Using movie soundtacks in the EFL classroom

http://quickshout.blogspot.hu/2009/10/using-movie-soundtracks-in-efl-esl.html

Songs for teaching

http://www.songsforteaching.com/esleflesol.htm

Downtown

Friedman song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W3Seg0JE1PM

Wake me up when September ends

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/greenday/wakemeupwhenseptemberends.html

Mika & The Beatles

The Daily Mail Song

I Wish I Could Go Travelling Again

Coldplay - Viva la vida

Pink - Who knew

Fill in the gaps with verbs in the past simple:
You ........... my hand
You ........... me how
You ........... me you'd be around
Uh huh
That's right
I ........... your words
And I ...........
In everything
You ........... to me
Yeah huh
That's right

If someone ........... three years from now
You'd be long gone
I'd stand up and punch them out
Cause they're all wrong
I know better
Cause you ........... forever
And ever, Who ...........

Remember when we ........... such fools
And so convinced and just too cool
Oh no, No no
I wish I could touch you again
I wish I could still call you friend
I'd give anything

When someone ........... count your blessings now
'fore they're long gone
I guess I just ........... how
I ........... all wrong
They ........... better
Still you ........... forever
And ever, Who ...........

Yeah yeah
I'll keep you locked in my head
Until we meet again
Until we
Until we meet again
And I won't forget you my friend
What happened

If someone said three years from now
You'd be long gone
I'd stand up and punch them out
Cause they're all wrong and
That last kiss
I'll cherish
Until we meet again
And time makes
It harder
I wish I could remember
But I keep
Your memory
You visit me in my sleep
My darling
Who ...........
My darling
My darling
Who ...........
My darling
I miss you
My darling
Who ...........
Who ...........

Full lyrics:
You took my hand
You showed me how
You promised me you'd be around
Uh huh
That's right
I took your words
And I believed
In everything
You said to me
Yeah huh
That's right

If someone said three years from now
You'd be long gone
I'd stand up and punch them out
Cause they're all wrong
I know better
Cause you said forever
And ever, Who knew

Remember when we were such fools
And so convinced and just too cool
Oh no, No no
I wish I could touch you again
I wish I could still call you friend
I'd give anything

When someone said count your blessings now
'fore they're long gone
I guess I just didn't know how
I was all wrong
They knew better
Still you said forever
And ever
Who knew

Yeah yeah
I'll keep you locked in my head
Until we meet again
Until we
Until we meet again
And I won't forget you my friend
What happened

If someone said three years from now
You'd be long gone
I'd stand up and punch them out
Cause they're all wrong and
That last kiss
I'll cherish
Until we meet again
And time makes
It harder
I wish I could remember
But I keep
Your memory
You visit me in my sleep
My darling
Who knew
My darling
My darling
Who knew
My darling
I miss you
My darling
Who knew
Who knew

United Breaks Guitars -. a song

Kate Nash - Birds - animation by Dodó

Mika - Relax

Useful expressions, collocations, prepositions
take a ride
end up somewhere
scream for help
be lost
take it easy
play with fire
the last thing on my mind
blame something on somebody

"Relax (Take It Easy)"

Took a ride to the end of the line
Where no one ever goes.
Ended up on a broken train with nobody I know.
But the pain and the longing's the same.
Where the dying
Now I'm lost and I'm screaming for help.

Relax, take it easy
For there is nothing that we can do.
Relax, take it easy
Blame it on me or blame it on you.

It's as if I'm scared.
It's as if I'm terrified.
It's as if I scared.
It's as if I'm playing with fire.
Scared.
It's as if I'm terrified.
Are you scared?
Are we playing with fire?

Relax
There is an answer to the darkest times.
It's clear we don't understand but the last thing on my mind
Is to leave you.
I believe that we're in this together.
Don't scream - there are so many roads left.

Relax, take it easy
For there is nothing that we can do.
Relax, take it easy
Blame it on me or blame it on you.

Relax, take it easy
For there is nothing that we can do.
Relax, take it easy
Blame it on me or blame it on you.

Relax, take it easy
For there is nothing that we can do.
Relax, take it easy
Blame it on me or blame it on you.

Relax, take it easy
For there is nothing that we can do.
Relax, take it easy
Blame it on me or blame it on you.

(Relax)

It's as if I'm scared.
It's as if I'm terrified.
It's as if I scared.
It's as if I'm playing with fire.
Relax
It's as if I'm terrified.
Are you scared?
Are we playing with fire?

Relax
Relax

Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea - silly camp song

Penguin Song from Rhonda Albom on Vimeo.

The Lyrics to the Penguin Song

Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea?
If you look at me, a penguin you will see.
Penguins, attention
Penguins, begin / salute.
Right arm.

Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea?
If you look at me, a penguin you will see.
Penguins, attention
Penguins, begin / salute.
Right arm. Left arm.

Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea?
If you look at me, a penguin you will see.
Penguins, attention
Penguins, begin / salute.
Right arm. Left arm. Right foot..

Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea?
If you look at me, a penguin you will see.
Penguins, attention
Penguins, begin / salute.
Right arm. Left arm. Right foot. Left foot.

Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea?
If you look at me, a penguin you will see.
Penguins, attention
Penguins, begin / salute.
Right arm. Left arm. Right foot. Left foot. Bum out..

Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea?

If you look at me, a penguin you will see.
Penguins, attention
Penguins, begin / salute.
Right arm. Left arm. Right foot. Left foot. Bum out. Tongue out..

Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea?
If you look at me, a penguin you will see.
Penguins, attention
Penguins dismissed.

Joan Osbourne - If God was one of us

If God had a name, what would it be
And would you call it to his face
If you were faced with him in all his glory
What would you ask if you had just one question

And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah God is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home

If God had a face what would it look like
And would you want to see
If seeing meant that you would have to believe
In things like heaven and in Jesus and the saints and all the prophets

And yeah yeah god is great yeah yeah god is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home
He's trying to make his way home
Back up to heaven all alone
Nobody calling on the phone
Except for the Pope maybe in Rome

And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah God is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if god was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home
Just trying to make his way home
Like a holy rolling stone
Back up to heaven all alone
Just trying to make his way home
Nobody calling on the phone
Except for the Pope maybe in Rome

Cliff Richard - Summer Holiday

We're all going on a summer holiday.
No more working for a week or two.
Fun and laughter on a summer holiday.
No more worries for me and you.
For a week or two.

We're going where the sun shines brightly.
We're going where the sea is blue.
We've seen it in the movies.
Now let's see if it's true.

Everybody has a summer holiday
Doing things they always wanted to.
So we're going on a summer holiday
To make our dreams come true
For me and you.

We're going where the sun shines brightly.
We're going where the sea is blue.
We've seen it in the movies.
Now let's see if it's true.

Everybody has a summer holiday
Doing things they always wanted to.
So we're going on a summer holiday
To make our dreams come true
For me and you.
Hmmmmmm, hmmmmmmm...
Hmmmmmm, hmmmmmmm...
Hmmmmmm, hmmmmmmm...

Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega

Lots of Present continuous and other tenses.
And it's easy to understand!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0rfun22H9Y&feature=related

I am sitting In the morning
At the diner On the corner

I am waiting At the counter
For the man To pour the coffee

And he fills it Only halfway
And before I even argue

He is looking Out the window
At somebody Coming in

"It is always Nice to see you"
Says the man Behind the counter

To the woman Who has come in
She is shaking Her umbrella

And I look The other way
As they are kissing Their hellos

I'm pretending Not to see them
Instead I pour the milk

I open Up the paper
There's a story Of an actor

Who had died While he was drinking
It was no one I had heard of

And I'm turning To the horoscope
And looking For the funnies

When I'm feeling Someone watching me
And so I raise my head

There's a woman On the outside
Looking inside Does she see me?

No she does not Really see me
Cause she sees Her own reflection

And I'm trying Not to notice
That she's hitching Up her skirt

And while she's Straightening her stockings
Her hair Has gotten wet

Oh, this rain It will continue
Through the morning As I'm listening

To the bells Of the cathedral
I am thinking Of your voice...

And of the midnight picnic
Once upon a time
Before the rain began...

I finish up my coffee
It's time to catch the train

Plain White T's - 1, 2, 3, 4

Thanks to Mark Andrews



1 2, 1 2 3 4-
Give me more lovin' than I've ever had,
Make it all better when I'm feelin' sad,
Tell me that I'm special even when I know I'm not,
Make it feel good when I hurt so bad, Barely gettin' mad,
I'm so glad I found you; I love bein' around you.

You make it easy, it's easy as 1,2- 1,2,3,4
There's only 1 thing 2 do 3 words 4 you- (I love you) I love you
There's only 1 way 2 say those 3 words and that's what I'll do -
(I love you) I love you.

Give me more lovin' from the very start,
Piece me back together when I fall apart,
Tell me things you never even tell your closest friends-
Make it feel good when I hurt so bad, Best that I've had,
I'm so glad I found you, I love bein' around you.

You make it easy, it's easy as 1,2- 1,2,3,4
There's only 1 thing 2 do 3 words 4 you- (I love you) I love you
There's only 1 way 2 say those 3 words and that's what I'll do -
(I love you) I love you.
(I love you) I love you.

You make it easy, it's easy as 1,2- 1,2,3,4
There's only 1 thing 2 do 3 words 4 you- (I love you) I love you
There's only 1 way 2 say those 3 words and that's what I'll do -
(I love you) I love you.

(I love you) I love you
1, 2, 3, 4
(I love you) I love you
(I love you) I love you

T-Mobile Dance @ Liverpool Street Station

Just watch it and get cheered up instantly :D

Then watch how it was made (check out the playlist on the right!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3d3KigPQM&feature=SeriesPlayList&p=56C9E68B0EF0EB18

Irish Drinking Song

For above 18s :) OK, above 16.