1. AMY WHINEHOUSE
1.1. 1. KEYWORDS - translate into Danish
1.1.1. award - pris turbulent - turbulent eclipse - tilbagegang tabloids - formiddagsavis doomed - dødsdømt infusion - tilførsel defiant - trodsig bouncy - livlig turmoil - uro vocal performance - præstation appearance - fremtoning indifference - ligegyldighed
1.2. 2. Read the text. Use the keywords you have looked up to understand the text.
1.2.1. Amy Winehouse, the Grammy Award-winning pop singer-songwriter whose compositions reflected — and ultimately were overshadowed by — a turbulent personal life and struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction, was found dead July 23, 2011 at her apartment in London. She was 27. Amy Winehouse's hit songs included "Rehab," "Valerie," "Tears Dry on Their Own" and "Back to Black." The British-born performer’s train-wreck-style public behavior often threatened to eclipse her talent. Although she received high-profile engagements, such as Nelson Mandela’s 90th-birthday concert at London’s Hyde Park in 2008, she routinely canceled or missed appearances, whether because of bad health or bad manners. In June 2011, Ms. Winehouse canceled a tour after she shouted “Hello, Athens!” to an audience of 20,000 in the Serbian capital of Belgrade. Backup singers had to sing her songs and she was ultimately booed off the stage. Ms. Winehouse said living dangerously generated her creativity, and she was often photographed half-dressed and wild-eyed. The English tabloids reported she had suffered brain damage from excessive use of drugs and alcohol. “It sounds like such a wank thing to say,” Ms. Winehouse once commented, “but I need to get some headaches going to write about.” Her reckless life often called to mind the doomed pop stars of earlier generations, including Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain — all of whom also died at the age of 27. She had a fondness for jazz vocals and 1960s pop, but she roughed up the style to include hip-hop slang and an infusion of profanity. Her music often focused on drinking, drug-taking and chronic infidelity. Her song “Rehab” mirrored her life through its defiant lyrics: “They tried to make me go to rehab / I said no, no, no.” The bouncy song, styled after the early Motown sound and 1960s girl groups, became a hit in 2007. Amid the chaos and turmoil of her personal life, Ms. Winehouse won five Grammy Awards in 2008, including best new artist. She also won for song of the year and best female pop vocal performance for “Rehab,” as well as for record of the year and best pop vocal album for “Back to Black.” She was supported by a first-rate production team in her recordings, but she did not always appear first-rate in live performance. A New York Times music reviewer wrote of her May 2007 appearance at Manhattan’s Highline Ballroom, “Her voice glints with possibility: tart, smoky, ready to flirt or sob, and capable of jazzy timing. “What she doesn’t have, and may not want, is the kind of focus older singers brought to their songs,” he wrote, adding that her performance “switched between confession and indiference.”
1.3. YOUR RESEARCH
1.3.1. 1. Who is Amy Winehouse?
1.3.1.1. Amy Winehouse was a songwriter and singer
1.3.2. 2. Research how Amy Winehouse’s life style affected her health and career.
1.3.2.1. 1. What do you know about Amy Winehouse and her lifestyle? 2. What was her relation to alcohol and drugs? 3. What were her problems? 4. What were her solutions to the problems?
1.3.2.1.1. 1. Amy Winehouse and her lifestyle was unhealthy and bad.
1.3.2.1.2. 2. Her relation to alcohol and drugs that she took both.
1.3.2.1.3. 3. She had self-esteem and she was depend on drugs an alcohol.
1.3.2.1.4. 4. Her solutions on the problems was to committed suicide.
1.3.3. 3. Watch the video and listen to the song. Where does the video take place?
1.3.3.1. The video take place in her home.
1.3.4. 4. Rehab
1.3.4.1. REHAB LYRICS
1.3.4.1.1. Rehab Songwriter: Amy Jade Winehouse They tried to make me go to rehab but I said 'no, no, no' Yes I've been black but when I come back you'll know, know, know I ain't got the time and if my daddy thinks I'm fine He's tried to make me go to rehab but I won't go, go, go I'd rather be at home with Ray I ain't got seventy days Cause there's nothing There's nothing you can teach me That I can't learn from Mr Hathaway I didn't get a lot in class But I know it don't come in a shot glass They tried to make me go to rehab but I said 'no, no, no' Yes I've been black but when I come back you'll know, know, know I ain't got the time and if my daddy thinks I'm fine He's tried to make me go to rehab but I won't go, go, go The man said 'why do you think you here' I said 'I got no idea I'm gonna, I'm gonna lose my baby so I always keep a bottle near' He said 'I just think you're depressed, this me, yeah baby, and the rest' They tried to make me go to rehab but I said 'no, no, no' Yes I've been black but when I come back you'll know, know, know I don't ever wanna drink again I just ooh I just need a friend I'm not gonna spend ten weeks have everyone think I'm on the mend It's not just my pride It's just 'til these tears have dried They tried to make me go to rehab but I said 'no, no, no' Yes I've been black but when I come back you'll know, know, know I ain't got the time and if my daddy thinks I'm fine He's tried to make me go to rehab but I won't go, go, go
1.3.5. 1. What is the message of the song?
