Friday, March 05, 2010

#1187 The Naked And Famous, Electronic Shoes, Shit Worth Doing, The Lantern Festival


Show 1187 Friday 5 March
Watch today's show at YouTube or BlipTV.

Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.

Today’s song is called Serenade.

It’s by a band called The Naked And Famous. I’d never heard of them before, but I looked them up because they’re playing at a free concert here in Auckland on Sunday.

And I quite like this song, and I really like the video. In the video they’re playing with things like this.

So, what’s this song about? Well, I think it’s kind of a love song about someone who’s trying to get over someone, but he’s having difficulty because he still loves her.

You're screaming and you're fighting with your brain
and the battling war drives you back and forth, driving you insane

These lines are towards the end of the song:

The crime of love was tried but you did not succeed
no it didn't do you justice

They’re playing with words here. This means, you tried having a relationship, but it wasn’t successful.

And they’re using a metaphor of a case being tried in court. In the song, they evaluate the relationship and say that it wasn’t a success, so the love itself was a kind of crime.

the crime of love was tried

To try means, to make an attempt, as in, to try to make the relationship successful.
And try also means to investigate and decide (a case or issue) in a formal trial.
For example: The case was tried before a jury.

And the line it didn’t do you justice is continuing the crime metaphor. Justice means: the administration of the law or authority in maintaining this.

And do yourself justice is an idiom which means: perform as well as one is able.

So if the relationship didn’t do you justice, it means that it wasn’t good for you.




STICK NEWS


According to CNN a 30-year-old graduate student has invented a high-tech shoe insole to help older people manage their balance.
The insole tracks a person's balance patterns using digital sensors.
The data is then transmitted to computers where it can be interpreted by doctors or patients.
The invention is still in the research-and-development phase, but the inventor said he expects it to become a consumer product within a few years.

And that was Stick News for Friday the 5th of March.
Kia ora.


It could be useful for drunk people too!


weeeee!
beep! beep!


And if the computer gets the message that the person's about to fall, the computer will send a message to the closest air bag...
They'll be air bags inside all the walls?


Hmm... Yellow or red laces?


$$$ cha-ching!



Word of the Day

Today’s word is shit.

This is a magazine called The Groove Guide which someone has just started delivering to our apartment building. And one of their sections is called: shit worth doing.

What does that mean?

Shit has many meanings.
It’s an exclamation. For example if you suddenly remember that you had an appointment two hours ago that you’ve forgotten about, you could say: Shit!

It’s also slang for faeces or excrement.

But in this case, it just means stuff.
So this page is full of stuff worth doing – they list events and other things that they recommend.

I think this is a fairly common way to use shit, in informal situations.
For example, someone might ring a friend and ask: Hey do you want go to the beach today?
And the reply might be: Nah, man, I can’t. I got heaps of shit I have to do at home.



friday joke

Which day is stronger, Sunday or Monday?
Sunday. Monday is a weekday



conversations with sarah
#755 I know where Albert Park is

Step 1: Read Kala’s lines.
Step 2: Repeat Kala’s lines and talk to Sarah.

Kala What are you up to this weekend?

Sarah Ah not sure yet. I might go and check out that concert on Sunday.

Kala Where’s that?

Sarah It’s in Albert Park, which is the park near the university.

Kala Oh yeah, I know where Albert Park is. That’s where the lantern festival was last week.

Sarah Yeah, that’s the one. Did you go to that festival?

Kala Yeah, did you?

Sarah Yeah, it was awesome, wasn’t it?

Kala Yeah. What day did you go?

Sarah Um, Sunday I think it was. Yeah, yeah, Sunday night.



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The Naked And Famous - Serenade - Lyrics

Oh darling I don't think this serenade
is gonna carry through, is gonna carry through
You're screaming and you're fighting with your brain
and the battling war drives you back and forth, driving you insane

You're crying, you're crying, you're crying
Oh but the salt tastes so divine
This love, this love, this love
is what I want, is what I want.

It's been a while since she had spoke to you
and she passed some words, but then you passed a fire
memories flooding back into that part that you want to forget
and you wanna kill, ohh and you wanna kill

You're crying, you're crying, you're crying
oh but the salt tastes so divine
This love, this love, this love,
is what I want, is what I want.

You drank far too much wine
A dizzy spell to block out all the sunshine
but it didn't do you justice for the crime of love
no it didn't do you justice, it didn't do you justice all for her

Oh love listen to me, you got it hard but soon it will be easy
The crime of love was tried but you did not succeed
no it didn't do you justice, it didn't do you any good
it didn't do you justice, no it didn't do you justice all for her


links

Serenade - 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




bgm
artist: sebteix
album: tout pour le groove
track: Sax to the beat
from: Paris, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
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