EY Y01 L16 Singing

  1. When was the last time you went to karaoke? Who did you go with? What did you sing? Did you have a good time? Why?
  2. Do you like singing at karaoke? Why?
  3. What is your favourite song? Who is it by?
  4. What is the song about? Why do you like it so much?
  5. Tell us about a time where you have been impressed or moved by someone singing live or live on TV?
  6. Who is your favourite singer? What kind of songs do they sing? How and when did they become famous? Why do you like him/her so much?

Question 1

I think I went to karaoke in 2014 for an ex-coworkers going away party. I think that I sang only one song. "Wonderwall" by Oasis. I was terrible, my voice is scratchy like a heavy metal singer's. But I had a good time.

Question 2

I do not like singing at karaoke but I like watching and listening. I do not get any enjoyment from singing - sorry for being negative.

Question 3

I guess "Wonderwall" by Oasis as my singing voice is scratchy like the lead singer's.

Question 4

I think that it is a love song but I am not 100 percent sure about that. I like it as most people know it and it is short.

Question 5

It may sound strange but I was moved by a heavy metal band who I saw live. The group is Slayer (they are an extremely aggressive sounding band) who sang a song called "Angel of Death" which is about the horrors of the holocaust.

Question 6

I am a massive heavy metal fan. I love so many bands but I guess my first love was Black Sabbath (Ozzy Osbourne was the lead singer). They became famous in the late 1960s and are regarded by almost everyone as the pioneers of heavy metal and other heavy music.

Tough Vocabulary

- English - - Japanese -
scratchy 擦り傷がつきやすい
regarded みなし
pioneers 元祖
holocaust ホロコースト

Comments

  1. Jim Usher

    “The horrors of the holocaust” – cheerful stuff, Jon.

    My favourite line from “Wonderwall” is “And all the lights that light the way are blinding”. Using ‘light’ as a noun and a verb in the same sentence is generally something I would not recommend as an English teacher but it has a certain poetry to it.

  2. Gordi Whitelaw

    Jon, have you seen the movie “Beavis and Butt-Head Do America”? I saw it years and years ago and haven’t seen it since, but I remember enjoying it at the time. (For anyone who doesn’t know, it is an animated comedy musical about a couple of American teenagers who are big fans of heavy metal music).