Here s a list of songs used in class in case you might want to work with them. I've added some other good videos and interviews.

Tricky Piano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk5SG-Des5Y
Interview with Tricky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yAXfvEP3rY
Macy Gray I Try
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsTk2xp0nvY&feature=related
Kate Nash Foundations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsTk2xp0nvY&feature=related
Interview with Kate Nash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHFbC203dtM
Lily Allen Smile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WxDrVUrSvI
Lily Allen LDN Accapella
http://www.youtube.com/user/danifacch18?blend=1&ob=4&rclk=cti
Interview With Lily Allen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TAVxKtRJO4
DMX Who We Be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB2_MmtMoIc
Jill Scott The Way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCerHrqWQkQ
Unknown Artists Rosie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuaPIDUQF5U
Vera Hall Trouble so Hard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9SENzRLk_M&feature=fvw

Southafrican band Tumi and the Volume talk about their experience in America.
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DvE_TO0Ebx24%26feature%3Drelated&h=83d754791c19ed10ea90a0b71849d456

Timeless soul music classics

OTTIS READING THE DOCK OF THE BAY
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=wzrXc68gNjQ

MARVIN GAYE with lyrics
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=hajBdDM2qdg&feature=related

BOBBY WOMACK ACROSS 110 STREET
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=KtzRJgZG98I

Almost everything is on you tube 4 u to check out!!! This is a very useful activity if you want to focus on pronunciation , rhythm and ultimately speed.

Remember you have these rhymes printed out. A good exercise progression could be identifying sound patterns such as rhyme and vowel repetition. Then, you can proceed to say the patterns aloud following the artist's flow. Finally, you can start learning some lines by heart parroting pronunciation and rhythm. Once you know a good old chunk you can use it as a kind of mantra to warm your tongue up to prepare for some real English.


Wu banga 101 by Ghostface Killah
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4HD1KykTG2o

Lalala by Saul Williams
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yaFhd_xYz0o&feature=related

Underground by KRS-One
http://youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6hJdYk15A

This is a very juicy song for a good old pronunciation polishing. You can practice reading the lyrics following the slow lullaby mood of the music. The aim of the exercise is to parrot the voices of the three artists' murmuring voices.

Here you have two versions of the same song. The first link will get you the official video for the song poems. The second is a live performance of the same song. The third link will enable you to have a look at the lyrics.

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ9pEAABU_I&feature=related
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRAM5rr_GI8&feature=related
3. http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/tricky/poems_20140650.html

two different but equally inpired versions of a beautiful song.

artist. johnny cash
song. hurt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go&mode=related&search=

artist. nine inch nails
song. hurt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgSWRicWIy4

lyrics
http://www.lyrics007.com/Johnny%20Cash%20Lyrics/Hurt%20Lyrics.html

nice free online music

http://www.deezer.com/

90 s usa bands which may attract a variey of different music lovers.

band sonic youth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iva_Y9W3hJ0
band dinosaur jr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyQtZsS9e1Y
band pearl jam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uYmyhmqcaY&mode=related&search=
band skunk anansie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL_5LF9Ph9U
band nin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgSWRicWIy4
band marylin manson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCgBVvYDd_g
band green day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8Y3qDDODT0
band black crowes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djo4gfXaXZg
band wu-tang clan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuA5dDm0f34

recent rock acts that are quite big in the uk and may interest you for a fun time are the following

artic monkeys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohLd4C-Bh0Y
the streets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKg_jOKyA9Y&mode=related&search=
kaiser chiefs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spYcp0ZB4nM
the strokes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM2Ssne97ek

Poetry links. There's a whole world that is there for you to discover in modern poetry. Watch some of it performed live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmCxC0RnzQM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TdugMcgZIc&mode=related&search=

A revision of the famous song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owedh6o6JwI&mode=related&search=

coolest music ever. here's some of it. get the lyrics in google and just start singing.



artist tricky
song evolution revolution love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAF6VZQamtw&mode=related&search=

artist dubstar
song no more talk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u40NmwGnMQI

artist US 3
song cantaloop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2maO09JpKI

artist saul williams
song black stacey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRsgavuG4sg&mode=related&search=


artist red hot chilli peppers
song under the bridge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76oniLfVn14&mode=related&search=



artist bjork
song earth intruders

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wioa74MsBYA



artist rage against the machine
song renegade of funk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nQUlbKdc74



artist portishead
song only you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PnNrtUTwa4


artist pixies
song debaser

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mCoOlUjhlc&mode=related&search=


artist nirvana
song come as you are

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOL5cpwTkes

artist gorillaz
song clint eastwood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpDer9wdUEw

are you into break dancing? For those among you who might be into Hip Hop or for those who like seeing this kind of dance and would like to know a bit more, here is some excellent documentary:


http://www.jonhs.net/freemovies/freshest_kids.htm

Here is a link for those of you who are interested in Hip hop English, Ebonics, Hip Hop, Black English, knowing more about youth culture and the like.

http://www.jonhs.net/freemovies/rhyme_reason.htm

There's still some truly inspired lyricists out there:

Hope there’s someone Who’ll take care of me When I die, will I go Hope there’s someone Who’ll set my heart free Nice to hold when I’m tired There’s a ghost on the horizon When I go to bed How can I fall asleep at night How will I rest my head Oh I’m scared of the middle place Between light and nowhere I don’t want to be the one Left in there, left in there There’s a man on the horizon Wish that I’d go to bed If I fall to his feet tonight Will allow rest my head So here’s hoping I will not drown Or paralyze in light And godsend I don’t want to go To the seal’s watershed Hope there’s someone Who’ll take care of me When I die, Will I go Hope there’s someone Who’ll set my heart free Nice to hold when I’m tired .-

Song: Hope there's someone

Band: Antony and the Johnsons

Masters of slow beats and poignancy, Massive Attack's records bear the traces of different musical roots turning them into something NEW.

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_Attack