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Bulls on Parade

Rage Against the Machine · 1996

Bulls on Parade by Rage Against the Machine (1996) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • With a pocket full of shells
  • They rally 'round the family
  • With a pocket full of shells
  • They rally 'round the family

Echo the hook

  • Bulls on parade
  • Uh
rallyroundfamily

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Theexplodes, shattering the molds

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Of thedons, that five sided Fist-a-gon

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Rallythe family

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

They'round the family

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Not need, just feed the waranimal

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

While armsfill as quick as the cells

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They rally 'round the family

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The microphone explodes, shattering the molds

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Of the power dons, that five sided Fist-a-gon

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Rally 'round the family

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Weapons, not food, not homes, not shoes

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

The ? explodes, shattering the molds

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Of the ? dons, that five sided Fist-a-gon

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

With a ? full of shells

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

With a pocket ? of shells

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Line up to the ? cemetery now

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "rally" in the whole song?

"rally"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "round" in the whole song?

"round"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • Come with it now!
  • They rally 'round the family
  • With a pocket full of shells

Exercise 25

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Bulls on Parade" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

rallyroundfamilypocket

Exercise 26

If you could ask Rage Against the Machine one question about "Bulls on Parade", what would it be and why?

rallyroundfamilypocket

Exercise 27

Rewrite the chorus of "Bulls on Parade" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

rallyroundfamilypocket

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • gotta→

Exercise 29

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Bulls on Parade", what would happen instead?

rallyroundfamilypocket

Exercise 30

"Bulls on Parade" was released in 1996. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

rallyroundfamilypocket