Who doesn't love music? It has been dubbed the "universal language", which is probably true, but it can also help you to make headway in the learning of a foreign language. How? Here are the main reasons why I think you should listen to music in English:
1) It gives you access to the culture of English-speaking countries and people.
2) It is a fun way to keep abreast of the latest developments in English vocabulary, especially in the fields of slang/colloquial language.
3) It helps your pronunciation by offering you a model you can imitate effortlessly, just like when you sing in your own language. Also, when you know the lyrics of a song by heart you can focus on getting the pronunciation right, as you don't have to divide your attention (grammar, lexis...)
4) It offers you the chance to hear accents from the four corners of the English-speaking world, and even foreign accents (think of Abba, Roxette, The Gypsy Kings, Los Manolos...)
5) It is fun as hell!
Any other reasons you can add to the list?
So, why don't you leave a comment with a link to one of your favorite songs in English so that everyone can enjoy it? Mine is Romeo and Juliet, by Dire Straits.
Pretty good idea. If you ever searched the web looking for lyrics, surely you already know lyrics.com. But if you dint't, take a look at it. It's a good site where you can listen the music you like at the same time you read the lyrics. They play a youtube video in the page of the lyrics you are reading. Look at this example: To the moon and back - Savage Garden.
ReplyDeleteRomeo and Juliet is not bad, but nothing compares to Money for Nothing:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQfpHIh20Ks
My favourite song is Losing my religion:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-0OGm7Dnw0
I was in this concert, it was wonderfull spectacle.
Great idea, who doesn't love music? However, it's really hard to choose only one song... I don't have any favorite band, and most of the English music I listen to is sung by non-native English speakers. So, anyway, I decided I better pick a native English singer like Amy Lee, from Evanescence. In my opinion she has a really good voice and the lyrics of her songs are very deep and true. Here's a song that makes a lot of people come to my mind ;), enjoy listening!:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7apWr6hz4U
Music makes you think:
ReplyDeletePink Floyd - "Outside The Wall"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV-HlBCmnDY&NR=1
And music can also relax:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxZcFArCeKs
Rafa,I prefer this Pink Floyd's song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXdNnw99-Ic
In general, I feel very pleased with the songs you have chosen. Pink Floyd, Evanescence, Dire Straits... They are really good groups, aren't they?
Blanca, 1ºNA
It's difficult to choose one favourite songs. There are bunchs of beautiful songs. One of my favourite ones is Travis' "Why does it always rain on me". This song remembers me good memories of my days in Scotland in spite of it isn’t a very optimistic song. Actually, is always raining in Scotland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwh3FmpZ7kg
ReplyDeleteOne of my favourite bands, but too difficult to understand because of the accent.
ReplyDeleteHere you are other web with songs and lyrics. Some of them have been removed but there are a lot of singers and songs with exercices even.
If you like listening (and singing) to music visit this web:
http://www.subingles.com/
I didn't know about this live of Dire Straits, Romeo&Juliet is one of my favourites of Dire Straits.
ReplyDeleteBut talking about bands we can forget some oldies like
The Doors - Touch me or Pulp with his unforgetable "Common People"
Hello Blanca, yes, you are right. It`s a very good and famous song. You should listen this another one:
ReplyDeletePink floyd "brick in the wall"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SlKA2Rgq20&feature=related
why don`t you look for the lyrics? you´ll be surprised!
Nice songs all of them!! I specially like Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall". Is hard to chose just a couple of songs, but I hope you enjoy these two:
ReplyDelete"Life is Life" - Opus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGikhmjTSZI
"More than a Feeling" - Boston: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm_-sW4Vktw
It's very dificult for me choose one song from the Cranberries (my favourite band, but one of my favourites is Loud and clear. Today I can't put the link,because I don't know how to do it with my mobile,maybe tomorrow.
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Well, I'd remembered I didn't post the link for my song, here you are:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA-rjoE9m6g
Enjoy it.
And, my other favourite band is The Beatles, and this, "Something", one of my favourite songs (George Harrison was the great unknow writer eclipsed by Lennon & McCartney):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_XG_YlTPPQ
AC/DC Highway to hell...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv24N8H1KyI
Saludos
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I think another good reason to choose listening english songs is because most of people believe that if they listen to music from another language they can enjoy more, because they don't understand the language and they only listen to the music without atention, only dancing or donig another things.
ReplyDeleteÍt's difficult choose only one english song because I love listening to english music but I think that the song I love is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZpA8lErxTo
I hope you like it!
One of my favourite songs is "Waiting on a friend" by the Rolling Stones.You can really enjoy waiting for someone if you are listening to this terrific song.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q-G79h8y1U