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.
I don´t like versions but I think this is better than the original.
Group: U2 (featuring mary J Blige)Song:One
Well, did I ask too much,more than a lot?
You gave me nothing, now it´s all I got
We´re one but we´re not the same
Well we, hurt each other
Then we do it again
You say
Love is a temple
Love is a higher law
Love is a temple
Love is a higher law
You ask me to enter
Well then you make me crawl
And I can´t be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt
Band: The Black Eyes Peas
Song: “Meet Me Halfway”
Type of music: balade
..meet me halfway, right at the borderline
that’s where i’m gonna wait, for you
i’ll be lookin out, night n’day
took my heart to the limit, and this is where i’ll stay
I can’t go any further then this
I want you so bad it’s my only wish..
Singer/Band: Nick Jonas & The Administration
Song Title: Who I am
A few lines:
I want someone to love me
for who i am
I want someone to need me
is that so bad?
It’s at the beggining of the song. Maybe you don’t find it because it’s new and it hasn’t been released yet here in Spain but i can pass it to you.
I think this is a very easy song to understand.
It’s the song’s chorus.
Singer: Alesha Dixon
Song Title: The boy does nothing
Lines: “Does he wash up? Never wash up
Does he clean up? No, he never cleans up
Does he brush up? Never brushed up
He does nothing, the boy does nothing”
I have another song, maybe it’s more difficult
but I undestood the lyrics well.
This is the song’s chorus too.
Singer: Rihanna
Song: Russian roulette
Lines: “And you can see my heart beating
you can see it through my chest
said I’m terrified but I’m not leaving
I know that I must pass this test”
Band:Nirvana
Song:Lithium
A few lines:
I like it I’m not gonna crack
I miss you I’m not gonna crack
I love you I’m not gonna crack
I killed you I’m not gonna crack
I like it I’m not gonna crack
I miss you I’m not gonna crack
I love you I’m not gonna crack
I killed you I’m not gonna crack
Singer: Bob Marley
Song:One love
A few lines:
One love, one heart
let’s get together and feel all right
hear the children crying (one love)
hear the children crying (one heart)
sayin’, “give thanks and praise to the lord and i will feel all right.”
sayin’, “let’s get together and feel all right.”
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Band: Adele
Song: Hometown
A few lines:
I’ve been walking in the same way as I did
Missing out the cracks in the pavement
And tutting my heel and strutting my feet
“Is there anything I can do for you dear? Is there anyone I can call?”
“No and thank you, please Madam. I ain’t lost, just wandering”
Round my hometown
Memories are fresh
Round my hometown
Ooh the people I’ve met
Band: Tony Rich
Song: Nobody knows
A few lines:
The nights are lonely, the days are so sad
And I just keep thinkin’ about
The love that we had
And I’m missin’ you
And nobody knows it but me
Band: The Blues Brothers
Song title: Everybody needs somebody
I think you can use the introduction of the song like a joke because it´s difficult to understad, after that a few lines to our level:
Every body needs somebody
Everybody needs somebody to love
Someone to love , someone to love
Sweet heart to miss, sweethart to miss
Band: Agua de Annique
Song: Witnesses http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1FI60nZZCc
Minute 0:56
I wonder how it’s possible
That I just sit here in my room
Watching some TV
Thinking of nothing and nothing
Band: The Beatles
Song Title: In My Life
A few lines:
There are places I’ll remember all my life
though some have changed
some forever not for better
some have gone and some remain
all these place have their moments
with lovers and friends I still can recall
some are dead and some are living
in my life I love them all
but of all these friends and lovers
there’s no one compares with you
Singer: Bob Marley
Song title: ” Three little birds”
To our level:
Don´t worry about a thing
´cause ev´ry little thing gonna be allright
singin´don´t worry about a thing
´cause ev´ry little thing gonna be allright
To advanced level:
Rise up this morning
Smiled with the rising sun
Three little birds pitch up my doorstep
singin´sweet songs of melodies pure and true
sayin´”this is my message to you”
Band:The Beatles
Song:Hello, goodbye
Some words: You say yes, I say no, you say stop, but I say go, go, go.
Singer: Mika
Song: We’re golden
Some words: We are not what you think we are golden, we are golder, we are golden (bis).
Singer/ Band:
Black Eyes Peas
Song Title:
where is the love?
A few lines:
PEOPLE KILLINING, PEOPLE DYINING
CHILDREN HURT AND YOU HEAR THEM CRYINING
CAN YOU PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH
AND WOULD YOU TURN THE OTHER CHEEK
FATHER, FATHER, FATHER HELP US
SEND SOME GUIDANCE FROM ABOVE
´CAUSE PEOPLE GOT ME, GOT ME QUESTIONINING
WHERE IS THE LOVE (LOVE)
WHERE IS THE LOVE (THE LOVE)
WHERE IS THE LOVE (THE LOVE)
WHERE IS THE LOVE
THE LOVE, THE LOVE
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Singer/ Band:Billie the vision
Song Title: Summercat
A few lines:You will forget about me when I’m on that plane.
Forget about me when I’m on that plane.’
Tonight tonight tonight tonight
I wanna be with you Tonight tonight tonight tonight
I wanna be with you tonight
The plane took off and my love went with it
Well, few days ago I was listening to a song and I understood a part of the lyrics so I think it could be a good song, although maybe there are people who don’t like it.
Singer: Taylor Swift
Song Title: You belong with me
Lines: I’m in my room it’s a typical Tuesday night, I’m listening to the kind of music she doesn’t like, she’ll never know your story like I do.
It’s at the beginning of the song. It’s not the first verse, it’s the second, so you won’t have to look for it a lot of time.
Bye!
Band: Evanescence
Song: Before the dawn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adrGTcPCH4o
Minute 0:35
And maybe tonight
we’ll fly so far away
we’ll be lost
before the dawn
Singer/band: Tokio Hotel, album: Scream.
Title: Ready, set, go!
Lines: Ready, set, go!
It’s time to run,
the sky is changing,
we are one.
Band: Agua de Annique
Song: Day after yesterday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc9HhVh0D5s&feature=PlayList&p=23335BEF4632C528&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=15
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