1.- Historia
Chrissie Hynde es una guitarrista y compositora norteamericana, más famosa por ser la voz principal del grupo The Pretenders. Este grupo formado en 1978, cuenta con varios éxitos a lo largo de la década de los 80's. "Brass In Pocket", "Back On The Chain Gang", "Middle Of The Road", "Don't Get Me Wrong" y "I'll Stand By You", son sólo algunos de ellos. A mediados de los 80's, Hynde graba "I Got You Babe" (una versión de un clásico de Sonny and Cher de 1965), junto al grupo de REGGAE, UB40.
Fuente: The 80s.
2.- Lyrics
Don't get me wrong
If I'm looking kind of dazzled
I see neon lights
Whenever you walk by
Don't get me wrong
If you say hello and I take a ride
Upon a sea where the mystic moon
Is playing havoc with the tide
Don't get me wrong
Don't get me wrong
If I'm acting so distracted
I'm thinking about the fireworks
That go off when you smile
Don't get me wrong
If I split like light refracted
I'm only off to wander
Across a moonlit mile
Once in a while
Two people meet
Seemingly for no reason
They just pass on the street
Suddenly, thunder showers everywhere
Who can explain the thunder and rain?
But there's something in the air
Don't get me wrong
If I come and go like fashion
I might be great tomorrow
But hopeless yesterday
Don't get me wrong
If I fall in he mode of fashion
It might be unbelievable
But let's not say so long
It might just be fantastic
Don't get me wrong
3.- Vocabulary
- Dazzled = Deslumbrante
- Whenever = Cuando, Siempre que.
- Upon = Encima
- Mystic = Místico/a
- Tide = Marea
- Distracted = Distraído/a
- Fireworks = Fuegos artificiales
- Smile = Sonreír
- Split = Dividir(se), partir(se)
- Refracted = Refractado
- Wander = Deambular, vagar.
- Across = De un lado a otro.
- Moonlit = Iluminado por la luna.
- Meet = Encontrar(se), reunir(se).
- Seemingly = Aparentemente
- Pass = Pasar
- Thunder = Trueno
- Shower = Caer en forma de lluvia.
- Everywhere = Por todos lados, Por todas partes.
- Explain = Explicar
- Fashion = Moda
- Hopeless = Sin esperanza, inútil.
- Mode = Modo
- Unbelievable = Increíble
4.- Grammar
a) Get somebody wrong = Malinterpretar a alguien
- Don't get me wrong.
b) Presente Simple
Ejemplos:
- I see neon lights.
- Two people meet.
c) Presente Continuo
Ejemplos:
- I'm looking kind of dazzled.
- The mystic moon is playing havoc with the tide.
- I'm acting so distracted.
- I'm thinking about the fireworks.
d) Modal Verbs
Ejemplos:
* Can
- Who can explain the thunder and rain?
* Might
- I might be great tomorrow.
- It might be unbelievable.
- It might just be fantastic.
e) Frases y Expresiones
- Kind of = En cierto modo.
- Walk by = Caminar por algún lado.
- Take a ride = Dar un paseo.
- Play havoc with something = Echar a perder algo.
- Think about = Pensar en (algo/alguien).
- Go off = Ir, marchar, estallar, disparar.
- Be off = Ir(se), largar(se)
- Once in a while = De vez en cuando.
- For no reason = Sin ninguna razón.
- Come and go = Ir y venir.
- Fall in = Encontrarse, juntarse.
- So long = Hasta la vista (Despedida)
5.- Videoclip
