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Jack Johnson

Date: May 05 2008

Intro

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

If a warm breeze could play guitar, it would sound like Jack Johnson. Musicians are often influenced by the place they’re from, and Jack Johnson’s poppy acoustic rock captures the mood of a sunny, warm place like Hawaii. Johnson grew up on the islands, but his music is helping the whole world relax these days. Listen to Marni and Beren talk about his new album.

Dialog

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

Marni

Beren

Marni: He’s still around. He’s got a new album out called Sleep Through the Static.

Beren: Is it good?

Marni: I was actually listening to it a little bit. It’s good for what it is. I don’t necessarily…If I want to listen to music, I don’t think, like, mellow guitar…

Beren: That’s my problem with Brushfire Fairytales. I think that’s the name of his first album. There’s a couple of songs I like, but it’s so mellow.

Marni: You have to be in the mood for it.

Beren: It’s beyond laid back. With the flip flops. Bare feet.

Marni: I actually had an encounter with him once and he was very, very nice.

Beren: You met Jack Johnson?

Marni: I met Jack Johnson once a long time ago and he’s a very, very nice guy. I catered for him and I stole juice from his dressing room. He’s a surfer. That’s a big passion of his. And he actually wanted to be a pro surfer, but he got into a really bad accident.

Beren: He got into a bad accident.

Marni: He got into an accident in the competition and he got disqualified and just picked up the…well, I think he’d been playing guitar, but you know, he went that route, and so I have a lot of respect for him.

Beren: He keeps it mellow.

Marni: He keeps it mellow.

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Discussion

Marni has heard a little bit of Jack Johnson’s new album, and she says it’s good. But as with all of his music, you have be in a particularly carefree, relaxed mood to listen to it. Beren compares that mood to wearing sandals or walking around without shoes on.

It isn’t just Jack Johnson’s music that’s nice. He’s a nice guy too. Marni met him once. She has a lot of respect for him because even after his first career as a surfer was ended by an injury, Johnson made a career of music.

If you were to make music to reflect the place you’re from, what would it sound like?

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Alessandro_07

Brazil

She has said everything

primula

Saudi Arabia

Jack Jhonson is great just as my friend here in English Baby who recommended him for me . His music is calm and relaxing. Whenever I hear his songs I spontaneously recall sweet memories ....If I were to make music to reflect the place I come from, I'd make it rackety and uproarious coz I like music when it makes a big and loud noise lolz

Alessandro_07

Brazil

Jack Johnson is the best singer of the world for me =)

Miss·Daisy

China

I like him and i enjoy his music so much.

`Good People`and`traffic in the sky`are listenability.

miffoo

Slovakia

I never listen his music I only saw few video clip on TV, but his music don't interesting me.

miffoo

Slovakia

really nice lesson:)

Englearn

India

great step! I have never heard him but as i read here turn of his life is just great.Good onya bravo.

freddd

France

I m really love jonhson musik. She is freshness, mellow, his voice and his playing guitar are sweetness.

The music to reflect the place i m from, sound like a clarinet air in…..

195854255

United States

If I were to make music to reflect the place I come from. I think I will make it mellow, soft, smooth. Just like leaning over a tree at night,seeing the stars above you; as comfortable as sitting in a porch swing on a summer afternoon, sipping iced tea…...

fjoan

China

Jack Johnson,I never heard him before,but I download some song about it then, september sessions_{~very good I think}Guitar tone is so amazing~

fjoan

China

Jack Johnson,I never heard him before,but I download some song about it then, september sessions_{~very good I think}Guitar tone is so amazing~

Joge

Brazil

Jack Jonhson is a romantic person. I liked his songs.

lgmia

China

i think it's a new choice for me to listen,to absorb ,to feel

muharrem GÜVEN

Turkey

hey friend message to take I am job to work

muharrem GÜVEN

Turkey

HEY friend to keep somebody excusme , how you jack, how madonna .

madonna is to receive information,

Joge

Brazil

I loved Jack Johnson's music. He is fabulous. I like romantic and mellow music. It makes me calm and relaxing. When I heard his song I went back in my past, I stayed hours noticing the sea and sunset. It is awesome!

Joge

Brazil

I loved Jack Johnson's music. I like this kind of music, romantic and mellow. When I heard this song I went back when I was child. I stayed hours looking at the sea and sunset. Here is the site. wwww.jackjohnsonmusic.com. It's so cool.

aliena

China

ehhhh, I have no idea about his music, but i think I would like that type of music. If i were to make music to reflect the place where I come from, that would be high, clean, pure and …., sorry for my poor vocabulary of music. Just like the wind of high land like Tibet.