BBC 6分钟英语学习 歌曲写作

English from the BBC. Hello. This is 6 min English from BBC.

Learning English. I'm Sam, and I'm Neil.

Is it the Rolling Stones? Well, I've had this song stuck in my

head all day. It's a real ear worm.

You know, a song you keep hearing over and over again in your head?

Well, the Rolling Stones, E.G., are famous for their catchy songs.

But writing a memorable song isn't easy.

Not only do you have to write a good tune, you also need to match it to the lyrics the words of the song.

In this program, will be discussing the art of songwriting, combining lyrics and music to make a hit song.

And of course, we'll be learning some new vocabulary as well.

But 1st, I have a question for you, neil.

Every week from 1964 until it ended in 2006, the BBC television program Top of the Pops had a countdown of the most popular songs in the British music charts from number four c up to number one.

So who's had the most number one hit songs in the UK over the years?

Is it A The Rolling Stones?

B The Beetles will see? Elvis Presley Oh, you're showing your age there, sam, those musicians were famous decades ago.

I'm gonna go foresee the king of rock and roll.

Elvis Presley OK, I'll reveal the answer later in the program.

Professor Adam Bradley is the author of the Book Of Rhymes, a study into the lyrics of hip hop music.

He knows a lot about how words and music combined to make hit songs.

When he spoke to BBC radio for program Word of Mouth, the presenter Michael Rosen, asked Adam what music he was listening to at the moment.

These days, I have a little bit of a nostalgic street, so I'd go back to some of the earliest music that mattered to me as a as a young person, music that my mother played for me, things like Crosby Stills in Nash, sweet Judy, blue Eyes, things like the earliest music that I discovered as an independent tastemaker for myself, things like Dale La Soul and tribe called quest Adam says he's currently listening to the music his mother played him when he was young.

Because he has a nostalgic streak, an affectionate feeling for a happy time in the past.

His mum liked 1960s American singer songwriters like Crosbie Stills and Nash Adam.

Is also listening to hip hop groups like Adela Soul, the music he chose when he started finding his own taste in music, becoming a tastemaker for himself.

A tastemaker is someone who influences what is considered fashionable or popular at the moment, as well as hip hop.

Adam also loves rock and roll music, and, like me, is a big fan of the Rolling Stones, whose singer Mick Jagger and guitar player Keith Richards are two of the most successful songwriters ever.

Here, adam tells BBC Radio force word of mouth, how the rock stars work together to write some of the best known songs in rock and roll history.

Often, keith Richards would would go on one of his historic benders and and wake up with a recording device next to him in the morning where he had put the melody down for a song and had the cord structure and everything in place, and he might take that to Mick, and Mick would would listen through and he would, he would write lyrics and in mix mine, as he said in an interview once, he would impose his melodies as a singer on keys court structure.

So there would be this give and take, this tension.

Keith Riches is famous for going on benders, a period of time spent in heavy alcohol, drinking and non stop partying.

During these, he often thought up the chord structure for a song.

A chord is three or more musical notes played together, so a chord structure is a sequence of chords played one after the other.

Later, mick Jagger would listen to the music Keith had thought up and write lyrics to match.

Adam describes this relationship as give and take, a compromise, where you're willing to accept suggestions from another person and give up some ideas of your own.

Mick and Kiss. Legendary friendship has certainly been up and down over the years, and there's no doubt they've written some of the best rock songs ever, but have they been top when it comes to number one hits?

It's time to reveal the answer to my question.

Yes, you asked who's had the most number one hits in the UK Music charts?

And I said it was Elvis Presley.

Oh hmm. Which was the correct Aunt Senio with 21 number one hits, elvis, the king of rock and roll, is the most successful chart topper, followed by the Beetles with 17 number ones, and further down the list, the Rolling Stones, with eight.

OK, let's recapt

the vocabulary we've learned, starting with Ear

Worm, a song that you can't stop hearing over and over in your head.

An nostalgic streak is an affectionate or bitter, sweet

feeling you have for a happy time in the past.

A tastemaker is a person that influences what people think is popular or fashionable at the moment.

If you go on a bender, you spend time drinking alcohol heavily.

A chord structure is a sequence of

musical chords. And finally, given take between two people is a compromise in which they are willing to accept suggestions from each other and give up some of their own ideas.

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