Sunday, June 24, 2007

Message from Simon


If you are interested in knowing where I am during the break you can connect to my new blog: Simon's Korean World the address for which is:

http://simonskoreanworld.blogspot.com/

I will hopefully try and put up a message here whenever I move town - which should be fairly regularly - in the next two months.

Hope all is going well.

Be good and happy,

Simon

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Powerpoint Presentation:Week 14: Class 2


Find below a link to the Powerpoint Presentation for lesson 2, week 14.

Powerpoint Presentation 14:2

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Song of the Week 1: By The Time I Get To Pheonix


Our final 'song of the week' is dedicated to the note. The note in question is one written by the person singing the song"By The Time I Get To Pheonix". Written by composer Jimmy Webb and made famous by Glen Campbell, it reached #3 on the U.S.Pop charts in 1967.

The song consists of a man describing his decision to leave his female partner, by writing her a note telling her, and his descriptions of what he expects she will be experiencing as he arrives at certain locations.

By The Time I Get To Pheonix:
Glen Campbell / Jimmy Webb


By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising
She'll find the note I left hangin' on her door
She'll laugh when she reads the part that says I'm leavin'
'Cause I've left that girl so many times before

By the time I make Albuquerque she'll be working
She'll prob'ly stop at lunch and give me a call
But she'll just hear that phone keep on ringin'
Off the wall that's all

By the time I make Oklahoma she'll be sleepin'
She'll turn softly and call my name out loud
And she'll cry just to think I'd really leave her
Tho' time and time I try to tell her so
She just didn't know I would really go.

Monday, June 4, 2007

Song of the Week 1: Got To Get A Message To You


This week's first Song of the Week dedicated to genres not touched in our class is I've Got To Get A Message To You.. Written by Barry Gibb and performed by Barry and his brothers Maurice and Robin in their group the Bee Gees in 1968.

The song is a plea from a man condemned to die in the electric chair, to the prison chaplain to pass a final message on to his wife

Enjoy {if you can)

I've Got To Get A Message To You
Bee Gees / Barry Gibb


The preacher talked to me and he smiled,
Said, come and walk with me, come and walk one more mile.
Now for once in your life you’re alone,
But you ain’t got a dime, there’s no time for the phone.

I've just got to get a message to you, hold on, hold one.
One more hour and my life will be through, hold on, hold on.

I told him I’m in no hurry,
But if I broke her heart, wont you tell her I’m sorry,
And for once in my life I’m alone,
And I’ve got to let her know just in time before I go.

I've just go to get a message ….

Well I laughed but that didn’t hurt,
And its only her love that keeps me wearing this dirt,
Now I’m crying but deep down inside,
Well I did it to him, now its my turn to die.

I've just go to get a message ….

Powerpoint Presentation:Week 14: Class 1


Find below the link to the Powerpoint Presentation for Lesson 1, Week 14.

Powerpoint Presentation 14:1