Song

A. Pengertian

   Song is a composition of tone or voice in sequence, combination and temporal relation to produse a musical compositian that has unity and continuity.

   Lagu adalah gubahan seni nada atau suara dalam suatu urutan, kombinasi, dan hubungan temporal (biasanya diiringi dengan alat musik) untuk menghasilkan gubahan musik yang mengandung kesatuan dan kesinambungan.

B. Tujuan

   Songs are used to express feeling and idea in an entertaining world. Songs can be used to deliver social criticism. The moral values are hidden in the lyrics.

   Lagu merupakan salah satu cara untuk mengekspresikan emosi dan perasaan dengan cara yang menyenangkan. Lagu juga dapat menjadi media untuk menyampaikan kritikan tentang situasi yang ada di masyarakat. Moral value atau amanat biasanya tersirat dalam lirik yang dibuat penulis lagu.

C. Ciri kebahasaan

-> Imagery
Imagery describes about feelings and emotions.
Sebuah lagu biasanya berusaha menggambarkan perasaan yang dirasakan si penulis.

-> Rhythm
Ritme disini digunakan untuk menciptakan mood. Misalnya, apabila kita sedang bersedih dan mendengarkan lagu dengan ritme slow, maka kita akan terbawa suasana dengan lagu tersebut. So, rhythm creates mood!

-> Figures of speech
Metaphor, comparing two things that are not alike to suggest that they actually have something in common.Sekilas memang kedua hal yang dibandingkan tidak berkaitan, tetapi sebenarnya ada kesamaan antara dua hal tersebut.e.g.
“Time is a thief” or “Her haisr was silk”

-> Simile, compares two things using “like” or “as’’. Suatu hal digambarkan dengan hal yang mirip dengan menggunakan kata ‘like’ atau ‘as’ e.g. “My love is like a red rose”.

->  Hyperbole, a dramatic language. Big exaggeration, usually with humor. Suatu hal digambarkan secara berlebihan, terkadang menggelitik karena terlalu berlebihan.
e.g. “That math homework took me 8 million years to finish”.

-> Personification, an object appear like a person. Objek (bukan manusia) memiliki kemampuan seperti manusia.e.g. “The wind whisper” or “The snowflakes danced in the wind”.

-> Allititration, the repetation of the same beginning sound in a series of words. Perulangan bunyi suara yang terdapat di awal setiap kata. e.g. “Peter Parker pick a pack of pants punctually”

D. Struktur

¤ Intro, yaitu bagian awal lagu, biasanya belum terdengar suara penyanyi (hanya instrumennya saja)Verse,atau bait adalah bagian pengantar ke chorus

¤ Refrain, peralihan dari verse ke chorus

¤ Chorus, bagian inti, biasanya yang paling mudah diingat

¤ Bridge, penghubung chorus ke chorus selanjutnya ataupun ke coda

¤ Coda, penutup lagu.  

     Struktur tersebut tidak bersifat kaku, jadi tidak semua lagu memiliki struktur yang tersusun seperti itu. Tapi setiap lagu secara umum pasti memiliki verse, chorus, dan bridge.

E. Contoh

               Am I Wrong - Nico & Vinz

  Verse 1
Am I wrong for thinking out the box from where I stay?
Am I wrong for saying that I choose another way?
I ain't trying to do what everybody else doing
Just cause everybody doing what they all do
If one thing I know, I'll fall but I'll grow
I'm walking down this road of mine, this road that I call home

Reffrain

So am I wrong?
For thinking that we could be something for real?
Now am I wrong?
For trying to reach the things that I can't see?
But that's just how I feel,
That's just how I feel
That's just how I feel
Trying to reach the things that I can't see

Verse 2

Am I tripping for having a vision?
My prediction: I'ma be on the top of the world
Walk your walk and don't look back, always do what you decide
Don't let them control your life, that's just how I feel
Fight for yours and don't let go, don't let them compare you, no
Don't worry, you're not alone, that's just how we feel

Reffrain

Am I wrong? (Am I wrong?)
For thinking that we could be something for real?
(Oh yeah yeah yeah)
Now am I wrong?
For trying to reach the things that I can't see?
(Oh yeah yeah yeah)
But that's just how I feel,
That's just how I feel
That's just how I feel
Trying to reach the things that I can't see

Verse 3

If you tell me I'm wrong, wrong
I don't wanna be right, right
If you tell me I'm wrong, wrong
I don't wanna be right
[x2]

Reffrain

Am I wrong?
For thinking that we could be something for real?
Now am I wrong?
For trying to reach the things that I can't see?
But that's just how I feel,
That's just how I feel
That's just how I feel
Trying to reach the things that I can't see

So am I wrong? (Am I wrong?)
For thinking that we could be something for real?
(Oh yeah yeah yeah)
Now am I wrong? (Am I wrong?)
For trying to reach the things that I can't see?
(Oh yeah yeah yeah)
But that's just how I feel,           
That's just how I feel
That's just how I feel

Trying to reach the things that I can't see I Wrong - Nico & Vinz

  Verse 1

Am I wrong for thinking out the box from where I stay?

Am I wrong for saying that I choose another way?

