3LCE MultiMedia TPO Class

Option 4: Music

Welcome back to the Multimedia Lab!  In today's class, you will listen to recording of a song as well as an interview with a singer/songwriter talking about their work, music and inspirations. 

The goal of this class is to give you an opportunity to see where you might find listening options for music on the internet, and to listen to/speak in English about song lyrics with your classmates and your lecteur.  If you are interested in completing Option #4 for your Listening Portfolio, today is the day to get some ideas!

Step 1: CHOOSE A SINGER!  To begin, skim through the 11 different links to recordings listed below and choose a singer that might be interesting to you.  These recordings are from different sites.

Step 2:  LISTEN to your selected song(s) and corresponding interview/commentary a few times.  Read STEP 3 so you know what to do while you are listening.

Step 3: MAKE NOTES you need for yourself to help you remember the important points. Consider the following:

· How can you describe the music of this song? 

· How can you describe this singer?

· What kind of lyrics do you think they write? 

· For a specific song, what is the title?

· What is this song about? Is it obvious? 

· What level of language is this songwriter using? 

· Are there many vocabulary words that you aren¹t familiar with?  What kind of audience is this songwriter trying to reach? 

· What did they say in the interview that you found interesting?  Does anything the songwriter said change your thoughts about their songs?

Step 4: BE PREPARED TO TALK for a few minutes about what you listened to, either just to a partner or to the whole class.  Your lecteur will tell you which one to do.

#1: Weird Al Yankovic:

(many songs throughout the Interview)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1404580

Click on the RED 'LISTEN' button and not the big blue letters...

#2: The Streets

Interview:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onemusic/exposed/streets429p01.shtml

Videos of songs: 'Dry Your Eyes'

http://www.liquidbuilder.com/thestreets_dryyoureyes/?lev=1

or 'Fit But You Know It':

http://vice-recordings.com/music.php

click on the video link in the top section

#3: Bjork

Interviews about her new album:

http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?b=multimedia&id=37313

Video for 'Who Is It': click on 'Real'

http://www.gloriousnoise.com/arch/001422_bjork_video.php

#4: Nelly Furtado:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1599639

Link to the interview, & links to her songs in BLUE on left side.  

#5: Gomez:

This link has an interview (4 minutes) with the band and links for 2 songs: 'Sweet Virginia' (6 minutes) or 'Silence' (3 minutes)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A2550926

#6: Amy Winehouse

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A1138033

You can watch a film of her singing her own song 'Take the Box' and then a short 2 minute interview....

#7: Sufjan Stevens

Interview is long – just listen to the first minute and then advance the Real Player to about 43 minutes, where Stevens

discusses his lyrics a bit before playing two songs.

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/spinning/episodes/03052004

#8 Blur

Link to hear an interview: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/music/2003/05/blur_interview.shtml

Link to hear a song: http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/listenwatch/0,,405592,00.html#artist_name

#9: Sarah Harmer

To hear songs: http://www.sarahharmer.com and click on audio and Video tab at the top of the screen

To hear an interview:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1116694

#10 Joanna Newsom

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/spinning/episodes/04162004

at 40.45 you can hear several songs.

Another link: advance to 51:45:

http://www.wnyc.org/stream/ram.py?file=soa/spinning070204a.ra&file2=soa/spinning070204b.ra You'll hear 2 songs: 'Bridges and Balloons' and 'The Book of Right-On'

#11 Adem

Interview and songs:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A2410093