Javier’s English Corner

Wow! I have received quite a few comments with lots of suggestions for our song-about-the-rain challenge, and I promise I will post all those songs on this blog in an orderly fashion.

I was really surprised to get a comment from Cristina, an EFL teacher from Madrid who was very kind about this blog, and the song she contributed is called ‘Banana Pancakes’, by Hawaiian song-writer Jack Johnson, whom I didn’t know until now. It is a beautiful song indeed, which I’m sure you will enjoy.

Please remember there’s a writing assignment due for next Monday. You can find it on the writing section at the end of unit 8 of our textbook.

And now let’s go back to our song-about-the-rain challenge. I posted the first one just a couple of days ago and already María Valdés, my dear colleague from EOI Oviedo, left a comment to contribute another song. It is called “Why Does It Always Rain On Me?”, and the band is called “Travis”, a Scottish alternative rock band from Glasgow.

Well, I daresay we all have had our fair share of rain in the last few days, which has got me thinking about all the beautiful songs that have some connection with this atmospheric phenomenon. Here’s a challenge. How many songs related to rain can you think of?

I’m going to post the first one that comes to me whenever I think of rain. It’s a classic rock tune by the unforgettable Creedence Clearwater Revival.