{"id":11514,"date":"2020-12-24T01:49:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T07:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/?p=11514"},"modified":"2023-07-13T10:20:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T16:20:19","slug":"toluca-lyric-9-take-me-home-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/toluca-lyric-9-take-me-home-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"toluca lyric 9: take me home for christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>toluca lyric 9<\/em><\/strong> is an analysis of the lyrics of a new 2020 christmas song&#8212;-<strong>dan + shay<\/strong>&#8216;s <em><strong>take me home for christmas<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"toluca lyric 9: take me home for xmas\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S0qrxHDFSrM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>toluca lyric 9 is full of valuable vocabulary phrases and words that are emphasized with graphics in the video. listed below are some additional points to help u get <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/even-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">even<\/a> more from toluca lyric 9.<\/p>\n<p>as mentioned in toluca lyric 9, <strong>tasteofcountry.com<\/strong> calls <em>take me home for christmas<\/em> a combination of country and <em>r&amp;b<\/em>. like the graphic in the video shows at :13, <strong><em>r &amp; b<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/stand-for-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stands for<\/a> <em>rhythm and blues<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/worst-movies-2015-cool-english-practice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>the weeknd<\/strong> <\/a>might be the most globally recognized r&amp;b singer of the moment.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Weeknd - Starboy ft. Daft Punk (Official Video)\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/34Na4j8AVgA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>because dan of dan + shay \u00a0refers to their fans as <em>you all<\/em> instead of <em>y&#8217;all<\/em>, there is doubt at :37 in toluca lyric 9 about the authenticity of <em>take me home for christmas<\/em> as a country song. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/yall-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>y&#8217;all<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is a common contraction of <em>you all<\/em> and sounds more authentically country. \u00a0it is used as the plural of <em>you<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#x2744;&#xfe0f;<\/h4>\n<p>+ can be used to show a romantic relationship between two people. \u00a0for this reason, i \u00a0thought dan + shay might be a couple&#8211;a \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/fella-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>fella<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(man\/boy) named dan and a \u00a0<em><strong>gal<\/strong><\/em> (woman\/girl) named shay. \u00a0in fact, dan and shay are both men and not a couple.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11529\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/fanny-shaq.001-e1608747634270-300x242.jpeg\" alt=\"a red heart with the text fanny + shaq\" width=\"232\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/fanny-shaq.001-e1608747634270-300x242.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/fanny-shaq.001-e1608747634270-1024x827.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/fanny-shaq.001-e1608747634270-768x620.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/fanny-shaq.001-e1608747634270.jpeg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>+ means fanny and shaq are in love<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>joanie and chachi were the <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/eponymous-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eponymous<\/a> couple of the 80s tv series <strong><em>joanie loves chachi<\/em><\/strong>. they were musicians trying to make it big in chicago, but the show only lasted one season. <strong>sonny and cher<\/strong> had a huge hit,<strong><em> i got u babe<\/em><\/strong>, in the 60s and hosted the tv show <strong><em>the sonny and cher show<\/em><\/strong> in the 70s. one year during a christmas special for the show, cher sang this popular christmas <em>carol<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cher - O Holy Night\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rt7-P_bEEko?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>in 1975 sonny and cher divorced and cher became more famous on her own.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cher - Believe [Official Music Video]\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nZXRV4MezEw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/damn-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>damn!<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is used at 1:20 in toluca lyric 9 to <em>show surprise<\/em> that a country, r&amp;b or christmas song would focus on a gay couple. \u00a0romantic songs in any of these genres are almost exclusively about heterosexual couples.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/get-together-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>get together<\/em><\/strong><\/a> means <em>gather socially<\/em>. it&#8217;s implied at 1:25 in toluca lyric 9 that dan and shay will be <em>getting together<\/em> intimately. but as the<em> take me home for christmas<\/em> video continues to play, it&#8217;s obvious that i <strong><em>misread<\/em><\/strong> (interpreted incorrectly) the situation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dan + Shay - Take Me Home For Christmas (Official Music Video)\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4QJKhKNWy5o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>the lyric <em>show me round your town<\/em> from the chorus of <em>take me home for christmas<\/em> includes the <strong>reduction<\/strong> <em>round<\/em> for <em>around<\/em>. there are other reductions in toluca lyric 9. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/kinda-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>kinda<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is used at 5:00 and marked with a graphic. it is used a couple other times as well. and there are a LOT of reductions of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/has-got-structure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">have\/has got<\/a><\/strong> (<em>we got christmas trees lighting up<\/em>, at \u00a03:12 for example) throughout the video. can u identify them or any other reductions?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/light-up-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>light up<\/em><\/strong><\/a> means <em>illuminate<\/em>, <em>turn on the lights<\/em>. it is used in the chorus of this popular 2020 song from drip report&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>light up, light up<\/em> skechers, <em>light up, light up<\/em> my world<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DripReport - Skechers (Lyrics)\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DXaI_htTpPI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>at 2:25 in toluca lyric 9, the observation that\u00a0<em>in a town, it usually snows, like, in the whole fucking town<\/em> demonstrates that when talking about the weather, we use the subject pronoun <em>it<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>kmart<\/strong><\/span> used to be a more important retail store than walmart, but those days are gone. \u00a0in fact, kmart has closed most of their stores. