RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Zemanová, Zuzana
T1 The Involvement in Czech and Slovak Pop Music after November 1989
JF Musicologica Olomucensia
YR 2017
VO 26
IS 2
SP 265
OP 272
DO 10.5507/mo.2017.014
UL https://musicologica.upol.cz/artkey/mus-201702-0006.php
AB This contribution pursues the manifestation of social involvement in the lyrics of various genres of pop music after 1989. Any content which touches upon the life of the society or the particular social phenomenon and expresses the specific opinion of it can be considered and broadly understood as "involved". The contribution follows the development of the thematic structure of the lyrics from the 90's (e.g. post-revolutionary disillusionment, corruption and economic criminality) until the New Millenium (racism and xenophobia, nationalism, "memory loss", etc.). The subject of the detailed analysis is especially the work of the era after 2010 when the opinions which have been presented in the lyrics have highly reflected the opinion differences of the society (Xindl X, Gipsy.cz, Živé kvety, etc. versus e.g. Ortel).