"We Shall Overcome" A Humanity Song by Roger Waters: Critical Discourse Analysis

Putri, Inike Tesiana; Triyono, Sulis

doi:10.22146/jh.v30i2.32775

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“…When a songwriter creates a song, he or she tends to have special meanings and thoughts attached to it, which he or she aims to be understood and accepted by the audience and listeners. (Putri & Triyono, 2018). This statement in line with the song lyric "What a Wonderful World", which is the composer wanted to deliver his expression or hope and message during the "hard" period of time in United States.…”

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Critical Discourse Analysis in the “What a Wonderful World” Song Lyrics by Louis Armstrong

Liando,

Olii,

Andries

2022

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This research wants analyse a popular song around the world entitled “What a Wonderful World”. The song has become popular in every generation. This research follows Fairclough’s three inter-related processes of analysis tied to three inter-related dimensions of discourse as follow: (1) The object of analysis (2) The processes by means of which the object is produced and received by human as subjects. (3) The socio-historical conditions which govern these processes. The song lyric become the object of this research. Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) used in analyse the song lyric by connecting to the social context in Indonesia. The result shows (1) Armstrong describes world as wonderful, although the singer himself is a black American that faced prejudice and bitterness (2) The song was written during hard time, a terrible turmoil in American society. (3) The song had released on 1967, on that time, the daily life and politic situation of America are disturbed. It is full of hatred and prejudice of racialism. The lyrics in the song offers description of how the world could be wonderful if we wonders and appreciate nature and create a good friendship, indirectly this song brings hope for the better future. Relate to the social context in Indonesia, this song lyric become as a good reminder for Indonesian to keep the wonderful, peaceful, and harmonization atmosphere, remembering Indonesia has many diverse culture, religion, racial, and ethnic. This research expected to remind people in every field not only in ELT, the power of love in giving hope for the future and to make world become better by what we are doing to the world with love nature and create a good relationship with anyone.

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Critical Discourse Analysis in the “What a Wonderful World” Song Lyrics by Louis Armstrong

Liando,

Olii,

Andries

2022

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“…Those studies are focused on different social issues, ideologies, or power relations. For example, Putri and Triyono (2018) examined the song "We Shall Overcome" by Roger Waters and concluded that the song contains socio-political nuances regarding the conflict between Palestine and Israel. For the analysis, they employed a Critical Discourse Analysis Model to unveil the intended meaning.…”

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2023

OJSA

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Within a framework of political theory, and employing critical discourse analysis and systemic functional linguistics, this paper demonstrates that the lyrics of the song "Won't Stand Down" by the band Muse portray a left-libertarian political ideology. By focusing on the ideational function, which encompasses transitivity, textual, and interpersonal processes, the paper identified compelling evidence within the choice of words in the song. These words not only express a critical stance towards figures of authority but also shed light on their underlying negative intentions and the transformative process of attaining freedom. The analysis is based on the examination of the written lyrics of the song, ensuring a thorough understanding of its political implications.

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Satanism as Reflected in Alan Walker’s Selected Song Lyrics

Insani

Budiwati

2021

NOTION J. Linguist. Lit. Cult.

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This research aims to identify and describe the discourse structures and analyze the representation of Satanism found in the lyrics of the selected songs of Alan Walker. The researcher used the Critical Discourse Analysis approach by Teun van Dijk to determine Satanism in these songs. Three elements are used in this analysis, namely the discourse structure, social cognition, and social context. This research found that there are elements of discourse structure, whether explaining the micro-structure, superstructure, or macro-structure, always address Satanism’s idea. The social cognition aspect found that the social condition influences Satanism's notion in the Alan Walker songs in Norway, where Alan Walker lives open to Satanism. It can be seen from the analysis of model and memory. The analysis of model in Alan Walker's song can be influenced by the social conditions around him. The analysis of memory shows how his personal experience affects the songs he produces. The last aspect in this research is the social context which analyse the power and access to know the idea of Satanism in the songs. The analysis of power found that Satanism has a strong dominance in Norway, as seen from several works such as books, films, and music with the theme of Satanism. Then, the analysis of access found that the satanic people managed to control several media in Norway.

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"We Shall Overcome" A Humanity Song by Roger Waters: Critical Discourse Analysis

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Critical Discourse Analysis in the “What a Wonderful World” Song Lyrics by Louis Armstrong

Critical Discourse Analysis in the “What a Wonderful World” Song Lyrics by Louis Armstrong

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Satanism as Reflected in Alan Walker’s Selected Song Lyrics

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