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10th Form Listening Comprehension Activity

October 2009

Different decades can be characterized by the music people

Music - Generations
2. Listen to the song extracts again and identify the song titles and
listen to. singers / bands.
Listen to several song extracts, from different decades.
1. Identify in the following table the decade when the song was released. ____ a. The Who – “My Generation”
____ b. The Clash – “London Calling”
1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
____ c. Jerry Lee Lewis – “Great Balls of Fire”
Son ____ d. Smashing Pumpkins – “1979”
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____ e. The Cure – “Just Like Heaven”
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____ f. Janis Joplin – “Mercedes Benz”
1 ____ g. Chuck Berry – “Johnny B. Goode”
2 ____ h. Green Day – “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”
____ i. Rolling Stones – “Satisfaction”
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____ j. Michael Jackson – “Thriller”
4 ____ k. Bee Gees – “Staying Alive”
5 ____ l. Nirvana – “Come as You Are”
____ m. AC/DC – “Thunderstruck”
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____ n. White Stripes – “Seven Nation Army”
7 ____ o. The Beatles – “All You Need is Love”
8 ____ p. The Killers – “Mr. Brightside”
____ q. Coldplay – “Clocks”
____ r. Oasis – “Wonderwall”
____ s. U2 – “Sunday, Bloody Sunday”

9 ____ t. Elvis Presley – “Blue Suede Shoes”

____ u. Queen – “Bohemian Rhapsody”
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____ v. Bill Haley – “Rock Around the Clock”
11 ____ w. David Bowie – “Heroes”
____ x. Madonna – “Like a Prayer”
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