Date of Award
2013
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in English Composition
Department
English
First Advisor
Carlson, David
Second Advisor
Luck, Jessica
Third Advisor
Ramirez, Luz Elena
Abstract
This study was to showed how popular music is used to create passive consumers driven by a need for instant gratification, rather than objective, active listeners. It then discusses how "conceptual progressive music", demonstrated my Porcupine Tree and Pink Floyd rebels against this mass culture nature.
Recommended Citation
McCulley-Mendoza, Bryan Michael, "Resisting the "Sound of Muzak": Alienating effects in conceptual progressive music" (2013). Theses Digitization Project. 4277.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/4277
