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Anexo ii music and what it means to me (spanish samples)
1. Music and what it means to me
MUSIC IN MI LIFE MUSIC IN MY LIFE
Music is very Hello!
important and For me music is
interesting in our very important, I
lives. When you love it. I think
are in your house that without
and you aren’t music my life
doing anything, wouldn’t be the
you can listen to same. I always
music. When you listen to music
are going to cook and when, for
the food, you can example, I’m
listen to music. angry or nervous;
For these if I listen to music
reasons, to listen to music is important and is I forget everything and my mood changes.
a different thing to do.
I like pop music, well, that’s normally the
In all places you can listen to music: In the music that I listen to on the radio. I usually
sports centre, in town, when watching TV, in listen to the “40 Principales” radio program,
your house… in my opinion it’s fantastic. In it they put all
In my life music is essential because I use kinds of songs that I like and with it you can
the music for a lot of things. When I’m know what the best songs are at the moment
doing my homework I’m listening to music, and other important things.
when I need a relaxed moment I listen to My favourite groups are for example
music, when I go to sleep I’m listening to Amaral, Black Eyed Peas, El Canto Del
music. I didn’t care much about music Loco, Katy Perry... I haven’t got a favourite
before my favourite group called my song because there’s always a new fantastic
attention some time ago. When this moment song, now I like a lot “I’ve gotta felling”
arrived in my life, I started to listen to this (Black Eyed Peas)
group, learn the lyrics of their songs and sing
their songs. The songs are very beautiful and But not only did I like listening to music, I
romantic. This group is in my soul, I love it. also like to play an instrument or sing. I play
I don’t know why but this group impressed the trumpet but the wrong thing is that the
me. songs that I play aren’t famous, they’re from
a lot of years ago.
Now I’m going to talk about my favourite
group, Jonas Brothers. I sing too. I have a game to the on the Play
Station and I sing in it. I’m always singing
Jonas Brothers is a pop/rock group. They when I am alone, well … I do it because then
have had a great success. When I started to nobody is listening to me but when, for
like them, nobody listened to this group but example, I’m in class, my partner has to tell
one day Jonas Brothers were on the cover of me that I must stop singing because
one magazine and everybody liked them, it sometimes it’s annoying.
was a surprise for me. But in my opinion I
think that the people only like them because For me it doesn’t matter the language of the
they are very attractive, but I don’t think this song but I prefer in Spanish because I
is the most important reason to me, I like understand better what the song says.
them because of their music. The music that Well, without music I feel I’m nothing
they sing is very interesting. A lot of songs
talk about girls and bad romances. Edurne Urricelqui Goñi
Maitane Aragón
2. Music and what it means to me
MUSIC When I like a song very much, I usually look
for the lyrics and listen to it again and again
Music is a very
until I learn it by heart.
important part of my
life because I listen I like songs from very different artists. The
to music all the time. best are pop songs. If I have to say who my
I like all kinds of fauvorite artist is, I would choose Amaia
music but I prefer Montero. In my opinion she is an excellent
one kind in especial: singer. For that reason I went to one of her
the Bachata. The concerts three months ago in the Baluarte,
only kind I detest is the concert hall in Pamplona. The concert
the music played by was wonderful and after that I could take a
band named photo with her!
Metallica, and other I don’t play any musical instrument, but I
like them. like the flute and the guitar.
My favorite band is "The Kings of Bachata"
Naiara Irigoyen
(Aventura), because are the best Latin band.
The members of this group are: Romeo, MUSIC
Henry, Lenny and Mickey. My favorite song I love listening to music.
is "our song" because is very sweet. I have When I have free time I
never been to an Aventura’s concert because listen to the radio or a
my parents don’t let my go. CD. Music makes me
I like listening to the radio when I do the feel happy, it helps me to
homework, in the shower, in the bus and relax and I forget all my
when I’m making up. problems for a few
minutes.
The thing I most like is to dance. I like
dancing Bachata, Salsa, Merengue, But sometimes, when I
Regaeton, etc, but I never dance Metallica’s have problems or I'm
songs or others similar. worried about something, music makes me
feel sad.
I don’t have CDs because I listen to music
on my mobile phone and in the computer. I like pop music but I haven't any favourite
group or singer. I usually listen to The
Yesenia Cevallos Script, Maná, Beyoncé, Black Eyed Peas,
Coldplay, April lavigne, The 5th Season...
MUSIC I don't like rock or rap music. In my opinion,
these types of music are very boring.
