Category Archives: Music

Helping Haiti

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Music has played quite an important role in my life  and I ‘m glad it also plays an important role in the rebuilding of Haiti and in giving some relief to its people. It gives me hope for the future to see so many people doing their best to help alleviate the pain and  suffering of those who desperately need help .

♥ A remake of REM’s  “Everybody Hurts” with Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey,  Bon Jovi, Robbie Williams, Kylie, Rod Stewart, , Miley Cyrus, Take That,Mika, Michael Bublé, James Blunt, James Morrison, Susan Boyle and Westlife among others. Lyrics

♥  A remake of the 1985  “We Are The World”. The new version is titled “We Are the World – 25 for Haiti”;Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie have recruited 81 singers among which we can see the Enrique Iglesias, Celine Dion, Carlos Santana, Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges; Akon, Usher, Pink , The Jonas Brothers…etc.. The video will be broadcast  during the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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James Morrison: Broken Strings

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This presentation has been sent by Paula Valdés Collazo , a student from the Pre-Intermediate level. Thanks  so much for sharing.

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Nothing else matters

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Nothing Else Matters

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This is the speech given in class by Olaya Cruz, a student in the Pre-intermediate level. Thank you very much Olaya, it was  beautifully done. 

“Nothing else matters” is a song written in 1991 by Metallica, a band of Thrash metal. This song is considered the best hit in history of metal ballads.

James Hetfield, vocals and guitar of Metallica wrote this song. It was written when he was talking on the phone with his girlfriend. While he was talking to her, at the same time he was playing the strings of his guitar at random with the other hand. He heard a rhythm that he really loved, so he hang up and started to compose this beautiful song.

James initially wrote this song for his family, for the homesickness because he spent almost all his life in tours and concerts -he says in the song “so close no matter how far”- so he couldn’t dedicate so much time to them

In the beginning he didn’t want to publish this song because he considered it very personal, but Kirk Hammett, another member of Metallica, listened to it and loved it, so finally they decided to include the song in the “Black Album”.

This song was played with the Symphonic Orchestra of San Francisco and it was also played in a concert dedicated to Fredie Mercury when he died.
Since this song has been published a lot of artists, like Apocalyptica, Lucie Silvas and White Raven recorded new versions of the original song.

Nowadays this song is considered, according to James H. a song dedicated to all his fans who fall in love.

Tons of music

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This link was sent to me some days ago by one of my students, Jose Manuel Hildalgo. Many thanks to you for sharing!!  Add it to your favourites if you are keen on music, and even if you are not, to learn some English.

How does it work? Easy !! Just click on any  letter of the alphabet, and a list of all the singers whose name begins with this letter will be displayed . Click on the one you want, (strictly forbidden to click on any singer other than the English -speaking ones) and the screen will be filled with the lyrics of the song on one side and the video on the other one.

 

 

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Music on my Mind

Music, Students' Corner,

I am one of those teachers who think that playing music is as good a way to improve listening as it is playing any other piece of information.
That’s why every Monday you’ve been doing listening based on lyrics. It’s not always easy to choose the song and even more difficult to choose which lines you will be able to understand. What’s more, I’m also quite aware of the fact that the music I like is probably not everyone’s cup of tea (I know, I know… you’ve never complained). So , now it’s your turn. Have you been listening to some tracks lately and thought… “Cristina should be playing this track” ?
Yes…. Then, let me know. Send me a reply to this post with your suggestion. It should include the following information

Singer/ Band:
Song Title
A few lines:

and thanks for your help. This blog is written for you and with you.