HeyJaredSocial Issues in Song
英語で学ぶ社会問題を提起する歌。英検2級以上、またはTOEIC450点以上の日本人英語学習者を対象にしています。Learning about history and songs and the people who made both
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Billy Bragg’s NPWA (opens the original)
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Welcome to regular readers and new subscribers! Thank you for joining me for today’s song, “NPWA (No Power Without Accountability)” by Billy Bragg, Stephen William Bragg, Martyn Barker, Ian McLagan, Simon John Edwards, Samuel Martyn Barker, Ian Patrick McLagan, Benjamin Norman Mandelson, Louis S. Edmonds, Robert David Edmonds. Below, you’ll find my interpretation of the lyrics which are written in italics and a YouTube video of the song below the article. For Japanese students, vocabulary words
Day is Done (opens the original)
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Welcome to regular readers and new subscribers! Thank you for joining me for today’s song, “Day is Done” by Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary in 1969. Below, you’ll find my interpretation of the lyrics which are written in italics and a YouTube video of the song below the article. For Japanese students, vocabulary words in bold are provided in Japanese below. TOEIC (PBT) 450+, Eiken 2, CEFR B1. Thanks for reading Social Issues in Song! Subscribe
A Church is Burning (opens the original)
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Welcome to regular readers and new subscribers! Thank you for joining me for today’s song, “A Church is Burning” by Paul Simon, released in 1965. For some newer subscribers, this is an updated post from 2023 that you might have missed. Below, you’ll find my interpretation of the lyrics which are written in italics. For Japanese students, vocabulary words in bold are provided in Japanese at the end of the article along with a YouTube video of the song. TOEIC (PBT) 450+, Eiken 2, CEFR B1.<a class=
People had hope for the future, and then... Santiago 9-11 (opens the original)
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Welcome to regular readers and new subscribers! Thank you for joining me for today’s song, “Santiago” by David Rovics. For some newer subscribers, this is a post from 2023 that you might have missed. Below, you’ll find my interpretation of the lyrics which are written in italics. Note that this song tells the story of what happened from the perspective of the supporters of Allende and the new government. Comments and questions are welcome. Please be respectful of others’ opinions if they should
Are You Kidding Me? Revisited (opens the original)
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Welcome to regular readers and new subscribers! Thank you for joining me for today’s song, “Are You Kidding Me”, by Holly Near, a song written in 2018. For some newer subscribers, this is a post from 2023 that you might have missed. Below, you’ll find my interpretation of the lyrics which are written in italics and a YouTube video of the song below the article. For Japanese students, vocabulary words in bold are provided in Japanese below. TOEIC (PBT) 450+, Eiken 2, CEFR B1. <div class="subscrip
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