The term "jukebox" came into use in the United States around 1940, apparently derived from the familiar usage "juke joint", derived from the Gullah word "juke" or "joog" meaning disorderly, rowdy, or wicked.
"Juke joint" (or jook joint) is the vernacular term for an informal establishment featuring music, dancing, gambling, and drinking, primarily operated by African American people in the southeastern United States.
Interesting, isn't it? Words we didn't have the foggiest idea where they come from!
Would you like to listen to the top tunes of the year your parents were born?
Ok, Here's a jukebox in the last 60 years of U.S. music that launches you to pop tunes of your year of birth.
Click on the year and follow the beat!
Get the lyrics, sing along, have just fun and get some more new expressions to enhance your cultural knowledge of the English language.
Referencias
Jukebox. Extraído de http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jukebox#cite_note-4
Juke joint. Extraído de http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juke_joint
Juke house. Extraído de http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/juke+house?jss=0
Imágenes
Jukebox. Extraída de http://www.nuvo.net/images/blogimages/2011/02/26/1298742964-usb-cd-rock-mini-jukebox.jpg
People dancing. Extraída de http://www.frederictonweddingdj.com/people_dancing.gif
16 comentarios:
Wow... There are very good songs.
I was listening to the songs and my mom came and said, "that beautiful songs, so if it was music" Jaja...
I love the lyrics of the songs.
"And I will just say hello,
To the folks that you know,
Tell them you won't be long,
They'll be happy to know that as I saw you go
You were singing this song"
** I did not know that "folks" is a synonym for "people".
I also love this song:
-Maybe you'll sit and sigh, wishing that I were near
Then maybe you'll ask me to come back again
And maybe I'll say "Maybe"
**Jess**
This is a fun activity where we can see the different stages that had the music.
Some songs from the early years are really unknown, but the song "The Mood", I heard in the movie "Juego de gemelas".
From the 90's I know more songs and I don't feel so uneducated :S.
The new expressions for my vocabulary bank :
lonesome
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
brighter
I wonder if you're lone some tonight
the time is here at last
Search your heart, search your soul.
My favourite songs are:
I will always love you
When a man loves a woman (but in my opinion it doesn´t very true the lyrics)
Everything I do, I do it for you
Losing my religion
& others
:D I liked this activity :D
heeeeey... Hi!!
oooooh! brilliant... good songs =D
awww there was beautiful songs when i were born! :)
mi dad always listen to music with me.
When i was a baby mi dad always put me music to sleep and now i love all kind of music :)
Wow I like the songs & most of them i know because my uncle and mother heard it...
specially i like Don't stop believing awww the part that say's Just a small town girl living in a lonly world and Just a city boy this phrases are speciial for mee hehe!! but i like the Madonna's song Material girls or t=Michael Jackson's Hits aww I like it so Much & wiich this activity I can learn more new vocabulary and new songs that I like =D
You very Good hehe!! Evee..
I like the songs, were a good election, although my brother doesn't like these songs, but it's his problem no?, hahahahaha XD
hey hey hey!!! here comes the man haha how come im the only dude posting here?
good songs!! im more rocker!! hehe but still there nice!!! xD
listen to wind of change from scorpions or november rain from guns'
Try reading the lyrics while you hear the song and look up in a dictionary words you dont know that helps me a lot ;)
Good luck guys!!
and I really need to see some boys here hehe :D
I like this activity and an my dad too because he remembered some songs so he listened when he was young, but the song "wish you were here by pink floyd of the year 1975 was what i liked most, i like too the song "bombastic" by shaggy of 1995, the year when i born.
And the better is so i listen this kind of music now..¡¡
wow... this site have the most popular songs of each year.
My favourite group are The Beatles, The Doors and The BeachBoys this site have the best songs of them.
I Like this site web, and my parents too.
By: Chucho
I love listening to these songs is truly a wonderful experience...I just run out of words...!!!
My favorite songs:
*In the mood
My dad loves rock & roll
*Rock around the clock
I love the songs of the 60’s, 70' 80' 90'...
*Wind of change- Scorpions
But listen more songs of the 90:
*Losing My Religion ♥
Achy Breaky Heart
*Billy Ray Cyrus -Miley Cyrus dad
*No more my poor heart break --- typical song
*Creep- RadioHeart
*Bed of roses :’(- Bon Jovy
*Still I Run Out Of Time
*Crazy-Aerosmith :')…
*I'm losing my mind
*I’ll be missing you
Life ain't always what it seem to be...
I love hearing this kind of music ... I loved!
For this activity, find the song lyrics and translated...
Only songs that were missing 2007 -2011: JUSTIN BIEBER (my boy friend) haha ;)
*boyfriend :p haha
Hello teacher finally found the activities, this activity because I knew I loved many songs he had heard in my life and why they are the year I was born, my family was rewarding to return to hear songs that were part of his life, the song that I liked most was fantasic of mariah carey, and know that this tool has the ability to play songs that go according to the year is that we were born but the most interesting is that we can continue to use Actal if we believe it appropriate through our computer.
ATENTAMENTE : LULU START
I really enjoyed this activity:) haha made me laugh when you hear the song of Allstar - Smashmouth, also because this song appears in the film Sherk (Sherk film is one of my favorites <3)
Aaah...I know of no song, but it sounded good
Nice article at least I think so. Thanks a lot for sharing that data.
Tom Octocus
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