Music has always been a significant part of my life. When I was younger I was involved in the church and school choirs, I often listened to my father play the guitar, and I now attend a few of his band's gigs in various country bars and social events. I like to think that I am well-immersed in all types of music, but I took advantage of the opportunity to study a few different artists with whom I am not so familiar. I chose rock music, because I believe it, along with others, is a genre which is often misunderstood. Many of my friends ridicule it because they assume the lyrics contain nothing but general hate, disgust, and rebellion. I would like to prove that opinion wrong, and embrace rock music for all of its throbbing beats, screams, and crude, if effective, lyrics. Ultimately, I want to absorb more knowledge of music, and reject the "common sense" about rock music which so many people have tried to impress upon me.
Ozzie at Metal Shop
English: Mike Shinoda, Mr. Hahn & Chester Benningt...
Linkin Park at the Novarock Festival.In order to obtain my data, I turned first to my family. Both my stepfather and mother love rock music, old and modern, so from them I gathered a few CD booklets with lyrics inside. In addition, websites like www.lyrics.com and www.azlyrics.com were both extremely helpful in finding legitimate lyrics from an abundance of artists. The performers which I chose were Metallica, Ozzie Osbourne, Linkin Park, and Hoobastank. I realize that this hardly encompasses all of rock music, but I tried to pick a couple groups who were more current, and then two whose reputations by now have been well-established. I chose the songs to analyze nearly completely by the titles, which to me displayed the stereotype of the "angry" rock group. In terms of Metallica and Ozzie Osbourne...