SOUND AT THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT

Nick Cave, Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire and a Deleuze-Guattarian Ecology of Popular Music

Authors

  • Andrew Murphie

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/prbt.v2i4.29023

Keywords:

Nick Cave, Theory of the Refrain

Abstract

This article gives a detailed description of Deleuze and Guattari's theory of the refrain and argues its usefulness for an understanding of popular music. This is followed by an application of Deleuze and Guattari's theory of the refrain to a specific, and problematic, attempt at territorial formation and deformation - the appearance of Australian expatriate independent music emblem, Nick Cave, in the German auteur Wim Wenders' 1987 film Wings of Desire.)

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2015-10-06

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How to Cite

Murphie, A. (2015). SOUND AT THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: Nick Cave, Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire and a Deleuze-Guattarian Ecology of Popular Music. Perfect Beat, 2(4), 18-42. https://doi.org/10.1558/prbt.v2i4.29023