius nutikimus, nepelnytai dūlančius saugyklose užrakintų laikraščių puslapiuose. /// Esame radikalūs mėgėjai, tačiau kiekvienai laidai ruošiamės atsakingiau nei savo senatvei. Todėl ką nors naujo išgirsite kiekvienas. Mažų mažiausiai garantuojame ledlaužį vėsiam pokalbiui praskaidrinti. /// Siekiame gerai praleisti laiką, pakeliui jums atskleisdami netikėčiausius gyvenimo atspalvius. Užsukite, čia jūsų laukia istorijos įdomybės, susidūrimai su antgamtiniu pasauliu bei pasakojimai apie reiškinius, geriau suprantamus tiktai šiek tiek pašveitus smegenis.
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Blues, Gospel, Negro Spirituals, Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Funk, Rap, Reggae, Rock’n’Roll… l’actualité de la musique fait rejaillir des instants d’histoire vécus par la communauté noire au fil des siècles. Des moments cruciaux qui ont déterminé la place du peuple noir dans notre inconscient collectif, une place prépondérante, essentielle, universelle ! Chaque semaine, L’épopée des musiques noires réhabilite l’une des formes d’expression les plus vibrantes et sincères du 20ème siècle : La Black Music ! À partir d’archives sonores, d’interviews d’artistes, de producteurs, de musicologues, Joe Farmer donne des couleurs aux musiques d’hier et d’aujourd’hui. Réalisation : Nathalie Laporte. *** Diffusions le samedi à 13h30 TU vers toutes cibles, à 20h30 TU sur RFI Afrique (Programme haoussa), le dimanche à 16h30 TU vers l'Afrique lusophone, à 17h30 TU vers Prague, à 21h30 TU vers toutes cibles. En heure de Paris (TU +1 en grille d'hiver)
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Artin has been blind since he is 3 years old. The "Blind Dance Radio show" is DJ Artin's weekly creative outlet, presenting the latest EDM club tunes from all over the world.
Through cooperations with DJ's like Martin Garrix, Armin van Buuren and Nicky Romero and radio airplays, the show receives recognition the dance scene.
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https://linktr.ee/gagarinproject Live Love Create ! Magic people, welcome to my music space on SC , music is my life and passion. You will find here my mixes, original tracks and remixes. If you wish, you can support my art:
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live love create - let's enjoy every moment of our life and let's be kind to each other - we are one
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media project : www.PSYBIENT.org - https://soundcloud.com/psybient-org
also visit and subscribe to my side projects:
https://soundcloud.com/acousticsubstance (ambient / dub )
https://soundcloud.com/acidfriends (techno / deep / psy )
https://soundcloud.com/gagarinbeats (techno / house / progressive)
Gagarin Project is a collective of conscious artists, music producers, dancers and DJ's. We explore the realms of mind expanding music, psychedelic grooves for body and soul. Our music are not limited to a certain genre, juggling between ambient, modern psychedelic & bass music, psytrance and techno. Gagarin Project is the international collaboration that has evolved from the ideas of conscious living, kindness and love to other humans, our brothers and sisters. Moreover it’s activity is greatly inspired by the values and traditions of ancient civilizations, universal principles of love, natural and healthy lifestyle. Gagarin Project collective have performed at the biggest festivals all over the Europe, USA, Brazil and Asia.
_psybient.org_
Apart from performing as the collective of artists, Gagarin Project is highly involved into development of www.psybient.org project, a web media dedicated to promotion of quality downtempo / midtempo music and events.
Reality is a creation of our mind. We change our-self – we change the world around us. Live Love Create !
more info:
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