Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Friday, April 21, 2006
The power of pop lyrics
The power of pop lyrics
By Finlo Rohrer
BBC News Magazine
Wednesday, 19 April 2006
U2's One has topped a poll of music fans to find the nation's favourite lyric, but is it profound and meaningful? Or are pop lyrics falling short of becoming the new poetry?
"One life, with each other, sisters, brothers."
U2's One at first glance does not seem to contain the most earth-shattering lyric from the popular music canon. And rhyming "other" and "brothers" is the kind of thing that would enrage a primary school English teacher.
The lyric - which edged out the Smiths and Nirvana in the VH1 poll of 13,000 music lovers - is more like the tagline for a Benetton advert, or an 1980s airbrushed Athena poster of native Americans gazing out on the wilderness.
And yet One is seen as a magically moving piece of music by millions of people, with the kind of poignant lyrics that make it a favourite choice at weddings.
It is often the songs that have less meaning that people tend to attach their meaning to?
What is your favourite song lyric and why?What do the words mean to you?
Thursday, April 20, 2006
After holidays
How do you feel after holidays?¿?
Good moods
- I'm really buzzing!
- I'm having a really peachy time!
- I'm walking on air!
- I'm on cloud nine!
- I'm totally over the moon!
- Everything's cool!
- I haven't got a care in the world!
All these mean life is good - make the most of it!
Bad moods
- I've had the day / the meeting / the holiday / the week from hell! - Everything has gone wrong!
- I've had a nightmare of a week! - I've had a really bad time this week!
- I couldn't care less! - That means nothing to me!
- He's been really edgy / on edge / snapping at everyone recently - He's been really irritable lately.
- Ooh, Daniel makes my blood boil! - He makes me really angry!
- He was really badmouthing his old company! - He was saying some unpleasant things about his old company.
Sunday, April 09, 2006
My friend said to me...
Checking the blog every day I thought: Why anyone haven´t written a post? and My FRIEND said to me: "change the preferences and accept all the users because just bloggers can leave a post"
I AM A NEW BLOGGER, SORRY
Quotations: I'm Sorry
http://www.quotegarden.com/
- Never ruin an apology with an excuse. ~Kimberly Johnson
- An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything. ~Lynn Johnston
- If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting? ~Stephen Levine
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Reasons for the name ?¿?
Hello everyone!!! First of all, I would like to introduce myself, maybe you know me but I am very polite :D and I hope many people I don´t know read this blog and express their opinions here. My name is Vanessa, welcome on board!
The reason for this blog is part of my project for the public examination I am studying for, so I would need your collaboration, it is supposed to be a help for my "future students of English" to ask questions about our English class, give opinions, ideas, the purpose for this BLOG is to have a link between students and teacher outside the classroom.
So now...you are my lovely guinea-pigs.
PD, I would like you to write in English but it is not compulsory to be welcomed.
^Please, don´t hesitate to give your opinions and ideas about "BLOG247"
Why this name?¿?Write your ideas!!!