THE BREAK UP SONG (THEY DON'T WRITE 'EM) - GREG KIHN BAND

1.- Historia

La banda norteamericana conocida como The Greg Kihn Band, fue formada por el músico norteamericano Gregory Stanley Kihn en 1976. Al principio, les costó seis álbumes aparecer en las listas musicales. Este fue su segundo single en Billboard (el primero llegó al casillero 105) y el primero en estar entre los 15 primeros de dicha lista.

Fuente: https://the-music-history.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-greg-kihn-band-top-5.html

2.- Lyrics

We had broken up for good

just an hour before

Now I'm staring at the bodies

as there's dancin' cross the floor

And then the band slowed the tempo

and the music gets me down

It was the same old song

with the melancholy sound

(Chorus)

They don't write 'em like that anymore

They just don't write 'em like that anymore

We'd been living together

for a million years

But now I feel so strange

(out of the atmospheres)

And then the jukebox plays

a song I used to know

Now I'm staring at the bodies

as they dancin' so slow

(Chorus) (x1)

Now I wind up

staring at an empty glass

Cause it's so easy to say

that you'll forget your past

(Chorus) (x2)

3.- Vocabulary

- Staring = Stare = Mirar fijamente

- Old song = Canción antigua

- Melancholy = Melancolía

- Strange = Extraño

- Jukebox = Tocadiscos automático

4.- Grammar

a) Past Perfect

Ejemplo:

- We had broken up for good.

b) Present Continuous

Ejemplo:

- I'm staring at the bodies.

c) Presente Simple

Ejemplo:

- They don't write 'em like that anymore.

d) Pasado Simple

Ejemplo:

- It was the same old song.

e) Futuro Simple (Will)

Ejemplo:

- You'll forget your past.

f) Phrasal Verbs

- Break up = Romper una relación amorosa.

- Get down = Deprimir

- Wind up = Acabar, terminar

5.- Videoclip