Musical Images from Sufferers: “Entangled” – Genesis

  • Franca Daniele Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy
Keywords: Covid-19, Genesis, Entangled, Discourse Analysis, Doctor-Patient Interaction, Rhyme, Rhythm

Abstract

The present paper carries out a textual, discourse and semantic analysis of the song Entangled, a masterpiece by the English band Genesis. The song describes a patient living in a dream-like state, having many similarities and parallels with the state of being affected by Covid-19 in the final stages of the disease. The most overt message deriving from analyzing the words and the discourse in Entangled is the prevailing-type pattern that evidences the strong imbalance existing in a relationship between a doctor and a patient. The inaffable music and voices join in a coral-like song that seems to have links with serenades, charms, prayers, and with unknown dimensions. The enchanting images produced by Entangled evoke a calm, dream-like state where the listener is carried inside the soft ripples of the rhymes and verses that combine and overlap perfectly with the flowing rhythm and the purely magical music.

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Published
2020-12-23
How to Cite
Daniele, F. (2020). Musical Images from Sufferers: “Entangled” – Genesis. European Scientific Journal, ESJ, 16(38), 61. https://doi.org/10.19044/esj.20.v16n38p61