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Sunday, January 24, 2016

"HELLO"

"HELLO"

Adele at Madame Tussauds (London)


Adele says "Hello" to the 1 Billion Club

According to CNN, 
the song "Hello" has reached 1 billion views on Youtube
becoming the fastest video in YouTube's history to do so. 
The music clip received its 1 billionth view in just 87 days.

Apart from Adele's "Hello",
you can watch other video clips
with more than 1 billion visits on YouTube 
in here.



Adele also says why

The song "Hello" is taken from the new album 25.

Adele introduces, on her official website
her new famous song ...


Hello

When I was 7, I wanted to be 8. When I was 8, I wanted to be 12. When I turned 12 I just wanted to be 18. Then after that I stopped wanting to be older. Now I’m ticking 16-24 boxes just to see if I can blag it! I feel like I’ve spent my whole life so far wishing it away. Always wishing I was older, wishing I was somewhere else, wishing I could remember and wishing I could forget too. Wishing I hadn’t ruined so many good things because I was scared or bored. Wishing I wasn’t so matter of fact all the time. Wishing I’d gotten to know my great grandmother more, and wishing I didn’t know myself so well, because it means I always know what’s going to happen in the end. Wishing I hadn’t cut my hair off, wishing I was 5’7”. Wishing I’d waited and wishing I’d hurried up as well.
My last record was a break-up record and if I had to label this one I would call it a make-up record. I’m making up with myself. Making up for lost time. Making up for everything I ever did and never did. But I haven’t got time to hold on to the crumbs of my past like I used to. What’s done is done. Turning 25 was a turning point for me, slap bang in the middle of my twenties. Teetering on the edge of being an old adolescent and a fully-fledged adult, I made the decision to go into becoming who I’m going to be forever without a removal van full of my old junk. I miss everything about my past, the good and the bad, but only because it won’t come back. When I was in it I wanted out! So typical. I’m on about being a teenager: sitting around and chatting shit, not caring about the future because it didn’t matter then like it does now. The ability to be flippant about everything and there be no consequences. Even following and breaking rules… is better than making the rules.
25 is about getting to know who I’ve become without realising. And I’m sorry it took so long, but you know, life happened.
                                 Love,
                                                        Adele

* If you are interested in the LYRICS of the song click here.

Highly Recommended.-

To get to know more about Adele's "Hello" ...
it is worth having a look at the lesson published by RealLife English.
In such a lesson you can: have a look at the lyrics of the song; 
pay attention to grammar, vocabulary and expressions, 
learning some tips to improve pronunciation 
and even take a quizz to check 
"How well you know Hello"

Have a look at RealLife English.

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Monday, January 11, 2016

Let's keep on dancing



LET'S KEEP ON DANCING


"Let's dance
put on your red shoes
and dance the blues"

Let's dance (1983)
by David Bowie



David Bowie has died today.

Although that is sad news
let's think about all the legacy he has left us all and...
... Let's Keep on dancing !!

Let's pay tribute to him 
remembering his song
"Let's dance"



Thanks, David
Rest in Peace

Lyrics:
Let's Dance

FURTHER READING.-
In English: SKY NEWS
In Spanish: EL PAIS 
.