Di postingan kali ini kita akan membahas fungsi sosial, struktur teks dan unsur kebahasaan song/lagu berbahasa Inggris. Setelah membaca postingan ini diharapkan kita dapat memahami fungsi, struktur dan unsur kebahasaan yang terkandung dalam lirik lagu.
Selain itu, mempelajari lagu juga bisa mengembangkan nilai-nilai kehidupan dan karakter yang positif. Diharapkan kita dapat mengambil pesan positif dari lirik lagu yang dipelajari dan dapat menerapkannya dalam kehidupan sehari-hari.
Sebelum kita membahas lebih jauh tentang kedua topik tersebut diatas, silakan baca dan pahami lirik lagu berikut ini.
Song 1
Singer: Joey Mcintyre
Title : Stay the same
Image Credit: amazon.com
Don't you ever wish
You were someone else
You were meant to be
The way you are exactly
Don't you ever say
You don't like the way you are
When you learn to love yourself
You're better off by far
And I hope you always stay the same
'Cause there's nothing 'bout you I would change
I think that you could be
Whatever you wanted to be
If you could realize
All the dreams you have inside
Don't be afraid
If you've got something to say
Just open up your heart
And let it show you the way
Don't you ever wish
You were someone else
You were meant to be
The way you are exactly
Don't you ever say
You don't like the way you are
When you learn to love yourself
You're better off by far
And I hope you always stay the same
'Cause there's nothing 'bout you I would change
Believe in yourself
Reach down inside (ohh-oooh)
The love you find will set you free
Believe in yourself (ohh-oooh)
You will come alive
Have faith in what you do
You'll make it through
Ohh-wooahh-ohh
Heeeeeyyy
Don't you ever wish (ohhhhh yeah)
You were someone else
You were meant to be (you were meant to be)
The way you are exactly
Don't you ever say (Ohh-wooahh-ohh)
You don't like the way you are
When you learn to love yourself (love yourself)
You're better off by far
And I hope you always stay the same (stay the same)
'Cause there's nothing 'bout you I would change (change)
No, there's nothing 'bout you I would change ...
Don't change ...
(Taken from: https://genius.com/Joey-mcintyre-stay-the-same-lyrics)
Anda bisa menyaksikan video dari lagu tersebut di bawah ini:
Berikut adalah penjelasan tentang fungsi sosial dan unsur kebahasaan lagu berikut ini:
Fungsi Sosial Lirik Lagu
Menurut kamus online merriem webster (2018) salah satu definisi lagu adalah sebuah komposisi musik pendek yang berisi kata-kata dan musik. Sedangkan terkait fungsi lagu, Aris (2017) menyatakan bahwa lagu memiliki fungsi sebagai berikut:
1. Menghibur pendengarnya
2. Memberi pesan moral lewat lirik lagu
3. Mengelola hubungan emosi pribadi dan antar sesama
4. Mengekspresikan nilai budaya dan perasaan pribadi
5. Memberi kesempatan seseorang untuk tidak hanya berbagi apa yang dirasakan tetapi juga merasakan keterikatan emosi dengan orang lain.
Struktur Lirik Lagu
Secara umum sebuah lagu memiliki struktur sebagai berikut (Ceseri, 2014):
1. Verse
2. Chorus
3. Bridge
Verse memiliki melodi yang sama dengan lirik yang berbeda. Chorus memiliki melodi dan lirik yang sama dan merupakan inti dari sebuah lagu. Sedangkan Bridge memiliki melodi dan lirik yang berbeda dari bagian lain dari sebuah lagu dan merupakan titik balik atau puncak dari sebuah lagu (Frederick, 2013).
Unsur Kebahasaan Lirik Lagu
Aris (2017) menyatakan bahwa unsur kebahasaan sebuah lirik lagu adalah sebagai berikut:
1. Ditulis sebagai orang pertama, kedua atau ketiga
2. Mengandung rima
3. Menggunakan aliterasi
4. Mengandung unsur puisi seperti majas
5. Mengandung slang
Latihan-latihan
Exercise 1
Read and listen to “Stay the same ” song again. Then, answer the following questions!
