ANALISIS SEMIOTIK LIRIK LAGU “GOSIP JALANAN” DARI GRUP MUSIK SLANK
Abstract: The song is an
expression of the writer to the listener, based on exprerience, gained either
from oneself, others as well as the environment. A song contains lyrics that
use language to convey the intention or purpose of the writer to the listener.
Slank is a rock and roll music group in Indonesia. Slank is more familiar with
the anti-corruption movement or part of social criticism. One of its songs
entitled “Gosip Jalanan” gets a lot of response from various parties. Members
of the Parliament consider the lyrics to be an insult to their perfomance as
the people’s representatives, so through their Honorary Council, they were
about to take a legal action against Slank. However the general public
supported the music group as they
considered songs created by Slank depicted reality.
This study employed a semiotic analysis method aimed at exlpaining the
meaning of each sign found in the lyrics from the writer’s as well as the
listeners’ point of view in relation to their respective socio-cultural
backgrounds.
The results of this study revealed that “Gosip Jalanan” lyrics served as
an expression of Slank music group’s contemplation based on the members’
personal experience and observation of variety of social realities amidst the
society. Corruption and different forms of power abuse currently prevailing in
Indonesia the group judged as having been done on a massive and systematic
scale, by which Slank referred to as the “mafia”. Money became the source of
power misused by the mafia to such extent that they were able to overrun the
existing law and regulations. Meanwhile the people listening to the lyrics
responded differently. Some were in agreement but others in disagreement about
the meaning conveyed by the lyrics. The former judged the lyrics to be in
accordance with reality the song attempted to depict, whereas the latter
considered that the song did not depict reality, as it was only partial and not
universal in nature.
Penulis: Yulita Karatem,
Pamerdi Giri Wiloso, John R Lahade
Kode Jurnal: jpsosiologidd130508
