The eraserheads: A popular music study on the youth conception of freedom and love
Date of Publication
2011
Document Type
Bachelor's Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts in Literature
Subject Categories
Comparative Literature
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Literature
Thesis Adviser
Shirley Lua
Defense Panel Member
Maria Teresa Wright
Vicente Groyon, III
Abstract/Summary
The Eraserheads is a popular music phenomenon that swept the 90s. Up until today, their songs are still heard on the airwaves. This shows that the youth embraced and continue to embrace their music. Yet the question to ponder is why they are popular with the youth. What is it in their music that they subscribe to? Using John Fiskes concept of popular culture and his theory on the pun, this study hypothesizes on their popularity by looking at the possible popular meaning that can be made by the youth. These popular meanings refer to meanings which confer to the disempowered the power to be subjects in a power bloc-controlled society. Supplemented by Simon Friths idea of music as a medium for the construction of an identity, this study also looks at how the concepts of freedom and love (motifs identified in their popular music) are set up in the songs to be able see how the youth is positioned to look at themselves, their identify, in relation to the power bloc. Finally, this study aims to contribute to popular music in the Philippines.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TU19818
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
156 leaves ; 28 cm.
Recommended Citation
Moreno, K. (2011). The eraserheads: A popular music study on the youth conception of freedom and love. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/2592