Some faces
From the pictures what kind of music do you think they do?
Some names:
Ella Yelich-O'Connor (Lorde)
Kimbra
Anna Coddington
Aldous Harding
Aaradhna
Hollie Fullbrook (Tiny Ruins)
Three other prominent female artists not used in this lesson:
Nadia Reid
Coco Solid
Reb Fountain
1. Lorde
On Feminism - and the meaning of the name Lorde.
1. How did Lorde hit upon the word "lord"?
2. Why did she add an 'e' to the name?
3. How does Lorde see her own degree of privilege?
4. What is feminism about for Lorde?
Royals - U.S. version
Royals - International / non-U.S version
I've never seen a diamond in the flesh
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
And I'm not proud of my address, in the torn up town
No post code envy
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
And I'm not proud of my address, in the torn up town
No post code envy
to cut one's teeth - acquire initial practice or experience of a particular sphere of activity.
a diamond in the rough - An uncut diamond. (idiomatic) A person whose goodness or other positive qualities are hidden by a harsh or unremarkable surface appearance.
to see sb in the flesh - in person or (of a thing) in its actual state.
post code envy - jealousy of another person's address, because of its snobbish status.
Q: What is the first verse about, in your opinion?
But every song's like gold teeth, Grey Goose, trippin' in the bathroom
Bloodstains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair
Bloodstains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair
Q: What is the second verse about? What are all these things signs of?
And we'll never be royals
It don't run in our blood
That kind of lux just ain't for us
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler, you can call me Queen B
And baby I'll rule (I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule)
Let me live that fantasy
It don't run in our blood
That kind of lux just ain't for us
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler, you can call me Queen B
And baby I'll rule (I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule)
Let me live that fantasy
Kimbra - Settle Down
Runner
Read the lyrics before listening:
running on wishes - trying to be optimistic, but not feeling very optimistic
the pay off - the reward
I’ve wasted love throwing my heart at a lost cause
a lost cause - something that's not worth fighting for
Listen to the song and video together
What do the visual surprises in this video add to the meaning of the song?
Some phrases these lyrics recall:
"I've got the picture" (to understand something, and need no further explanation)
"a fixture" (person with whom you have become very familiar, attached)
I wanna settle down
I wanna settle down
Won't you settle down with me?
Settle down
We can settle at a table
A table for two
Won't you wine and dine with me?
Settle down
I wanna raise a child
I wanna raise a child
Won't you raise a child with me
Raise a child
We'll call her Nebraska
Nebraska Jones
She'll have your nose
Just so you know
I wanna settle down
I wanna settle down
Won't you settle down with me?
Settle down
Run from Angela Vickers
I saw her with you
Monday morning small talking on the avenue
She's got a fancy car
She wants to take you far
From the city lights and sounds deep into the dark
Star so light and star so bright
First star I see tonight!
Star so light and star so bright
Keep him by side!
I wanna settle down
I wanna settle down
Baby there's no need to run
I'll love you well
I wanna settle down
It's time to bring you down
On just one knee for now
Angela Vickers is a socialite in the film A Place in the Sun (1951). She seduces and leads astray a young man.
Discuss some of the things in the video.
1. Kimbra's look. The wig, make-up and dress
2. The age of the other female actress
3. Use of colour
4. The mechanical sounds and mechanical feeling in the dancing
5. What's going on between the two young female characters?
6. Why the fire?
3. Anna Coddington
Discuss some of the things in the video.
1. Kimbra's look. The wig, make-up and dress
2. The age of the other female actress
3. Use of colour
4. The mechanical sounds and mechanical feeling in the dancing
5. What's going on between the two young female characters?
6. Why the fire?
3. Anna Coddington
Runner
Read the lyrics before listening:
I’m running on empty, trying to take a long view
hoping that my happiness is on my way toward you
run out of feelings, nothing left for you
I made a mess of them with somebody before you
Running on empty - being low on energy, or possibly literally not having much fuel left in your tank.
Running on empty - being low on energy, or possibly literally not having much fuel left in your tank.
I’ve wasted my heart throwing love down a wishing well
now I can tell when the bottom’s near
so I keep running and the further that I go
the more I love to be on my own
getting near to the bottom - similar meaning to running on empty
getting near to the bottom - similar meaning to running on empty
I’ll stick around for the fun, but baby I’m a runner
Coz you might be the one or just another lover
I’m here now for the fun, but baby I’m a runner
Coz you could be the one or just another lover
A runner - someone who doesn't commit in a relationship
A runner - someone who doesn't commit in a relationship
I’m running on wishes, promises of all new
beginnings and everything I felt when I first saw you
running on the feeling that just around the corner
is the pay off for all of the hell I went through for ya
running on wishes - trying to be optimistic, but not feeling very optimistic
the pay off - the reward
I’ve wasted love throwing my heart at a lost cause
and all because it seemed easier
but I kept running and the further that I got
the more I realized that it’s not
a lost cause - something that's not worth fighting for
Listen to the song and video together
What do the visual surprises in this video add to the meaning of the song?
