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(1938 –1960) an American musician. Cochran's rockabilly songs, such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody", and "Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s and early 1960s.

Cochran was involved with music from an early age, playing in the school band and teaching himself to play blues guitar. His first success came when he performed the song "Twenty Flight Rock" in the film The Girl Can't Help It.

Cochran died at age 21 after a road accident, while travelling in a taxi.

 

Pay attention to the following words and word combinations

I’m gonna = I’m going to

Raise a holler = shout loudly

My baby = my girlfriend

No dice = it’s not possible

You gotta = you have got to

Ain’t = isn’t

Mom = mother

Pop = father

You didn’t work a lick = didn’t work at all

Vacation = holiday

Congressman = US politician

 

Listen to the song for the first time and try to understand what it is about

Listen to the song again and fill the gaps with the words from the box

baby boss car  congressman dollar  money vacation  wonder

I'm gonna raise a fuss, i'm gonna raise a holler
About a workin' all summer, just to try to earn a _____
Every time I call my _____, and try to get a date
My boss says, "No dice son, you gotta work late"

Sometimes I _____  what I'm gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

Well my mom and pop told me, "Son you gotta make some _____,
If you want to use the ____, to go ridin' next Sunday"
Well I didn't go to work,told the _____ I was sick
"Well you can't use the car, cause you didn't work a lick"

Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine ______
I'm gonna take my problem, to the United Nations

Well I called my _____ and he said “Whoa”
"I'd like to help you son, but you're too young to vote"

Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

 

Make up your own sentences with the words from the previous exercise

Choose the right variant

The singer of this song…

Ø Is rich / is not very rich

Ø Is happy / is unhappy

Ø Feels calm / feels angry

Ø Has been working hard / is unemployed

Ø Has a girlfriend / doesn’t have a girlfriend

Ø Has a friendly boss / has a difficult boss

Ø Has to work overtime / finishes work early

Ø Has understanding parents / has parents who are not sympathetic

Ø Has parents who lend him their car / has parents who won’t lend him their car

Ø Gets very ill and misses work / pretends to be ill to miss work

Ø Is planning to go on holiday / is planning to work through the summer

Ø Gets help from a politician / doesn’t get any help from a politician

Ø Thinks he will continue being unhappy / thinks things will get better soon

 

Summer blues by Eddie Cochran

I'm gonna raise a fuss, i'm gonna raise a holler
About a workin' all summer, just to try to earn a dollar
Every time I call my baby, and try to get a date
My boss says, "No dice son, you gotta work late"

Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

Well my mom and pop told me, "Son you gotta make some money,
If you want to use the car, to go ridin' next Sunday"
Well I didn't go to work,told the boss I was sick
"Well you can't use the car, cause you didn't work a lick"

Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation
I'm gonna take my problem, to the United Nations

Well I called my congressman and he said “Whoa”
"I'd like to help you son, but you're too young to vote"

Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

 

How about you? by Francis Albert Sinatra

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