Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
This campaign by the Australian Transport Accident Commission is a wake-up call for everyone and warns about the consequences of drunk driving.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Wales
Join Marina and the Diamonds for the making of her video to her song “Oh no” and get ready for some bright, loud colours.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
See superstars Christina Aguilera and Cher in their new film called “Burlesque” which is about a small-town girl coming to the big city and fulfilling her dreams by becoming a singer.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Australia
Enjoy the song “Mediate” by Australian pop band INXS and refresh your English vocabulary at the same time.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Latin Quarter’s song “Phil Ochs” is about the death of a protest singer of the 1960’s and of that which died with him. Phil Ochs was a talented singer-songwriter of the 1960s who addressed all manner of anti-war, civil rights, labour, and social justice issues in America. He took his own life in 1976.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
From Latin Quarter’s first album Modern times: It is a long way from the bazaars in North Africa, in which leather goods and Berber carpets are sold, to the car factories in which each movement is measured in units of time and you don’t earn much. Maybe you came all the way to Toulouse, in order to lose?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Latin Quarter: The election of Ronald Reagan to President of the USA and subsequent swing to the political right horrified many people. “Bed-Time for Bonzo”: One of Reagan’s last movies in which his co-star, a chimpanzee named Bonzo, was the better actor.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA South
Jim White has mastered a genre of his own making, we like to call it “voodoo honky-tonk.” Note that when Jim says “ole”—that’s southern talk for “old.’ And when Jim sings “sho’ is cool”—that’s how some folks in the American south say “sure is cool.”
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Just three and a half months before the fateful plane crash that killed band members Ronnie Van Zandt, Steve Gaines, and Cassie Gaines, Lynyrd Skynyrd played this 4th of July weekend program in Oakland.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
“Manic Monday” is a 1980s classic from American pop rock group The Bangles, and an anthem for those who tend to find Mondays challenging!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Sabrina Carpenter hopes to be proven wrong about a boy she has been sticking up for, but has grave suspicions he is going to let her down. Sabrina is an American actress and singer, and this song is from her sixth studio album Short ’n Sweet.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
A duet between Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, which became a number one hit in the US.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
“Human," the lead single from The Killers’ playful yet deeply personal album Day & Age, is famed for the intriguing and often misheard lyric “Are we human, or are we dancer?”
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Formed in Los Angeles, California, folk rock band Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros made music in the style of the hippy culture of the 1960s and 70s. The song “Home" from the band’s first album Up From Below explores the connection between love and feeling at home.
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