The song "Glory", written and performed by John Legend and Common, was composed as the theme song for the 2014 motion picture Selma, which portrays the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march. Being that "Gory" was produced for a public film the intended audience is the public: men and women age 13 and over. This song may not may intended for an audience under the age of 13 because of its content, which may be too mature for a young audience to comprehend. When dissecting the song itself - apart from it being written for film - the lyrics are directed toward African American men and women. Throughout the song, the pronouns "us, our, and we" are used several times to include the audience in the movement and history of which the song is about. Being that the recording artists of "Glory" are both African American the pronouns prove to target an audience of African American listeners and supporters of the civil rights movement today in order to unify the African American race as a whole against injustice.
- Jessica
I like how you included a link with more background information on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March. Your analysis of the audience seems the strongest when you tie it to specific examples from the song. However, you could also speculate more on how the audience may react to the song as opposed to simply who they are. I’d like to hear more about how the tone of the song is meant to influence the audience.
ReplyDelete-Anjali
I like how in-depth you went into the analysis of the audience. Even though the song is supposed to create a sense of community, how do you think it is supposed to make people feel when they hear it?
ReplyDelete-Scott Newman