London Calling
Letra:
[English]
(punk music)
(punk music continues)
♪ London calling to the faraway towns ♪
♪ Now war is declared and battle come down ♪
♪ London calling to the underworld ♪
♪ Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls ♪
♪ London calling, now don't look to us ♪
♪ Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust ♪
♪ London calling, see we ain't got no swing ♪
♪ Except for the ring of the truncheon thing ♪
♪ The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in ♪
♪ Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin ♪
♪ Engines stop running, but I have no fear ♪
♪ 'Cause London is drowning ♪
♪ I live by the river ♪
♪ London calling to the imitation zone ♪
♪ Forget it, brother, you can go it alone ♪
♪ London calling to the zombies of death ♪
♪ Quit holding out and draw another breath ♪
♪ London calling and I don't want to shout ♪
♪ But while we were talking, I saw you nodding out ♪
♪ London calling, see we ain't got no high ♪
♪ Except for that one with the yellowy eye ♪
♪ The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in ♪
♪ Engines stop running, the wheat is growing thin ♪
♪ A nuclear era, but I have no fear ♪
♪ 'Cause London is drowning ♪
♪ I, I live by the river ♪
(punk music)
(howling)
(howling continues)
(guitar solo)
♪ The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in ♪
♪ Engines stop running, the wheat is growing thin ♪
♪ A nuclear era, but I have no fear ♪
♪ 'Cause London is drowning ♪
♪ I, I live by the river ♪
(howling)
♪ Now get this ♪
♪ London calling, yes, I was there, too ♪
♪ And you know what they said? ♪
♪ Well, some of it was true ♪
♪ London calling at the top of the dial ♪
♪ And after all this, won't you give me a smile? ♪
♪ London calling ♪
♪ I never felt so much alike, alike, alike, alike ♪
Vocabulario en esta canción:
Vocabulario | Significados |
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calling /ˈkɔːlɪŋ/ B1 |
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war /wɔːr/ A2 |
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battle /ˈbætl/ B1 |
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underworld /ˈʌndərwɜːrld/ B2 |
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dust /dʌst/ A2 |
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swing /swɪŋ/ B1 |
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ring /rɪŋ/ A2 |
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truncheon /ˈtrʌntʃən/ C1 |
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ice /aɪs/ A1 |
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age /eɪdʒ/ A2 |
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sun /sʌn/ A1 |
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meltdown /ˈmeltdaʊn/ B2 |
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wheat /wiːt/ B1 |
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engines /ˈendʒɪnz/ A2 |
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fear /fɪər/ A2 |
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drowning /ˈdraʊnɪŋ/ B1 |
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river /ˈrɪvər/ A1 |
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zombies /ˈzɒmbiz/ B1 |
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death /deθ/ A1 |
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breath /breθ/ A2 |
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nuclear /ˈnjuːkliər/ B2 |
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smile /smaɪl/ A1 |
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Gramática:
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Now war is declared and battle come down
➔ Voz pasiva, Conjugación verbal (modo subjuntivo/informal)
➔ "War is declared" usa la voz pasiva para enfatizar el evento en lugar del actor. "Come down" es una forma informal de decir "comes down", omitiendo la 's' en la tercera persona del singular del presente simple, típico de algunos dialectos y el habla informal.
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Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust
➔ Pretérito perfecto compuesto, Expresión idiomática
➔ "Has bitten the dust" es una expresión idiomática que significa haber fallado o llegado a su fin. El pretérito perfecto compuesto indica que el fracaso ha ocurrido recientemente y sigue siendo relevante.
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Except for the ring of the truncheon thing
➔ Frase preposicional, Modificador de sustantivo
➔ "Except for the ring" es una frase preposicional que actúa como una excepción. "Of the truncheon thing" especifica aún más qué tipo de anillo.
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The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
➔ Presente continuo (para eventos/tendencias futuros)
➔ El presente continuo se utiliza para describir eventos que están sucediendo ahora o que están planeados para el futuro. Aquí, describe tendencias que se ven como inevitables.
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Forget it, brother, you can go it alone
➔ Modo imperativo, Verbo modal "can"
➔ "Forget it" es un imperativo, que da una orden directa. "You can go it alone" usa el verbo modal "can" para expresar habilidad o posibilidad.
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But while we were talking, I saw you nodding out
➔ Pretérito imperfecto, Pretérito indefinido
➔ "We were talking" usa el pretérito imperfecto para describir una acción en curso en el pasado. "I saw you nodding out" usa el pretérito indefinido para describir una acción completa que interrumpió la acción en curso.
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And after all this, won't you give me a smile?
➔ Futuro simple (Contracción negativa - won't), Formación de preguntas
➔ "Won't you give me a smile?" es una pregunta en el futuro simple, usando la contracción negativa "won't" (will not). La estructura se invierte para formar la pregunta.