CAN YOU...

... "SET FIRE TO THE RAIN" ?

Really it is very difficult, if not impossible...

However, Adele can do it!

“Singing is literally my life, my hobby,

                               my love, my freedom and my job.”                             

Adele (London, 1988)

Do you know ADELE ?

Adele (born 5 May 1988) is an English singer-songwriter.
Today her music is a real success in the UK and in the US and she is number one as female solo artist.
She is the first artist to sell more than 3 million copies of an album in a year in the UK.
Adele became the first living artist to achieve the feat of two top five hits in both the UK Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since the Beatles in 1964.
Adele has also received two Grammy Awards, for "Best New Artist" and "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance". For many critics, she is considered an artist in love and passion for music, with an amazing voice singing about real things.

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If you don't know her music yet, let me introduce it to you with her song...

"SET FIRE TO THE RAIN".

Watch the following video-clip
with her performance at "The Royal Albert Hall".

Close your eyes 

& 

Enjoy her voice !!

Do you like it?
;-) ... I hope so!

Now, To get to know her music in more detail, let's try the following...

ACTIVITIES

 * LYRICS:

1.- Listen to the song again and fill in the gaps using the following parts of the body
(There are 2 extra words that aren't used):


Heart (2)     feet      nose     arms     knees
Face (3)      eyes      legs       hands     lips

                

"Set Fire To The Rain"

I let it fall, my _____ (1),
And as it fell you rose to claim it
It was dark and I was over
Until you kissed my _____ (2)
and you saved me

My _____ (3), they're strong
But my _____ (4) were far too weak
To stand in your _____ (5)
Without falling to your _____ (6)

But there's a side to you
That I never knew, never knew.
All the things you'd say
They were never true, never true,
And the games you play
You would always win, always win.

[Chorus:]
But I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touched your _____ (7),
Well, it burned while I cried
'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name!

When laying with you
I could stay there
Close my _____ (8)
Feel you here forever
You and me together
Nothing is better

'Cause there's a side to you
That I never knew, never knew,
All the things you'd say,
They were never true, never true,
And the games you play
You would always win, always win.

[Chorus:]
But I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touched your _____ (9),
Well, it burned while I cried
'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name!

I set fire to the rain
And I threw us into the flames
Well, it felt something die
'Cause I knew that there was the last time, the last time!

Sometimes I wake up by the door,
That _____ (10) you caught must be waiting for you
Even now when we're already over
I can't help myself from looking for you.

[Chorus:]
I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touched your _____ (11),
Well, it burned while I cried
'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name

I set fire to the rain,
And I threw us into the flames
Well, it felt something die
'Cause I knew that, that was the last time, the last time, oh, ohhhh!

Oh noooo
Let it burn
Oh oh ohhhh
Let it burn
Oh oh ohhhh
Let it burn
Oh oh ohhhh

SELF-CORRECTION.-

Check your answers here .

* READING / LISTENING COMPREHENSION:

1.- Many people think that Adele “writes poetry” in her songs.
In “Set Fire to the Rain” she uses the word “rain” as a metaphor to refer to …

a) bath
b) shower
c) cry

2.-The song describes …

a) a happy woman with economic problems
b) a sad man with no money
c) the contradictory elements of a relationship and the impossibility of letting go

3.- Reason your previous answer with the lyrics of the song:

a) “It was dark and I was over/Until you kissed my lips and you saved me.”
b) “My hands, they're strong/But my knees were far too weak.”
c) "You and me together, nothing gets better/But there’s a side to you that I never knew, never knew/All the things you'd say, they were never true, never true/And the games you play, you would always win."


* PERSONAL OPINION:

According to her opinion, ...

"She wants to make music as personal as possible" . 

What do you think about that statement? Do you think she achieves her purpose?                                                              

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For Further Information.-

Have a look at her official website, that includes:

biography, blog, news, photos, videos and forum.

PS. Answers to the previous READING / LISTENING COMPREHENSION questions:
1.c / 2.c / 3.c