In the article, Frere says that he doesn’t “laugh at Al’s songs” because he is delighted by his “presence in the world of pop culture”, which shows how big of an impact Weird Al has had on his listeners. Both authors explore within their essays the importance of genres, audiences, and purpose to show the power of music by comparing and contrasting two different types of music using literary devices such as imagery and metaphors to help illustrate their point.
First, these two articles compare and contrast the genres of music that the authors are discussing. In “Rebel Music” it talks about how the author was trying to be rebellious by listening to a certain type of music, which at first was punk, but eventually became classical music, where he says, “My passion for this “other” kind of music felt like the height of rebellion: I was the lone Bolshevik in my army”. This shows that he felt like a rebel for being the only person in Orange County, California who was listening to Classical music.…