WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:05.130 Aww yeah, I'm Ethan you're a life English fluency coach and today we're talking 2 00:00:05.130 --> 00:00:07.500 about one of my favorite topics. 3 00:00:07.500 --> 00:00:09.719 So we are going to show you ten great songs 4 00:00:09.719 --> 00:00:13.500 for you to learn English with and not only this, we will also teach you some 5 00:00:13.500 --> 00:00:18.109 great vocabulary, expressions and pronunciation with the lyrics and 6 00:00:18.109 --> 00:00:21.539 finally we will give you some tips so that you can continue learning with 7 00:00:21.539 --> 00:00:23.100 songs on your own. 8 00:00:23.100 --> 00:00:26.250 And we'll jump into all that in just a second but first I 9 00:00:26.250 --> 00:00:29.009 want to let you know that if you're new here every week we make you fun lessons 10 00:00:29.010 --> 00:00:32.460 just like this one so that you can understand fast speaking natives 11 00:00:32.460 --> 00:00:36.159 without getting lost, without missing the jokes and without subtitles. 12 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:39.179 Like Nadana who says that thanks to our lessons he can now speak 13 00:00:39.180 --> 00:00:42.870 English fluently, so if you want it too all you have to do is hit that subscribe 14 00:00:42.870 --> 00:00:46.220 button and the bell down below so you don't miss any of our new lessons. 15 00:00:49.120 --> 00:00:52.220 Number 10: Your Song by Elton John. 16 00:01:07.240 --> 00:01:10.740 Now, the reason that I chose this one is because I recently watched the movie 17 00:01:10.750 --> 00:01:15.490 Rocketman which is all about Elton John's rise to fame now this was a super 18 00:01:15.490 --> 00:01:19.060 fascinating movie and I recommend it to you I had no idea that Elton John had 19 00:01:19.060 --> 00:01:21.740 such a difficult life before I watch this. 20 00:01:21.740 --> 00:01:23.560 Now he is still considered one of 21 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:28.478 the top grossing artists of all time which means that he has sold more albums 22 00:01:28.479 --> 00:01:31.260 than almost any other artist alive. 23 00:01:31.260 --> 00:01:32.649 Now, if you're not so much into older music 24 00:01:32.650 --> 00:01:36.220 then you could check out the version that Ellie Goulding did of this song. 25 00:01:36.220 --> 00:01:39.940 But let's take a look at some of the expressions that you'll learn in Your Song. 26 00:03:46.640 --> 00:03:50.000 Number 9: Paradise, by Coldplay 27 00:03:58.080 --> 00:04:02.560 Now this is probably my favorite song by this iconic band, let's take a look at 28 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:05.520 some of the great expressions that you can learn in this song 29 00:05:09.200 --> 00:05:11.430 Now this is a great song to listen to if you're feeling a 30 00:05:11.430 --> 00:05:15.900 bit down, that is a little bit sad because it really lifts your spirit, 31 00:05:15.900 --> 00:05:19.680 it breaks you out of your reality and get you dreaming of what could be. 32 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:23.400 Now if you like alternative bands like Coldplay then I highly recommend that you check 33 00:05:23.400 --> 00:05:27.029 out Vera Blue from Australia who is another alternative artist I discovered 34 00:05:27.029 --> 00:05:28.939 this year and absolutely loved. 35 00:05:28.940 --> 00:05:32.040 Number 8: New Rules, by Dua Lipa 36 00:05:35.140 --> 00:05:40.740 Dua Lipa is an up-and-coming artist who has a really unique sound, now what this means is that 37 00:05:40.740 --> 00:05:45.620 she is just starting to be recognised for her talent and becoming popular. 38 00:05:45.620 --> 00:05:49.339 Now we chose this song because it is filled with really fantastic connected speech 39 00:05:49.339 --> 00:05:53.299 to practice your native pronunciation and understand that is better. 40 00:07:04.779 --> 00:07:09.179 Now if you like New Rules another song that I loved by her is Don't Start Now. 41 00:07:16.080 --> 00:07:20.440 Hey would you like to understand natives no matter how fast we speak? 42 00:07:20.440 --> 00:07:21.720 and wouldn't you like to be able 43 00:07:21.730 --> 00:07:25.330 to watch your favorite movies and series without the subtitles? 44 00:07:25.330 --> 00:07:29.920 Well our Fluent with Friends course can help you a ton in reaching your goal and 45 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:32.699 having a lot of fun along the way. 46 00:07:32.700 --> 00:07:34.660 You will learn alongside the first two 47 00:07:34.660 --> 00:07:38.740 seasons of the TV series Friends, which various academic studies show is the 48 00:07:38.740 --> 00:07:42.200 best series out there for learning English. 