The Lexical Peculiarities of the Metallica’s Lyrics - Курсовая работа

The Lexical Peculiarities of the Metallica’s Lyrics Introduction No language can be learned without learning words. What is the study of English vocabulary? It is a definite process of expanding one’s vocabulary, which involves three stages: the introduction of new words, the practice of their use in similar situations, and, finally, the possibility of their use in all areas. By other words, it is necessary not just to get acquainted with new lexical units (words), but also to illustrate their meaning in as many usage situations as possible, so that later, if necessary, the word can rise in one’s memory. phraseology (a branch of lexicology studying groups of words having stability of the structure and figurative meaning («to put down roots», «to keep abreast of the times», «the black sheep», «fight fire with fire», etc.). Their legendary debut album «Kill Em All» became the result of four years of existence of Metallica. In 1984, the band recorded «Ride The Lightning», and in 1986, the record «Master Of Puppets» which confirmed the serious intentions of Metallica and their quest for glory was released. Before releasing the third record they signed a contract with Elektra Records and reissued 2 previous albums. After releasing the album «Garage Days Re-Revisited», the musicians signed a contract with Mike Blade, the producer of Guns N Roses. Long work in the studio finally began to bear success to the group. Great support for the popularity was brought by the touring of Metallica. A lot of awards showered onto the musicians, and this confirmed their bet on the professionalism and hard work. In 1996 the next album «Load» was released and it debuted number one in charts of the United States. This CD was a turning point for the image of Metallica and redirected it to the audience of alternative rock fans. Spring 1998 began for the band with a world tour in support of their new album «Reload». It included the song «The Memory Remains», which they recorded along with the legend of the 60s Marianne Faithfull. The new album titled «Garage Inc.» was released in late autumn of 1998, it included new songs and some covers. A year later, Metallica’s new live album «S & M» with the participation of the Symphonic Orchestra of San Francisco was recorded. The beginning of 2000 for the group was marked by birth of a song «I Disappear», which was recorded for the movie «Mission Impossible 2». The process of recording new songs was very difficult and with constant quarrels and scandals. As a result of that the musicians hired a psychoanalyst and engaged in group therapy. At the end and the beginning of every day of recording the group collectively discussed the incidents. It was interesting that a camera crew worked in the studio all that time. In summer 2003 «St. Anger» was completed and appeared in stores. Its music, according to the points of view of critics, was almost the most extreme and aggressive during all the career of Metallica. But opinions about the new album of the group split into two camps: some praised the musicians for such an uncompromising and courageous step, but others thought it was the end of Metallica. A year later, a documentary film titled «Some Kind of Monster» was released. It showed in details the agonizing process of creating the album. The film was viewed positively as it gave the opportunity to look deep into the process of music creating. In March 12, 2007 Metallica started recording the ninth studio album titled «Death Magnetic» which finally was completed in September 12, 2008. [8] 1.2 Thematic Diversity and Semantic Layers of the Metallica’s Lyrics In general, lyrics of Metallica as a representative of thrash metal direction adhere to common norms of songwriting in rock and metal. The same techniques and principles, the same characters and metaphors are basically used. However the texts can’t be considered as the songs about the only thing, they reflect the breadth of topics and individual styles. They contain social reflections and philosophical thoughts, subjective lyricism and protocol listening of life, mythological characters and futuristic prophecies. The poetic texts often turn to symbolism (the mythological, biblical, Christian, Gothic, romantic) and metaphors. Sometimes they use paradox, nonsense, absurdity which reveals a pre-cultural origin, rooted in the carnival element of medieval, rituals of paganism. There is logical creativity, tricky wordplay. The difference is that thrash metal tracks quite faster and harder, more aggressive, both in playing the music and singing the songs, and thematic and lexical contain. Reality is described in the state it is in fact. Often dark characters mixed with satanic, infernal, brutal images are used to give the songs a sharp critical mood, to awake resentment in the hearts of those who care of the problems the world has got today. Social texts expressing indignation of biting global problems and protest against them dominate in this kind