Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The song "Satellite" from the album One Way Home by the Philadelphian rock band The Hooters sees the band railing against TV evangelist schemes.
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: Beginner
Australia
The Kid Laroi is an Australian singer and songwriter born in Waterloo, New South Wales. He has been making music most of his life, and just recently released his second EP.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The Killers are a rock band from Las Vegas, USA. This pulsating hit comes from their first album, Hot Fuss, and according to the band’s singer, Brendon Flowers, tells “the story of trying to meet someone in a club.”"
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
This is a peek into the making of American indie pop band Fun's unique video for their hit song "We are Young," which won them a 2013 Grammy award for song of the year. The song and video feature American R&B musician Janelle Monae along with the band Fun, which is made up of Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost and Jack Antonoff.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Listen to this great 60ies hit by The Mamas & The Papas.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
The Monkees’ hit record, I’m a Believer, hit the top of charts of Billboard Magazine in 1966. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Monty Python goes posh with this excellent rendition of the above song with choir and fully symphony orchestra. Enjoy it while you are still alive!
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
From the Monty Python film The Meaning of Life: In heaven, a bright Las Vegas style hotel where every day is Christmas, Graham Chapman plays a cheesy lounge singer resembling Wayne Newton and in this clip he performs the song “Christmas in Heaven.”
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
"Nights in White Satin" is a 1967 single by The Moody Blues, written by Justin Hayward and first featured on the album Days of Future Passed. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Advanced
Ireland
"Follow Me up to Carlow” is an Irish folk song, celebrating the famous victory of Irish “firebrand” Fiach McHugh O'Byrne and his countrymen, over a much larger force of English troops at the Battle of Glenmalure, which took place in 1580, high in the Wicklow Mountains. Carlow, from the title, was believed to have been an English fortress. Many of these lyrics will be hard to understand at first, even for a native English speaker. So try to follow along as best you can and enjoy the music!
Difficulty: Beginner
Ireland
A live performance, by The Navvies, of a traditional Irish song about North men and South men being on the same road, and carrying the same burdens.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The video “Stuff Is Messed Up” of the rebel band The Offspring.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
In this song Spanish band The Pinker Tones are lost in translation in Tokyo. Samurai, haiku, sayonara – if you know what I mean.
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