Song of the day: 70's

1) Watch the music video 

 2) Close your eyes and listen to the lyrics  

3) Read the song lyrics  

4) Read the song lyrics whilst listening to the music video at the same time

The Clash - Train In Vain

Say you stand by your man 
Tell me something I don't understand 
You said you love me and that's a fact 
Then you left me, said you felt trapped 

Well some things you can explain away 
But my heartache's in me till this day 

Did you stand by me 
No, not at all 
Did you stand by me 
No way 

All the times 
When we were close 
I'll remember these things the most 
I see all my dreams come tumbling down 
I won't be happy without you around 

So all alone I keep the wolves at bay 
There is only one thing that I can say 

You must explain why this must be 
Did you lie when you spoke to me 

Did you stand by me 
No, not at all 

Now I got a job 
But it don't pay 
I need new clothes 
I need somewhere to stay 
But without all these things I can do 
But without your love I won't make it through 

But you don't understand my point of view 
I suppose there's nothing I can do 

You must explain why this must be 
Did you lie when you spoke to me? 

Did you stand by me 
Did you stand by me 
No, not at all 
Did you stand by me 
No way 
Did you stand by me 
No, not at all 
Did you stand by me 
No way

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SONG OF THE DAY: 70's

1) Watch the music video


2) Close your eyes and listen to the lyrics


3) Read the song lyrics


4) Read the song lyrics whilst listening to the music video at the same time

The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais

Midnight to six man
For the first time from Jamaica
Dillinger and Leroy Smart
Delroy Wilson, your cool operator

Ken Boothe for UK pop reggae
With backing bands sound systems
And if they've got anything to say
There's many black ears here to listen

But it was Four Tops all night with encores from stage right
Charging from the bass knives to the treble
But onstage they ain't got no roots rock rebel
Onstage they ain't got no...roots rock rebel

Dress back jump back this is a bluebeat attack
'Cos it won't get you anywhere
Fooling with your guns
The British Army is waiting out there
An' it weighs fifteen hundred tons

White youth, black youth
Better find another solution
Why not phone up Robin Hood
And ask him for some wealth distribution

Punk rockers in the UK
They won't notice anyway
They're all too busy fighting
For a good place under the lighting

The new groups are not concerned
With what there is to be learned
They got Burton suits, ha you think it's funny
Turning rebellion into money

All over people changing their votes
Along with their overcoats
If Adolf Hitler flew in today
They'd send a limousine anyway

I'm the all night drug-prowling wolf
Who looks so sick in the sun
I'm the white man in the Palais
Just lookin' for fun

I'm only
Looking for fun 

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SONG OF THE DAY: 80's

1) Watch the music video


2) Close your eyes and listen to the lyrics


3) Read the song lyrics


4) Read the song lyrics whilst listening to the music video at the same time

The Clash - Rock the Casbah

Now the king told the boogie men
You have to let that raga drop
The oil down the desert way
Has been shakin' to the top
The sheik he drove his Cadillac
He went a' cruisin' down the ville
The muezzin was a' standing
On the radiator grille

The sharif don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
The sharif don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah

By order of the prophet
We ban that boogie sound
Degenerate the faithful
With that crazy Casbah sound
But the Bedouin they brought out
The electric kettle drum
The local guitar picker
Got his guitar picking thumb
As soon as the sharif
Had cleared the square
They began to wail

Now over at the temple
Oh! They really pack 'em in
The in crowd say it's cool
To dig this chanting thing
But as the wind changed direction
The temple band took five
The crowd caught a whiff
Of that crazy Casbah jive

The king called up his jet fighters
He said you better earn your pay
Drop your bombs between the minarets
Down the Casbah way

As soon as the sharif was
Chauffeured outta there
The jet pilots tuned to
The cockpit radio blare

As soon as the sharif was
Outta their hair
The jet pilots wailed

He thinks it's not kosher
Fundamentally he can't take it.
You know he really hates it.

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SONG OF THE DAY: 80'S

The Clash - Should I stay or should I go now

Darling you gotta let me know 
Should I stay or should I go? 
If you say that you are mine 
I'll be here til the end of time 
So you got to let know 
Should I stay or should I go? 