Music has always
been very My favourite song is 'The Man who can't be
important for me moved' by Script. It is a very beautiful song
and it still is. It is about a man who is sad and he's waiting for
a way to spend his girl in the place where they met.
the time: it can be A group I often listen to is Maná. It is a band
classical to relax from Mexico and they usually play songs
or more active to about love. The group formed in 1987. There
sing or to dance. are some of their CD's, like :'Sol,Luna, Amar
I find everyday a short time to listen to it. I es combatir...' that I really like. The song I
prefer doing it in the computer. There I can like the best is 'Bendita la luz'. Another song
find the lyrics and the music I want to listen I like is 'Rayando el sol'. It is a bit old, but it
to. On the contrary, on the radio, I can’t doesn't matter.
choose it.
3. Music and what it means to me
I often sing karaoke with my family or with la voz". In 2004 "Incontrolable". In 2008
my friends. We don't sing very well but it is "Lagrimas y Gozos". I was the 15th of
very funny!! August, in 2009 in one of their concerts in
Bilbao.
Four years ago I went to a concert of Julieta
Venegas. All the people were singing and Iker Ilundain
dancing and it was a very special moment.
MUSIC´S IN MY SOUL
I don't play any musical instrument, only I love music.
when I was in first and third of ESO I played
the flute at music classes in the high school. Music is, for me, a way
to express your feelings,
I can't live without music. I think that it is your ideas, and share
very important in our lives. them with the world.
Laura Valencia I hear music every day;
MUSIC it’s with me every
moment. It’s really
Music for me is an
important in my life.
essential part of me
because music makes There are kinds of music that suit my mood
me feel well, helps me and my character, and I’m always singing
to forgot things and them (and boring my friends with my
change my mood. In music).
general I like all the kids Well, I know that all kinds of music are the
of music, but there are same, I know they mean different things and
some that I prefer and different ways of thinking...
others I hate. I like Reggae, Ska (that is very
similar to Reggae), rock, techno... I hate rap, So my favourite kind of music is pop, and
Reggaeton, pop... also some of pop-rock. My favorite pop-rock
group is "The Jonas Brothers": Joe, Nick and
I don’t play any musical instrument bur if I Kevin, but especially the youngest of them,
could play one, I want to play the drum. Nick Jonas. I love his voice and he’s my
When I’m doing my homework, I like idol.
listening to music because it inspirits me to
do things better. Sometimes when I’m happy The Jonas Brothers´ band started five years
I sing in the shower, not very well because I ago, when a producer discovered them.
don’t sing very well and so I don’t like Before it, Nick sang alone Christian pop
singing in karaoke. My favourite singer is music; he had a CD, "Nicholas Jonas".
Bob Marley. He’s my idol! His music helps As a group they have four CDs: "It’s about
me to relax. If you go to any part of the time", "Jonas Brothers", "A little bit longer"
world, there’re always people who know and "Lines, vines and trying times".
about Bob Marley. My favourite song by
him is "Buffalo Soldier" The Jonas Brothers’ aren’t only a music
band, they are also nice people, they are
My favourite band is Ska-p. It’s a band from famous and millionaire, and they give
Vallecas, a neighbourhood in Madrid. This annually a 10% of the money they get to
band plays Ska music. Their lyrics talk about some ONGs that they have.
the injustice, about abuses of the countries,
about social issues, ... The band started in Nick also talks and gives his help and his
1994 with the first single called "Ska-p". time to children that have diabetes, like him,
Two years later, in 1996 they released their and he gives them a message: Hold on and
second single: "El vals del obrero". One year have faith, wait a little bit longer until you
later, in 1997 the third single "Eurosis". In are fine!!
2000 "Planeta Eskoria". In 2002 "Que corra
4. Music and what it means to me
Their music is for me a great way of Music in my life
thinking. They sometimes make me smile,
and other times they make my cry, and their Hi! I’m Itziar and
songs get to my soul. I’m going to tell
you some of the
They sing about everyday topics, that are best groups of
usual for everyone, they are close to the music from my
people that hear them. point of view.
My favourite song is "Please be mine" and I like a lot pop
there are some lyrics in this song that are music, hip-hop,
always in my head, like "I’ll be waiting for punk, etc. The groups I like a lot are:
you till the end of time", "I can’t stop my Cascada, Rihanna, Alesha Dixon, Pussy-cat
heart from calling you" or "All our hopes dolls and Beyoncee. Other groups I like are
and our dreams will come true". from Navarre such as: Kaotiko, Piperrak,
I also listen to other groups and I need to Tximeleta, Ken 7 (Ken zazpi), etc. They are
listen to music, is very important for me. very good groups and the singers too. But
there is a singer that sang very well but he
I could not live without music because is a died and he was “The king of the music”, he
part of my soul. was Michael Jackson.
