I CAN TALK ABOUT MUSIC : POP and ROCK
Lviv. 1994. Vakarchuk founded the band “Okean Elzy”. The “Klan Tishiny” band (Eng. “The clan of silence”) was the first step to OE and they were Andrew Golyak, Denis Glinin, Paul Gudimov and Juriy Hustochka. A little later, the musicians met Vakarchuk, the student of physics department. “Klan Tishiny” fell to pieces, but the new band, that everybody knows as “Okean Elzy” arised. It was on October 12, 1994. OE played pop-rock and Vakarchuk was the lead singer, the composer and the author at the same time. OE released a single and their first album with 4 songs after only two months of band foundation. The first OE performance watched 7 000 viewers! They became wellknown not only in Ukraine, but also in Poland, Germany and France.
In 1999 OE performed in Paris and this show was broadcasted on MCM International channel. Today the band are Svyatoslav Vakarchuk who is the lead singer, Denis Glinin is the drummer, Denis Dudko who plays the bass guitar, Milosh Elich who plays the keyboard instruments and Vladimir Opsenitca plays the guitar.
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1. What can you remember? Circle the correct answers.
• Vladimir Opsenitca plays the guitar\ the violine
1. There were four \ three musicians in the band.
2. They became well known in 1993\ 1994.
3. They released their first album with 7\4 songs.
4. The first OE performance watched 6000\7000 viewers.
5. In 1999 OE performed in Paris\ New York.
6. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk\ Denis Glinin is the lead singer.
2. Complete the sentences.
• Jimi Hendrix plays the guitar.
1. Another word for a band is a g___________.
2. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is a good m_________.
3. The most important singer is the l______ _____.
4. Someone who plays the drumms is a d________.
5. A CD with about ten songs on it is an a_______
6. A song which is released as a standalone item is a s_______.
7. The BBC will b___________this p__________ tonight.
3. What about you? Write you answers and ask another student.
1. Do you have a favourite group or singer?_______________.
2. What style of music do they play or perform? ___________.
3. What are your favourite songs by these musicians?______.
4. Do you like any of the clips by these musucians?________.
5. How many albums did they release? ___________________.
6. Do you know what musical insrtuments do they play? _____.
7. Do you know how they became famous? _______________.
a musician
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GLOSSARY |
a band e.g. Queen, Artic Monkeys, (also group)
well known syn. famous
an album a number of songs, usually about 10
performance syn. show
broadcast data transmission, (TV transmission)
a musician someone who plays music
a lead singer the most important singer
the drummer someone who plays drums
a single one song from the album
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