THE COLLISION OF IDEOLOGY AND WORLDVIEW IN SLIPKNOT'S SELECTED LYRICS: AN ANALYSIS ON THE GENETIC STRUCTURALISM
Abstract
Shortly, I applies genetic structuralism to formulate the lyrics into three steps.
First, the data are categorized in accordance with the human facts, collective subject
and the worldview. Next, the data are analyzed based on the social life of the Corey
Taylor as the song lyrics writer as he is part of a certain community. The third is,
analyzing the social and historical background of the literary works by concerning
the conflicting ideologies. However, the band sets the implicit message on the lyrics
to show their effort in alternating the worldview which far different from the
common listener perspective.
This research tries to find out the collision between the artist’s ideology and
the listener worldview that emerged as the manifestation of long process within
genetic structuralism. The repeated activities become social structure. The structure
is manifested through the lyrics. Taylor’s reinforce the repeated of genetic
structuralism form in Metals. The facts that Metal’s always apply rude words are
strengthening in Taylor’s popular lyrics. Taylor carries the values that have been
passed down through generations that life is hard and euphemism does not help.
Therefore, it can be stated that the genetic structuralism is a research literature that
links the literary structure between the structure of society through the world view or
ideology being expressed. Thus, to understand the lyrics is not only to take a literal
meaning of the word but to take the implied meaning that is generated from long
history process. This shows the best understanding for the lyrics.