Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Not so subtle underscoring
As I listened to an NPR station this morning, I thought, "Appropriate choice of music...I wonder if they'll play a vocal excerpt from the tune or just imply their point with an instrumental excerpt." The station chose the latter option. Kudos to the music coordinator of the NPR station who, when promoting a segment about Michael Cohen, former attorney to Donald Trump, used an instrumental bit of Steely Dan's song, "Dirty Work." If ever there were an apropos time to underscore a promo with a song whose chorus includes the lyric, "I'm a fool to do your dirty work...I don't want to do your dirty work no more..."