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Hi everybody. I'm Archie Drell and the Drells from Houston, Texas. We don't 00:15
Only sing but we dance just as good as we walk. In Houston we just started a 00:22
New dance called the Tighten Up. This is the music we tighten up to. 00:28
First tighten up on the drums. Come on now drummer. I want you to tighten 00:33
It up for me now. oh yeah 00:41
Tighten up on that bass now. Tighten it up. ha ha Yeah 00:45
Now let that guitar fall in. Oh yeah 00:53
Tighten up on that organ now. 01:02
Ya, do the tighten up. Yeah now. 01:04
I said if you can do it now, 01:11
It sure would be tough. 01:13
Now look here. Come on now. Make it mellow. 01:16
Let's tighten up now. Do the tighten up. 01:20
Everybody can do it now. So let's do it. 01:26
We're gonna tighten up. Let's do the tighten up. 01:30
You can do it now. So baby get to it. 01:34
Let's do your left now. Let's do your right. 01:38
You can do it. But don'tcha just do it light. 01:41
Come on and tighten up. Tighten it up now. 01:46
Come on now drum. Tighten it up. 01:49
Tighten up that bass. Oh yeah 01:54
Now look here. I want that guitar to fall in on that. 02:05
Tighten it up now. Oh yeah 02:11
Now tighten it up organ. 02:12
There everybody, tighten it up. 02:13
Now look here. We gonna make it mellow for ya now. 02:15
We gonna make it mellow now. 02:16
Tighten up. You can tighten up. 02:32

Tighten Up

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Archie Bell & the Drells
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I Can't Stop Dancing
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[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.

Vocabulaire dans cette chanson:

Vocabulaire Significations

dance

/dæns/

A1
  • verb
  • - danser
  • noun
  • - danse

walk

/wɔːk/

A1
  • verb
  • - marcher
  • noun
  • - marche

music

/ˈmjuːzɪk/

A1
  • noun
  • - musique

drums

/drʌmz/

A1
  • noun
  • - batterie

drummer

/ˈdrʌmər/

A2
  • noun
  • - batteur

bass

/beɪs/

A2
  • noun
  • - basse
  • noun
  • - guitare basse

guitar

/ɡɪˈtɑːr/

A1
  • noun
  • - guitare

organ

/ˈɔːrɡən/

A2
  • noun
  • - orgue

mellow

/ˈmeloʊ/

B2
  • adjective
  • - doux
  • verb
  • - s'adoucir

tighten

/ˈtaɪtn/

B1
  • verb
  • - serrer

tough

/tʌf/

B1
  • adjective
  • - difficile

fall

/fɔːl/

A2
  • verb
  • - tomber

Grammaire:

  • We don't Only sing but we dance just as good as we walk.

    ➔ Conjonctions corrélatives (Non seulement...mais aussi)

    ➔ La structure de la phrase originale est grammaticalement informelle, mais compréhensible. Une construction plus formelle serait: "Non seulement nous chantons, mais nous dansons aussi bien que nous marchons" ou "Non seulement nous chantons, mais nous dansons aussi...". Cela souligne que le groupe excelle à la fois dans le chant et dans la danse.

  • In Houston we just started a New dance called the Tighten Up.

    ➔ Passé Simple/Passé Composé (Started)

    ➔ Le verbe "started" (a commencé) indique une action qui a commencé et s'est terminée dans le passé. Le contexte implique un début relativement récent de la popularité de la danse.

  • This is the music we tighten up to.

    ➔ Préposition à la fin de la clause

    ➔ Bien qu'il soit généralement préférable d'éviter de terminer les phrases par des prépositions dans l'écriture formelle, c'est courant dans le discours informel et les paroles de chansons. La préposition "to" régit le verbe "tighten up".

  • Come on now drummer. I want you to tighten It up for me now.

    ➔ Impératif et pronom objet (It)

    "Come on" est utilisé pour encourager l'action. "Tighten it up" est un impératif, ordonnant directement au batteur. Le pronom "it" fait référence à la batterie.

  • I said if you can do it now, It sure would be tough.

    ➔ Phrase Conditionnelle (Type 1/Probable)

    ➔ Cela ressemble à une conditionnelle de type 1, mais elle est utilisée de manière non conventionnelle. Cela suggère que si faire le "tighten up" est possible maintenant, ce serait étonnamment difficile. C'est une remarque enjouée, impliquant que cela ne devrait pas être difficile du tout.

  • You can do it. But don'tcha just do it light.

    ➔ Contraction et impératif négatif (Don'tcha)

    "Don'tcha" est une contraction familière de "don't you" (ne le fais pas). Il s'agit d'un impératif négatif, déconseillant de faire la danse à la légère. L'utilisation de "light" (léger) signifie sans enthousiasme ni énergie.