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the sound of pocket chaos and nerves wearing the same key ring.
means To make or cause a harsh, discordant ringing sound, like coins or keys clashing together — or, by extension, to grate on someone's nerves.
from From Middle English janglen, 'to chatter, quarrel, or make noise,' borrowed from Old French jangler, 'to gossip or talk excessively.' The deeper root is likely imitative — a word that mimics the very clatter it names. So before it meant the rattle of metal, it meant the rattle of too many tongues; the modern sense of frayed nerves simply followed the noise home.
- music genre
- jangle pop built whole careers on bright guitars
- twin meaning
- describes both happy chimes and frayed nerves
- old roots
- comes from medieval word for chattering loudly
- the rickenbacker
- twelve-string guitars are jangle's signature weapon
the byrds — american rock band whose 1965 hit 'mr. tambourine man' defined the jangly 12-string guitar sound
johnny marr — the smiths guitarist whose distinctive jangly arpeggios defined 1980s alternative rock from 1982-1987