martes, 14 de febrero de 2012

ESL VIDEO QUIZ

Listen to the song and practise the Present Perfect tense. Choose the right option and sing along.

viernes, 3 de junio de 2011

RADAR LOVE

Radar Love" is a song composed in 1973 by the Dutch rock band Golden Earring. Music critic Bill Lamb rates this among his "top 10 driving songs" due to its lyrics about driving all night and its pulse-quickening, up-tempo beat. The single version of "Radar Love" hit the top 10 in many countries and was also #1 in Germany and Spain.

miércoles, 11 de mayo de 2011

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?

The Perfect Present Perfect Song, at least to me. 
Surfing the net looking for a special song to practise the PP I came across this oldie one.  Click on the links if you want to find some information about the song and its composer and singer

sábado, 5 de junio de 2010

June 5th WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

World Environment Day (WED) is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action.
My contribution to the WED is going to be a song, it can't be other way. Just sing along and remember “Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time.”Motto of the Baltimore Grotto Caving Society.

sábado, 9 de enero de 2010

For my dearest friend María

A song that tells exactly how I feel about her as a friend in need.

Michelle Shocked - Anchorage-

Michelle Shocked - Anchorage .mp3
Found at bee mp3 search engine


This is one of the most beautiful songs ever on women. The song tells a story, this is a sort of a narrative. Can you write what's the song about? Who is Chel in the song? Where is Alaska? Is it the largest state in the union? Who is Leroy?
The lyrics are down here
Lyrics

Anchorage Lyrics

I took the time to write to my old friend
I walked across that burning bridge
I mailed my letter off to Dallas but
Her reply came from Anchorage, Alaska
She said Hey girl its about time you wrote
Its been over two years now my old friend
Take me back to the days of the foreign telegrams
And the all night rock'n rollin' hey Chel
We was wild then
Hey Chel you know its kinda funny
full lyrics

more Michelle Shocked lyrics

viernes, 8 de enero de 2010

miércoles, 11 de noviembre de 2009

While My Guitar Gently Weeps



Yeah, I know this is old, oldie but goldie!

Your tasks:
- Find out who sings this song
- Who composed the song and when
- Name at least three important and famous artists in the video

*Dont' be shy and sing alone out aloud!

sábado, 7 de noviembre de 2009

James Morrison Undiscovered

Another song by the same Morrison.
One of these days I'm going to post a song here by another famous Morrison. Can you guess who? Wait and see.

James Morrison - You Give Me Something Lyrics

What a beautiful ballad, in fact, a love song. Enjoy it and sing along!

lunes, 2 de noviembre de 2009

ONCE WHEN I WAS LITTLE


MEMORIES

Song: Once when I was little by James Morrison

Warmer: In pairs

Go back to your childhood and think about things you used to do with you friends when you were about 10.

Can you remember any naughty things you did?


SONG: ONCE WHEN I WAS LITTLE by James Morrison



Listen to the first two verses of the song and write, at least, three things he used to do when he was a child.
1._____________

2._____________

3._____________


Did you use to do any of these things?



Now , listen to the chorus.
What is the singer trying to tell us? Has he got a positive or a negative view of his present?


Now listen to this part of the song and fill in the gaps


There was a time when I ­­­­­­­­­­________ everyone
There was no place that I _________ go
Spend all day on the _________next to the barley _____
Oh, once when I was little, yeah,
once when I was little.

Chorus.: Yeah, I could dream more then…….



I _____ to feel so strong
Even when they'd tell me, tell me I was _____
That I can't live in a _____ world
'Cause it's time for me to ____ ____

And I've got to ____ like the rest of them
Well, I know things have been _____

Chorus.: Yeah, I could dream more then…….



Now , listen to the last verse of this beautiful song and answer this question: What final piece of advice does he give us?

jueves, 24 de septiembre de 2009

I Gotta Feeling Live at Oprah's 24th Season Kickoff Party



Black Eyed Peas
perform a special live version of I Gotta Feeling for Oprah while a flash mob of synchronized dancers groove on Michigan Avenue downtown Chicago, IL USA. The performance was at Oprah's 24th Season Kickoff Party on September 8, 2009.

viernes, 11 de septiembre de 2009

The Beatles, in Hey Jude



Find out:
1. Who wrote this song
2. Its original name
3. How long it runs
4. Where the song was recorded
5. When it was released
6.When it was nominated for the Grammy Awards
7. The song starts with one instrument (......?) and ends with.......?



Click here and here to find the answers to the questions

jueves, 2 de julio de 2009

Origins of the Moonwalk

As some people already know, a dance move called the moonwalk (a.k.a. backslide) had been existed before it became the "moonwalk". The video features the ancient moonwalkers and other greats who possibly influenced MJ's style of dancing.

domingo, 28 de junio de 2009

Check out SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend

I am using SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend which is a a great word of mouth tool. It can help you spread the word across several channels, languages and platforms. Get more traffic and benefit from the viral circulation of your content. It offers both free and premium services. See: www.socialtwist.com

Just listen to this

MAN IN THE MIRROR by MICHAEL JACKSON

BEST EVER M. JACKSON'S VIDEOCLIP

See the lyrics here

SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend

sábado, 27 de junio de 2009

Michael Jackson Videos: The Best Of The Best

As the world mourns the death of Michael Jackson, it will not only be the songs by which we remember the King of Pop. Michael revolutionized the art of the music video -- using choreography, costume, dance, drama, celebrities and, of course, his own persona to create something visually spectacular to go with his music.