Always tease tease tease 
Siempre - coquetiando y engañando 
You're happy when I'm on my knees 
Me arrodilla y estas feliz 
One day is fine, next is black 
Un dia bien el otro negro 
So if you want me off your back 
Al rededar en tu espalda 
Well come on and let me know 
Me tienes que decir 
Should I stay or should I go? 
Me debo ir o quedarme 

Should I stay or should I go now? 
Should I stay or should I go now? 
If I go there will be trouble 
An if I stay it will be double 
So come on and let me know 

This indecisions bugging me 
Esta decision me molesta 
If you don't want me, set me free 
Si no me quieres, librame 
Exactly whom I'm supposed to be 
Digame que tengo ser 
Don't you know which clothes even fit me? 
Sabes que ropas me quedan? 
Come on and let me know 
Me tienes que decir 
Should I cool it or should I blow? 
Me debo ir o quedarme? 

Should I stay or should I go now? 
Yo me frio o lo soplo? 
If I go there will be trouble 
Si me voy - va ver peligro 
And if I stay it will be double 
Si me quedo es doble 
So you gotta let me know 
Me tienes que decir 
Should I stay or should I go? 
Yo me frio o lo soplo?

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SONG OF THE DAY: 80'S

Exercise:
1) Watch the music video
2) Close your eyes and listen to the lyrics
3) Read the song lyrics
4) Read the song lyrics whilst listening to the music video at the same time.

 

 Dead Or Alive - 'You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)'

If I, I get to know your name
Well if I, could trace your private number, baby

All I know is that to me
You look like you're lots of fun
Open up your lovin' arms
I want some, want some

I set my sights on you
And no one else will do
And I, I've got to have my way now, baby

All I know is that to me
You look like you're having fun
Open up your lovin' arms
Watch out here I come

You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round
You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round

I got to be your friend now, baby
And I would like to move in just a little bit closer

All I know is that to me
You look like you're lots of fun
Open up your lovin' arms
Watch out, here I come

You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round
You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round

I want your love
I want your love

All I know is that to me
You look like you're lots of fun
Open up your lovin' arms
Watch out, here I come

You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round
You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round

I want your love
I want your love

You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round
You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round

You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round
You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round

You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round
You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round
...

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SONG OF THE DAY: 80'S

Exercise:
1) Watch the music video
2) Close your eyes and listen to the lyrics
3) Read the song lyrics
4) Read the song lyrics whilst listening to the music video at the same time.

The Clash - Straight To Hell

If you can play on the fiddle
How's about a British jig and reel?
Speaking King's English in quotation
As railhead towns feel the steel mills rust water froze
In the generation
Clear as winter ice
This is your paradise

There ain't no need for ya
Go straight to hell boys

Y'wanna join in a chorus
Of the Amerasian blues?
When it's Christmas out in Ho Chi Minh City
Kiddie say papa papa papa papa-san take me home
See me got photo photo
Photograph of you
Mamma Mamma Mamma-san
Of you and Mamma Mamma Mamma-san
Lemme tell ya 'bout your blood bamboo kid.
It ain't Coca-Cola it's rice.

Straight to hell
Oh Papa-san
Please take me home
Oh Papa-san
Everybody they wanna go home
So Mamma-san says

You wanna play mind-crazed banjo
On the druggy-drag ragtime U.S.A.?
In Parkland International
Hah! Junkiedom U.S.A.
Where procaine proves the purest rock man groove
and rat poison
The volatile Molatov says-

PSSST...
HEY CHICO WE GOT A MESSAGE FOR YA...
VAMOS VAMOS MUCHACHO
FROM ALPHABET CITY ALL THE WAY A TO Z, DEAD, HEAD

Go straight to hell

Can you really cough it up loud and strong
The immigrants
They wanna sing all night long
It could be anywhere
Most likely could be any frontier
Any hemisphere
No man's land and there ain't no asylum here
King Solomon he never lived round here

Go straight to hell boys

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