The tale goes on: a mediação da informação nas composições da Banda Iron Maiden

Abstract

The general objective of the research is to investigate the Iron Maiden band's songs as instruments of information mediation about historical events. Due to the band's extensive phonographic production, it was necessary to make a cut in the work, selecting 15 songs for analysis and classifying them into three categories: Music and cultural identity, Music as ritualistic expression and Music as confrontation with reality. This is an exploratory research of a qualitative nature. The data collection was supported by bibliographic and documentary research online and on physical media (CDs and DVDs). Discourse Analysis was used as methodology for data analysis. The results obtained make evident the historical imprint presented in the selected songs, the possibility of obtaining information about the reported events and, in addition, branching knowledge beyond the narrated facts, by studying the contexts contained between the lines. It is concluded, therefore, that the hypothesis raised in this research is true, because the Iron Maiden band's songs can be instruments of mediation of information about historical events.