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Tom Waits

Date: Feb 06 2005

Intro

1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.

2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

Steph’s friend, Allison, plays piano. Steph went out and saw her play the other night.
Here’s what she had to say about it.

Dialog

1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.

2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Steph

Allison

Steph: Hey, Allison. It was so cool to hear you play piano the other day. You totally sounded like Tom Waits!

Allison: Thanks!

Steph: Do you like him? Do you listen to his stuff or something?

Allison: I like to listen to a lot of his music and play a lot of it.

Steph: Really? Do you actually like know some of his songs?

Allison: I know a few.

Steph: Which ones do you know?

Allison: Um, my favorites to play are New Coat of Paint and * Wish I was in New Orleans.

Steph: Wow. That sounds pretty cool. Where’s he, is he from New Orleans?

Allison: He is.

Steph: Really? Do you know anything else about him?

Allison: I don’t know that much about him. But, I know a lot about the music in New Orleans? And I really like it a lot.

Steph: Did you know that he was in Bram Stoker’s Dracula*?

Allison: No. Really?

Steph: Yeah. I just found that out from Derek.

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Discussion

If you play an instrument, chances are that you have influences.
Sometimes, you hear a musician play and try to copy what they do. Other times, you might just naturally sound like they do.
It sounds like Allison really likes the genre of music that Tom Waits plays.
Are there any genres of music that you like a lot?