Irati Segura Torres I like Cascada, Rihanna, Alesha Dixon,
Pussy-cat dolls and Beyoncee because they
sing very well and their music makes me feel
Music and what it means to me better because they are with rhythm and you
Music is a very feel like to dance. I understand some of their
important thing in my lyrics so it is good, so I can feel the song
life. It is present better. All of them are American’ singers. I
every day, at any think that their songs are better because on
moment. the one hand you don’t understand all the
song, so the song can be stupid or on the
I play the trombone, other hand it can be very interesting, because
so my afternoons are some of their songs tell a story, and I think
full of classes in which I have to play it, and that these stories aren’t fantastic, but for
music is present. When I play it in my house, them they are real because they want to
music is also present. transmit their feelings, as Michael Jackson
I like to listen to music when I am doing my did when he sang and danced his songs.
homework, waiting for someone or just Then there are other groups such as,
killing the time. Also I download a lot of Kaotiko, Piperrak, Tximeleta, Ken 7 (ken
songs from the internet and I always wake zazpi) and more which they are from
up with the radio. I buy a lot of CDs of my Navarre and from the Basque Country.
favourite groups and when they come here, I These groups sing rock and punk music.
always try to go to the concert with my Some of them sing in Spanish and the others
friends. sing in Basque. Their songs have a lot of
When I like a song very much, I listen to it rhythm and make people sing their songs at
until I learn it by heart and sometimes I look the concerts. They are very good singers and
for the lyrics on the internet. make people feel better.
In general, music is the first thing in my list So definitely, these groups are the best and
of interests. For me it is really important and they are the only groups that make me feel
I know that, without music, my life wouldn’t better.
be the same, it would be very boring. Itziar Vizcay Iriarte
Leyre García
5. Music and what it means to me
Music and what it means to me Avril Lavigne, Miley Cyrus, Cassey, Hilary
Duff...
Music. This word keeps
inside something special, Like you can see, I prefer songs in English
something with which and English music. I like them more,
everyone feels identified because they sound better than songs in
and it's also very Spanish and they are more beautiful.
important to me. For me, But the bad thing is that sometimes you
music isn't only a sound, think a song says a thing, but it really says a
because there are a lot of completely different thing.
sounds. It's is more, is a
wonderful world to I don't have any favourite song, because I'm
which everybody can enter, and we can open always listening to all of my band's and
it whenever we want: just press play! singer's songs and I like a lot of them. I can't
choose just one!
Music contains experiences, feelings,
emotions, memories, thoughts...and helps us I'm listening to music all the time; when I
to understand and look at the things from a read books, when I do my homework (if it
different viewpoint, more cheerful and isn't very hard), when I am relaxing, when I
lively. Music gives us the energy that do sports, when I am on the Internet, when I
sometimes we haven't and the impulse we eat...but never when I am studying, if not I
sometimes need...and because of this it is so can't concentrate in the book.
necessary. When I am eating at home, alone or with my
Music makes me happy and after hearing a family, I sometimes turn on the radio and I
song I like (because there are many kinds of listen to it during the lunch or the dinner. I
songs), I feel much better. always put music programmes like Cadena
100, Los 40 Principales, Kiss FM... and I
It's a really good way to disconnect from our like them a lot because I can listen to my
world and to feel free. favourite songs.
The world without music would be very When my family and me are traveling by
boring and sad, and I think nobody would car we sometimes turn on the radio, because
like it and wouldn't be happy there. we like the music a lot and we have similar
I don't like all kinds of music, because same tastes on music. Although my mom prefers
of them are very different to others. My Spanish songs, because she doesn't
favourite kind of music are pop music and understand anything from the songs in
country music, and sometimes classical English.
music and rock music too. Most singers or I have got music in computer, in my Mp4,
bands I like are pop singers, because this is in my mobile telephone...and sometimes I
really my favourite type of music. But I have download songs from Internet, but not very
to say that lately I have started to like more often.
country music.
And this is all that I can tell you about my
There is a kind of music that I hate, and this tastes in music. And don't forget it: when
is heavy metal. I haven't got anything against you feel sad, just press play!
it, but simply I don't like it.
Leyre Salvador
I don't have favourite singers or music
groups, because I like many of them. They
are these: La Oreja de Van Gogh, Amaral, El
Canto del Loco and Amaia Montero from
Spain. Demi lovato, Green Day, Cold play,
Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Alicia Keys, Pink,