Methodology.

My investigation is to mainly see how abandonment and hurt is shown through lyrics and the power of the lyrics in the certain semantics the artist has used. I had a lot of choice about the songs i could you but eventually came to a decision and chose the famous John Lennon and his song "Mother"
I chose this song because it is actually a cry to both of his parents, who abandoned him in his childhood. His father Alfred Lennon left the family when John was an infant; his mother Julia, who didn't live with her son although they had a good relationship, was hit and killed by a car driven by a drunk off-duty policeman when John Lennon was 17. He wrote the song as if he was saying it and used "I" to show that it is a very personal and serious message to his parents about how he feels.
The other song is Abandonment by Bif Naked. Now the title pretty much explain what the song is about and shows the theme clearly aswell as the lyrics enforce the theme. Bif Naked seems to relate to this song a lot as she was born from a teenage couple in boarding school and was subsequently adopted. The main language in her song is about pain and hurt and really differs from the repetitive language of John Lennons lyrics.
I plan to gather information from both genders and what they think of the way the meaning is shown and come across as. Giving them the lyrics on the sheet an them reading and simply giving me and anwser is how i plan to ask them and will ask a different range of people. I will see if the different genders think differently on the subject and why that might be. 

Introduction.

I intent to investigate the language of love songs featuring around the subject of abandonment in the 1970’s compare to the ones of modern day. I have chosen the song Mother by John Lennon written in the 1970's and then Abandonment by Bif Naked written in the 21st century. The songs can be different in a way that abandonment can be different in different years and also the semantics will be slighty different. The language in the earlier songs is more simple and tries to get a simple effect from it whereas the song written int he 21st century are more stories and differentiate itself from other music written earlier.

My two songs

Mother - John Lennon.

Mother, you had me but I never had you,
I wanted you but you didn't want me,
So I got to tell you,
Goodbye, goodbye.
Father, you left me but I never left you,
I needed you but you didn't need me,
So I got to tell you,
Goodbye, goodbye.
Children, don't do what I have done,
I couldn't walk and I tried to run,
So I got to tell you,
Goodbye, goodbye.
Mama don't go,
Daddy come home.
Mama don't go,
Daddy come home.
Mama don't go,
Daddy come home.
Mama don't go,
Daddy come home.
Mama don't go,
Daddy come home.
Mama don't go,
Daddy come home.
Mama don't go,
Daddy come home..

I chose this song because it is actually a cry to both of his parents, who abandoned him in his childhood. His father Alfred Lennon left the family when John was an infant; his mother Julia, who didn't live with her son although they had a good relationship, was hit and killed by a car driven by a drunk off-duty policeman when John Lennon was 17.



Well you packed me away in the trunk of your car.
You drove me so fast and so far.
I tried to fight but its so hard.
The only momento is this scar.

[Chorus]

Where were you when i needed you?
Somethings missing, and I can't breathe.
Where were you? Where were you?
Somethings missing.
You abandoned me.

Oh when you look deep into my mind.
That is so tired and weak from this life.
On the verge of fear all the time.
I feel like you left me here to die.

[chorus]
Shaking in my boots, you shook me down.
You really took me down.
Shaking my foundation, not to be found.
Never to be found.

Where were you? Where were you?
You abandoned me.
You abandoned me.
You abandoned me.

DEVELOPMENT ON FINAL QUESTION.

How does the language of love songs featuring around the subject of abandonment in the 1970’s compare to the ones of modern day.

I have changed the question slightly to make it more specific and give me an area to study deeper into rather than a broad variety of countless songs with countless subjects.

Ideas.

I'm contemplating over a few ideas, these are the three ideas i have so far.


1. Compare the lyrics of love songs from  1950’s to the lyrics of common day love songs.


2. Compare the language between a trailer for an action movie to the trailer of a sad movie.


3. Compare the use of taboo language with two different age groups.
Is it becoming more acceptable to swear?