Song: Vincent

Vincent je predivna balada posvećena životu i djelu jednog od najvećih slikara u historiji, Vincentu van Goghu.

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Vincent

Starry, starry night

Paint your palette blue and gray

Look out on a summer's day

With eyes that know the darkness in my soul

Shadows on the hills

Sketch the trees and the daffodils

Catch the breeze and the winter chills

In colors on the snowy linen land

Now I understand what you tried to say to me

And how you suffered for your sanity

And how you tried to set them free

They would not listen, they did not know how

Perhaps they'll listen now

Starry, starry night

Flaming flowers that brightly blaze

Swirling clouds in violet haze

Reflect in Vincent's eyes of China blue

Colors changing hue

Morning fields of amber grain

Weathered faces lined in pain

Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand

Now I understand what you tried to say to me

And how you suffered for your sanity

And how you tried to set them free

They would not listen, they did not know how

Perhaps they'll listen now

For they could not love you

But still your love was true

And when no hope was left inside

On that starry, starry night

You took your life as lovers often do

But I could have told you, Vincent

This world was never meant

For one as beautiful as you

Starry, starry night

Portraits hung in empty halls

Frameless heads on nameless walls

With eyes that watch the world and can't forget

Like the strangers that you've met

The ragged men in ragged clothes

A silver thorn, a bloody rose

Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow

Now I think I know what you tried to say to me

And how you suffered for your sanity

And how you tried to set them free

They would not listen, they're not listening still

Perhaps they never will

Kratku biografiju na engleskom jeziku možete pročitati OVDJE, detaljna biografija na njemačkom jeziku je OVDJE, a OVDJE se može pogledati galerija van Goghovih djela.

The Logical Song

Logičan izbor naredne pjesme koju slušamo (i čitamo) bi bila Logična pjesma, zar ne?

Pjesmu i simpatičan popratni video clip pronađite OVDJE.

Tu je i cijeli tekst:

The Logical Song

When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,

A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.

And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily,

Joyfully, playfully watching me.

But then they sent me away to teach me how to be sensible,

Logical, responsible, practical.

And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,

Clinical, intellectual, cynical.

There are times when all the world's asleep,

The questions run too deep

For such a simple man.

Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned.

I know it sounds absurd,

But please tell me who I am.

Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,

Liberal, fanatical, criminal.

Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're

Acceptable, respectable, presentable, a vegetable!

At night, when all the world's asleep,

The questions run so deep

For such a simple man.

Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned.

I know it sounds absurd

But please tell me who I am.

Someone Like You

Sljedeća pjesma čije stihove možete pratiti je Someone Like You (Adele).

Pjesmu možete slušati OVDJE.

Yellow Submarine

Jeste li raspoloženi za jednu laganu pjesmu o žutoj podmornici?

Pjesmu sa stihovima ćete naći OVDJE.

Tom's Diner

Mnogi od nas su svoje prve ili važne korake u učenju stranog jezika napravili kroz muziku. Zaista, veliki broj stručnih radova je napisan na ovu temu, i svi se autori slažu u tome da je učenje jezika kroz muziku (tj. tekstove pjesama) itekako preporučljivo.
U Alphabetu smo već isprobali ovu metodu, i uvjerili smo se u sve njene pozitivne aspekte. Jedan od projekata bio je vezan za pjesmu Tom's Diner (Suzanne Vega).

Pjesmu možete slušati OVDJE (sa tekstom).

Ovako su učenici zamislili situaciju iz pjesme u Tomovom restoranu:

Inače, za one profesore koje vole obrađivati gramatiku kroz muziku, pjesma je idealna za rad na present continuousu. :)