Alco-pop? The use of popular music in Glasgow pubs

Forsyth, A. and Cloonan, M. (2008) Alco-pop? The use of popular music in Glasgow pubs. Popular Music and Society, 31(1), pp. 57-78. (doi: 10.1080/03007760601061902)

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Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03007760601061902

Abstract

In recent years popular music studies has witnessed a turn towards concentrating on music at a local level (Cloonan) and its use in what DeNora calls everyday life. In a separate, but overlapping, development there has been a growing interest in the night-time economy. At an academic level this has included some interest in the role popular music plays in that economy (e.g. Bennett; Bjoumlrnberg and Stockfelt) and at the UK governmental level it has included responses to “binge drinking” (Home Affairs Select Committee; Prime Minister's Strategy Unit; Scottish Executive) and to licensing.1 But there has been less attention paid to the role that music plays within a key part of that economy—pubs. In this article we examine the use of music in city centre pubs in Glasgow, Scotland. We include the role of music in attracting customers to pubs, the different types of clientele attracted, the relationship between music and alcohol sales, and the ways in which music can act as both a trigger for disorder and a means of preventing it. We develop a typology of uses of music and explore the implications for popular music studies.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Cloonan, Professor Martin
Authors: Forsyth, A., and Cloonan, M.
Subjects:M Music and Books on Music > ML Literature of music
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
College/School:College of Arts & Humanities > School of Culture and Creative Arts > Music
Journal Name:Popular Music and Society
ISSN:0300-7766
ISSN (Online):1740-1712

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