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Quotes about Music

“Without music, life would be a mistake” — Friedrich Nietzsche

“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music” — Alduous Huxley

“Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak” — William Congreve

“Music happens to be an art form that transcends language” — Herbie Hancock

“Music in the soul can be heard by the universe” — Lao Tzu

“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy” — Ludwig van Beethoven

“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything” — Plato

“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life” — Berthold Auerbach

Using Music to Learn Vocabulary: Part 2

“Using Music to Learn Vocabulary” (read part 1 here) is back with a second installment.

1. Jackalope: “We’re All Stuck Out In the Desert” by Johnathan Rice

A jackalope is a mythical animal of North American folklore described as a jackrabbit with antelope horns or deer antlers and sometimes a pheasant’s tail (and often hind legs).

2. Polystyrene: “Something Borrowed, Something Blue” by Ben Lee

Polystyrene is a rigid clear thermoplastic polymer that can be molded into objects or made into a foam that is used to insulate refrigerators.

3. Carpetbagger: “Carpetbaggers” by Jenny Lewis

A carpetbagger refers to a northerner who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction & refers to a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.

4. Aztlán: “New Yorker Cartoon” by Jenny and Johnny

Aztlán refers to the mythical ancestral home of the Nahuas, one of the main populations in Mesoamerica.

5. Tucker Telephone: “I Don’t Mind” by Phantom Planet

Tucker Telephone refers to a torture device used at Arkansas’ Tucker State Prison Farm in the 1960s. The device, designed using parts from an old-fashioned crank telephone and batteries, administered electric shocks.

“Limbs” Songs

Here is a list of good songs about “limbs” — hands, feet, arms, legs, etc:

“Sleight of Hand” by Army Navy

“Out of My Hands” by The Donnas

“Hand in Hand” by Hanson

“Hand of God” by Jason Boesel

“Soft Hands” by Michael Runion

“Thieves and Their Hands” by Rachael Cantu

“Sun Feet” by Eisley

“Got My Feet on the Ground” by The Kinks

“The Finger and the Moon” by Ben Lee

“You’ll Need Those Fingers For Crossing” by Los Campesinos!

“Weary Arms” by Crooked Fingers

“With Arms Outstretched” by Rilo Kiley

“Your Legs Grow” by Nada Surf

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