Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Latin Quarter is a British band formed in 1983. At this concert, filmed in Hannover, they play "Donovan's Doorway," an ode to the city of Liverpool.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Canada, Northern Ireland
The Irish Rovers is a Irish-Canadian folk band. Their song "Titanic" is a tribute to the famous RMS Titanic, written on its 100th Anniversary. It tells of the ship’s beginnings and Irish pride, as well as its devastating sinking.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ireland
Hozier performs an acoustic version of "Take Me To Church" while backstage in the Tonight Show music room. The lyrics of this mid-tempo soul song, use religious metaphors to describe a romantic relationship.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Ed Sheeran described this romantic ballad as a "walking down the aisle song." In the video, he executes a ballroom dance with Brittany Cherry, a contestant from the televised American dance competition, So You Think You Can Dance. While on concert tour, Sheeran spent five hours a day for three weeks to practice with Cherry.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor's latest hit connects to the #metoo movement and the problem of men not paying attention to the boundaries set by women.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
“Don't Answer Me” is a song by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, the British duo behind the Alan Parsons Project. This is their first music video, which features an award-winning animation by Michael Kaluta, inspired by 1930s comic strips.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
"China Girl" was originally co-written by David Bowie and Iggy Pop when they lived in Berlin. Although there are many interpretations of the song's meaning, the video particularly looks at and parodies Asian female stereotypes.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Canadian singer Shawn Mendes released "Nervous" on his third studio album. It's a song about meeting a new potential love interest.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Prince said this about his song: "...Stay happy, stay focused, and you can beat the de-elevator [the "down" elevator as a metaphor for Satan]." It may be hard to understand the lyrics in this performance, but they're worth checking out. Find extended lyrics here
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
This song from the album “A Night at the Opera” is considered one of the greatest rocks songs of all time. Music industry producers thought it was too long, at just under six minutes in length, and that no one would listen to it. Instead, it is the most streamed piece of music from the 20th century.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande perform the song "Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House at One Love Manchester. The event was organized by Ariana Grande in response to the bombing after her concert at Manchester Arena.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Canada, USA
The Barr Brothers is a folk quartet founded in Montreal by Andrew and Brad Barr, brothers who come from Rhode Island in the United States. Together with Sarah Page, Andres Vial, and other musicians, they perform “Song That I Heard” at the Pop Montreal Festival.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
"Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel has been described as dance-rock, blue-eyed soul, and funk, and was influenced by 1960s soul music. "Sledgehammer" has also been declared MTV's number one animated video of all time.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Eminem and Rihanna team up to address a difficult topic in this song about domestic violence in a relationship.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Gordon Lightfoot was a Canadian singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the 1960s and 70s and was a prominent figure in folk-rock music for many years to come. In this video, he performs one of his greatest songs.
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