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A2.1·rock·4:10

Starman

David Bowie · 1972

Starman by David Bowie (1972) — 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

  • There's a starman waiting in the sky
  • He'd like to come and meet us
  • But he thinks he'd blow our minds
  • There's a starman waiting in the sky

Echo the hook

  • Goodbye love
  • Goodbye love
  • Didn't know what time it was the lights were low oh oh
  • I leaned back on my radio oh oh
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Iback on my radio oh oh

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Thatno DJ that was hazy cosmic jive

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

There's awaiting in the sky

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

But hehe'd blow our minds

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

There's a starmanin the sky

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

'Cause heit's all worthwhile

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I leaned back on my radio oh oh

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But he thinks he'd blow our minds

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

There's a starman waiting in the sky

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Let the children use it

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? back on my radio oh oh

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

There's a ? waiting in the sky

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

But he ? he'd blow our minds

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

He's ? us not to blow it

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Let the ? lose it

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 "children" in the whole song?

"children"

Exercise 23

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

"starman"

Exercise 24

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

  • I leaned back on my radio oh oh
  • Let the children lose it
  • There's a starman waiting in the sky

Exercise 25

Compare "Starman" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

Describe the mood of "Starman" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • didn't→
  • there's→
  • he's→
  • it's→
  • that's→
  • don't→

Exercise 29

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

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Exercise 30

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

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