Since I am teaching many song listening lessons this week, might as well recommend more songs.
"Locky's actually too busy to do his research! Lame excuse!"
Alright, alright... my bad! But having a nice song for learning (accent, linkings, etc.) once in a while isn't a bad thing.
So, this is the man in focus today, Robbie Williams
A British singer, actor, songwriter, musician and ex-boy band member of Take That, it is apparent that Robbie Williams is packed with talents, but his life hasn't been easy. Throughout his life, he has been battling with mental illness, obesity, self-esteem issues, alcoholism, and substance(drug) abuse. Even so, he has been charitable and has set up a charity in his home town to help the people in disadvantage.
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Image from AllMusicLoad
Released in October 1998 in the album, I've Been Expecting You, "She's the One" was Williams' favourite song after his time in rehab. Becoming his second number-one hit in the United Kingdom, the song went on to win a number of awards around the world, including a BRIT Award for 'Single of the Year' and a Capital Radio Award for 'Best Single'.
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The song begins with a slow, romantic tempo piano and very soft vocal, and gradually speed up as the electric guitar comes in in the middle, his vocal picks up strength and feeling starts to muster. Energy and passion are pushed to the climax near the end of the song and back down again in the final two lines.
There are two different interpretations for this song.
There are two different interpretations for this song.
- With relevance to this rehab, "calling me on" means to visit Robbie for a short time in his rehab.
- Without relevance to this rehab, "calling me on" means the same as "call on sb", meaning to ask someone in a formal way to do something, which could further mean, "want him or in need of him".
Which version do you prefer?
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She's the One -- Robbie Williams
I was her she was me
We were one we were free
And if there's somebody calling me on
She's the one
If there's somebody calling me on
She's the one
We were young we were wrong
We were fine all along
If there's somebody calling me on
She's the one
When you get to where you wanna go
And you know the things you wanna know
You're smiling
When you said what you wanna say
And you know the way you wanna play, yeah
You'll be so high you'll be flying
Though the sea will be strong
I know we'll carry on
'Cos if there's somebody calling me on
She's the one
If there's somebody calling me on
She's the one
When you get to where you wanna go
And you know the things you wanna know
You're smiling
When you said what you wanna say
And you know the way you wanna say it
You'll be so high you'll be flying
I was her she was me
We were one we were free
If there's somebody calling me on
She's the one
If there's somebody calling me on
She's the one
If there's somebody calling me on
She's the one
Yeah she's the one
If there's somebody calling me on
She's the one
She's the one
If there's somebody calling me on
She's the one
She's the one
If there's somebody calling me on
She's the one
She's the one..
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Vocabulary:
Lame -- (adj) (especially of an excuse or argument) weak and unsatisfactory
Rehab -- (n) [U] the process of helping someone to stop taking drugs or alcohol
vocal -- (n) [C usually plural] the singing in a piece of popular music
muster -- (vb) [I or T] to produce or encourage especially an emotion or support
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Resources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_williams
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I've_Been_Expecting_You
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She's_the_One_(World_Party_song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDOjb3C39Lk
http://www.lyrics007.com/Robbie%20Williams%20Lyrics/She's%20The%20One%20Lyrics.html
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/call-in-on-sb#call-in-on-sb__2
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/call-on-sb#call-on-sb__2
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/rehab