1. What life values and positive things can you learn from the songs?
2. How many verses does the song have?
3. Which one is the chorus?
4. Why do you think the song’s title is “Stay the Same”?
5. How does paragraph one rhyme?
Song 2
Lagu kedua dalam postingan ini berjudul “You’ll Never Walk Alone”. Sebelumnya, silakan baca dan pahami lirik lagu tersebut.
Title: You’ll Never Walk Alone
Singer: Gary and the Pacemakers
Image Credit: allposters.com.au
When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark
Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on walk on with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone
Walk on walk on with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
(Taken from: http://www.metrolyrics.com/youll-never-walk-alone-lyrics-gerry-and-the-pacemakers.html)
Berikut video dari lagu di atas:
Exercise 2
Read and listen to “You’ll never Walk Alone” song again. Then, answer the following questions!
1. What is the song’s theme?
2. Does this song inspire you? Why or why not?
3. How many verses does the song have?
4. What does the word “storm” symbolize?
5. What message does the song convey?
Exercise 3
Answer the following questions based on this song's lyric!
1. What is the song’s theme?
2. How does paragraph one rhyme?
3. What methaphors are used in this song?
4. What is the song’s message?
5. Why do you think the chorus is repeated three times at the end?
Heal The World
By Michael Jackson
There's a place in your heart
And I know that it is love
And this place could be much
Brighter than tomorrow
And if you really try
You'll find there's no need to cry
In this place you'll feel
There's no hurt or sorrow
There are ways to get there
If you care enough for the living
Make a little space
Make a better place
[Chorus]
Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place for you and for me
If you want to know why
There's a love that cannot lie
Love is strong
It only cares for joyful giving
If we try, we shall see
In this bliss we cannot feel
Fear or dread
We stop existing and start living
Then it feels that always
Love's enough for us growing
So make a better world
Make a better world
Back to [Chorus]
And the dream we were conceived in
Will reveal a joyful face
And the world we once believed in
Will shine again in grace
Then why do we keep strangling life
Wound this earth crucify its soul
Though it's plain to see
This world is heavenly
Be God's glow
We could fly so high
Let our spirits never die
In my heart I feel you are all my brothers
Create a world with no fear
Together we'll cry happy tears
See the nations turn their swords
Into plowshares
We could really get there
If you cared enough for the living
Make a little space
To make a better place
Back to [Chorus] 3 x
(Taken from: http://www.metrolyrics.com/heal-the-world-lyrics-michael-jackson.html)
Berikut video dari lagu "Heal the World":
Exercise 4
Read the song's lyric below and answer the questions that follow!
Song 4
Postcard from Heaven
By Lighthouse FamilyIf you never say goodbye
To the best thing in your life
There are things you don't appreciate
At all
So it's best that you don't try
Holding back the time
Are you ever gonna be
Quite satisfied
Postcard from heaven
Go to where you belong
Never find the perfect situation
until you know where you're from
If you ever say goodbye
No regrets, I won't ask why
And I wish you all the best luck
In the world
Should you ever change your mind
Holding back the sunshine
Are you ever gonna be
Quite satisfied
Postcard from heaven
Go to where you belong
Never find the perfect situation
until you know where you're from
Postcard from heaven
Go to where you belong
Never find the perfect situation
until you know where you're from
Berikut video dari lagu tersebut di atas:
1. What is the song's theme?
2. What is meant by "the best thing" in verse one?
3. What tone does the song's writer use?
4. What message does the song's writer want to convey?
5. What is the chorus part?
References
Aris (2017). Song : Definition, social function, general structure, identify, and language features of songs. https://www.artikelbelajar.com/song-definition-socialfunction/# (Diakses: 27 Oktober 2018)
Ceseri, A (2014). Understanding the most common song structures. http://www.songwriting.net/blog/bid/207339/Songwriting-Tip-Understanding-the-Most-Common-Song-Structures (Diakses: 27 Oktober 2018)
Frederick, R (2013). What Is Song Structure? https://mysongcoach.com/what-is-song-structure/
(Diakses: 27 Oktober 2018)
Merriam Webster (2018). https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/song (Diakses: 27 Oktober 2018)