Songs in clear English

[Guest TheBlueyComplex]

For my return to teaching, I am looking for songs which are sung in pretty clear English. It'll be for ages 6-11, so obviously it needs to have no swearing, but I'd like to find some fun songs I can play the kids. Things like The Beatles, but maybe something a bit more..modern.

[LL!]

Baby Boy Da Prince - The Way I Live

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

Anything by the Arrogant Worms.

(As in anything you can find sung by them, not a specific song called 'Anything')

[ZJ Penn]

Get some Cat Stevens on...

That's a bit more modern.

[SwantonEdge]

I'm not sure what you mean by 'Clear English' but things like the 'Friends' theme song go over pretty well.

[Skummy]

Try some Television Personalities, especially the earlier stuff.

[Thrilla]

Why you gotta play that song so loud

Because we want to! Because we want to!

Why you always run around in crowds

Because we want to! Because we want to!

Why do you have to dance all night

Because we want to! Because we want to!

Why do you always say what's on your mind

Because we want to! Because we want to!

[GRIFT]

A couple of Beatles songs that might be good:

*When I am Sixty Four

*Yellow Submarine

Some other tunes:

*Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash (bonus points for using Social Distortion's version)

*Alison by Elvis Costello

*Santeria by Sublime

*Siberian Kiss by Glassjaw

[MalaCloudy Black]

Almost any Johnny Cash would probably work.

[TOG]

He teaches English abroad, so by clear English I am assuming he means songs that would be easy for someone who has a limited vocabulary to understand.

[GA!]

He teaches English abroad, so by clear English I am assuming he means songs that would be easy for someone who has a limited vocabulary to understand.

Or maybe how a lot of lyrics in songs are hard to understand in the first place anyway. The Beatles' lyrics are very clear without having to refer somewhere for the written lyrics.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Parklife by Blur (Y)

[Turbo Yannis]

Live In A Hiding Place - Idlewild

[Guest olla666]

Anything by Slayer >_>

[Pesci]

Parklife by Blur (Y)

[Nerf]

Bring Me The Horizon.

[Pesci]

Come to think of it, most Blur songs would work. The same for Oasis. Anything from the Britpop movement really.

[Skummy]

The Kinks could be worth a try.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Yeah to Britpop. Common People by Pulp would be excellence. The songs from that era generally involved grammatically sound sentence structures afterall.

I took her to the supermarket. I don't know why but I had to start it somewhere. So it started there.

I said "pretend you've got no money". She just laughed and said "huh, you're so funny" I said "Yeah, I don't see anyone else smiling here. Are you sure...." etc etc.