jangle n : a metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs" [syn: jingle] v : make a sound typical of metallic objects; "The keys were jingling in his pocket" [syn: jingle, jingle-jangle]

English

Pronunciation

• /ˈdʒæŋgɘl/

  Rhymes: -æŋɡəl

Verb

1. to make a metallic sound
2. to cause something to make a metallic sound
3. to irritate something

   The sound from the next apartment jangled my nerves.

Noun

jangle

1. a metallic sound

Usage notes

• somewhat harsher than jingle

Related terms

• jangly

Jangle pop is a musical genre that began in United States during the mid-1960s combining angular, chiming guitar lines played on electric twelve-string guitars and power pop song structures. It was popularized by bands such as The Beatles and The Byrds. The sound influenced later groups such as The Jam, R.E.M., and The Smiths.

History

Origins

In 1964 The Beatles' use of the jangle sound in the songs "A Hard Day's Night" and "Words of Love" encouraged many artists to use the jangle sound or purchase a Rickenbacker twelve-string guitar. The Byrds began using similar guitars after seeing them played in the film A Hard Day's Night. Other groups such as The Who (in their early "Mod" years), The Beach Boys, The Hollies, and Paul Revere and the Raiders continued the use of twelve-string Rickenbackers. The Byrds, whose style was also referred to as folk rock, prominently featured Roger McGuinn's Rickenbacker electric twelve-string guitar in many of their recordings.

The term "jangle" is derived from the lyric "In the jingle jangle morning, I'll come following you." from The Byrds' cover of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" and is associated with the chiming sound of Rickenbacker guitars' upper-register strings. Jangle pop is related to the power pop genre that developed in the 1970s, including bands like The Raspberries and Big Star, who blurred the line between the two styles.

1980s

Jangle pop influenced alternative rock during the early 1980s, as exemplified by early albums of R.E.M., The Smiths, Game Theory, The dB's, Let's Active, The Connells, Guadalcanal Diary and The Beat Farmers. It was initially a Southern/Midwestern U.S. phenomenon, though a group of bands called the Paisley Underground led a more psychedelic movement on the West Coast.

The U.K. C86 scene and twee pop in general share many qualities with jangle pop. There were vibrant scenes in the U.K. (The Stone Roses, The Brilliant Corners, Jazz Butcher, Monochrome Set, The Popguns, Loft, The Family Cat, Felt, James), Australia (The Go-Betweens, Hummingbirds, The Church) and New Zealand (The "Dunedin Sound" of bands such as The Clean, Mad Scene, Jean-Paul Sartre Experience, The Bats, The Chills).

Performers

• 10,000 Maniacs
• Able Tasmans
• The Bangles
• The Bats
• Blake Babies
• The Bongos
• The Byrds
• Choo Choo Train
• The Church
• The Connells
• The dB's
• Dream Syndicate
• Dreams So Real
• Echo Orbiter
• The Feelies
• Field Mice
• Flamin' Groovies
• The Flatmates
• The Format
• Game Theory
• Gin Blossoms
• Guadalcanal Diary
• Guster
• The Hummingbirds
• The Jam
• The Lemonheads
• Let's Active
• The Loud Family
• Love Tractor
• The Lucksmiths
• Miracle Legion
• Mitch Easter
• The Mojo Men
• The Neats
• Oh-OK
• Orange Juice
• Polaris
• Pooh Sticks
• The Posies
• The Pretenders
• Rain Parade
• The Primitives
• Pylon
• The Reivers
• R.E.M.
• Salem 66
• The Searchers
• The Serenes
• The Smiths
• Chris Stamey
• The Soft Boys
• The Stone Roses
• Teenage Fanclub
• Toad the Wet Sprocket
• Trashcan Sinatras
• Uncle Green

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