We will always remember M.J.'s videos. Here are the best of the best (click here to see HuffPost's Michael Jackson Life In Pictures slideshow and here for an M.J. style retrospective.) :

jueves, 18 de junio de 2009

Fever Ray - I'm not done

Just discovered! Beautiful strange song. We should do some research on this band. Who are they? Where are they from?.....

miércoles, 10 de junio de 2009

jueves, 21 de mayo de 2009

StonesTube




And last but not least.... stonestube.net The Rolling Stones videos and lyrics in one place. There are a lot of Stones clips spread on Youtube and it's difficult to find them because they are not organized in a logical sequence. This site will do the job for you!


If you are looking for all the Rolling Stones videos from a album here is the albums page. Plus you have all the lyrics near the clips and you can post a comment for each video.

Enjoy it!

BeatlesTube



Here you are beatlestube.net, the site that tries to organize all The Beatles videos that you can find on the web. There are plenty of Beatles music footages on Youtube™ and Google Video™ but it's difficult to have them in a logical sequence. Beatlestube.net will help you to do that.

If you are looking for all The Beatles video from a album here is the albums page. Plus you have all the lyrics near the clips and you can post a comment for each video. Now you can also listen to the number-one Beatles online radio station: Beatles-A-Rama
You can find also some good concert clips, and these movies: A Hard Day's Night, Help!, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine and Let It Be...Enjoy it!

jueves, 14 de mayo de 2009

Dancing In The Moonlight by Toploader



1. Listen to the lyrics of the song and fill in the blanks with the following words:


keep, bright, dancing, every, fight, fine, big, natural

We get it almost ______ night
when that moon is ______ and bright
its a supernatural delight
everybody’s ______ in the moonlight

Everybody here is out of sight
they don’t bark and they don’t bite
they ______ things loose they keep it tight
everybody’s dancing in the moonlight

Dancing in the moonlight
everybody’s feeling warm and______
it’s such a ______ and sight ______
everybody’s dancing in the moonlight

We like our fun and we never______
you can dance and stay uptight
it’s a supernatural delight
everybody was dancing in the moonlight

Chorus

Dancing in the moonlight
everybody’s feeling warm and bright
it’s such a fine and natural sight
everybody’s dancing in the moonlight

2. Read the paragraphs above looking for antonyms for the following adjectives:

sad
artificial
cold
loose
bad
small

3.- Read the text again and try to answer the following questions:

1.- According to the singer, What is a supernatural delight?

2.- How often do they have parties?

3.- Do they have quarrels in these parties?

4.- Sing the song with the teacher.

miércoles, 13 de mayo de 2009

Nacha Pop - La chica de ayer



Did you know that this famous song was also translated to English and recorded by an American band called a version called Gigolo Aunts?


THE GIRL FROM YESTERDAY"
(Antonio Vega)

One day you don't even know what time it is
You lay by my side but still you don't know why
The empty streets have seen you grow and change
But I know in your heart you might be crying again

I look out of the window for the girl I knew yesterday
Smiling in the flowers of my favorite garden
Too hard to understand too late to comprehend
While you and I can never be together again

The early morning light that slowly fills the room
Makes your golden hair shine like the sun
And late up in Penta I'm still listening to
Every song that ever made me fall for you..fell for you

I look out of the window for the girl I knew yesterday
So hard to understand there's nothing I can do
Now I'm going out of my mind following you
Going out of my mind following you...




Track info: A Spanish classic introduced to us by our friend the Breadface. We heard the song, liked it and attempted to put our own spin on it. With a little help from Bob Susnjara from the Pyramidiacs we translated the lyrics so they sound almost like English, and later that day, we recorded it in Madrid with the ever-handsome Ricardo. We barely knew the song when we stumbled through it live at Benicassim '99 (I remember staring at Dave's hands for the chord changes). The audience loved it though, and the rest is history. -Steve Hurley-

The original version from the eighties by Nacha Pop makes reference to local clubs in Madrid. A few years after the death of the Spanish dictator Franco, Spain finally became free and this led to a new scene that lasted for at least a decade. It was so important that even till today, Madrid is one of the most famed cities for nightlife in the world. The Penta was the first (or the second) real club with live music from the new Madrid band scene. The group Nacha Pop originated from this scene and were at a daily basis in Penta, either playing or listening to other bands. The band broke up and one of the 2 main members continued a solo career : Antonio Vega. The song has gotten a come-back in Spain with the Gigolo Aunts version. It has been recently used for a local commercial and it has made everyone wonder who the Gigolo Aunts are. - Thanks to Marc from Madrid for the missing words and the song's story!

sábado, 9 de mayo de 2009

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

Arguably Buckley's most famous work, this was originally written and recorded by Leonard Cohen in 1984 on his album Various Positions.

