The B-52's

Intro

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

• touring
• scene
• LPs
• weeks on end

• karaoke
• Rad
• duet
• backup singers

• buddies

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John recently found a song he likes to sing at [def 7586]karaoke bars[/def]. It’s from a band that we haven’t heard about for a while.
Listen in as he and Steph talk about the band who wrote the song.

Dialog

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John

Steph

John:  So, I was singing karaoke the other night and I found my new favorite karaoke song. It’s Love Shack.

Steph:  Rad. That’s an awesome song. Did you sing it with some friends?

John:  Yeah, with a girl, ya know, it’s a duet.

Steph:  Yeah. Totally. But you didn’t have your backup singers, your buddies come out and stuff and?

John:  Like the whole B-52 band?

Steph:  Yeah. Exactly.

John:  No. It was just me and, uh, a friend of mine. It was really fun.

Steph:  Wow. Speaking of which, did you know they were coming here to play?

John:  Are they really?

Steph:  Yeah. They’re touring again.

John:  They’re still around?

Steph:  Yeah, they’re more than still around. They’re actually, ya know, regaining some of their popularity.

John:  Wow. I didn’t think they were popular since like the 80s or something, or the early 90s.

Steph:  Yeah. They kinda, ya know, left the scene for a little while, did their own thing. But now they’re back. Who knows? Maybe they’ll even produce a new CD.

John:  That would be exciting.

Steph:  Yeah. That would be. I’d totally buy it.

John:  Well, let me know if you find out where their concert is. Maybe I’d like to go check it out.

Steph:  Will do.

John:  Ok.

 

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