Guns N' Roses Intro There’s something to be said for spontaneity in music. Back in 1987, Los Angeles five-piece Guns N’ Roses sobered up for few minutes to record songs like “Welcome to the Jungle” which caused kids worldwide to tear holes in their jeans. But since then everyone left the band except for vocalist声乐家，歌手 Axl Rose, who with new musicians has been working on an album called Chinese Democracy for the last 10 years. It’s taking so long that a lot of people have stopped paying attention to GNR. Mason is among those who don’t seem to care about the band’s new material.； 1. happening

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Spice Girls Intro The Spice Girls are the pop princesses of the world. The group started with a newspaper advertisement for auditions for the group, which gathered a huge number of hopefuls. From hundreds who tried, the five Spice Girls were selected . The girls were renamed Sporty, Scary, Posh, Ginger and Baby. Together they became a pop phenomenon with nine number one singles in the UK. However, personal differences caused them to break up in 1998. Since then, Victoria Beckham, formerly Posh Spice, has remained popular and in the public eye through her marriage to soccer superstar Davi

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Madonna: Making Noise Intro To be successful in the music industry, you need to do more than make music. You need to make noise. Elvis shook his hips. Madonna kissed Britney. Eminem used his potty mouth. Celebrity controversies are all around us, from Janet Jackson’s flashing incident to Britney’s flash Las Vegas wedding to an old friend, and hardly a day goes by without fresh news of some celebrity doing something off-the-wall to get attention. Many people think of Madonna as the queen of modern music controversy. From the dawn of her career in the early 1980s she has pushed the envelope in

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Intro Shakira has been a huge star in South America for several years. However, her latest album, Laundry Service, is her first with songs in English.The native of Colombia is only 24 years old, but her music shows a lot of maturity. This is probably because she’s been writing songs since she was 8.Laundry Service is a diverse mix of different styles. From pop, to disco, to rock, to Latin, to world music, Shakira bravely blends a wide variety of sounds. Dialogue Although Shakira is not a native English speaker, her album shows that she has a good handle on the language.The first hit from th

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Intro Even when musicians become successful enough to quit their day jobs, a lot of times they still have to work eight hours a day…driving. When a band first becomes popular enough to play out of town, they usually tour in a van that they drive themselves.Since up and coming rock bands don’t usually have lots of money, the vans they drive frequently break down. Beren is a drummer and she recently went on tour in a van. Listen to her and Mason talk about it. Dialogue Mason: This friend of mine is starting a tour with his band and he’s kicking it off here and they’re gonna drive around, like

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Intro Bob Dylan, who many fans and music historians call simply “Dylan,” has been writing songs since the 60s. His songs, such as Blowin’ in the Wind and The Times They Are A-Changin’, became part of the soundtrack for the anti-war and civil rights movements. But his music career merely started there. For over four decades, Dylan has recorded some 50 albums. His most recent one, titled Modern Times, came out a few months ago.Many people in their twenties may think that Dylan is over the hill, and therefore has no relevance to their own lives.But look at this picture. Kids today are wearing th

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lily   2008-6-16

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酸菜寶貝￠Tracy   2008-6-10

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酸菜寶貝￠Tracy   2008-6-10

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