GNARLS BARKLEY - Crazy

Gnarls Barkley was a grupo formed by Cee Lo Green and Danger Mouse. They only released two albums. This song was in the first one, "St. Elsewhere" (2006).
According to the American magazine "Rolling Stone", this is the best song from the beginning of the 21st century. Do you agree? If not, which is the best song for you?

BLUR - Song 2

This is one of my favourite songs by one of my favourite pop groups: Blur. It was released in 1997 in the album with the same name of the grupo.

Did you know this group? Do you like it?
DO you know in which popular TV series appeared this song?

WE USED TO WAIT - Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire is one of the most successful groups now. They published their last album, "The Suburbs", last year. One of the songs of this album is this one, that was released with an amazing film. You can watch it here.
To watch the film you have to use the browser Google Chrome. If you don't have it in your computer, you can download it here. It's only a minute!!

Have you seen the film?? Did you like it?

THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS

(by J. Manuel García González and Elena García López, 4ºDiver)


Pop group formed in 1995 and founded by the choreographer Robin Antin. Originally well-considered and working as a burlesque group, in 2005 PCD it happened to be a musical group and they released a disc with the members that nowadays we know, Ashley Roberts, Nicole Scherzinger, Jessica Sutta, Kimberly Wyatt, Carmit Bachar and Melody Thornton. The album had a great success giving place to big successes like 'Dont Cha', 'Stickwitu' or 'Buttons', and it sold a great number of copies. In 2008, one of the members, Carmit Bachar, decides to leave the group to initiate a solo career.
The Pussycat Dolls has been composed by artists of Carmen Electra's height and has been supported by singers as Christina Aguilera or Britney Spears.

Here you can watch the video clip of their song "When I Grow Up":

LOS REBUJITOS

(by Mercedes Naranjo and Ana Pérez, 4ºB)


The group “Los Rebujitos” is formed by Manuel and Yerai. They are from Tarifa (Cádiz). Their first album was released in the year 2004 with the title “Lo que me gusta de ti”. Their second album was released in the year 2005 with the title “Tú de qué vas”. Two years later, in 2007, an album was released with the title “A nuestra bola”, with new songs ("Recordándote", "Y volverás", "Ayer soñé", "Ya no sé qué hacer"). In 2008 they published their last disc with the title “Más claro, agua”.

Here you can watch the video of their song "Quiero":

HAZE

(by Vanesa Jiménez Laó and M. Carmen Alhaja Murga, 4ºA)



Sergio López is a young sevillian. Haze lives in the neighborhood Los Pajaritos, in Seville. Flamenco in the blood and rap in the street. He is shy, reflexive and sincere. He loves sport and the healthy life. Teller of untold storys, poet of the most despised truths; friend of the wretched, etc. The secret of his music is that he sings real stories. The feeling and the force that he puts in his songs, the purpose with which he does them.

NENA DACONTE

(by Sandra López Casado and Miriam Ruiz García, 4º Diver)


Nena Daconte is a Spanish music duo composed of two components: a vocalist and a birth musician, Mai Meneses from Madrid and Kim Fanlo from Barcelona.
Their music is classic pop and talks of concerns as is love, loneliness and the pursuit of ideals.
Thanks to the Internet this musical duo has followers even abroad and is planning a musical tour through Latin America.
One of their best known songs is "En qué estrella estará" and here we offer a bit of his verse translated into English:



Which star will be,
to care for him.
I go through life without sleeping
that star is my sweet heart
because it steals the life of reason.
Tell me who's coming to take his place,
why my dreams are broken at once.

MICHAEL JACKSON

(by Lucía Román Montegordo, Mónica Crespo Balbuena, M. Victoria Valle Martín and Adrián Ocaña Campos, 3ºA)


Michael Jackson was and will be the king of the pop. He was born on 29th August 1958 and he died 25th June 2009. When he was young, he was singing with his brothers. Then he became very famous. He used to be singer and dancer, but he was composer,producer, choreographer, actor, arranger and writer too. His most successful album was “Thriller” and his song was “Billie Jean”.
He lived in Neverland. It was a very big house. He had two sons. Now the sons are with their grandmother and they are very rich. He left a lot of money to some NGOs too.

BEYONCE - IF I WERE A BOY

by Inmaculada Muñoz (2nd Bachillerato A Night)

Her name is Beyonce Giselle Knowles. She was born on 4th September 1981 in Houston, Texas. She celebrated her wedding anniversary on 4th April 2009 with her husband Jay Z. Beyonce won fame in the late 90s as the lead singer of the group "Destiny's Child". Her first album was "Dangerous in Love", released in June 2003. Her second album was "Live at Wembley" (2004) and her third album was "B' Day" (2006). Her last CD is "I am... Sasha Fierce". Here we can find the song "If I Were a Boy".



This song is about a girl in the body of a man. She talks about her experience with her husband. She sees life as a man with a woman's body. This song is for many girls that are in her situation.

Do you like this song? What do you think about this?

LOSE YOURSELF

This is the video from this song by Eminem, my favourite rap song. I'm sure you have listened to it a lot of times.

