Ok guys, next annoying question by Marie. In two weeks I need to teach English to a bunch of 15 year olds. I phoned the teacher yesterday and she told me one of the topics was going to be... Shakespeare and 'the weather'.

In need to use an old-fashioned manual, called 'Headway'. But I want to spice up this weather-thing. I just saw a thread about songs with weather-elements. Now I'm thinking about songs which contain much 'weather-vocabulary' like 'it's foggy, the rain is falling, etc...' all in one song. Any ideas???

Hmm the first song to comes to my mind is "It's Raining Men" by the Weather Girls. They don't have any other weather conditions mentioned in the song, but that's the only one I could think of.

Try playing the opening lines of "No More Tears" by Barbara Streisand and Donna Summer. Or any number of other songs.

Sunshine-related tunes:
Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles
Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles
Sunny (I Thank You For The Sunshine)
I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash

Rain-related tunes:
Let It Rain - Eric Clapton
Rain On Me - The Who
Rainy Days and Mondays - The Carpenters
Riders On The Storm - The Doors
Blame It On The Rain - Milli Vanilli
Fire And Rain - James Taylor

Wind-related tunes:
Dust In The Wind - Kansas
Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan
Against The Wind - Bog Seger

Winter-related songs:
Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey
Hazy Shade Of Winter - Simon and Garfunkel (or the Bangles)

728huey said:

Wow, I didn't even know so many weather-related songs even existed.

Thanks. I'll check out what I don't know yet!

I know some songs of Jacques Brel that are paintings of nature and weather-conditions. Very beautiful, but in French of course. So much harder to get to think about an English song. I'd like to use one with a meaning, if you know what I mean, like songs by Leonard Cohen and such.

MarieLouise said:

This is going to be a nightmare, believe me



They'll LOVE it



This is going to be a nightmare, believe me

[/quote]But I want to spice up this weather-thing. I just saw a thread about songs with weather-elements. Now I'm thinking about songs which contain much 'weather-vocabulary' like 'it's foggy, the rain is falling, etc...' all in one song. Any ideas??? [/quote]

I think Miss you (most at christmas time) by Mariah has some weather vocab but I don't think it's the right season.

good luck

728huey said:

This was the first song that came to mind!

You should check out some U2.

Bono only writes about the weather (and occasionally love).