SONGS with the expression "AIN'T"

SEQUENCE 4: AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC

Certains articles de ce blog sont catégorisés "lesson" et doivent absolument être lus, d'autres sont là pour votre culture et rendre le blog plus vivant. La leçon sur l'anglais oral (cliquez ici pour la retrouver) contient une explication sur l'expression "ain't", et cela m'a donné envie de vous offrir un petit florilège de chansons qui utilisent l'expression. Si vous connaissez d'autres chansons qui utilisent "ain't", vous pouvez la/les mentionner dans les commentaires !

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In this 1968 song, the Soul singer Nina Simone sings about someone who has nothing. It is a long list of absence, with "Ain't got no ..." (J'ai pas de....), which corresponded to the reality of many minorities in the US. But it is not a pessimistic song, because in the middle it changes and becomes "Got ...) ("j'ai...") because the narrator discovers he still has a lot of things !

So a 50% sad and 50% happy song.

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This is a romantic 1966 R&B song sung by Martin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, talking about obstacles to love which can be broken: the song says that 'Ain't no mountain high enough (Il n'y a pas de montagne si grande), ain't no river wide enough (il n'y pas de de fleuve si large)...to keep me from getting to you (pour m'empêcher de te rejoindre). This song was used in the Marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy and is the background melody of "Tears Dry on their Own" by Amy Winehouse!

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Ain't No Sunshine (when she's gone) (Il n'y a plus de soleil quand elle n'est plus là) is a Soul song originally written and performed by Bill Withers in 1971, about sadness after the love of the narrator has left. Anecdot: Bill Withers was 31 years-old when he wrote the song, and he was a Black factory (usine) worker who was building toilets seats...The song became a hit (un tube), and Bill Withers received from the music company...a golden toilet to start his career !

The song was so famous that there were many covers (reprises), including by a young Michael Jackson ​in 1972, who was still a child at the time.