Students listen to the song of Dub FX and fill in the gaps with the missing words. Before the listening starts, read all the lines with the gaps and try to figure out what kind of word (what part of speach) is the missing word. Take notes aside.
After the first listening we´re checking the words and the teacher gives the hints for those still missing.
We´re preparing for the second listening, this time with the video related to the song and the performer. After listening and watching the video students answer additional questions (the answers can be found in the explanation he gives before starting to sing):
1. Where is Dub FX from?
2. What is he doing in his life?
3. Where is he performing?
4. Why, when and where did he write this song?
5. Try to describe the way he makes his music.
Dub FX – "Made"
I've got my eyes open wide to the ceiling
I'm lying on my back in the centre of a room
I've got a voice giving me a funny feeling
It’s telling me the world's gonna end real soon
I've gotta get a job (1)…………….. I'm unappealing
Do my little dance for the man and consume
So I let my energy build for the healing
So I can reign down with my supersonic boom
I'm held down by a fog on my way to the top
All (2)…………….. and the pressure won't rise
I'm on a mission to the sky with the stars in my eyes
Yet the weather won't compromise
Like a ball on a chain that is strapped to my brain
I'm a (3)…………….. inside of my dreams
So I will appreciate the future of a day
Where the clouds open up and scream
And I sing now
I ain't gonna spend my time wondering why I never made it
I've already made it
I ain't gonna spend my days thinking about why I never made it
I never made it, I never made it
Like the pages of a (4)…………….. at the bottom of a shelf
I grow stiff yet I keep my pride
Like the one raindrop in the centre of a rose
I'm in heaven with a world outside
Like another (5)…………….. to describe my vibe
I'm just a vessel for my conscious needs
So I will appreciate the future of a day
Where the clouds open up and scream
And I sing now
I ain't gonna spend my time… etc.
It's times like this I need to lose my inhibitions
(6)…………….. my fist and forget about decisions
Help assist in the party that I'm giving
Take on the vibe and soon you will be singing
That it's times like this ya need to lose your inhibitions
Just raise your fist and forget about decisions
I'll help assist in that party that we're giving
Take on the vibe and soon ya will be singing
I ain't gonna spend my time wondering why, I never made it
I've got my eyes open wide to the ceiling
I'm lying on my back in the centre of a room
I've got a voice giving me a funny feeling
It’s telling me the world's gonna end real soon
I've gotta get a job (1)…………….. I'm unappealing
Do my little dance for the man and consume
So I let my energy build for the healing
So I can reign down with my supersonic boom
I'm held down by a fog on my way to the top
All (2)…………….. and the pressure won't rise
I'm on a mission to the sky with the stars in my eyes
Yet the weather won't compromise
Like a ball on a chain that is strapped to my brain
I'm a (3)…………….. inside of my dreams
So I will appreciate the future of a day
Where the clouds open up and scream
And I sing now
I ain't gonna spend my time wondering why I never made it
I've already made it
I ain't gonna spend my days thinking about why I never made it
I never made it, I never made it
Like the pages of a (4)…………….. at the bottom of a shelf
I grow stiff yet I keep my pride
Like the one raindrop in the centre of a rose
I'm in heaven with a world outside
Like another (5)…………….. to describe my vibe
I'm just a vessel for my conscious needs
So I will appreciate the future of a day
Where the clouds open up and scream
And I sing now
I ain't gonna spend my time… etc.
It's times like this I need to lose my inhibitions
(6)…………….. my fist and forget about decisions
Help assist in the party that I'm giving
Take on the vibe and soon you will be singing
That it's times like this ya need to lose your inhibitions
Just raise your fist and forget about decisions
I'll help assist in that party that we're giving
Take on the vibe and soon ya will be singing
I ain't gonna spend my time wondering why, I never made it
After the first listening we´re checking the words and the teacher gives the hints for those still missing.
We´re preparing for the second listening, this time with the video related to the song and the performer. After listening and watching the video students answer additional questions (the answers can be found in the explanation he gives before starting to sing):
1. Where is Dub FX from?
2. What is he doing in his life?
3. Where is he performing?
4. Why, when and where did he write this song?
5. Try to describe the way he makes his music.
Discussion:
Do you like his performance? Do you find his story interesting/inspirational? Do you think his dream came true? What does it mean "to loop"? Do you regret anything in your life? What is your dream job?
Complete the tasks:
- Write the full expressions to their abbreviations below. Find them in the llyrics and underline them.
1
gonna
2
gotta
3
ain't
4
ya
- Check the meaning of the following words and expressions in a dictionary and write their synonym or explanation in English.
1
unappealing
2
supersonic
3
strapped
4
I grow stiff
5
vibe
6
inhibitions
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