Live Show

Intro

1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.

• impressive
• fantastic
• Singer-songwriter
• live

• charisma
• amazing
• incredibly
• passionate

• mesmerizing
• romantic
• spare
• mellow

• complex
• delicate
• explosion
• you could hear a pin drop

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Two weeks ago, I was lucky enough to see a fantastic live show. The performer was Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice. He was definitely one of the best musicians I’ve ever seen play live in concert. His energy and charisma was amazing.
Read on to learn more about Damien Rice!

Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Damien Rice’s first album, 0, is quickly gaining popularity in the U.S. because of his incredibly beautiful voice and passionate lyrics. He writes mesmerizing romantic songs that express powerful emotions.
I’ve loved Damien’s music since I bought his CD last year, however, I wasn’t sure what his show was going to be like. The songs on his CD are very spare and mellow and I assumed his performance would be exactly the same way. I was wrong. His concert was a complex mix of quiet delicate sounds and loud explosions of guitar and drums. Sometimes during the show you could hear a pin drop, and other times you couldn’t even hear yourself think.
The mix of sounds made Damien’s live performance even better than I could have imagined. It was truly one of the most impressive performances I’ve ever seen.

 

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