Purpose

This final content analysis exercise uses music as another form for expressing cultural emotions.

Task

Use Chapter 2 (Emotions Norms) to explain the cultural emotions in the song by Elton John “All the Young Girls Love Alice”

Elton John – All the Young Girls Love Alice (Yellow Brick Road 12 of 21) (Links to an external site.)

Elton John – All the Young Girls Love Alice (Yellow Brick Road 12 of 21) 1973

In what lines of the lyrics do we hear emotion norms?

In what lines of the lyrics do we hear direct socialization?

In what lines of the lyrics do we hear indirect socialization?

In what lines of the lyrics do we hear temporal/or historical variation and cross-cultural variation?

In what lines in the lyrics do we hear deviance? Focus on the following:

Type

Intensity

Duration

Timing

Placing

Submit a 1-2 page summary of your analysis of the song.

Lyrics

Raised to be a lady by the golden rule

Alice was the spawn of a public school

With a double-barrel name in the back of her brain

And a simple case of mummy-doesn’t-love-me blues

Reality it seems, was just a dream

She couldn’t get it on with the boys on the scene

But what do you expect from a chick who’s just sixteen?

And hey, hey, hey (hey, hey, hey) you know what I mean

All the young girls love Alice

Tender young Alice, they say

Come over and see me

Come over and please me

Alice, it’s my turn today

All the young girls love Alice

Tender young Alice, they say

If I give you my number

Will you promise to call me?

Wait till my husband’s away

Poor little darling with a chip out of her heart

It’s like acting in a movie when you got the wrong part

Getting your kicks in another girl’s bed

And it was only last Tuesday they found you in the subway dead

And who could you call your friends down in Soho?

One or two middle-aged dykes in a Go-Go

And what do you expect from a sixteen-year-old yo-yo

And hey, hey, hey (hey, hey, hey) oh don’t you know?

All the young girls love Alice

Tender young Alice, they say

Come over and see me

Come over and please me

Alice, it’s my turn today

All the young girls love Alice

Tender young Alice, they say

If I give you my number

Will you promise to call me?

Wait till my husband’s away

Songwriters: Bernie Taupin / Elton John

All the Girls Love Alice lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Analyzing Music Content

Tone of voice is one element used to express cultural emotions. Throughout the song the singer changes their voice to intonate different meanings and interpretations of cultural emotions. For example, deviant cultural emotions  can be expressed in low pitched tones to mean seriousness, sadness, anger, fear etc. Please use the attached file ‘Music Content Analysis’ to assist in your analysis of music. Music Content Analysis Tone of voice etc.–music web link.docx

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