My favorite song meaning

My favorite song meaning

Through this project you'll learn to:

1. Discover and understand the meaning of your favorite song.
2. Express your opinions speaking and writing them.
3. You’ll be able to analyze other classmates’ opinions and criticize them.

Instructions and Rubric

instructions and rubric
Strategies

1. You will need
2. Choose your favorite song in English ( for example)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2nRYykk6aY


Vídeo de YouTube

4. Find the lyrics of the song
EXAMPLE:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/jackjohnson/goodpeople.html
"Good People"
Jack Johnson
You win
It's your show, now
So what's it gonna be
'Cause people
Will tune in
How many train wrecks do we need to see?
Before we lose touch of
We thought this was low
It's bad getting worse so
Chorus:
Where'd all the good people go?
I've been changing channels
I don't see them on the TV shows
Where'd all the good people go?
We got heaps and heaps of what we sow They got this and that and
With a rattle a tat
Testing one two,
Now what you gonna do?
Bad news, misused,
Got too much to lose
Gimme some truth
Now whose side are we on?
Whatever you say
Turn on the boob tube
I'm in the mood to obey
So lead me astray by the way, now
Sitting round feeling far away
So far away but I can feel the debris
Can you feel it?
You interrupt me from a friendly conversation
To tell me how great its all gonna be You might notice some hesitation
'Cause it's important to you, it's not important to me
Way down by the edge of your reasons
It's beginning to show
And all I really wanna know is...
They got this and that
With a rattle a tat
Testing one, two
Now what you gonna do?
Bad news, misused, give me some truth
You got too much to lose
Whose side are we on today, anyway?
OK, whatever you say.
Wrong and resolute but in the mood to obey
Station to station desensitizing the nation
Going, going, gone.

5. Look up difficult words in the dictionary
Example:
heap: a lot of something

6. Analyze the meaning of the lyrics through these questions:

* What's the theme of this song? Love, Frienship, Social Awareness etc???
* Does the video give additional information?
* Does the title of the song say something about it?

7. Write simple sentences explaining the meaning of the song.
Example:
This song is about how the television and the media is full of unimportant things.

8. Write a brief opinion of the song's lyrics based in your analysis.
Example:
Personally, I think this song meaning is very significant because television takes our attention away from the important things.

9. Find the pronunciation of the words you don't know.
Example:
AWAY?
http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=away

10. Explain the meaning of the song and your opinion to the class
11. Publish a post in the class blog which includes the song video, lyrics and the meaning and opinion you wrote before in the blog
http://myfavoritesongmeaning.blogspot.com/
12. Read a classmate's entry and make a comment about his opinion.

Good people, Jack Johnson

You win it’s your show now
So what’s it going to be?
Cause' people will tune in
How many train wrecks do we need to see?
Before we lose touch
And we thought this was low
Well it’s bad, getting worse….
Where’d all the good people go?
I’ve been changing channels and I don’t see them on the tv shows
Where’d all the good people go?
We’ve got heaps and heaps of what we sow
They got this and that with a rattle a tat
Testing, one, two, man whatcha gonna do
Bad news misused, got too much to lose
Give me some truth now, who’s side are we on
Whatever you say
Turn on the boob tube, I’m in the mood to obey
So lead me astray
And by the way now…
Where’d all the good people go?
I’ve been changing channels and I don’t see them on the tv shows
Where’d all the good people go?
We’ve got heaps and heaps of what we sow
Sitting around feeling far away
So far away but I can feel the debris, can you feel it?
You interrupt me from a friendly conversation
To tell me how great it’s all going to be
You might notice some hesitation
'cause its important to you, it’s not important to me
way down by the edge of your whole reason
Well it's beginning to show and ALL I really want to know is…
Where’d all the good people go?
I’ve been changing channels and I don’t see them on the tv shows
Where’d all the good people go?
We got heaps and heaps of what we sow
(Where’d all the good people go?)
They got this and that with a rattle a tat
Testing one, two man whatcha gonna do
Bad news misused give me some truth
You got too much to lose
Whose side are we on today, anyway
Okay, whatever you say
Wrong or resolute but in the mood to obey
Station to station desensitizing the nation
where'd all the good people go
Going, going, gone.

This song is about how the media has degenerated information and now everything it shows is violence, sex, gossips, bad news, lies, wars etc, leaving all the good things behind showing there's no good people on the TV shows.
Personally, I think this song meaning is very significant because television takes our attention away from the important things.

We should focus on the important things like family, friends, love, and peace. That way, we’ll be happy and we’ll live in peace and harmony so it depends on ourselves to change things.