Eagle Eye Cherry

Eagle-Eye Cherry didn't always want to be a musician. After moving from Sweden to New York City with his family in his early teens, Eagle-Eye attended the School of Performing Arts, with his heart set on being an actor. After graduation he spent his time acting on various TV-shows and modeling. However, music was always a big presence in Eagle-Eye's life. Growing up, he spent a lot of time on tour with his father, jazz musician Don Cherry. While working in other fields, Eagle-Eye was writing music and performing in clubs in New York, mostly for fun, with no intention of pursuing a career as a musician.

When Eagle-Eye returned to Stockholm in the mid-Nineties he became more focused on music, and started writing what has now become his first album. On the album, Eagle-Eye keeps most of the work within the family. Apart from drawing inspiration from his late father's music, Eagle-Eye has recorded a duet with Titiyo, and recruited brother-in-law Cameron McVey, a.k.a. Booga Bear, (Massive Attack, Neneh Cherry, Tricky) for remixes.

The music that Eagle-Eye makes is very different from what most have come to except, considering the family ties. The central elements are an acoustic guitar, a steady beat and Eagle-Eye's beautiful, laid-back vocals. It is a very personal and very modern take on the blues tradition, and Eagle-Eye carries it on excellently.
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1) Write True (T) or False (F).

a- Cherry always wanted to be a musician. ( )
b- Cherry used to spend a lot of time with his father Don Cherry. ( )
c- Cherry has exactly the same style of play of his father’s. ( )
d- The instruments of his band is a violin,a piano and a guitar. ( )
e- Cherry’s songs has blue influence. ( )

2) Listen to the first strophe and put the puzzled verses in the right order:

( ) And when will that be

( ) For another day

( ) That it’s going to get better

( ) It’s hard to say

( ) With a loss of faith

( ) All our dreams are gone

( ) We’re still hanging on

( ) It’s so hard to see

3) a-In your opinion, what’s take meaning of this song?

b-What advice does the writer of the song want to convey through the lyrics?

4) a-Put the right letter in the gaps according to the meaning of the multi-part verbs.

a) bring out ( ) continue with something

b) give up ( ) bring something

c) get on ( ) quit something

b- Find the opposite word of the following words:

a) better

b) hard

c) loss

d) never

e) stop

c- Explain the use of “will” and “going to” in the following phrases:

a) And when will that be

b) That it’s going to get better

d- Choose the right word in the following phrases:

a) It’s hard to said / say

b) That it’s will / going to get better

c) We won’t stop giving / gave

d) Giving all we got / gotted

f- Find the adjectives in the noun forms presented in the lyrics.

a) bitterness

b) togetherness

Lyrics

Don't Give Up

All our dreams are gone
With a loss of faith
We're still hanging on
For another day
It's so hard to see
That it's going to get better
And when will that be
It's hard to say

We must believe
That if we give we will receive
Yes we must believe
That it's going to get better

Don't give up
Never give up
We won't stop giving
Giving all we got

Now we're breaking away
From what holds us down
This could be the day
That brings out the light
Now we're marching on
With the will of never giving up
This time we'll have won
With out a fight

We must believe…

Don't give up
Never give up
We won't stop
Giving all we got

Forgive and forget don't hold on to the bitterness
Filled with regrets we don't wanna go there again
The glass is half full so lets get it on with togetherness
And our number will grow we will prevail in the end

   1)    a-F
       b-T
       c-F
       d-F
       e-T

    2) All our dreams are gone
        With a loss of faith
        We're still hanging on
        For another day
        It's so hard to see
        That it's going to get better
        And when will that be
        It's hard to say
     3)a- the meaning is: 'never give it up'

b- that you should never give up or quit the things you want

     4)a-(b)
           (a)
           (c)

        b-worse
           easy
           gain
           always
           continue

c-will à something that only has a probability to happen
going to à something that will certainly happen

         d-say
            going to
            giving
            got

Created by Natalia Madureira & Rafael Siveira 2°B 2005

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