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
