THE WAR SONG - CULTURE CLUB

 1.- Historia

En 1981, el irlandés George O'dowd (Boy George), funda el grupo Culture Club junto a Roy Hay, Michael Craig y John Moss. Poco tiempo después, obtienen su primer contrato discográfico con el sello Virgin Records. El nombre del grupo se debe a que todos los miembros son de diferentes orígenes.

Fuente: https://the-music-history.blogspot.com/2017/11/culture-club-top-5.html

2.- Lyrics

(Chorus 1)

War, war is stupid

and people are stupid

and love means nothing

in some strange quarters

War, war is stupid

and people are stupid

And I heard them banging

on hearts and fingers

War

People fill the world

with narrow confidence

Like a child at birth

a man with no defence

What's mine's my own

I won't give it to you

No matter what you say

No matter what you do

(Chorus 2)

Now we're fighting in our hearts

Fighting in the streets

Won't somebody help me?

(Repeat Chorus 1)

Man is far behind

in the search of something new

Like a philistine

We're burning witches too

This world of hate

must be designed for you

It matters what you say

It matters what you do

(Repeat Chorus 2)

(Repeat Chorus 1)

After the bird has flown

He walked ten thousand miles 

back home

You can't do that to me (x4 times)

In this heart of mine

I'll find a place for you

For black or white

for grown-up children too

(Repeat Chorus 2)

(Repeat Chorus 1)

No more war

Say no more war

Say war

3.- Vocabulary

- War = Guerra

- Strange = Extraño/, raro/a

- Quarter = Cuartel

- Bang = Golpear

- Fill = Llenar

- Narrow = Estrecho

- Confidence = Confianza

- Defence = Defensa

- Own = Propio

- Fight = Pelear

- Search = Búsqueda

- Philistine = Inculto/a

- Burn = Quemar

- Witch = Bruja

- Grown-up = Mayor, adulto/a

4.- Grammar

a) Presente Simple

Ejemplos:

- War is stupid

- People are stupid

- Love means nothing

b) Pasado Simple

- I heard them..

- He walked ten thousand miles back home.

c) Presente Continuo

- Now we're fighting in our hearts.

- We're burning witches too.

d) Futuro con "Will"

- I won't give it to you.

- Won't somebody help me?

- I'll find a place for you

e) Presente Perfecto

- After the bird has flown.

f) Matter

Dos frases diferentes (Negativa y positiva) con la palabra "Matter".

- No matter what you say. = No importa/Sin importar lo que digas. (Negativa)

* También se utiliza con otras Wh-words como "Who", "Where", "When", etc.

- It matters what you say. = Importa lo que digas. (Afirmativa)

* Igual que el anterior, podemos usar otras Wh-words.

5.- Videoclip