49 00:07:42.200 --> 00:07:44.070 And you get PDF power lessons 50 00:07:44.070 --> 00:07:49.060 vocabulary memorization software, access to our fluency circle global community 51 00:07:49.060 --> 00:07:50.699 and so much more! 52 00:07:50.700 --> 00:07:55.100 And you can try for free right now with our three-part Masterclass. 53 00:07:55.100 --> 00:07:55.919 What are you waiting for? 54 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:57.340 Just click up here or down in the description 55 00:07:57.340 --> 00:07:59.500 below to learn more and sign up. 56 00:07:59.500 --> 00:08:02.100 We look forward to meeting you inside. 57 00:08:02.100 --> 00:08:05.960 Number 7: A Hard Rain Is Gonna Fall, by Bob Dylan. 58 00:08:19.320 --> 00:08:24.480 Now Bob Dylan is famous for writing ballads, that is a song that kind of 59 00:08:24.490 --> 00:08:26.840 tells a story, it's like poetry. 60 00:08:26.840 --> 00:08:28.840 Now this makes them really great for learning 61 00:08:28.840 --> 00:08:32.859 expressions and figurative language as well as how to tell a story in English. 62 00:08:32.860 --> 00:08:37.879 You might kind of compare him to some similar modern artists like Taylor Swift. 63 00:10:14.980 --> 00:10:18.958 Now he wrote this song in the 60s about all the depressing things that he was 64 00:10:18.958 --> 00:10:20.959 seeing happening in the news. 65 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:23.610 However you can probably find a lot of relevance in 66 00:10:23.610 --> 00:10:26.119 the lyrics of the song even today. 67 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:27.360 Now I actually discovered the song 68 00:10:27.360 --> 00:10:32.820 because one of my favorite folk artists, Laura Marling, did a really amazing cover of it. 69 00:10:32.820 --> 00:10:36.079 Now if you like Bob Dylan and his tremendous lyrics then I highly 70 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:39.660 recommend you check out some similarly famous artists like Joni Mitchell, 71 00:10:39.660 --> 00:10:43.620 John Denver and of course Laura Marling who I mentioned before. 72 00:10:43.620 --> 00:10:47.300 Number 6: Were Is The Love, by The Black Eyed Peas. 73 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:12.540 Now we're moving to a very different genre but not such a different topic. 74 00:11:12.540 --> 00:11:16.679 This song is really an anthem for global citizens. 75 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:18.569 Now an anthem is a song that 76 00:11:18.570 --> 00:11:24.740 represents a group or cause for example your country probably has a national anthem. 77 00:11:24.740 --> 00:11:28.559 Now I like this song because it talks about big global problems and asks 78 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:33.399 us if we can love our fellow brothers and sisters of the human race. 79 00:11:33.400 --> 00:11:36.420 It's also great to learn a little bit about American culture as it makes many 80 00:11:36.420 --> 00:11:40.380 different references as well as to learn some great expressions. 81 00:13:08.320 --> 00:13:12.480 Number 5: I Don't Trust Myself, by John Mayer. 82 00:13:34.320 --> 00:13:35.680 So now we're moving on to one of 83 00:13:35.690 --> 00:13:39.860 my favourite artists of all time. I've seen John Mayer many times in concert 84 00:13:39.860 --> 00:13:44.540 and he is an incredibly talented musician, in fact he's probably one of the best 85 00:13:44.540 --> 00:13:46.059 guitarists alive. 86 00:13:46.059 --> 00:13:48.199 Now this song that we've chosen is one of the ones that made me 87 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:51.320 really fall in love with his music and it's great for you as an English learner 88 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:54.860 because you can practice connected speech and improve your native 89 00:13:54.880 --> 00:13:57.040 pronunciation let's take a look. 90 00:16:20.400 --> 00:16:26.240 So, one of the reasons I chose John Mayer is because he has done so many different genres 91 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:27.820 throughout his career. 92 00:16:27.820 --> 00:16:31.830 Earlier he did a lot of pop, but then he kinda transitioned more into music 93 00:16:31.830 --> 00:16:35.753 that he was more passionate about like blues, rock and folk. 94 00:16:35.760 --> 00:16:38.360 So I'm sure almost any of you can find something 95 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:39.800 that you like by him. 96 00:16:39.800 --> 00:16:40.820 And another artist that I 97 00:16:40.830 --> 00:16:44.849 like for the same reason is Sia, earlier in her career she actually started with 98 00:16:44.850 --> 00:16:48.810 more blues but nowadays you'll find her doing more motivational pop which is 99 00:16:48.810 --> 00:16:51.100 really great if you're working out. 100 00:16:51.100 --> 00:16:55.220 Number 4: Rain On Me, by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande. 101 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:12.280 Now moving on to another artist who has experimented with a lot of different genres: Lady Gaga. 102 00:17:12.280 --> 00:17:13.829 but most of us might think of her more 103 00:17:13.829 --> 00:17:16.479 as being like the Queen of Pop. 104 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:17.970 Now one of the things that I really love about 105 00:17:17.970 --> 00:17:23.359 Lady Gaga is that although she is very unique she's not just a superficial pop star, 106 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:27.379 she is also a big proponent of the value of kindness and she's spoken a lot 107 00:17:27.380 --> 00:17:30.460 about this even with the Dalai Lama let's take a look. 108 00:17:55.700 --> 00:18:00.920 So, other than bein a humanitarian, she's also an extremely talented lyrics writer. 109 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:03.960 In fact a lot of you probably saw her recent film 110 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:06.440 A Star Is Born, which has some really powerful 111 00:18:06.450 --> 00:18:11.909 music in it but we've chosen one that is just super fun from her new album and we 112 00:18:11.909 --> 00:18:15.479 actually did a recent lesson on it and we're going to look at a few expressions 113 00:18:15.479 --> 00:18:19.019 taken from that lesson and then if you want to continue learning with Lady Gaga 114 00:18:19.020 --> 00:18:22.760 I recommend that you check out the full lesson after finishing this video. 115 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:52.020 Number 3: Don't Stop Me Now, by Queen 116 00:20:04.420 --> 00:20:09.080 Now did you know Lady Gaga's name actually comes from a song from our next 117 00:20:09.090 --> 00:20:13.349 band, Queen? Well I was absolutely obsessed with Queen in high school and 118 00:20:13.349 --> 00:20:16.830 it's so fantastic seeing that the band had a renaissance since the film 119 00:20:16.830 --> 00:20:19.300 Bohemian Rhapsody came out. 120 00:20:19.300 --> 00:20:21.269 Now we actually did a lesson teaching English 121 00:20:21.269 --> 00:20:25.049 with three of their songs which you can check out after finishing this lesson 122 00:20:25.049 --> 00:20:28.660 but right now we'll just look at an excerpt of it to give you a taste. 123 00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:16.599 So if you liked that then I also highly recommend 124 00:22:16.600 --> 00:22:19.379 that you check out the movie Bohemian Rhapsody because 125 00:22:19.379 --> 00:22:22.739 this is really great to learn a little bit about British culture as well as 126 00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:25.440 learn more about the history of the band 127 00:22:27.520 --> 00:22:31.920 Number 2: When The Party's Over, by Billie Eilish. 128 00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:10.040 So similar to Bob Dylan, Billie Eilish's lyrics 129 00:23:10.040 --> 00:23:13.349 usually tell some sort of a story, which makes it really great to pick up some 130 00:23:13.349 --> 00:23:14.700 different vocabulary. 131 00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:16.979 However with When The Party's Over we're going to 132 00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:20.280 actually take a look at some of the connected speech. 133 00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:13.619 Now, this song like many of Billie Eilish's 134 00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:17.259 is pretty slow and it's not too melodic which makes it perfect to sing along 135 00:25:17.260 --> 00:25:22.060 with to improve your pronunciation and we made a full lesson with another song 136 00:25:22.060 --> 00:25:25.930 of her no time to die which I highly recommend you check out later if you're 137 00:25:25.930 --> 00:25:27.240 a fan of Billy Eilish's. 138 00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:33.180 Number 1: Lose Yourself, by Eminem. 139 00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:48.919 Now personally I'm not a huge fan of rap but it is one of the best types of 140 00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:55.180 music to learn English because it very closely mimics the rhythm of how natives speak. 141 00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:58.730 In fact this is one of the songs that I used to use to teach connected 142 00:25:58.730 --> 00:26:03.200 speech to my students, if you practice it over and over again your native 143 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:06.080 pronunciation will improve a lot, I promise. 144 00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:10.670 In fact let's actually take a look from a clip of a lesson that we made using 145 00:26:10.670 --> 00:26:14.359 the song so that you can practice rapping along with Eminem and improve 146 00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:16.199 your English pronunciation. 