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/thus-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">thus<\/a> the comment at 2:45 that the <em>kmart ain&#8217;t there no more<\/em>. the comment <em>we used to \u00a0go down to kmart<\/em> to watch the snow fall is not serious. nobody would do that. \u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/go-down-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>go down<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is a common expression that, like the graphic says, means <em>go in that direction<\/em>. kmart was not at the bottom of a hill &#x1f923;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11559\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1Xkm1Jx29Q2O1l9LSBr8h-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"the kmart logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1Xkm1Jx29Q2O1l9LSBr8h-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1Xkm1Jx29Q2O1l9LSBr8h-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1Xkm1Jx29Q2O1l9LSBr8h.jpeg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/dress-up-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>dress up<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, used at 2:55, \u00a0is a <strong>phrasal verb<\/strong> that means <em>put on specific clothes or a costume<\/em> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/leave-out-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>leave out<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a phrasal verb that means <em>omit<\/em>, is used at 3:30 to mention that baby jesus is not included in the lyrics of <em>take me home for christmas<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11541\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/9b1b2d869c98e8b5bec9823f0428558d-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"lil baby jesus and his mother mary vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/9b1b2d869c98e8b5bec9823f0428558d-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/9b1b2d869c98e8b5bec9823f0428558d.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>dan + shay <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">left <\/span><u><strong>lil baby jesus out<\/strong><\/u> of the lyrics of take me home for christmas<\/em><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/plenty-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">plenty<\/a> of christmas songs don&#8217;t mention baby jesus, but it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/slightly-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">slightly<\/a> weird that dan + shay give the lyric \u00a0<em>you&#8217;ll check every box off of my list<\/em> a very \u00a0important place in the chorus of <em>take me home for christmas. \u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/despite-definition\/\">despite<\/a>\u00a0what toluca lyric 9 says starting at 3:30, checklists are not really an important christmas tradition.<\/p>\n<p>listen to the pronunciation of <em><strong>desperate<\/strong><\/em> at 4:35. it&#8217;s only two syllables and the <em>-ate<\/em> is pronounced with <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/the-schwa-or-the-shwuh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the shwuh sound<\/a>. the word is NOT <em>desesperate<\/em>, although it would be logical for spanish speakers considering the spanish equivalent is <em>desesperada<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11542\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Desperate_HouseWives_1024x1024-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"four desperate housewives vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Desperate_HouseWives_1024x1024-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Desperate_HouseWives_1024x1024.jpg 674w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">desperate<\/span> but NOT des<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">es<\/span>perate<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>the final comments are that the song&#8217;s author can&#8217;t drink tequila. this is a reference to dan + shay&#8217;s 2018 hit <strong><em>tequila<\/em>. <\/strong>the lyrics explain that the taste of tequila is a <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/painful-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">painful<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(it hurts) <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/reminder-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reminder<\/a> of an old girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dan + Shay - Tequila (Official Music Video)\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c4qgqNS_20s?list=PLQngKlKIl38kenS5LpWAOjVt9yQ8-ezKQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>and all of these vocabulary words and phrases that appear in toluca lyric 9 have also appeared in previous posts on richyrocks.com: <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/puke-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">puke<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/shit-expressions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shit<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, \u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/randomly-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">randomly<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, \u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/twas-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">twas<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/used-to-simple-form-of-verb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">used to + verb in the past<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/aint-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ain&#8217;t<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, \u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/jolly-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jolly<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, \u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/although-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">although<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/count-on-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">count on<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, \u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/truth-be-told-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">truth be told<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, \u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/rip-off-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rip off<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/piss-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">piss<\/a><\/em><\/strong>,<\/p>\n<p>do u have questions about other lyrics in <em>take me home for christmas<\/em> or vocabulary in toluca lyric 9? post them under <strong>leave a 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