I ain't trying to do what everybody else doing

Just cause everybody doing what they all do

If one thing I know, I'll fall but I'll grow

I'm walking down this road of mine, this road that I call home

Reffrain

So am I wrong?

For thinking that we could be something for real?

Now am I wrong?

For trying to reach the things that I can't see?

But that's just how I feel,

That's just how I feel

That's just how I feel

Trying to reach the things that I can't see

Verse 2

Am I tripping for having a vision?

My prediction: I'ma be on the top of the world

Walk your walk and don't look back, always do what you decide

Don't let them control your life, that's just how I feel

Fight for yours and don't let go, don't let them compare you, no

Don't worry, you're not alone, that's just how we feel

Reffrain

Am I wrong? (Am I wrong?)

For thinking that we could be something for real?

(Oh yeah yeah yeah)

Now am I wrong?

For trying to reach the things that I can't see?

(Oh yeah yeah yeah)

But that's just how I feel,

That's just how I feel

That's just how I feel

Trying to reach the things that I can't see

Verse 3

If you tell me I'm wrong, wrong

I don't wanna be right, right

If you tell me I'm wrong, wrong

I don't wanna be right

[x2]

Reffrain

Am I wrong?

For thinking that we could be something for real?

Now am I wrong?

For trying to reach the things that I can't see?

But that's just how I feel,

That's just how I feel

That's just how I feel

Trying to reach the things that I can't see

So am I wrong? (Am I wrong?)

For thinking that we could be something for real?

(Oh yeah yeah yeah)

Now am I wrong? (Am I wrong?)

For trying to reach the things that I can't see?

(Oh yeah yeah yeah)

But that's just how I feel,              

That's just how I feel

That's just how I feel

Trying to reach the things that I can't see

    The meaning of the song is that we should not be afraid of being wrong and must always try to try. Live with what our heart and mind says, not be controlled by others. Because we are exploring our own way of life and not others.

Makna dari lagu tersebut adalah kita tidak boleh takut salah dan harus selalu berusaha untuk mencoba. Hidup dengan apa kata hati dan pikiran kita, bukan dikendalikan oleh orang lain. Karena kita yang menjelajahi jalan hidup kita sendiri dan bukan orang lain. 

F. Soal

Read the following song to answer questions number 1-5

                           Starlight

Far away
This ship has taken me far away
Far away from the memories
Of the people who care if I live or die

Starlight
I will be chasing a starlight
Until the end of my life
I don't know if it's worth it anymore

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms

My life
You electrify my life
Let's conspire to ignite
All the souls that would die just to feel alive

I'll never let you go
If you promise not to fade away
Never fade away

Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms

Far away
This ship has taken me far away
Far away from the memories
Of the people who care if I live or die

I'll never let you go
If you promise not to fade away
Never fade away

Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms
I just wanted to hold


1. Which word best describes the singer’s condition at the first sentences of the song....
A.      Happy                   D. Lonely
B.      Hopeless               E. Couraged
C.      Discouraged


2. Word “Hope” is closed meaning to....
A.      Rise                        D. Live
B.      Collapsed              E. Wishes
C.      Suffered


3. “electrify my life” What does the word refer to.....
A.      Uproar                 D. Time
B.      Reason                 E. Problem
C.      Person


4. Choose the correct message of this song.....
A.      this song is talking about how he lost      the love of his life
B.      the song talks about something you missed in your life
C.      the song talks about places
D.      the song talks about simple thing
E.       the song talks about someone


5. What “fade away” mean.....
A.      disappear                D. Fade
B.      Keep away               E. Far away
C.      Went

Listen the song with respect and complete the blanks for number 6 to 10 !

                              Fix You
                          by Coldplay

When you try your best, but you don't ... (6)
When you get what you want, but not what you need
When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse
And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone, but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?

Lights will ... (7) you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

And high up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to ... (8) you

Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face and I
... (9) stream down your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face and I

Lights will guide you home
And ... (10) your bones
And I will try to fix you

6. A. Success
    B. Succeed
    C. Sure
    D. Sorry

7. A. Guiding
    B. Guided
    C. Guides
    D. Guide

8. A. Fixing
     B. Fixed
     C. Fix
     D. Fish

9.  A. Tears
     B. Tearning
     C. Tore
     D. Tire

10. A. Ignite
       B. Ignited
       C. Ignites
       D. Ignating

G. Jawaban

1) D.Lonely
2) E. Wishes
3) C. Person
4) A. this song is talking about how he lost              the love of his life
5) C. Went
6) B. Succeed
7)  D. Guide
8)  C. Fix
9) A. Tears
10) A. Ignite

H. Source :

http://englishwithsmiles.blogspot.com/2017/05/song.html?m=1
https://translate.google.co.id/?hl=id

https://www.google.com/amp/s/genius.com/amp/Camila-cabello-real-friends-lyrics?espv=1

http://menunflazhar75.blogspot.com/2016/06/qna-nilai-masih-kurang-text-1-starlight.html?m=1

https://m.tabloidbintang.com/amp/lirik-lagu/read/427/lirik-lagu-fix-you-coldplay

Lks Bahasa Inggris kelas 8 semester 2 Wajar (Ika Kurniawati)


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