NOVEMBER RAIN - GUNS N ROSES

1.- Historia

El quinteto Guns N' Roses se formó en Los Ángeles, California a mediados de los 80s. Liderado por el cantante y compositor norteamericano, Axl Rose, crearon grandes temas en sólo 6 álbumes, que lograron ubicarse en los primeros lugares de las listas musicales de medio mundo.Esta es una de las canciones más largas y tristes de la banda. Según la historia, está inspirada en el éxito "Funeral For A Friend" del británico Elton John. Mientras que en Billboard logró ubicarse en la tercera posición, en la lista oficial británica alcanzó la cuarta.

Fuente: https://the-music-history.blogspot.com/2024/11/guns-n-roses.html

2.- Lyrics

When I look into your eyes

I can see a love restrained

But darlin' when I hold you

Don't you know I feel the same?

Nothin' lasts forever

And we both know hearts can change

And it's hard to hold a candle

In the cold November rain

We've been through this such a long long time

Just tryin' to kill the pain, ooh yeah

Love is always coming, love is always going

No one's really sure who's lettin' go today

Walking away

If we could take the time to lay it on the line

I could rest my head just knowin' that you were mine

All mine

So if you want to love me then darlin' don't refrain

Or I'll just end up walkin' in the cold November rain

Do you need some time on your own?

Do you need some time all alone?

Ooh, everybody needs some time on their own

Ooh, don't you know you need some time all alone

I know it's hard to keep an open heart

When even friends seem out to harm you

But if you could heal a broken heart

Wouldn't time be out to charm you?

Oh, oh, oh

Sometimes I need some time on my own

Sometimes I need some time all alone

Ooh, everybody needs some time on their own

Ooh, don't you know you need some time all alone

And when your fears subside

And shadows still remain, oh yeah

I know that you can love me when there's no one left to blame

So never mind the darkness, we still can find a way

'Cause nothin' lasts forever, even cold November rain

(Chorus)

Don't ya think that you need somebody?

Don't ya think that you need someone?

Everybody needs somebody

You're not the only one

You're not the only one

(Repeat x3)

3.- Vocabulary

- Restrained = Restrain = Moderado

- Hold = Sostener

- Feel = Sentir

- Lasts = Last = Durar

- Candle = Vela

- Kill = Matar

- Pain = Dolor

- Lay = Poner

- Rest = Posarse

- Refrain = Abstenerse de algo

- Keep = Mantener

- Harm = Herir

- Heal = Curar

- Charm = Encanto; encantar

- Fears = Temores

- Subside = Bajar, calmarse

- Shadow = Sombra

- Remain = Permanecer

- Blame = Culpar; culpa

- Darkness = Oscuridad

4.- Grammar

a) Present Simple

Ejemplo:

- Nothin' lasts forever.

b) Present Perfect

Ejemplo:

- We've been through this such a long time.

c) Present Continuous

Ejemplo:

- Just tryin' to kill the pain.

d) Zero Conditional

Ejemplo:

- If you want to love me, then darling don't refrain.

e) Third Conditional

Ejemplo:

- If we could take the time to lay it on the line, I could rest my head just knowin' that you were mine.

5.- Videoclip

CARS - GARY NUMAN

 

1.- Historia

Gary Numan es un músico y productor británico que tuvo en "Cars", su mayor éxito. Sucedió entre 1979 y 1980. Se trata de una canción con una letra simple y en su mayoría instrumental. Este tema es catalogado como uno de los más importantes del New Wave.

2.- Lyrics

Here in my car

I feel safest of all

I can lock all my doors

It's the only way to live

In cars

Here in my car

I can only receive

I can listen to you

It keeps me stable for days

In cars

Here in my car

Where the image breaks down

Will you visit me please

If I open my door

In cars?

Here in my car

I know I've started to think

About leaving tonight

Although nothing seems right

In cars

3.- Vocabulario

- Feel = Sentir

- Lock = Cerrar

- Way = Forma

- Live = Vivir

- Receive = Recibir

- Listen = Escuchar

- Keep = Mantener

- Stable = Estable

- Image = Imágen

- Visit = Visitar

- Open = Abrir

- Know = Saber

- Start = Empezar

- Think = Pensar

- Leaving = Partir, salir

- Although = Aunque

- Seem = Parecer

- Right = Correcto, bien

4.- Grammar

a) Presente Simple

- It's the only way to live

- It keeps me stable for days

b) Presente Perfecto

- I've started to think

c) Futuro (Pregunta Sí/No)

- Will you visit me please?

d) Condicional If

- If I open my door

e) Superlativo

- Safest = Safe + est

5.- Videoclip

BARCELONA - FREDDIE MERCURY / MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ

1.- HISTORY

Freddie Mercury was born in Zanzibar, Tanzania in 1945. He was the lead vocalist in the british band, Queen. He co-wrote many of Queen's hits. But he did some more as a soloist, too. One of them was "Barcelona". His partner in this song was the spanish operatic-singer, Montserrat Caballé. She was born on 12th, April 1933. In 1968, she won a Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Performance. The song "Barcelona" reached the 8th position in 1987 and the 2nd in 1992, both in the UK charts.


2.- LYRICS

I had this perfect dream

Un sueño me envolvió

This dream was me and you

Tal vez esta aquí

I want all the world to see

Un instinto me guiaba

A miracle sensation

My guide and inspiration

Now my dream is slowly coming true

The wind is a gentle breeze

ÉI me habló de ti

The bells are ringing out

EI canto vuela

They're calling us together

Guiding us forever

Wish my dream would never go away

Barcelona

It was the first time that we met

Barcelona

How can I forget?