This song was composed as the main theme for a movie, do you know which?
How would you translate "Lose Yourself"?
Do you like Eminem?

LOS DELINQÜENTES

by Tulio Calvo, Antonio J. Valle, J. Antonio Romero and Fco. Javier Arjona (2nd Bachillerato C Night)


Los Delinqüentes was created in 1998. Initially the group was formed by two school friends: Marcos del Ojo "el Canijo" and Miguel Ángel Benítez "el Migue". Later they met the guitarist Diego Pozo, who joined the group, together with a few friends from "La banda del ratón".
They recorded their first album in 2001, entitled "Los sentimientos garrapateros que nos traen las flores". The vital and sonorous influence of "Para Negra", "Veneno" or "Triana" was still present in their innovative style.
After the brilliant debut, they edited their second work "Arquitectura del aire de la calle" (2003) and in the tour of this work the problems of health of Miguel worsened and finally Miguel's star went out at the beginning of the summer of 2004. After the tremendous conclusion "el Canijo" and Diego Pozo decided to continue with the group and to record a new album in honor to his friend: "El verde rebelde vuelve" (2005), with the collaboration of different national artists.
After a spectacular tour along Spain and Mexico they decided to record a compiling album of their biggest successes that they entitled "Recuerdos garrapateros de la flama y el carril".

This is the video of one of their best known songs: "A la luz del lorenzo"

THE JONAS BROTHERS

by Alejandra López (1st Bachillerato A Night) This group is one of the most heard in our days. First they started with the name "Sons of Jonas" but to the end they took the name "Jonas Brothers". This group did several tours, and to the end of the year they participated in an antidrug campaign with ALY & AJ and The Cheetah Gils. In January it was announced that this group was out of Columbia Records. Then they suscribed to Hollywood Records and with them they recorded a new album. This album came out for sale on 7th August 2007. This month they showed us the singles "Hold on" and "S.O.S." Later, to continue the promotion of this album they started the "Look me in the Eyes Tour" that started in January 2008 in the Tucson Convection Center Music Hall in Arizona and finished on 22nd March 2008 in the Izod Center in New Jersey. The group is composed by Kevin Jonas (guitar, bass and second voice), Joe Jonas (singer, guitar, drums, piano, tambourine) and Nick Jonas (singer, piano, guitar, drums) Their albums are: "It's About Time" (2006), "Jonas Brothers" (2007) and "A Little Bit Longer" (2008).

LOS 40 PRINCIPALES AWARDS

by Inmaculada Muñoz (2nd A Night)


"Los 40 Principales" have presented the nominees of the 40 PRINCIPALES AWARDS. El Canto del Loco and Amaral are the first with five nominations. Maná and Julieta Venegas have three nominations. Estopa, La Oreja de Van Gogh, Nena Daconte, Amy Winehouse... have two nominations.
The gala will take place on the 12th December. The winners are chosen by the audience through the Internet. The profit won through the SMSs will be assigned to humanitarian projects. The gala will include numerous performances: Keane, Craig David, El Canto del Loco...
The tickets to the concert are sold out. You can see it via Internet and TV.

Do you like "Los 40 Principales"?

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT

With this song, I want to start a series of entries in which I will show the films, books and songs that I like best. I only want you to give your opinion about them, if you have watched, read or heard them, and what did they seem to you... and any other thing you want to tell me!!



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"Smells Like Teen Spirit" was published by the American grunge band Nirvana in 1991. It belongs to their second album, "Nevermind". It is one of the most famous songs in the world, and the most representative of the grunge movement.

VIDEOS AND LYRICS

In this link you will find a lot of videos of your favourite groups and singers, and in the left side, you can read the lyrics as you are listening to the song. It's amazing!!

Videos and lyrics

They are in alphabetical order, and you can find both Spanish and English songs. I hope you like and enjoy it. And use it to learn English!!!

GRACE KELLY

Listen to this song by Mika:

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In the chorus, the author mentions some colors. Which?
And another question for you to surf the internet, can you tell me where was Mika born?

U2

U2 is a rock band from Dublin, Ireland. The band consists of Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.
The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency. By the mid-1980s, the band had become a top international group. Their success as a live group was greater than their success at selling records until their 1987 album The Joshua Tree. U2 responded to the dance and alternative rock revolutions, and they reinvented themselves with their 1991 album Achtung Baby! and the Zoo TV Tour. Since 2000, U2 have pursued a more traditional sound.
U2 have sold more than 140 million albums worlwide and have won 22 Grammy Awards.

Two songs by U2. The first one, With or Without you, a ballad:

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The second, Elevation:

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And the video of the first single of his last album by now, Vertigo:

U2 SONG

Listen to this song:

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The name of the song and the chorus are the same. Which? What two verbal tenses are there? What does it mean?

ANOTHER SONG

Hi!! Here you arre another song:

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1. The name of the song and the chorus are the same. Do you know it? Which verbal tense is it? What does it mean?
2. This song is the theme of a very popular TV series. Do you know which?

A FUNNY DANCE

Look at this video:



What do you think of it? Do you like it?
Do you know the name of the group and of the song?