Buckley started covering this after he became inspired by John Cale's version off his 1992 album Fragments Of A Rainy Season. Cale shaped his own interpretation after Cohen faxed him 15 pages of lyrics for this song. He claimed that he "went through and just picked out the cheeky verses."

Rufus Wainwright recorded this for the 2001 movie Shrek. Wainwright did not sing on the version used in the film (John Cale did), but his version is on the soundtrack. Wainwright records for Dreamworks, who also distributed the movie. Wainwright had an album coming out a few weeks after Shrek was released, so this was good promotion for it.

sábado, 25 de abril de 2009

What's in a Kiss?

Have you ever wondered what's in a kiss? Think about it while you listen to this beautiful song.
Thanks to Ángeles for reminding me about this song.

martes, 14 de abril de 2009

The Weight

Some songs tell a story. What does this one tell? Shall we try to find out its meaning? OK, let's start our research.



Lyrics The Band - The Weight lyrics

domingo, 5 de abril de 2009

Brothers in Arms

An amazingly beautiful song by Dire Straits. Listen to the guitar solo at the end!
Try and answer the following questions:
  1. Who was the composer?
  2. When was the song recorded?
  3. What is this song really about?


You can see the video here with the lyrics beside

Here you can find some answers for my questions

His name was Luka

Can you take the lyrics to the past? Write the story with your own words using the past tense.

martes, 31 de marzo de 2009

BEGGIN'

Nice song. Let's sing along!


Tshawe Baqwa]
Oooooh–
Put your loving hand out, baby
I’m beggin

Beggin, beggin you
Put your loving hand out baby
Beggin, beggin you
Put your loving hand out darlin

Ridin high, when I was king
Played it hard and fast, cause I had everything
Walked away, won me then
But easy come and easy go
And it would end


[Tshawe Baqwa]
Beggin, beggin you
Put your loving hand out, baby
Beggin, beggin you
Put your loving hand out darlin

[Yosef Wolde-Mariam]
I need you, (yeeah) to understand
Tried so hard
To be your man
The kind of man you want in the end
Only then can I begin to live again

[Tshawe Baqwa]
An empty shell
I used to be
Shadow of my life
Was hangin over me

A broken man
Without a throne
Wont even stand the devils dance
To win my soul


[Yosef Wolde-Mariam]
Im fighting hard
To hold my own
No, I just cant make it
All alone

Im holdin on
I cant fall back
Now that big brass ring
Is a shade of black

[Tshawe Baqwa]
Beggin, beggin you
Put your loving hand out, baby
Beggin, beggin you
Put your loving hand out darlin

jueves, 12 de marzo de 2009

RESONANT CHAMBER

Report "Resonant Chamber" is the 3rd piece on the Animusic 2 DVD. It's a purely acoustic number played by a complex multi-necked stringed instrument in a peaceful inner chamber high up in the sky. Four different moons are seen out the four windows.


sábado, 21 de febrero de 2009

SIMPLE MAN

Another beautiful song, this time by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Van Zant's most beautiful and inspirational song, "Simple Man", off Lynyrd Skynyrd's debut album is a tribute to Ronnie Van Zant's grandmother, and a tribute to mothers and grandmothers anywhere. With huge, almost orchestral, keyboard parts and the standard Skynyrd guitar riffs, musically "Simple Man" simmers. The re-formed band often plays "Simple Man" as a tribute to their late lead singer.

lunes, 16 de febrero de 2009

GR8T POSTER!!!

Maybe it is not big enough. Click here to get a better picture.



THE MOST STOLEN SONG IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC

I've come across this video recently, it's awsome!!
How many songs do you recognize? How many do you like?


In fact, all the story about the stealing is called a common CHORD PROGRESSION!

domingo, 15 de febrero de 2009

miércoles, 7 de enero de 2009

I ONLY ASK OF GOD

This is a beautiful adaptation into English of a very famous song.You can see the lyrics here . You may need a password: IONLYASKOFGOD

- Find out who wrote it, who made it famous and upload a video of your favourite version.
- Write a few sentences below expaining why the song became so popular decades ago and the reasons why, in your opinion, it has been adaped so many times and by so many through the last decades of the 20th century



jueves, 1 de enero de 2009

STARRY STARRY NIGHT

This is a beautiful presentation with a beautiful song which was written by Don McLean and it is in fact a comparison to Van Gogh's Actual Life.



Click here to better understand the lyrics and Van Gogh's life

domingo, 28 de diciembre de 2008

viernes, 28 de noviembre de 2008

jueves, 13 de noviembre de 2008

miércoles, 12 de noviembre de 2008

BLIND DATE

INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY

BOB MARLEY

Could You Be Loved?


WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD!!

LEARN ENGLISH AND COMPLETE THIS ACTIVITY


BRIAN'S LIFE

Listen to one of the songs from this movie.

Shall we sing along? Click on this link

TED TALKS




THE LAST LAUGH

Tom's diner


Wanna watch? Click on this link