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Maroon 5

Maroon 5

Date: Sep 17 2007

Themes: Friend, Music

Intro

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A wise rock star keeps his or her old friends. You need them there to keep you honest, and hey, let’s be realistic, fame often doesn’t last forever. But as long as you’re good to your old friends when you’re at the top, they will welcome you back when your 15 minutes are up.

Amanda knows someone who grew up with Maroon 5. Listen to her tell Kevin about it.

Dialog

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Kevin

Kevin

Amanda

Amanda

Kevin:  You know who I rediscovered recently?

Amanda:  Who?

Kevin:  Maroon 5.

Amanda:  Oh, God, be still my heart. Adam Levine, lead singer…

Kevin:  Who’s so attractive.

Amanda:  ...who, pretty much you wake up in the morning, look in the mirror, “Hi Adam.” Right? Do you get that a lot when you walk down the street?

Kevin:  I wish, I wish.

Amanda:  Oh, body, face, style, everything, it’s fantastic.

Kevin:  Man! Although, I don’t know anyone else who’s in the group.

Amanda:  Are you really paying attention to anyone else? I mean really? Behind the man?

Kevin:  Why would you?

Amanda:  I don’t know. But can I tell you something cool? My friends went to high school with Maroon 5, the whole band, so they email and text all the time, and she forwards me all their email trails, which I know is very immature. So I get to read every single thing.

Kevin:  Are they good guys?

Amanda:  Um, she said that when he’s with the high school crew, he’s pretty humble and down to earth, but when, say, she gets tickets and goes to a back stage show, he’s real international pop sensation-y. Kind of annoying. But he’s pretty big, so he might as well enjoy it now before it’s gone.

Kevin:  ‘Cause it probably won’t last. I mean their music is catchy, but it’s not exactly, you know…

Amanda:  Unique.

Kevin:  Or profound. I mean, it’s poppy. But it’s fun.

Amanda:  They’re actually going to come here next month.

Kevin:  Really? Do you have tickets?

Amanda:  Kind of expensive, so I don’t know.

Kevin:  How much?

Amanda:  They’re $75 for nosebleed.

Kevin:  Oh…

 

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Discussion

Amanda thinks that Kevin looks like the singer of Maroon 5. He says he’s never heard that before, but he’s flattered because he thinks Adam Levine is really attractive.

Oddly enough, Amanda has a friend who went to high school with Maroon 5 and who forwards her all the emails she gets from the band. Amanda’s friend says that Levine still acts like a regular guy when he’s around his old friends, but he acts like a star at his shows.

Kevin thinks that’s okay because he should be enjoying being famous. Although his music is fun, Kevin doesn’t think it has staying power. But for now, Maroon 5 is able to get $75 a ticket or more for their shows, and that’s pretty impressive!

Did anyone you grew up with become famous? Have you ever hung out with a famous person? Was he or she nice?

 

Comments

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yanyan5656

yanyan5656

China

for me,i don't know much about the bank,but i am a girl always happy,and i like music very much.i like all kinds of music such as classical,minority,pop,pock…..anyway i think the songs from Maroon5 must very good,otherwise,they woundn't so pop…

03:52 AM Sep 18 2007 |

yanyan5656

yanyan5656

China

i don’t know much about the bank.but i think the songs from them must very nice,otherwise,they wounldn’t so pop

03:46 AM Sep 18 2007 |

*sophy*

China

I even  haven't heard about it !Tongue out

01:07 AM Sep 18 2007 |

Ali hamdi

Egypt

im awfully  sorry  becayse  i dont  know much  abut this group  but  i think  it  is popular 

07:31 PM Sep 17 2007 |

KEND2

KEND2

Dominican Republic

marron 5 good band group and good yours songs.

06:23 PM Sep 17 2007 |

minhchauna

Angola

I don't know much about this group Maroon5??, I'm very sorry. but I think a rock band that will impress me more.

 

05:44 PM Sep 17 2007 |

gebreanenia

Ethiopia

hi there

 

04:47 PM Sep 17 2007 |

deborag

Dominican Republic

idont like them at all

04:41 PM Sep 17 2007 |

deborag

Dominican Republic

i dont like them at allUndecided

04:40 PM Sep 17 2007 |

mth779

Saudi Arabia

hi

03:12 PM Sep 17 2007 |

harrybaby

Nigeria

stil new to Maroon 5

 

03:10 PM Sep 17 2007 |

waka

Japan

awesome!!

12:04 PM Sep 17 2007 |

armess

armess

Turkey

ı recommed everyone the sons “this love” and “wake up call” by maroon 5
you will like them

09:16 AM Sep 17 2007 |

armess

armess

Turkey

ı really like maroon 5

espesially his last son wake up call is really awesome

ıt ıs nice to have a lesson about it

thanks

09:11 AM Sep 17 2007 |

starfighteradara

Philippines

I don't know too many Maroon 5 songs but they were popular here in Manila for a time. As to whether I've met anyone famous, I did have a famous actress in one of my English classes a few years back. This Filipino actress was known for playing the starring role in a popular soap opera in the 80s. She was a child star then. When she became my student, she was already in her mid-forties but she was trying to finish university. As a person, she was very down-to-earth and respectful of me, her teacher, even though I was years younger than she was. She hung out with her classmates, who were mostly teenagers. She once brought her children to class and they were very well-behaved. 

08:00 AM Sep 17 2007 |

bewar

bewar

Iraq

hi

06:56 AM Sep 17 2007 |

historymidnight

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

J have problem to hear it as well. I think there is error in this page

06:55 AM Sep 17 2007 |

explorer143

Pakistan

Anglina Juli is one of the personality want to hung out with her, she’s beautiful one, and she often come in my dream..

06:53 AM Sep 17 2007 |

sadegh_152

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

use firefox and install flash player plugin!

06:33 AM Sep 17 2007 |

somaliland

somaliland

Somalia

i have never heard this before

05:25 AM Sep 17 2007 |

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