Cool Kids Never Have the Time: The Music of the Smashing Pumpkins and Youth of the 1990s
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Zachary J. Starkie (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Guy Capuzzo
Abstract: The purpose of this thesis is to examine the connection between youth of the 1990s and the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. The introduction is used to provide the reader with pertinent background information on youth, the 1990s, alternative music, and the Smashing Pumpkins. Following that, Chapters 1 and 2 feature analyses of two songs by the Smashing Pumpkins, "Here Is No Why" and "Tales of a Scorched Earth." The analyses of both songs focus on text enhancement and musical contrasts in each song. At the end of Chapter 2, the qualities of each song are compared. Chapter 3 examines two styles of music that were influential on the band, progressive rock and heavy metal, and examines their place in "Here Is Now Why" and "Tales of a Scorched Earth." Chapter 3 also examines how the differences between these two styles are evident in the Smashing Pumpkins' music. Finally, Chapter 4 examines the band's newest recording, Zeitgeist, and assesses its use of the musical aspects evident in "Here Is No Why" and "Tales of a Scorched Earth."
Cool Kids Never Have the Time: The Music of the Smashing Pumpkins and Youth of the 1990s
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Thesis
- Language: English
- Date: 2008
- Keywords
- Smashing Pumpkins, Music, Youth, 1990s, Alternative Music
- Subjects
- Smashing Pumpkins (Musical group)
- Alternative rock music $z United States $y 1990-2000.