Hey guys and welcome back to love English today we're looking at the best
British music to help you learn and improve your English now I thought you
guys would enjoy this because I recently made a video on the best British films
and TV series to improve English and you really liked that so I thought well why
not do one about music everybody loves listening to music or at least
most normal human beings love listening to music so why not use it to help you
learn English so hopefully some of these bands and artists you're going to start
to really like and they'll also help you with your English now don't forget guys
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music into four genres rock pop indie and rap and I am looking exclusively at
British music as there is a lot of information out there on American music
and I'm sure a lot of you guys listen to a lot of American music already but I
thought you might want to know a little bit more about bands in the United
Kingdom okay first of all my personal favourite
genre of music rock so in the rock category we have quite a few older bands
we have the Beatles probably the most famous bands ever for learning English
and the Rolling Stones those two were competitors at the time
you can still hear their music played in many places in the United Kingdom as
it's still very very popular also I want to include in this section the band
Queen and u2 now I'm going to recommend songs from
each of these bands which i think are particularly good for helping you learn
English so the Rolling Stones very charismatic frontman Mick Jagger
sometimes is difficult to understand he's got a little bit of a whiny voice
top songs to listen to are beasts of burden miss you brown sugar and jumping
jack flash I think those are all slightly easier and some of them are a little bit slower
there's some good idiomatic vocabulary in that beasts of burden so lots to be
learned from those songs when it comes to the Beatles there are just so many
songs that are useful for learning English The Beatles lyrics tend to be
quite simple quite easy to follow and that is why so many teachers use them in
the classroom easier songs are it's been a hard day's night ticket to
ride loves me do all of those are very repetitive easier songs more difficult
songs are paperback writer I am The Walrus very strange song and also day
tripper so if you want something a bit more challenging
try those songs ok next band are Queen there's a movie out at the moment all
about Queen called Bohemian Rhapsody so you can maybe have a look at that as
well the Queen songs which I would recommend are somebody to love crazy
little thing called love and don't stop me now another band which I've snuck
onto my list is a u2 now they are an Irish band so I'm cheating a little
bit including them but I think they're absolutely fantastic and they're very
popular in England and they're just across the water I've kind of cheated a
little bit and included them some of U2 songs are quite easy to understand
but other ones are faster a couple which I really like myself which I would recommend
Vertigo and the miracle of Joey Ramone brilliant songs right on to pop
music lots to talk about here of course there is the lovely Adele most of her
songs that absolutely fine to listen to and great for English learners because
they're quite slow she's very clear with her voice hello from the other side set
fire to the rain beautiful songs so give Adele a try if haven't already but
I'm sure you've already heard of her another person who I think you've
definitely heard of but I absolutely had to include is of course the lovely Ed
Sheeran his music again the slower songs are easier to understand he's got
quite a clear voice his music it's just brilliant absolutely love him when
I see pictures of him I just want to give him a hug love Ed the songs I would
recommend are of course shape of you perfect
thinking out loud but also some songs on his other albums which is slightly
slower and less famous but brilliant songs afire love
make it rain Nina those are all quite good to follow lots of interesting
lyrics in there as well to help with your vocabulary
okay next I've got two female artists one of them is Ellie Goulding feel-good
happy music she's quite easy to understand some good
songs to listen to are lights love me like you do
check out that album she's an easy one to have on in the background cheerful
feel-good music the next one is perfect for you if you like ballads if you like
music that is all about having a broken heart and sorrows in love then you're
really gonna love this artist she's called Paloma Faith she got famous with
the song New York which is a great song recent songs that have been very popular
are only love can hurt like this and picking up the pieces okay onto indie
music this is where us Brits come alive we've got lots of indie bands in these
are very popular genre in the UK so if you're not sure what we mean by indie
music we mean not quite rock but not quite a pop it is something in the middle
it's kind of like light rock I suppose with a little bit of folk in there as
well no video about British music would be
complete without a mention of this band Oasis one of my favourite ever bands
Oasis are amazing for English learners as they've got lots of slower music
they've got Manchester accents which can be a little bit difficult to
understand but lots of slow music they are quite clear when they speak as well
so some songs that I would really recommend of theirs are supersonic don't
look back in anger Wonderwall champagne supernova live forever those are all quite
easy songs to understand and fairly slow and you can always put a pair of sunnies
on while you listen and you'll feel a bit like Liam Gallagher okay the next time it's a
little bit more difficult to understand but she's got lots of great lyrics and
vocabulary and this is Florence and the Machine the lovely and stupid talented
Florence and the Machine she's very popular with girls in the UK although
some guys like her as well she tends to be slightly more popular
with girls a couple of songs of hers that I would recommend are the dog days
are over spectrum what kind of man and you've got
the love those are perhaps easier songs to listen to so
the next indie bands are not as famous they're quite new they've only been around for
about seven years or something like that they're from Oxford in the United
Kingdom they're fairly easy to understand they've got quite a cool
young vibe about them they're called Foals and some of their top songs have
been my number and mountain at my gates ok the next band I think she thought I
was going to forget them but of course I wouldn't I have to mention them of
course Coldplay they are fantastic for English learners because a lot of their
songs are very slow Chris Martin was a very clear voice so their ideal for
English learners some of their more recent songs like paradise prayer for the
weekend are a little bit faster if you go to the earlier music so songs like
yellow fix you it's a lot slower so perhaps easier to understand ok final
genre is rap and hip hop I've only got two artists to recommend to you in this
section as the USA tends to dominate when it comes to rap and hip hop and
they're amazing at that scene so we tend to be a bit more focused on indie music
on our pop music but we do have a couple of great rap and hip hop artists as well
so two artists to recommend and they are Dizzee Rascal
he's a London rapper he's really really cool he's got some great lyrics really
cool songs I'm going to recommend a couple of his songs to you one is
bonkers one is holiday one is just a rascal he
actually wrapped to the opening ceremony of the Olympics in London when they were
hosted here so he's a very very popular local artist and he's not too difficult
to understand although he has got quite a strong London accent the next band are
the streets they're more of a hip hop act but again very good
lots of lyrics in their songs so really good for you to understand they talk
rather than sing so I actually think they're ideal for learning English really
quite easy to listen to so do check them out as well especially if you like hip
hop and that kind of music some of their biggest hits and best songs are dry your
eyes and blinded by the lights right everybody we've come to
the end of our British music Whistlestop tour so looking very briefly at some
of the best British music and great music to help you learn and improve your
English please do comment below and say what you think of these bands and what
music you think is great to listen to for learning English so thank you
so much for watching guys I hope you enjoyed those artists guys I hope they
make you feel good and improve your English as well we'll see you soon on
love English thanks a lot bye-bye