Today 7 students came to talk about songs about flowers (or Spring).
[Some students remarked that I had made the theme for 2 weeks ago "Spring", which is true, but this week I really wanted to do "flowers" but thought that some people might find that topic too limiting so I expanded it to "Spring" again.]
Before talking about songs on the theme I asked a new student for an example of the music he likes. He choose "Latin Moon" (video, lyrics, song info) by Mia Martina (info).
The next song chosen was a classic: "Here Comes The Sun" (video with lyrics, song info) by The Beatles (info). I mentioned that I often put this song at the end of a playlist of songs about frustration, especially if they are related to winter. I make lots of playlists of songs.
This led me to asking the class who makes playlists of songs to themes, but surprisingly none of them do: at the most they just make playlists of "favorite songs".
The next "flower song" was a Chinese song -- picked by a student of Chinese, *not* a Chinese student! -- but I cannot find the song from my notes anymore :-(( I know is was uploaded by the Chinese Civilization Channel 2, but I can't find the exact song anymore. Apparently there is both a traditional version of the song and a reggae version. Sorry about not being able to find the video again!
I had to leave a little early today to attend a seminar so it was a short session and our time for the day was over.
Theme for next class: Since I am moving, the theme is "Songs to pack up your apartment to". One thing to think about this theme is all the memories in a place you are leaving as well as the physical things you are packing.
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