Beautiful Ones
Suede · 1996
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- The beautiful ones
- The beautiful ones
- La, la, la, la, la
- Here they come
Echo the hook
- La, la, la, la la, la, la
- La, la, la, la, la la
- La, la, la, la, la, la, la, oh
- La, la, la, la, la, la, la
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
Fill the blank in this line:
Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
In your dad's suits you hide
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Here they come
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You don't do without it
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
That's how you made me, la, la
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
That's how you made me
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Oh, ? on diesel and gasoline
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
In your ? suits you hide
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Oh, ? heads, rave heads on the pill
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Hung around, ? in a lonely town
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
You don't do ? it
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "beautiful" in the whole song?
"beautiful"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "ones" in the whole song?
"ones"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Hung around, stoned in a lonely town
- La, la, la, la, la
- Oh, high on diesel and gasoline
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Here they come
- La, la, la, la, la, la, la, oh
- Psycho for drum machine
Exercise 26
If you could ask Suede one question about "Beautiful Ones", what would it be and why?
Exercise 27
Rewrite the chorus of "Beautiful Ones" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 28
If you had to summarize "Beautiful Ones" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
don't→you're→that's→
Exercise 30
Describe the mood of "Beautiful Ones" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?