{"id":8520,"date":"2018-11-05T17:56:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T23:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/?p=8520"},"modified":"2018-12-13T01:20:08","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T07:20:08","slug":"toluca-lyric-2-dead-mans-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/toluca-lyric-2-dead-mans-party\/","title":{"rendered":"toluca lyric #2: dead man&#8217;s party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>check out the newest vid on the . inspired by <strong>d\u00eda de los muertos<\/strong>, toluca lyric #2 analyzes <strong>oingo boingo<\/strong>&#8216;s hit from the 80s <i><strong>dead man&#8217;s party<\/strong><\/i>.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<p>click CC for subtitles in spanish or english<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"toluca lyric #2: dead man&#039;s party\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N08W5lz07GM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>the video mentions <strong>danny elfman<\/strong> at :45 as the creative force behind oingo boingo. elfman is probably better known for composing <i><strong>scores<\/strong><\/i> (music) for <i><strong>scores<\/strong><\/i> (groups of 20, a lot) of movies. some of the <i>scores<\/i> elfman has composed are listed  (in all parts of) toluca lyric #2 .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Oingo_Boingo_header1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8545\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Oingo_Boingo_header1-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Oingo_Boingo_header1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Oingo_Boingo_header1.jpeg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Danny-Elfman-010.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8546\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Danny-Elfman-010-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><i>danny elfman with oingo boingo and a skeleton (sfct.org, dan tuffs \/the guardian)<\/i><\/h5>\n<p>many of the movies danny elfman wrote the score for are used on richyrocks.com to help u remember vocabulary or other concepts in english. click below for more cool info:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/living-up-to-the-hype\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">avengers; age of ultron<\/a><\/li>\n<li>s<a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/silver-lining\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ilver linings playbook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/jennifer-lawrence-on-getting-paid-less-for-american-hustle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">american hustle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/worst-movies-2015-cool-english-practice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fifty shades of grey<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (regardless of) elfman&#8217;s impressive body of work, not everybody recognizes him or oingo boingo. this reality is expressed at :24 and again at :52 with the phrases <i>i ain&#8217;t never heard of no oingo boingo<\/i> and <i>i ain&#8217;t heard of danny elfman neither<\/i>. in both of these comments, replaces the auxiliary <i>haven&#8217;t<\/i> in negative usages of (auxiliary have + past participle). <strong><i>neither<\/i><\/strong> indicates <i>agreement between two negative points<\/i> (in this case, not recognizing oingo boingo or danny elfman). both <i>ain&#8217;t<\/i> and <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/shithole-also-asshole-butthole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>double negatives<\/strong><\/a> (ain&#8217;t never &amp; ain&#8217;t neither) are commonly used, but considered bad grammar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/present-perfect-tense-slideshow-3-638.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8544\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/present-perfect-tense-slideshow-3-638-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-temp-aztec-id=\"81a625c2-3a7b-4cad-baef-9db6f37233aa\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/present-perfect-tense-slideshow-3-638-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/present-perfect-tense-slideshow-3-638.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><i>present perfect presented on a poster (slideshare.net\/padilkonami\/present<\/i>-perfect-tense-slideshow)<\/h5>\n<p>the first lyric of dead man&#8217;s party is <i>all dressed up with nowhere to go<\/i>. the phrasal verb <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/a-snowman-gots-a-heart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><i>dress up<\/i><\/strong><\/a> means put on nice clothes. <strong><i>dressed up<\/i><\/strong> is the same idea, but as an adjective. notice at 1:37 that the advice is to always  a t-shirt to work (NOT <i>use<\/i> t-shirt, spanish speakers<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" style=\"margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; vertical-align: middle; -webkit-box-shadow: none; -moz-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-emoji-one\/icons\/1F610.png\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/>). <i><strong>jammies<\/strong><\/i> at 1:44 is an abbreviated form of <i>pyjamas<\/i>. starting at 3:45 the video talks about the pronunciation of the word <i>suit<\/i> in reference to the dead guy in the song wearing a <i>suit and tie.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>suit and tie<\/i><\/strong> is the title of this popular song by <strong>justin timberlake<\/strong>. listen closely. it&#8217;s an <strong><i><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/11-songs-to-help-u-remember-as-long-as\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as long as<\/a><\/i><\/strong> song as well.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Justin Timberlake - Suit &amp; Tie (Official Video - Explicit) ft. Jay-Z\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IsUsVbTj2AY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>if i&#8217;m not mistaken, this is the third time i&#8217;ve mentioned justin timberlake on richyrocks.com this year. that&#8217;s probably too many<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" style=\"margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; vertical-align: middle; -webkit-box-shadow: none; -moz-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-emoji-one\/icons\/1F611.png\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/><\/p>\n<p>during the explanation of the pronunciation of <strong><i>sweet,<\/i><\/strong> listen at 4:04 for the sentence <i>u don&#8217;t got a sweetcase<\/i> (suitcase). this is another grammatically incorrect structure that is often heard. it&#8217;s a corruption of the <strong>have got structure<\/strong>. the correct auxiliary is haven&#8217;t, NOT don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>at 2:15 the focus of the vid becomes the pronunciation of the word <i><strong>alive<\/strong><\/i>. this song by <strong>love and rockets<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"So alive - Love and Rockets\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ff5wxR081YQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>and this one by <strong>pearl jam<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pearl Jam - Alive\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qM0zINtulhM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;are useful examples of how to pronounce <i>alive<\/i> too.