The Sociology of KTV

Last night, 9 of us went singin at KTV and oh.. another fren joined us towards the last hour or something..

As we go into the night, I realised the mechanism of sociology at work...

A Functionalist Perspective:

The KTV session serves to perform its role of collective effervescence. When people get together, they tend to forget themselves. The fun and joy of the session emerges and serves to cover up other feelings. Deadlines, essays and other issues gradually fade into the background as the actors engage themselves in singing.

On the other hand, some of the songs bring about memories of sorrows, broken hearts and such...


A Marxian Approach:

The role of power and interests are at work here interacting with each other ever so rigorously... Who is in power? In whose interests?

Who does the selection of songs? Who has the power? --> The majority who follows a certain genre of trend...

Power also come into play to shield and cover fundamentals. For instance, when the state incurs the wrath of the people, the state governement can easily put in place a programme hoping that it has extensive effectiveness. And the state government has the power to do it...

Sociology is such a beautiful subject.. was tinking shld i do a write-up on the Sociology of DOING Bash(es)? Perhaps not..


Cheers!