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A2.2·rock·4:49

Rebel Yell

Billy Idol · 1983

Rebel Yell by Billy Idol (1983) — 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 rebel yell "More, more, more"
  • "More, more, more"
  • She don't like slavery, she won't sit and beg
  • But when I'm tired and lonely she sleeps in bed

Echo the hook

  • She want more
  • "More, more, more, more, more!"
  • Ooh yeah, little angel
  • She want more

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

And if itpray help from above, because

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

With ayell "More, more, more"

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

In the midnight hour, she"More, more, more"

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Well, he's out allto collect a fare

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Amiles for you

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Atimes, for you

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

What sets you free?

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

He lives in a-his own heaven

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

A thousand miles for you

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

A million times, for you

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

For money to burn, for you

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

And if it ? pray help from above, because

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

She ? like slavery, she won't sit and beg

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

In the midnight hour, ? "More, more, more"

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I ? the world for you, babe

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I'd ? my soul, for you, babe

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 "babe" in the whole song?

"babe"

Exercise 23

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

"cried"

Exercise 24

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

  • Collects it to go from the 7-Eleven
  • In the midnight hour babe, "More, more, more"
  • In the midnight hour, babe "More, more, more"

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • A million times, for you
  • Ooh yeah, little baby
  • With a rebel yell "More, more, more"

Exercise 26

Imagine you are making a short film with "Rebel Yell" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

babecriedmidnighthour

Exercise 27

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

babecriedmidnighthour

Exercise 28

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

babecriedmidnighthour

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't
  • won't
  • i'm
  • he's
  • i'd

Exercise 30

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

babecriedmidnighthour