10 Great Songs For English Fluency & How to Learn with Music

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Aww yeah, I'm Ethan you're a life English fluency coach and today we're talking
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about one of my favorite topics.
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So we are going to show you ten great songs
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for you to learn English with and not only this, we will also teach you some
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great vocabulary, expressions and pronunciation with the lyrics and
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finally we will give you some tips so that you can continue learning with
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songs on your own.
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And we'll jump into all that in just a second but first I
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want to let you know that if you're new here every week we make you fun lessons
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Number 10: Your Song by Elton John.
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Now, the reason that I chose this one is because I recently watched the movie
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Rocketman which is all about Elton John's rise to fame now this was a super
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fascinating movie and I recommend it to you I had no idea that Elton John had
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such a difficult life before I watch this.
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Now he is still considered one of
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the top grossing artists of all time which means that he has sold more albums
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than almost any other artist alive.
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Now, if you're not so much into older music
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then you could check out the version that Ellie Goulding did of this song.
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But let's take a look at some of the expressions that you'll learn in Your Song.
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Number 9: Paradise, by Coldplay
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Now this is probably my favorite song by this iconic band, let's take a look at
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some of the great expressions that you can learn in this song
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Now this is a great song to listen to if you're feeling a
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bit down, that is a little bit sad because it really lifts your spirit,
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it breaks you out of your reality and get you dreaming of what could be.
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Now if you like alternative bands like Coldplay then I highly recommend that you check
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out Vera Blue from Australia who is another alternative artist I discovered
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this year and absolutely loved.
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Number 8: New Rules, by Dua Lipa
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Dua Lipa is an up-and-coming artist who has a really unique sound, now what this means is that
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she is just starting to be recognised for her talent and becoming popular.
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Now we chose this song because it is filled with really fantastic connected speech
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to practice your native pronunciation and understand that is better.
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Now if you like New Rules another song that I loved by her is Don't Start Now.
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Number 7: A Hard Rain Is Gonna Fall, by Bob Dylan.
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Now Bob Dylan is famous for writing ballads, that is a song that kind of
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tells a story, it's like poetry.
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Now this makes them really great for learning
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expressions and figurative language as well as how to tell a story in English.
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You might kind of compare him to some similar modern artists like Taylor Swift.
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Now he wrote this song in the 60s about all the depressing things that he was
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seeing happening in the news.
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However you can probably find a lot of relevance in
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the lyrics of the song even today.
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Now I actually discovered the song
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because one of my favorite folk artists, Laura Marling, did a really amazing cover of it.
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Now if you like Bob Dylan and his tremendous lyrics then I highly
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recommend you check out some similarly famous artists like Joni Mitchell,
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John Denver and of course Laura Marling who I mentioned before.
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Number 6: Were Is The Love, by The Black Eyed Peas.
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Now we're moving to a very different genre but not such a different topic.
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This song is really an anthem for global citizens.
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Now an anthem is a song that
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represents a group or cause for example your country probably has a national anthem.
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Now I like this song because it talks about big global problems and asks
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us if we can love our fellow brothers and sisters of the human race.
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It's also great to learn a little bit about American culture as it makes many
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different references as well as to learn some great expressions.
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Number 5: I Don't Trust Myself, by John Mayer.
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So now we're moving on to one of
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my favourite artists of all time. I've seen John Mayer many times in concert
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and he is an incredibly talented musician, in fact he's probably one of the best
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guitarists alive.
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Now this song that we've chosen is one of the ones that made me
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really fall in love with his music and it's great for you as an English learner
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because you can practice connected speech and improve your native
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pronunciation let's take a look.
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So, one of the reasons I chose John Mayer is because he has done so many different genres
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throughout his career.
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Earlier he did a lot of pop, but then he kinda transitioned more into music
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that he was more passionate about like blues, rock and folk.
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So I'm sure almost any of you can find something
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that you like by him.
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And another artist that I
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like for the same reason is Sia, earlier in her career she actually started with
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more blues but nowadays you'll find her doing more motivational pop which is
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really great if you're working out.
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Number 4: Rain On Me, by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande.
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Now moving on to another artist who has experimented with a lot of different genres: Lady Gaga.
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but most of us might think of her more
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as being like the Queen of Pop.
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Now one of the things that I really love about
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Lady Gaga is that although she is very unique she's not just a superficial pop star,
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she is also a big proponent of the value of kindness and she's spoken a lot
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about this even with the Dalai Lama let's take a look.
