A música como fonte de informação: década de 80 contada pela banda Paralamas do Sucesso

Abstract

This project aims to show how the band „Paralamas do Sucesso‟ uses the music as an information source to portray the 80's. To discuss this topic, we will present the concept and the typology of information sources, giving an overview of sources and their assignments. Right after we will discuss the music as a source of information, giving an explanation of the band „Paralamas do Sucesso‟ and the contextualization of the epoch. The methodology of the study consisted of literature‟s search and content‟s analysis as a way of studying the music of the band „Paralamas do Sucesso‟ in the 80‟s. By analyzing the songs and view the contents of each one brings, we will show that the band, indeed, uses his music to portray the 80‟s, thus constituting a source of information.