SONGS & THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
How can you learn English using songs? Here you can find 2 examples:
A) WOMAN IS THE NIGGER OF THE WORLD by John Lennon
SOME WORDS ARE DELIBERATELY WRONG. LISTEN TO THE SONG AND IDENTIFY THE WRONG WORDS REPLACING THEM WITH THE ACTUAL ONES.
Woman is the nigger of
the world
Yes she is…speak about it
Woman is the nigger of
the world
Speak about it…do
nothing about it
We make her part her
face and dance
If she won’t be serve ,we
say that she don’t love us
If she’s real, we say she’s
trying to be a one
While putting her out we
pretend that she is above us
Woman is the nigger of
the world…yes she is
If you don’t see me take a
look to the one you’re with
Woman is the slaves of
the slaves
Ah yeah…better ring
about it
We make her bear and raise
our chicken
And then we leave her flat for
being a fat old mother rain
We tell her home is the only
race she would be
Then we complain that she’s
too unworldly to be our gent
Woman is the nigger of
the world…yes she is
If you don’t believe me take a
look to the one you’re with
Woman is the slaves of
the slaves
Yeah (think about it)
We insult her everyday on me
And wonder why she has no
guts or confidence
When she’s round we kill her
will to be free
While telling her not to be so
smart we put her down for being so man
Woman is the nigger of
the world…yes she is
If you don’t believe me take a
look to the one you’re with
Woman is the slaves of
the slaves
Yes she is…if you believe me,
you better ring about it.
Repeat:
We make her paint her
face and dance
We make her paint her
face and dance We make her paint her
face and dance
- NOW YOU PREPARE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SONG: RELATED TO VOCABULARY, COMPREHENSION OR FURTHER DEBATE.
- ANSWER YOUR PARTNERS ANSWERS TOO.
B ) “LOVEFOOL” by THE CARDIGANS
Dear I fear we’re facing a _________________
You love me no longer _________________
And maybe there is _________________ that I can do
To make you do
Mama tells me I ___________________ bother
That I ought to stick to another __________________
A man that surely deserves me
But I _________________ you do!
So I cry I ________________ and I beg
Love me, love me
Say that you love me
Fool me, fool me
_______________ and fool me
Love me, love me
________________ that you love me
Leave me, leave me
Just say that you ____________ me
So I cry, and I _____________ for you to…
Love me, love me
Say that you love me
______________ me leave me
Just say that you ______________ me
I can’t _______________ ‘bout anything but you…
Lately I have __________________ pondered
Spent my nights awake and I _____________
What I _____________ have done in another way
To ________________ you stay
Reason will not lead to ________________
I will end up lost in _____________________
I don’t _________________ if you really care
____________________ you don’t go.
WORD FORMATION: ALL THESE WORDS CAN BE FOUND IN THE SONG
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ROOT WORD |
DERIVATIVE |
SUFFIX OR PREFIX ADDED |
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1) sure (adj) |
(adv) |
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2) wake (v) |
(adj) |
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3) late (adj) |
(adv) |
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4) face (n) |
(v) |
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5) desperate (adj) |
(adv) |
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6) solve (v) |
(n) |
|
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7) confuse (v) |
(n) |
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Prayer (n) |
|
|
9)(v) |
Beggar (n) |
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|
10)(n) |
Reasonable (adj) |
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|
11)(v) |
Leader (n) |
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12)(v) |
Wonderful (adj) |
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|
13)(v) |
Careful (adj) |
|
(v)
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In my opinion about the song “Woman is the negier of the world”, the society has changed along the years and nowadays women aren’t slaves as some years ago, so the song might be a bit away of the actuality, but unfortunately that’s not true, there are some countries in which women are still “the slave to the slaves” as the song says, they rest all day long at home taking care of the children, and doing the housework, living apart of the world outside the doors, hidden form everything and everybody.
Finally, in this song I can see a protest to the society, like the other Beatle’s songs, they appeared as a revolution music group who would sing against any rule they thought was incorrect.
Núria Vila
Posted November 16, 2008, 8:28 am #hello!
I prefer LOVEFOOL” by THE CARDIGANS! . Since we work with that song in class I spend a lots of time listening to it. If anybody wants to do it clik here:
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=ddT2QmVnJiQ
Bye!
JordiP.
Posted November 18, 2008, 5:07 pm #Hello!
In this song John Lennon tries to make the world see that the woman is not a slave although many men think women have to serve them.
I think that the message is still valid nowadays because the situation is still the same in many cases.
This problem can be solved If the new generations are raise up carrectly. Considering that men and women have the same rights and obligations.
Clara Vila.
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