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So, other than bein a humanitarian, she's also an extremely talented lyrics writer.
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In fact a lot of you probably saw her recent film
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A Star Is Born, which has some really powerful
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music in it but we've chosen one that is just super fun from her new album and we
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actually did a recent lesson on it and we're going to look at a few expressions
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taken from that lesson and then if you want to continue learning with Lady Gaga
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I recommend that you check out the full lesson after finishing this video.
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Number 3: Don't Stop Me Now, by Queen
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Now did you know Lady Gaga's name actually comes from a song from our next
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band, Queen? Well I was absolutely obsessed with Queen in high school and
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it's so fantastic seeing that the band had a renaissance since the film
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Bohemian Rhapsody came out.
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Now we actually did a lesson teaching English
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with three of their songs which you can check out after finishing this lesson
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but right now we'll just look at an excerpt of it to give you a taste.
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So if you liked that then I also highly recommend
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that you check out the movie Bohemian Rhapsody because
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this is really great to learn a little bit about British culture as well as
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learn more about the history of the band
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Number 2: When The Party's Over, by Billie Eilish.
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So similar to Bob Dylan, Billie Eilish's lyrics
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usually tell some sort of a story, which makes it really great to pick up some
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different vocabulary.
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However with When The Party's Over we're going to
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actually take a look at some of the connected speech.
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Now, this song like many of Billie Eilish's
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is pretty slow and it's not too melodic which makes it perfect to sing along
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with to improve your pronunciation and we made a full lesson with another song
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of her no time to die which I highly recommend you check out later if you're
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a fan of Billy Eilish's.
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Number 1: Lose Yourself, by Eminem.
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Now personally I'm not a huge fan of rap but it is one of the best types of
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music to learn English because it very closely mimics the rhythm of how natives speak.
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In fact this is one of the songs that I used to use to teach connected
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speech to my students, if you practice it over and over again your native
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pronunciation will improve a lot, I promise.
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In fact let's actually take a look from a clip of a lesson that we made using
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the song so that you can practice rapping along with Eminem and improve
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your English pronunciation.
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All right, so if you choose any of those songs really you're going to have a lot
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of fun and you'll learn a lot with them,
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and English learners ask all the time
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what are the best songs to be learning English with?
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Now really you should be
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learning with whatever songs you love you can definitely go learn with rap and
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it will be very effective but if you hate rap then you're not going to enjoy
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the process, what's more important is that you're cultivating curiosity that
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you're not just listening to a song you like but you're actually taking the time
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to go look up the lyrics and really understand what they mean and then sing along.
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Sing along is so important because it really builds those muscles of
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articulation it doesn't matter if you're a great singer just have fun doing it on
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your own and as promised I have a few quick tips for you so the first one is
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to check out Genius lyrics when you're looking up the lyrics at any song
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because there you can find explanations of what the lyrics mean now a lot of
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times just by looking up the words and lyrics you're not going to fully
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understand because there's different references to culture, there's different
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references to something from the person's personal life or they are being
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creative with the language and it's not exactly what it seems to mean so this
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can really help you to go beyond just the language to understand the deeper meaning.
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The next is to use a website called LyricsTraining now this is really
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fantastic to build your vocabulary and your comprehension with any song now
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basically what they do is it's kind of like a game they take out some of the
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vocabulary and you basically have to type it in while you're listening to the
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song playing this is a really great challenge and it's a lot of fun it's
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very addictive go check it out.
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Now the final tip is in Spotify or whatever
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platform that you use to listen to music create a playlist of the songs that
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you're using to learn English because then you can listen on the go when
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you're in your car when you're in the shower when you're cooking dinner and
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you can actually be singing along and practicing any time of day.
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And finally if you want a method to learn English with your favorite songs then I highly
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recommend that you check out this lesson that we made.
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Now if you've liked the
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songs that have suggested to you today and you want to check out more of the
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music that I'm listening to then you can check out what I'm currently listening
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to on Spotify I will post a link to that playlist down in the description below
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and I want to know what songs did I miss, what are your favorite songs learn English with?
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Share them with other English learners
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by writing them down in the comments below now thanks so much for joining me
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today I hope you've had a lot of fun and then you've gotten some new songs to
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practice your English with and now it's time to go beyond the classroom and live
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your English, awww yeah!
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