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*[http://www.creoliste.fr/blog/prophets-and-such/ Louis Armstrong], "Jonah and the Whale", "Go down, Moses" | *[http://www.creoliste.fr/blog/prophets-and-such/ Louis Armstrong], "Jonah and the Whale", "Go down, Moses" | ||
*[http://www.creoliste.fr/blog/youve-got-a-friend/ Carole King], James Taylor, "You've Got a Friend" | *[http://www.creoliste.fr/blog/youve-got-a-friend/ Carole King], James Taylor, "You've Got a Friend" |
Revision as of 13:06, 1 February 2013
Contents
[hide]Blogposts
- Louis Armstrong, "Jonah and the Whale", "Go down, Moses"
- Carole King, James Taylor, "You've Got a Friend"
Artists
at Lyrics Training:
Songs
Present Perfect
- Cat Stevens -- "Morning has broken" §§ lyrics training
Simple Past
- Beatles -- "Yesterday" (used to) / nostalgic past (Cf. Proust) (lyrics training)
- Lauryn Hill -- "I Used to Love Him"
Particles
- Armstrong, Louis -- Louis and the Good Book (1958) Cf. Creoliste blogpost
- Fitzgerald, Ella -- "Call the Whole Thing Off"
- Jones, Norah -- "Turn Me On" dailymotion
- Marley, Bob -- "Get up, Stand up" Santana & Friends
- Cars -- "Drive" Lyrics Training (dated pop music)
-ing
- Black-Eyed Peas -- "Shut up"
Prepositions
- Leonard Cohen -- "Dance me to the end of love" live, Madeleine Peyroux cover, wikipedia on the origin of the song
Themes
Apology
- Elton John & Blue, "Sorry seems to be the hardest word", lyrics training
Child Abuse
- Vega, Suzanne, "Luka", Lyrics Training
Equal Rights
Friendship
- King, Carole -- "You've got a friend" | seasons, have to, got to, have got, wherever. from Tapestry u2b. James Taylor solo version u2b
Parenting
- Stevens, Cat -- "Father and Son" at Lyrics Training
Jealousy
- Gabriel, Peter -- "Shock the Monkey"
- Lennon, John -- "Jealous Guy" Lyrics Training
Hard Times
- Blacc, Aloe -- "I Need a Dollar" [1]| modals, simple vocab
Holocaust / Shoah
- "Dance Me to the End of Love" Leonard Cohen
Loss
- Cohen, Leonard, [2]
Love
- Lauryn Hill: I used to love him
- Lauryn Hill (to her firstborn): [3]
- Franki Valli / Lauryn Hill: [4]
- Clapton, Eric "Tears in Heaven" lyrics training
Love Gone Wrong
- Black Eyed Peas, Shut Up, Lyrics Training
Middle Passage / Slavery
- "Jonah and the Whale", traditional, Louis Armstrong, Louis and the Good Book, 1958. video
- "Sometimes, I Feel like a Motherless Child", traditional.
- "Let My People Go", traditional. (cf. Jubilee Singers, 1872) Paul Robeson 193?, Louis Armstrong 1958, Russian remix
Cheer up
- Cohen, Leonard Hallelujah
- Peter Gabriel with Kate Bush -- "Don't Give up"
- John Lennon -- "Imagine" Lyrics Training
- Bob Marley -- "Three Little Birds" lyrics training
- Queen -- "Spread Your Wings" (fly away)