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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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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.

Vocabulário nesta música:

Vocabulário Significados

dance

/dæns/

A1
  • verb
  • - dançar
  • noun
  • - dança

walk

/wɔːk/

A1
  • verb
  • - andar
  • noun
  • - caminhada

music

/ˈmjuːzɪk/

A1
  • noun
  • - música

drums

/drʌmz/

A1
  • noun
  • - bateria

drummer

/ˈdrʌmər/

A2
  • noun
  • - baterista

bass

/beɪs/

A2
  • noun
  • - baixo
  • noun
  • - baixo elétrico

guitar

/ɡɪˈtɑːr/

A1
  • noun
  • - guitarra

organ

/ˈɔːrɡən/

A2
  • noun
  • - órgão

mellow

/ˈmeloʊ/

B2
  • adjective
  • - suave
  • verb
  • - suavizar

tighten

/ˈtaɪtn/

B1
  • verb
  • - apertar

tough

/tʌf/

B1
  • adjective
  • - difícil

fall

/fɔːl/

A2
  • verb
  • - cair

Gramática:

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

    ➔ Conjunções correlativas (Não só...mas também)

    ➔ A estrutura da frase original é gramaticalmente informal, mas compreensível. Uma construção mais formal seria: "Não *só* cantamos, mas também dançamos tão bem quanto caminhamos" ou "Não *só* cantamos, mas *também* dançamos...". Isso enfatiza que o grupo se destaca tanto no canto quanto na dança.

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

    ➔ Pretérito Perfeito (Started)

    ➔ O verbo "started" (começou) indica uma ação que começou e terminou no passado. O contexto implica um início relativamente recente da popularidade da dança.

  • This is the music we tighten up to.

    ➔ Preposição no final da cláusula

    ➔ Embora seja geralmente preferível evitar terminar as frases com preposições na escrita formal, é comum na fala informal e nas letras das músicas. A preposição "to" rege o verbo "tighten up".

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

    ➔ Modo imperativo e pronome objeto (It)

    "Come on" é usado para incentivar a ação. "Tighten it up" é um imperativo, ordenando diretamente ao baterista. O pronome "it" se refere à bateria.

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

    ➔ Oração Condicional (Tipo 1/Provável)

    ➔ Isso se assemelha a uma condicional do Tipo 1, mas é usada de forma não convencional. Sugere que, se fazer o "tighten up" for possível agora, seria surpreendentemente difícil. É um comentário divertido, o que implica que não deveria ser difícil.

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

    ➔ Contração e imperativo negativo (Don'tcha)

    "Don'tcha" é uma contração coloquial de "don't you" (não faça isso). Este é um imperativo negativo, desaconselhando fazer a dança de forma leve. O uso de "light" (leve) significa sem entusiasmo ou energia.