Prime Time 5, Transition, Coursebook mit Audio-CD

6 “Blowin’ in the wind”: Then and now a) How do the lyrics express the main ideas of the song? Find quotations in the text and add the line numbers, too. 1. looking for peace: a white dove … sleeps in the sand? (lines 3–4) 2. stopping all wars: 3. people are not free: 4. the rich ignore the problems of the poor: 5. no help for the sick or the weak: b) Can you name any regions or situations where these problems can be seen at the moment? c) Choose at least one region and briefly describe the problems people have there. Research activity: The music a) Look for these two songs by Christina Aguilera and Bob Dylan on the internet and listen to them. b) Find suitable adjectives describing the music of each song. 6 7 loud fast aggressive slow simple sophisticated exciting catching soft modern monotonous gentle melodious Christina Aguilera: “Can’t hold us down” Bob Dylan: “Blowin’ in the wind” c) Swap the lists of adjectives in the table above. Would the messages of the songs stay the same? Why or why not? Internet project: Protest songs These artists have all had big hits with protest songs. Find out more about the artists, which protest songs they sang and what the songs’ messages were. 8 Aretha Franklin John Lennon Pink 80 Music Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv