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) Where are the world’s ongoing conflicts and crisis areas today? c) Choose at least one region and briefly describe the problems people have there. Internet project: Protest songs These artists have all had big hits with protest songs. Find out more about the artists, their protest songs and the message behind each song. Research activity: Adjectives describing music a) These adjectives can be used to describe music. Look up words you don’t know on the internet. smooth joyful poetic inspirational aggressive slow loud fast gentle melodious monotonous exciting simple sophisticated catchy soft modern relaxing romantic sad shrill heartfelt depressing b) Listen to the five protest songs in this unit and find suitable adjectives describing the music of each song. Christina Aguilera: “Can’t hold us down” Bob Dylan: “Blowin’ in the wind” Aretha Franklin: “Respect” John Lennon: “Imagine” Pink: “Dear Mr President” c) Swap the lists of adjectives for each song. Would the messages of the songs stay the same? Why or why not? 6 7 t Aretha Franklin: “Respect” John Lennon: “Imagine” Pink: “Dear Mr President” 8 t 80 Music Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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