Daft Punk is a famous French electronic music duo who released a great funky song three years ago called Lose Yourself to Dance. The title is totally straightforward: lose your fears, lose your shyness, lose your worries... get lost into the music, and JUST DANCE. I believe that this is definitely the attitude to learn a language, we just have to dance ourselves into it!
The video you're just about to see is a tribute to those funky people who back in the 70s and 80s danced to the music in total joy and freedom in one the most famous TV shows in the US: The Soul Train.
Here is a really nice song by First Aid Kit, a Swedish Folk Band which has become quite famous in the last years due to the beautiful playing and singing of these two sisters. How about listening to this song to get our wheels turning for the coming new year of English? (And our feet moving too...)
Never thought that I was weak Always thought I could get hurt pretty bad Still get up on my own two feet
I always believed that I was free That I had some sense of integrity That would rise above whatever tried to change me
But honey, now I won't wait For something to bring me round and smile 'Cause that only sticks for a while Then I'm back again
Oh, I'm a master pretender
I always knew that I was young But with a head held high and a sharp tongue I could fool almost anyone
I never expected to be struck By the fatal hands of fortune or by sheer bad luck
Now we won't change And memories just rearrange And fall into place So I'm back again
Oh, I'm a master pretender
All the streets of New York City Sure look pretty from way up here And I was headed home, just felt more alone The further I'd go
I always thought that you'd be here But shit gets fucked up and people just disappear
So honey, now, don't be mad Time has told me it can't be that bad And if it is, well, I'll be goddamn But I'll stick around
I'll be your master defender Yeah, I'll stick around I'll be your master defender