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Appreciation on Classical English Popular Songs and Cultures 经典英文流行歌曲文化赏析

Blues When you are tired with the popular music which is monotonous and has a superficial melody, and , can’t listen to classic music and a quiet night when you are alone.

If you are seeking for a kind of music which has high quality , and can meet your needs and preferences, a music with a little romantic and artistic, lovely, but not as strict as the classical music.

• Perhaps, you should have a taste of blues. • From Rock and Roll to Jazz, Rhythm and Blues and Hip-Hop, every kind of pop music, whether how you tracing to the source, it comes to the same thing, the blues. • Blues, which originated in the American black people’s chants, shouting, labor songs, is considered roots in the western African. In the year of 2003, blues had its 100th birthday. • Maybe we can regard it as a kind of American folk music, so that we can divided it from Jazz, country , pop and classical music

Jazz • Jazz is an American musical art form which originated around the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions.

Rock and roll • Rock and roll is most typically played with an electric guitar, an electric bass guitar, a drum kit, and sometimes a piano or keyboard..

Country music • Country music is about tradition, yet its simple form lends itself to endless variations on similar themes. Like blues — the two genres often shared themes, melodies and songs — country is a simple music at its core.

Folk music • Folk music songs deal with almost every kind of human activity. Folk music often expresses the character of ethnic and social groups and sometimes a nation. It is the music of the people. A folk song can express political or religious beliefs, tell a story or describe history, or just provide amusement. • • Folk music is usually learned by listening rather than by reading the notes or words. The music is shared from person to person, from place to place, and from generation to generation.

Folk Music 英国浪漫主义诗人 Robert Burns, 复活并 丰富了苏格兰民歌，他 的诗歌富有音乐性。他 的诗歌充满了激进的民 主、自由的思想，歌颂 了故国家乡的秀美，书 写了劳动者淳朴的友谊 和爱情

Auld Lang Syne (Scottish folk song) • • • • •

Should auld acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot And days of auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, • We'll take a cup o' kindness yet • For auld lang syne.

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We twa hae run aboot the braes And pou'd the gowans fine; We've wander'd mony a weary foot Sin' auld lang syne. We two hae paidled i' the burn, Frae mornin' sun till dine; But seas between us braid hae roar'd • Sin' auld lang syne.

• And here's a hand, my trusty friend, • And gie's a hand o' thine; • We'll take a cup o' kindness yet • For auld lang syne

Edelweiss (Austria folk song)

Dictation • Edelweiss, edelweiss, every morning you greet ____me, • Small and white, clean ____and bright, • You look happy to meet me. • Blossom of snow, may you bloom ____ and grow, grow • Bloom and ______forever, • Edelweiss, edelweiss, bless my homeland _____ forever.

Red River Valley (Canadian Folk song) • From this valley they say you are going We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile For they say you are taking the sunshine That has brightened our path for a while Come and sit by my side if you love me Do not hasten to bid me adieu But remember the red river valley And the cowboy who loved you so true For a long time, my darling, I’ve waited • For the sweet words you never would say. • Now at alas, all my fond hopes would vanished, • For they say that you are going away. • Come and sit by my side if you love me Do not hasten to bid me adieu But remember the red river valley And the cowboy who loved you so true