Hello everyone!
A couple of days ago we listened to one of my favourite songs, Elvis Presley's In the Ghetto. As we know, this song is basically about poverty, it describes a boy who can't overcome his unfriendly environment and turns to crime, leading him to his death.
This song was released in 1969, but it was the first song he performed with a social message. This was Elvis' first Top 10 hit in 4 years.
This song produced a great impact on society, and it has been performed by many singers afterwards. The latest example was recorded by Lisa Marie Presley, who used the song and his father's images to raise money for the Presley foundation.
However, not every version of the song has been succesfully produced, there are some examples which are more complicated to analyse and to understand.
Here is one of my favourites.
Can you see any difference between this and the original? Which one do you prefer?
Hi, i'm Andrés (4ºB). As I can see, the last version has lots of mistakes of pronuntiation, and it's obvius that he doesn't speak English. And some parts of the song are different.
ResponderEliminarHello! I'm Elena (4 º B). I saw the song "El Principe Gitano" I do not speak much English, but the man speaks another language, for sure. Tomorrow we meet, kisses.
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ResponderEliminarI saw El Principe Gitano's version. ¡His song is awful! He doesn't speak english, his pronunciation is the worse.
See you,
Francisco. (4ºA)
Hello !
ResponderEliminarThis version is the worse! the man doesn't speak english, he speak in martian jaja. Is auful.
Bye, see you,
Rocio (4ºA)
Hello! I'm Alejandro(4ºB)
ResponderEliminarI think that the pronunciaton of El Principe Gitano is very bad,He doesn't speak english I'm sure.
See you!
Hehe,hi guys! I agree with all of you. However, this is how we (Spaniards)generally sing in the English language. In fact, I heard one of you singing The Beatle's "All you need is love" (I think)in the corridor yesterday, and I thought: "Oh my God, is that really English?" (lol). Please, try to learn as much English as possible in order not to sound like "El Prínciope Gitano"!
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