Tighten Up
Letra:
[English]
Hi everybody. I'm Archie Drell and the Drells from Houston, Texas. We don't
Only sing but we dance just as good as we walk. In Houston we just started a
New dance called the Tighten Up. This is the music we tighten up to.
First tighten up on the drums. Come on now drummer. I want you to tighten
It up for me now. oh yeah
Tighten up on that bass now. Tighten it up. ha ha Yeah
Now let that guitar fall in. Oh yeah
Tighten up on that organ now.
Ya, do the tighten up. Yeah now.
I said if you can do it now,
It sure would be tough.
Now look here. Come on now. Make it mellow.
Let's tighten up now. Do the tighten up.
Everybody can do it now. So let's do it.
We're gonna tighten up. Let's do the tighten up.
You can do it now. So baby get to it.
Let's do your left now. Let's do your right.
You can do it. But don'tcha just do it light.
Come on and tighten up. Tighten it up now.
Come on now drum. Tighten it up.
Tighten up that bass. Oh yeah
Now look here. I want that guitar to fall in on that.
Tighten it up now. Oh yeah
Now tighten it up organ.
There everybody, tighten it up.
Now look here. We gonna make it mellow for ya now.
We gonna make it mellow now.
Tighten up. You can tighten up.
Vocabulario en esta canción:
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dance /dæns/ A1 |
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walk /wɔːk/ A1 |
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music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A1 |
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drums /drʌmz/ A1 |
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drummer /ˈdrʌmər/ A2 |
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bass /beɪs/ A2 |
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guitar /ɡɪˈtɑːr/ A1 |
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organ /ˈɔːrɡən/ A2 |
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mellow /ˈmeloʊ/ B2 |
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tighten /ˈtaɪtn/ B1 |
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tough /tʌf/ B1 |
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fall /fɔːl/ A2 |
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Gramática:
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We don't Only sing but we dance just as good as we walk.
➔ Conjunciones correlativas (No sólo...sino también)
➔ La estructura de la oración original es gramaticalmente informal pero comprensible. Una construcción más formal sería: "No *sólo* cantamos, sino que bailamos tan bien como caminamos" o "No *sólo* cantamos sino *también* bailamos...". Esto enfatiza que el grupo sobresale tanto en el canto como en el baile.
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In Houston we just started a New dance called the Tighten Up.
➔ Pretérito Indefinido/Simple (Started)
➔ El verbo "started" (empezó) indica una acción que comenzó y terminó en el pasado. El contexto implica un comienzo relativamente reciente de la popularidad del baile.
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This is the music we tighten up to.
➔ Preposición al final de la cláusula
➔ Si bien generalmente es preferible evitar terminar las oraciones con preposiciones en la escritura formal, es común en el habla informal y en las letras de las canciones. La preposición "to" rige el verbo "tighten up".
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Come on now drummer. I want you to tighten It up for me now.
➔ Modo imperativo y pronombre objeto (It)
➔ "Come on" se usa para animar a la acción. "Tighten it up" es un imperativo, que ordena directamente al baterista. El pronombre "it" se refiere a la batería.
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I said if you can do it now, It sure would be tough.
➔ Oración Condicional (Tipo 1/Probable)
➔ Esto se asemeja a una condicional Tipo 1, pero se usa de forma poco convencional. Sugiere que si hacer el "tighten up" es posible ahora, sería sorprendentemente difícil. Es un comentario juguetón, que implica que no debería ser difícil en absoluto.
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You can do it. But don'tcha just do it light.
➔ Contracción e imperativo negativo (Don'tcha)
➔ "Don'tcha" es una contracción coloquial de "don't you" (no lo hagas). Este es un imperativo negativo, que desaconseja hacer el baile a la ligera. El uso de "light" (ligero) significa sin entusiasmo ni energía.
