Abstract
The main focus of the present article is to research the specific reading of Søren Kierkegaard’s (1813–1855) philosophy by the British musical trio “Tiger Lillies” in their studio album “Either/or”. The questions to be answered are the following: (1) Was the choice of the Kierkegaard’s text of the accidental or rather conscious nature? (2) Does this interpretation shed new light upon Kierkegaard’s conception of the sensual-erotic phenomenon, in particular, and his strategy of existential communication, in general? The answer to the first question is that the choice if fully conscious and rational. The album works two-fold: first, it explores the themes and musings from the Danish thinker, second, it creates a backdrop for disclosure of the dark side of the human self, the despair, the impossibility of the existential choice that comes about in the result of the pursuit of instant gratification and boredom. Answer to the second research question is to be found when exploring principles of the Brechtian epic theatre in the music album “Either/or” and then applying them to Kierkegaard’s texts.
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