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: Intermediate
United Kingdom
A journalist sits at his smeared desk, eats cheap beans from the can and writes the “Truth about John Lennon”. His client is a national tabloid daily paper. His source a young woman, who wants to cash in on a long forgotten affair. But she is unable to write her story alone and needs a ghostwriter, who’s now killing Lennon for the second time. A song by Latin Quarter.
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: Intermediate
United Kingdom
British band Latin Quarter formed in 1983 and released six albums, the subject matter of their songs often expressing their strong political views. The title of this song "No rope as long as time" was a saying of black South Africans meaning no amount of oppression could halt their eventual freedom. The band reunited in 2011, twenty-one years after splitting up, and has since released two more albums.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Latin Quarter perform live at the Full House club in Hannover, Germany. The British band has a big fan base in Germany.
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
USA
In this clip, singer Laura Black performs a soulful rendition of an old song written by Country-music legend Johnny Cash.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
This is one of the most well-known songs from the 70ies by British rock band Led Zeppelin. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
Enjoy this excerpt of Led Zeppelin performing "Stairway to Heaven" at Earls Court. Written by guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant, the song is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest rock songs of all time.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
Lena Meyer-Landrut, the winner of “Unser Star für Oslo” [our star for Oslo], participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 on May 29th and led Germany to its first victory since 1982.
Difficulty: Newbie
Australia
"Everything at Once" is a song written and recorded by Australian singer Lenka.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Australia
"Heart Skips a Beat" is the lead single from Australian indie pop singer Lenka's second album, Two. She was previously a member of the band Decoder Ring.
Difficulty: Beginner
Australia
The multi-talented Australian actress and singer/songwriter Lenka – who, by the way, took acting lessons from Cate Blanchett as a youth – presents the video to her hit single “Trouble is a Friend”. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
A beautiful song about the pain caused by insecurity and rejection felt in the end of any relationship by the heart broken Lenny Kravitz on his sixth studio album 'Lenny' from 2001.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Lenny Kravitz started playing music at the age of three. Back then, he would play the drums on kitchen pots and pans. At this point, he’s been hailed amongst the coolest of rock and roll royalty for over thirty years. In this song, he takes the part of a night shift factory worker who just can’t wait to get out in the sun!
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