The moment that you stepped into the room

You took my breath away

Barcelona

La música vibró

Barcelona

Y ella nos unió

And if God is willing

We will meet again

Someday

Let the songs begin

Déjalo nacer

Let the music play

Make the voices sing

Nace un gran amor

Start the celebration

Ven a mi

And cry!

Grita!

Come alive!

Vive!

And shake the foundations from the skies

Shaking all our lives

Barcelona

Such a beautiful horizon

Barcelona

Like a jewel in the sun

Por ti seré gaviota de tu bella mar

Barcelona

Suenan las campanas

Barcelona puertas al mundo

If God is willing

If God is willing

If God is willing

Friends until the end

Viva!

Barcelona!

3.- VOCABULARY

- Miracle = Milagro

- Breeze = Brisa

- Foundations = Cimientos

- Shake = Sacudir, agitar

- Horizon = Horizonte

- Jewel = Joya

- Wish / Will = Desear

- Step into = Ingresar, entrar

- Take (somebody's) breath away = Dejar sin aliento (a alguien)

4.- GRAMMAR

a) Present Simple Tense

SUBJECT + VERB + C.

- The wind is a gentle breeze.

b) Present Continuous Tense

SUBJECT + VERB "TO BE" + PRINCIPAL VERB + -ing + C.

- My dream is slowly coming true.

- The bells are ringing out.

- They're calling us together.

c) Past Simple Tense

SUBJECT + PAST SIMPLE VERB + C.

- I had this perfect dream.

- This dream was me and you.

d) COMMANDS

Este tipo de frases NO suelen llevar sujeto en la frase.

- Let the music play.

- Make the voices sing.

- Start the celebration.

- Come alive!

e) SUCH - LIKE

Se diferencian porque utilizamos Such para adjetivos que acompañan a un sustantivo.

- Such a beautiful horizon.

- Like a jewel in the sun.

5.- VIDEOCLIP

WHAT'S UP - 4 NON BLONDES

El término ONE HIT WONDER tiene diferentes significados. Aunque se aplica mas a los artistas que han sido conocidos por una sola canción. En 1992, LINDA PERRY escribió e interpretó "What's Up" junto a 3 amigos. Ellos eran 4 NON BLONDES. A pesar del titulo de la canción, la letra no menciona en ningún momento esta frase.
Fuente : http://music-history.tk/

WHAT'S UP

LYRICS

1.- Twenty-five years
25 años of my life still
de mi tranquila vida
trying to get up
intentando escalar
that great big hill
esa gran colina
of hope
de esperanza
for a destination
para un destino
I realized quickly
me di cuenta enseguida
when I knew I should
cuando supe
that the world
que el mundo
was made up of this
estaba hecho de ésta
brotherhood of man
hermandad de hombres
for whatever that means
para todo lo que ello signifique

2.- And so I cry
Y asi que grito
sometimes when
a veces cuando
I'm lying in bed
estoy en cama
just to get it all out
solo para sacar todo
what's in my head
lo que está en mi cabeza
And I, I am feeling
Y yo, yo me siento
a little peculiar
un poco rara
and so I wake
y asi me despierto
in the morning and
por la mañana y
I step outside
salgo fuera
and I take a deep breath
y respiro profundamente
then I get real high
entonces me siento bien
and I scream from
y grito
the top of my lungs
a todo pulmón
what's going on!
qué está pasando!

** And I say
Y digo
Hey, yeah yeah
Hey, si si
Hey Hey
Hey Hey
Hey, yeah yeah
Hey, si si
I said hey
He dicho hey
What's going on!
Qué está pasando!
And I try oh, my God do I try
Y lo intento oh, Dios mio si lo intento
I try all the time
lo intento todo el tiempo
in this institution
en ésta institución
and I pray oh, my God do I pray
y rezo oh, Dios mio si que rezo
I pray every single day for a revolution
rezo cada dia por una revolución


VOCABULARIO
1.- Hill = Montaña
2.- Quickly = Rápidamente
3.- Brotherhood = Hermandad
4.- Whatever = Lo que sea
5.- Lying = Tumbado
6.- Outside = Fuera
7.- Deep = Profundo
8.- Breath = Aliento, Respiro
9.- Scream = Grito, Gritar
10.- Lungs = Pulmones
11.- Try = Tratar, Intentar, Probar
12.- Pray = Oración, Plegaria, Rezo
13.- Realize = Darse cuenta
14.- Make up = Hacer, Construir
15.- Get out = Sacar

GRAMÁTICA

1.- En algunas partes notamos formas diferentes de expresión, para decir algo que parece más dificil de lo normal.

Ejemplo:

A) "Trying to GET UP that great big hill"
B) "I STEP outside"
C) "I scream FROM THE TOP OF my lungs"

En el nivel básico utilizamos GET UP de la siguiente forma:

I GET UP at 7 o'clock in the morning.

En el caso B, STEP es utilizado como verbo. También podríamos utilizar:

I go out.

Con FROM THE TOP OF la compositora indica algo en su máximo nivel. Un ejemplo del uso básico de ésta expresión es:

FROM THE TOP OF the mountain

2.- Apreciamos algunos ADJETIVOS :

a) That GREAT BIG hill

b) I am feeling A LITTLE peculiar

c) I take a DEEP breath

3.- En la parte final observamos un uso categórico de DO. Su situación es siempre en la segunda parte de la frase o cuando se quiere reafirmar algo que se ha dicho antes.

a) I try oh, my God DO I try

b) I pray oh, my God DO I pray