Show 1079 Friday 3 July
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Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.
Today I thought we’d study a song by Michael Jackson.
Like millions of his fans around the world, I was really sad when I found out that he died last week. He had so many brilliant songs, but I thought this one would be a good one to study today: Gone Too Soon.
This song is off the album Dangerous which is the album that is closest to my heart because it came out in 1991, just after my 13th birthday and I loved it and I bought the cassette and I listened to it thousands of times. So the songs off that album really bring back memories for me.
photo by: Daniel Oines
Apparently Michael Jackson wrote this song for a young boy called Ryan White who died of AIDS in 1990.
I think it’s a beautiful song. It’s full of descriptions of things which don’t last long enough, things which are gone too soon.
photo by: Dave Appleby
Like a comet
Blazing across the evening sky
photo by: Per Ola Wiberg
Like a rainbow
Fading in the twinkling of an eye
photo by: Tess Heder
Like a castle
Built upon a sandy beach
photo by: Mike Baird
Michael "Mike" L. Baird, flickr.bairdphotos.com
Like a sunset
Dying with the rising of the moon
STICK NEWS
Kia ora in Stick News today the Walkman has just celebrated its 30th birthday.
The Walkman was born in Japan on the 1st of July 1979.
On Wednesday it was the Walkman’s thirtieth birthday.
And that was Stick News for Friday 3rd of July.
Kia ora.
Word of the Day
Today’s word is splendid.
Splendid is an adjective which means: magnificent, very impressive or excellent.
The adverb is splendidly.
This is from the song Gone Too Soon:
Shiny and sparkly And splendidly bright Here one day Gone one night
friday joke
A woman is taking a bath when there is a knock at the door.
“Who is it?" she asks.
"The blind man.”
The woman says, “come in”, knowing that the man won't be able to see her.
The man enters and says, "Nice Tits! Which window needed the new blinds?"
conversations with sarah
#686 When was that?
Step 1: Repeat Marvin’s lines.
Step 2: Read Marvin’s lines and talk to Sarah.
Marvin Are you a big Michael Jackson fan?
Sarah Yeah, I am. I love his music – and he seemed like such a sweet person too.
Marvin He was pretty strange though, don’t you think?
Sarah Yeah, he was unusual … but he seemed like nice person to me, trying to do positive things in the world. He didn’t seem to look after his heath though, which is sad …
He came to New Zealand once actually.
Marvin When was that?
Sarah In 1996.
Marvin Did you see him?
Sarah Yeah, I did. I remember queuing for tickets in the rain and being so happy when I got them because they sold out really quickly.
Marvin What was the concert like?
Sarah It was great. The only thing I thought was kinda weird was that he didn’t say anything except, I love you. And he said it many times like this, “I love you.”
links
today's STICK NEWS pictures
History of the Walkman - TIME
music
show start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Future Cha Cha
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site
WOD start
artist: DJ iPep's
album: Home Mix 2007
track: Game Toy
from: EVREUX, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site
friday joke start
artist: AdHoc
album: Toutes directions
track: Sumbala
from: Annecy, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site
cws start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: The Jazz Woman
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site
qa start
artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site
qa bgm
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Shades of Spring
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site
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