Artist: Siouxsie & The Banshees
Song: Cities In Dust Lyrics:
Overview:
This analysis explores female-fronted punk/alternative rock bands and how their top song expresses emotions. I will be using The Sex-Role Perspective to examine what it means to be a woman according to women in a male-dominated genre. To best explore the Sex-Role Perspective, my analysis will consist of highlighting emotions that fall under stereotypically female and counter-stereotypical emotions pulled from Hyde (1995, p. 134).
Stereotypical emotions conveyed:
“Water was running/children were running/You were running out of time”
- Motherly
Contersterotypical emotions conveyed:
“We found you hiding, we found you lying/Choking on the dirt and sand”
- Aggression
“Hot and burning in your nostrils/Pouring down your gaping mouth/Your molten bodies, a blanket of cinders/Caught in the throes”
- Aggressive
Conclusion:
This song is about Pompeii, according to the lyrics website, and the destruction that came with it. In relation to the expression of emotions, this song shows the fleeting of life and of time here. Life can be taken away at any moment and it will just lie in the dust.
Shared by: Zoe Green
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