{"id":462,"date":"2017-01-23T23:59:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T05:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=462"},"modified":"2020-05-28T20:07:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T02:07:28","slug":"beatles-1968-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/beatles-1968-better\/","title":{"rendered":"how the beatles tried to make 1968 better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>better<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is easily recognized by english learners as the comparative for <em><strong>good<\/strong><\/em>, as used in the song <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">hey jude<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>by the beatles. the first line says<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>hey jude, don&#8217;t make it bad. take a sad song and make it <em>better<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Beatles - Hey Jude\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A_MjCqQoLLA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>and their song\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>revolution<\/strong><\/span>, contains an example of <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/michelle-obamas-carpool-karaoke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>better used as a modal<\/strong><\/a> in this lyric at 2:25 on the video below<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>u tell me it&#8217;s the institution. well, u know, u <em>better free<\/em> your mind instead<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<div style=\"width: 758px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-462-1\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Revolution-The-Beatles-Kinetic-Typograhy.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Revolution-The-Beatles-Kinetic-Typograhy.mp4\">https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Revolution-The-Beatles-Kinetic-Typograhy.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>when <em><strong>better<\/strong><\/em> is used as a modal, it is followed by the simple form of a verb and indicates <em>a strong or urgent recommendation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"richyrocks english on youtube\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/richyrocks-youtube-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fun efl practice\u00a0<span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-smile\" title=\":)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png?w=668\" alt=\":)\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" \/><\/span>\u00a0richyrocks english on youtube<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>ironically (or harmoniously), these two songs were released together as a single in the summer of 1968.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5298\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/beatles-hey-jude-revolution-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"a photo for the beatles single hey jude\/revolution\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/beatles-hey-jude-revolution-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/beatles-hey-jude-revolution-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/beatles-hey-jude-revolution.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em>the beatles&#8217; recommendation: u better free your mind.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>it was a welcome\u00a0effort by the beatles because\u00a0some\u00a0really <em><strong>shitty<\/strong><\/em> (bad) things were<em><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/british-opinion-on-american-english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">going down<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(happening) that year. in north america <em><strong>alone<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(only there), the assassinations of \u00a0<strong>martin luther king jr.<\/strong> and <strong>robert f. kennedy<\/strong>\u00a0two months apart provoked violent protests across the country and in mexico city, just before the start of the olympics, several hundred peacefully protesting students were killed and disappeared by the mexican government during the <strong>tlaltelolco massacre<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>there was a general, worldwide political <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/english-practice-from-a-song-for-brazil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>unrest<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0(trouble, chaos) and the beatles&#8217; international audience clearly appreciated the dreams\u00a0of making it <em>better<\/em> and everything being alright (the chorus of <em>revolution<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5304 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/its-gonna-be-alright-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/its-gonna-be-alright-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/its-gonna-be-alright.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>do u like either one of these beatles songs? \u00a0do u know any other songs by other artists that use\u00a0<em>better<\/em> as a comparative or a modal? share your opinions\/musical selections under <strong>leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.216.191\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value === 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value === '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>better\u00a0is easily recognized by english learners as the comparative for good, as used in the song hey jude\u00a0by the beatles. the first line says hey&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2103,3358,609,2099,8,9,11,10,239,2775,455,2102,4090,2101,2100,1627,3488],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/beatles-hey-jude-revolution.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11009,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions\/11009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}