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: Beginner
USA
From their film "A Star is Born," here is the music video for Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's song "Shallow," for which Gaga and her co-writers received an Oscar.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
David Bowie gives a great live rendition of the Mott the Hoople classic "All the Young Dudes". He asks his fans to refrain from singing along, but they don't seem to follow his orders!
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
"Enter Sandman" was the first hit single from Metallica and remains one of the most popular Metallica songs of all time. It employs what has been described as a "wall of guitars"— three rhythm guitar tracks of the same riff played by the same guitarist to create a "wall of sound." The lyrics have to do with going to sleep and the fears connected with that. The title refers to the Sandman, a character from Western folklore who makes children sleep. There are some words from a lullaby, and from a classic bedside prayer for kids. Enjoy the video!
Difficulty: Beginner
Canada
Justin James is a Canadian singer-songwriter. “A Beautiful Life” is from his third album, which bears the same title.
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: Beginner
United Kingdom
Prince narrates a one-night stand with a beautiful but promiscuous woman (the "Little Red Corvette" of the title). He uses several other automobile metaphors in the song.
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: Beginner
Northern Ireland, Scotland
The song "Run" is from Irish band Snow Patrol's album "Final Straw." The video features frontman Gary Lightbody in a forest at nighttime.
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: Beginner
USA
Taylor Swift teams up with British singer Ed Sheeran and American rapper Future for this song "End Game," the video for which was shot in Miami, Tokyo, and London.
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: Beginner
USA
The Dropkick Murphys – an American Celtic band from Quincy, Massachusetts – level some heavy and hilarious criticism at Christmas and family members, but they are also having an awfully good time celebrating the holidays.
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
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