Fixture Picture
Honey, your face is folding up
As the memory kisses you goodbye
In what sense is the verse an introduction?
What is happening?
It's better to live with melody and have an honest time
Isn't that right?
What do you make of these lines?
As the memory kisses you goodbye
In what sense is the verse an introduction?
What is happening?
It's better to live with melody and have an honest time
Isn't that right?
What do you make of these lines?
There's a definite vibe
You can't be pure and in love
In the corner in blue
Is my name (in the corner)
What do these lines mean to you?
You can't be pure and in love
In the corner in blue
Is my name (in the corner)
What do these lines mean to you?
Fixture picture
I've got it, I'm on it
You're in it, I'm honoured
Fixture picture
I've got it, I'm on it
You're in it, I'm honoured
I've got it, I'm on it
You're in it, I'm honoured
Fixture picture
I've got it, I'm on it
You're in it, I'm honoured
Some phrases these lyrics recall:
"I've got the picture" (to understand something, and need no further explanation)
"a fixture" (person with whom you have become very familiar, attached)
Boney M - Brown Girl in the Ring (1979)
Brown Girl
I'm more than the colour of my skin
I'm a girl that likes to sing
All I know is what's within
Not just a brown girl in the ring
Go to school and learn their ways
Told how to think and what to say
While my mother says to pray
I pray for better days
God, please help them see
They ain't no different from me
Not above, not beneath
Teach them equality
I'm not just a brown girl in the ring
I'm a girl that likes to sing
I'm not just a brown girl in the ring
I'm a girl that likes to sing
I'm more than what they think of me
More than the colour tones that they see
More than urban, R&B, more than a slang that I speak
1. What is Aardana's cultural background?
2. What song did Aardana win best Hip Hop song for?
3. Why does she refuse to accept the award?
Discuss: What do you think? Was she right to refuse the award?
Tiny Ruins
Winter Garden
I await the day
when I work at the museum
to lie through one's teeth: informal. to tell someone something that you know is completely false: He asked me how old I was and, lying through my teeth, I said "29".
shock cavalry: heavy cavalry used in battle as a 'shock' tactic.
Statues watching on: onlookers, spectators
a time bomb: a secret that is bound to become public and upset others
1. Who are the two people in this song?
I await the day
when I work at the museum
With you across the way
in the winter gardens
in the winter gardens
So young and so warm
We'll storm, we'll swarm
the parks on our lunch breaks
We'll lie on the lawn
Smile so stealthily
Buttery and brief
We'll lie through our teeth
Shock all the cavalry
Statues watching on
Us in our time bomb
to lie through one's teeth: informal. to tell someone something that you know is completely false: He asked me how old I was and, lying through my teeth, I said "29".
shock cavalry: heavy cavalry used in battle as a 'shock' tactic.
Statues watching on: onlookers, spectators
a time bomb: a secret that is bound to become public and upset others
1. Who are the two people in this song?
2. What are they doing?
3. What will happen eventually?
4. Consider the use of rhyme, rhythm and assonance in these lyrics.
5. Can you find imagery relating to war?
6. Can you find imagery relating to gardens?
3. What will happen eventually?
4. Consider the use of rhyme, rhythm and assonance in these lyrics.
5. Can you find imagery relating to war?
6. Can you find imagery relating to gardens?
Extn: (only if there's time) Sexism in the Music Industry
Listening: 0:00 - 4:00
Discussion
1. What has APRA (Australasian Performing Rights Association) introduced?
2. Why is Jessie Moss always watching the stage?
3. What proportion of APRA members are female?
4. Why does the presenter bring up the word "visibility"?
5. What are female musicians's not supposed to have on their hip?
Discuss:
Do you think it's important that young people see someone like them succeeding in society?
Who is that person for you?
What do you think of quota systems for industries?
Vocab:
24 collocations
1. What has APRA (Australasian Performing Rights Association) introduced?
2. Why is Jessie Moss always watching the stage?
3. What proportion of APRA members are female?
4. Why does the presenter bring up the word "visibility"?
5. What are female musicians's not supposed to have on their hip?
Discuss:
Do you think it's important that young people see someone like them succeeding in society?
Who is that person for you?
What do you think of quota systems for industries?
Vocab:
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