Friday, January 29, 2010

#1152 AC/DC Thunderstruck, Dinosaur Colour, Ejaculation, Surfing Competition


Show 1152 Friday 29 January
Watch today's show at YouTube or BlipTV.

Hi, I'm Sarah. Welcome to The Daily English Show.

I thought we’d study a song by AC/DC today because they are playing in Auckland next week so I’ve been thinking about them recently.

Have you heard of AC/DC?

They’re from Australia and they’ve been around since 1973 and they’re pretty successful. It says in Wikipedia: As of 2008, AC/DC have sold more than 200 million albums worldwide.

Not bad.

The song we’re looking at today is called Thunderstruck.

This song is very popular – I think there are millions of people in the world who could recognize this song just by hearing the first few seconds.

I only remembered the part where they say thunder over and over again, so I was surprised when I looked it up and found that there are actually lyrics. And the song seems to tell a bit of a story:

I was caught
In the middle of a railroad track
I looked round
And I knew there was no turning back
My mind raced
And I thought what could I do
And I knew
There was no help, no help from you

So, what’s it about?

Well, I think it might have a double meaning – like the name of the band.

AC/DC is about power … it refers to “equipment that may be operated using either alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC) power. “

And AC/DC is also an informal word for bisexual.

And as for the song, it could be about actually being thunderstruck, which means being “extremely surprised or shocked”. Or it could be about sex.


And that theory makes sense to me.

For example, these lines:

I was shakin' at the knees
Could I come again please?
Yeah the ladies were too kind.

What do you think the song’s about?




STICK NEWS

Kia ora, in Stick News today, for the first time ever, scientists have been able to confirm the colour of a dinosaur.

Dinosaurs are animals that have been extinct for about 65 million years.
Until now scientists didn’t know what colour they were.
Recently some reddish-orange colour was discovered in the 125-million-year-old tail of a small Chinese dinosaur.

And that was Stick News for Friday the 29th of January.
Kia ora.



Word of the Day

Today’s word is ejaculation.

n. the moment when sperm comes out of a man’s penis

And there’s also another meaning.

(formal) a sudden shout or sound that you make when you are angry or surprised



friday joke

What do you call a dinosaur as tall as a house, with long sharp teeth, and 12 claws on each foot?
Sir.


conversations with sarah
#730 Did it ever start?

Step 1: Read Mary's lines.
Step 2: Repeat Mary's lines and talk to Sarah.

Mary Did you go and watch the surfing competition?

Sarah Yeah, the final was yesterday so we went out and watched it.

Mary How was it?

Sarah It was really good. I really enjoyed it. Except for the last part.

Mary What happened?

Sarah Well, the prize giving was supposed to start at 2. And so everyone was standing around on the concrete waiting for it to start and it was really hot. And then an hour later, someone came out and said it was going to start at 3:30.

Mary Really? Why?!

Sarah I don’t know. They just said that the drug tests were still happening.

Mary So there was a problem with the tests?

Sarah Yeah, maybe, I guess so. So, yeah, we decided to keep waiting cause we thought, “Oh, we’ve already waited an hour, we might as well wait another half hour.” And then, we waited until 3:30 and the guy came back and said, “Oh, sorry, it’s going to start at 4:30.”

Mary Did it ever start?

Sarah I don’t know. We gave up and went home … I was so exhausted.





Thunderstruck by AC/DC - Lyrics

Thunder
Thunder
Thunder
Thunder
Thunder
Thunder
Thunder
Thunder
Thunder
Thunder

I was caught
In the middle of a railroad track - Thunder
I looked round
And I knew there was no turning back - Thunder
My mind raced
And I thought what could I do - Thunder
And I knew
There was no help, no help from you - Thunder

Sound of the drums
Beatin' in my heart
The thunder of guns
Tore me apart
You've been - thunderstruck

Rode down the highway
Broke the limit, we hit the town
Went through to Texas, yeah Texas
And we had some fun
We met some girls
Some dancers who gave a good time
Broke all the rules, played all the fools
Yeah, yeah, they, they, they blew our minds

I was shakin' at the knees
Could I come again please?
Yeah the ladies were too kind
You've been - thunderstruck, thunderstruck
Yeah yeah yeah, thunderstruck

Yeah
Oh, thunderstruck, yeah

Now we're shaking at the knees
Could I come again please?

Thunderstruck, thunderstruck
Yeah yeah yeah, thunderstruck
Thunderstruck, yeah, yeah, yeah

Said yeah, it's alright
We're doing fine
Yeah, it's alright
We're doing fine
So fine

Thunderstruck, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Tunderstruck, thunderstruck, thunderstruck
Whoa baby, baby, thunderstruck
You've been thunderstruck, thunderstruck
Thunderstruck, thunderstruck, thunderstruck
You've been thunderstruck


links


AC/DC - Wikipedia
AC/DC - site
Thunderstruck - video on YouTube

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: King Dubby
album: Chapter II
track: Zen Dub 2
from: Angers, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo

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