147 00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:45.719 All right, so if you choose any of those songs really you're going to have a lot 148 00:27:45.730 --> 00:27:48.600 of fun and you'll learn a lot with them, 149 00:27:48.600 --> 00:27:49.930 and English learners ask all the time 150 00:27:49.930 --> 00:27:52.920 what are the best songs to be learning English with? 151 00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.859 Now really you should be 152 00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:58.269 learning with whatever songs you love you can definitely go learn with rap and 153 00:27:58.270 --> 00:28:01.540 it will be very effective but if you hate rap then you're not going to enjoy 154 00:28:01.540 --> 00:28:05.290 the process, what's more important is that you're cultivating curiosity that 155 00:28:05.290 --> 00:28:08.230 you're not just listening to a song you like but you're actually taking the time 156 00:28:08.230 --> 00:28:12.700 to go look up the lyrics and really understand what they mean and then sing along. 157 00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:15.850 Sing along is so important because it really builds those muscles of 158 00:28:15.850 --> 00:28:19.450 articulation it doesn't matter if you're a great singer just have fun doing it on 159 00:28:19.450 --> 00:28:24.310 your own and as promised I have a few quick tips for you so the first one is 160 00:28:24.310 --> 00:28:27.280 to check out Genius lyrics when you're looking up the lyrics at any song 161 00:28:27.280 --> 00:28:31.720 because there you can find explanations of what the lyrics mean now a lot of 162 00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:34.780 times just by looking up the words and lyrics you're not going to fully 163 00:28:34.780 --> 00:28:38.890 understand because there's different references to culture, there's different 164 00:28:38.890 --> 00:28:41.800 references to something from the person's personal life or they are being 165 00:28:41.800 --> 00:28:46.000 creative with the language and it's not exactly what it seems to mean so this 166 00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:50.820 can really help you to go beyond just the language to understand the deeper meaning. 167 00:28:50.820 --> 00:28:54.430 The next is to use a website called LyricsTraining now this is really 168 00:28:54.430 --> 00:28:59.020 fantastic to build your vocabulary and your comprehension with any song now 169 00:28:59.020 --> 00:29:02.560 basically what they do is it's kind of like a game they take out some of the 170 00:29:02.560 --> 00:29:06.190 vocabulary and you basically have to type it in while you're listening to the 171 00:29:06.190 --> 00:29:09.550 song playing this is a really great challenge and it's a lot of fun it's 172 00:29:09.550 --> 00:29:11.480 very addictive go check it out. 173 00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:14.350 Now the final tip is in Spotify or whatever 174 00:29:14.350 --> 00:29:18.100 platform that you use to listen to music create a playlist of the songs that 175 00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:21.700 you're using to learn English because then you can listen on the go when 176 00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:25.750 you're in your car when you're in the shower when you're cooking dinner and 177 00:29:25.750 --> 00:29:30.240 you can actually be singing along and practicing any time of day. 178 00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:34.180 And finally if you want a method to learn English with your favorite songs then I highly 179 00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:37.040 recommend that you check out this lesson that we made. 180 00:29:37.040 --> 00:29:38.020 Now if you've liked the 181 00:29:38.020 --> 00:29:41.020 songs that have suggested to you today and you want to check out more of the 182 00:29:41.020 --> 00:29:43.790 music that I'm listening to then you can check out what I'm currently listening 183 00:29:43.790 --> 00:29:47.690 to on Spotify I will post a link to that playlist down in the description below 184 00:29:47.690 --> 00:29:52.740 and I want to know what songs did I miss, what are your favorite songs learn English with? 185 00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.800 Share them with other English learners 186 00:29:53.809 --> 00:29:57.080 by writing them down in the comments below now thanks so much for joining me 187 00:29:57.080 --> 00:30:00.290 today I hope you've had a lot of fun and then you've gotten some new songs to 188 00:30:00.290 --> 00:30:03.679 practice your English with and now it's time to go beyond the classroom and live 189 00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:06.080 your English, awww yeah!