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lil-chilean

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hi all
just wourding if song is a good related text for belonging.so far just been thinking of songs such as:
  • Working class hero by john lennon
  • My island home by Christina Anu
  • i still call Austraila home
 
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While I really didnt like the song at all, we looked at "Bridal Train" by The Waifs in class so I used that rather than trying to find another related text. It has a fair bit of stuff you can get out of it for belonging.
 

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I recommend you not do a song, unless you can both analyse the musical compositional aspects of the song as well. :)
 

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I agree with Aerath. You need to analyse the musical component. I did a song myself (did not end up using it in the HSC however)
 

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I second what Aerath said.

You DO need to be analysing the musical components of the song, and NOT just the lyrics. Otherwise you may as well be analysing a poem.

This is what my english teacher - top HSC marker with 40+ years experience said to me.

This is also why she strongly suggested that we stay as far away from songs as a related text as possible. It really is difficult to pull off, and most people end up only describing the lyrics - which is not sophisticated analysis at all.
 

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Agreeing with Aerath as well.

Song lyrics do not exist in isolation. To take them from the music would be to manipulate their meaning.
 

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