Weida "Gemini Perspective"
The creation of songs is generally regarded as a mode of performing arts, a kind of leisure and entertainment for the public!
Personally, I think that songs are not just performance arts or entertainment, and most songs are works with multi-layered cultural connotations. Songs have both poetic charm and touching rhythms, which express the author's views and emotions, and some lyrics will have a complete story that reflects the values and phenomena of contemporary society. Because of such a rich connotation, listening to and singing nostalgic English songs is the most suitable tool for me to learn about the culture of Western countries and learn their language.
This column "Appreciation of Good Songs, Listening to Songs to Learn English" hopes to share nostalgic English old songs, so that friends who want to improve their English skills can have an easier channel to learn English. By sharing the author's inspiration when writing the song and the background of the time at that time, this is equivalent to providing a "context" for learning English, so as to improve English thinking> improve flexible understanding of English> and improve English expression skills.
Most of the nostalgic English songs shared in "Gemini Perspective" are slower and easy to master, and some of them have story content, with simple and beautiful words and correct grammar. It is well worth using as a reference for learning English. At the back of each song, learning points are also integrated, and some noteworthy points are given to the friends to wake up.
The song "Blackbird" is a bird with black feathers, commonly referred to as a crow, and crows often give people a sense of bad luck, both in China and abroad! This song was composed by The Beatles in 1968 and co-written by band members John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
According to McCartney, the lyrics of the song were inspired by their trip to ---Rishikesh, the land of yoga, India, where they heard crows crying while practicing "supernatural meditation," and they felt the tensions of race relations in the United States in the sixties. They used the term "Blackbird" as a metaphor for people of color in the United States, and expressed their oppression in their voices as a cry and struggle for social equality.
Blackbird flies 黑鸟飞
It can be seen that many singers/musicians in Europe and the United States in the last century have a sense of mission of the times, and they express some social injustices and demands through singing, which has attracted the attention of the public. It is not the same as the modern idolized entertainers, who only look at monetary interests and lack a bit of culture and moral sentiments;
Blackbird 黑鸟 --- by The Beatles
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歌词：Blackbird 黑鸟
Blackbird’s singing in the dead of night.
The blackbird sings in the dead of night.
Take these broken (1) wings and learn to fly.
Take these broken wings and learn to fly. (In the predicament, struggling hard)
All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to rise.
Your whole life, you're just waiting for this moment to rise. (The moment of getting ahead)
Blackbird’s singing in the dead of night.
The blackbird sings in the dead of night.
Take these sunken (2) eyes and learn to see.
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see (see and understand).
All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to be free.
Your whole life, you're just waiting for this moment to be free.
Blackbird flies (3), blackbird flies into the light of the dark black night.
The blackbird flies, and the blackbird flies into the light of the dark night. (A glimmer of hope in the dark)
You were only waiting for this moment to rise.
You're just waiting for this moment to rise.
Blackbird flies, blackbird flies into the light of the dark black night.
The blackbird flies, and the blackbird flies into the light of the dark night. (A glimmer of hope in the dark)
Blackbird’s singing in the dead of night.
The blackbird sings in the dead of night.
Blackbird’s singing in the dead of night.
The blackbird sings in the dead of night.
Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
Take these broken wings and learn to fly. (In the predicament, struggling hard)
All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to rise.
Your whole life, you're just waiting for this moment to rise.
学习点 Learning Points：
- Broken --- is the past participle of the verb Break, and many times past participles are used as adjectives, and here is an example.
- Sunken --- is the past participle of the verb Sink, which is also used as an adjective.
- Blackbird fly --- The listener sings "Blackbird fly", but grammatically it is not correct, because "Blackbird" is singular, then the verb should be followed by an "s", or "Blackbirds" is a plura, and then the verb "fly" should not be added with an "s". It may be that the singer deliberately hid the pronunciation of the "s".
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