<\/p>\n<p>the<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/-cally-pronunciation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">-cally<\/a><\/strong> at the end of<i><strong> ironically<\/strong><\/i> (also <i>grammatically<\/i> and many, many other words) is pronounced as one syllable (CLEE). check the pronunciation at 2:35.<\/p>\n<p><i><strong>off the hook<\/strong><\/i>, used at 2:40 to describe the dead man&#8217;s party, means <i>cool<\/i>, <i>dope<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>doing a voice like a dead person, can <strong><i>dry out<\/i><\/strong> (lose all hydration) your throat and make your voice <strong><i>raspy <\/i><\/strong><i>(hoarse, <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/harsh-def\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>harsh<\/i><\/a><i>). <\/i>it happens in the video at 2:57. singer louis armstrong had a famously <i>raspy<\/i> voice.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (Lyrics)\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A3yCcXgbKrE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>bring down<\/i><\/strong><strong>, <\/strong>used at 3:10 to talk about the phrase<i><strong> leave your troubles at the door<\/strong><\/i>, means <i>make sad<\/i> (it is NOT the opposite of <strong><i><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/bring-up-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bring up<\/a><\/i><\/strong>). it&#8217;s used in the title of this <strong>elo<\/strong> song.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Don&#039;t Bring Me Down-Electric Light Orchestra\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C0jb9zWd4n4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>there is a <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/spoiler-alert-examples\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><strong>spoiler alert<\/strong><\/i><\/a> (warning that i am going to talk about what happens in the movie <strong><i>nacho libre<\/i><\/strong>) at 4:23. it&#8217;s not really necessary for two reasons: the movie is more than 12 years old and the scene that is described is not really crucial to the  of the movie. hearing about what nacho does with the silver dollars before seeing nacho libre will not <strong><i>spoil<\/i><\/strong> (ruin) it for u. the vid suggests that the tradition of putting coins on dead people&#8217;s eyes is because <strong><i>corpses<\/i><\/strong> (dead bodies) have <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/freak-outs-freaks-house-cards-burger-king-rick-james\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><i>freaky<\/i><\/strong><\/a> (scary\/weird) eyes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/220px-Corpse_Bride_film_poster.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8543\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/220px-Corpse_Bride_film_poster-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"corpse bride movie poster\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/220px-Corpse_Bride_film_poster-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/220px-Corpse_Bride_film_poster.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><i>the <\/i><u><i>corpse<\/i><\/u><i> bride is another movie danny elfman wrote the score for.<\/i><\/h5>\n<p>the lyrics in dead man&#8217;s party say the dead man has <i>a shiny silver dollar on <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/either-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><strong>either<\/strong><\/i><\/a><i> eye,<\/i> meaning <i>both<\/i> eyes are covered by a coin. similarly, at 5:04, the vid explains that neither <i>it&#8217;s all i need<\/i> nor <i>it&#8217;s all in me<\/i> are correct lyrics. like the example above, <strong><i>neither<\/i><\/strong> indicates negative agreement of statements, in this case <i><u>both<\/u><\/i> <i>lyrics are wrong<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>at 5:18 <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/silly-def\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><strong>silly<\/strong><\/i><\/a> gives the idea that nobody could seriously believe that i&#8217;m a ghost or a scary skeleton<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" style=\"margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; vertical-align: middle; -webkit-box-shadow: none; -moz-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-emoji-one\/icons\/1F480.png\" width=\"39\" height=\"39\" \/><\/p>\n<p>finally, <strong><i>skin and bones<\/i><\/strong> frequently is used to emphasize how <i>skinny<\/i> a person is. in the video, it is used to stress that i am human and alive, not a ghost. listen for it at 5:22 in the toluca lyric video and multiple times in this song by <strong>coldplay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Coldplay - Yellow (Official Video)\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yKNxeF4KMsY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>do u have any questions about the vocabulary in the video or the lyrics of dead man&#8217;s party? what song would u like to see analyzed in toluca lyric #3? share your thoughts under <strong>leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.217.120\" \/><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>check out the newest vid on the . inspired by d\u00eda de los muertos, toluca lyric #2 analyzes oingo boingo&#8216;s hit from the 80s dead&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8521,"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":[4,3,89],"tags":[1814,1382,3418,3405,3410,54,3412,3399,3398,1173,3420,3406,3400,1980,3403,3407,8,251,9,11,10,1305,2775,3413,3409,90,3408,3401,1016,1395,3414,3417,3411,954,3416,3404,115,917,3419,3415],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/81O590QJWhL._SX355_.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8520"}],"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=8520"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8559,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8520\/revisions\/8559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}