1.3.6. 1. The message of the song is that her dad want her to go to a rehab. But Amy do not Want to go.
1.3.7. 2. How does the video match the lyrics?
1.3.8. 2. The video match the lyrics because Amy talk about that she do not want to go to a rehab. In the video, she never come to a rehab.
1.3.9. 3. What is rehab all about?
1.3.10. 3. A rehab is a place where you quit drugs and alcohol
1.3.11. 4. Why does she say no?
1.3.12. 4. She says no because she not won't to go.
1.3.13. 5. What does she mean when she says “black”?
1.3.14. 5. When she says "black" she mean that she had took drugs and alcoholic and then she got "black"
1.3.15. 6. Who wants her to go into rehab?
1.3.16. 6. Her dad and family wants her to go to rehab.
1.3.17. 7. How long does the treatment take?
1.3.18. 7. The treatment take 10 weeks.
1.3.19. 8. How did she do in school?
1.3.20. 8. In school she was not clever.
1.3.21. 9. What does not come in a shot glass?
1.3.22. 9. she do not learn much in school but she now it not come in shot glass.
1.3.23. 10. What does she think will happen if she commits herself to ten weeks of rehab?
1.3.24. 10. She think if she commits herself to ten weeks of rehab, people will think she is on the mend.
1.3.25. 11. What is it to be “on the mend”?
1.3.26. 11. To be "on the mend" means that you begin to feel better. (i bedring)
1.3.27. 12. Does the doctor think she is depressed?
1.3.28. Yes, the doctor think she is depressed.
1.3.29. 13. Does she think she is depressed?
1.3.30. No, she not think she is depressed.
2. KURT COBAIN
2.1. 1. KEYWORDS - translate into danish
2.1.1. Labeled - mærke
2.1.2. Hailed - hylde
2.1.3. Misinterpreted - misfortolke
2.1.4. Circumstances - omstændighed
2.1.5. Posthumously - posthumt
2.1.6. Eligibility - kvalifikation
2.2. 2. Read the text. Use the keywords you have looked up to understand the text.
2.2.1. Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Born in Aberdeen, Washington, Cobain formed the band Nirvana with Krist Novoselic and Aaron Burckhard in 1987 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene which later became known as grunge. Nirvana's debut album Bleach was released on the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. After signing with major label DGC Records, Nirvana found breakthrough success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from their second album Nevermind (1991). Following the success of Nevermind, Nirvana was labeled "the flagship band" of Generation X, and Cobain hailed as "the spokesman of a generation". Cobain, however, was uncomfortable with the label, believing his message and artistic vision had been misinterpreted by the public, with his personal problems often subject to media attention. During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, chronic health problems and depression. He also had difficulty coping with his fame and public image, and the professional and personal pressures surrounding himself and his wife, musician Courtney Love. On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle; the death was ruled a suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. The circumstances of his death at age 27 have become a topic of public fascination and debate. Since their debut, Nirvana, with Cobain as a songwriter, has sold over 25 million albums in the U.S., and over 75 million worldwide. Cobain was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014, along with Nirvana bandmates Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl, in their first year of eligibility.
2.3. Smells like teen spirit lyrics
2.3.1. Smells Like Teen Spirit Load up on guns Bring your friends It's fun to lose and to pretend She's overboard, self assured Oh no I know, a dirty word Hello, hello, hello, how low [x3] Hello, hello, hello With the lights out, it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us A mulatto, an Albino A mosquito, my libido, yeah Hey, yay I'm worse at what I do best And for this gift, I feel blessed Our little group has always been And always will until the end Hello, hello, hello, how low [x3] Hello, hello, hello With the lights out, it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us A mulatto, an Albino A mosquito, my libido, yeah Hey, yay And I forget just why I taste Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile I found it hard, it was hard to find Oh well, whatever, nevermind Hello, hello, hello, how low [x3] Hello, hello, hello With the lights out, it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us A mulatto, an Albino A mosquito, my libido A denial, A denial, A denial, A denial, A denial A denial, A denial, A denial, A denial
2.4. YOUR RESEARCH
2.4.1. 1. Who is Kurt Cobain?
2.4.1.1. Kurt Cobain was a famous singer and musician.
2.4.2. 2. Research how Kurt Cobain's life style affected his health and career.
2.4.2.1. During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, chronic health problems and depression.
2.4.3. Questions about the song
2.4.3.1. 1. What is the song about?
2.4.3.2. 1. The song is about to party and to be drunk
2.4.3.3. 2. Does the lyrics match the video?
2.4.3.4. 2. Yes, the lyrics match the video, because in the text, he write about to party and be drunk. In the video people party and have fun.
2.4.3.5. 3. Who is he writing about?
2.4.3.6. 3. He is writing about, teenagers that wants to have fun
2.4.3.7. 4. Do you think he writes about his teenager life?
2.4.3.8. 4. yes, because he died when he had a drug and alcohol problem and maybe it began early