Glossary

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Pop and rock

Exercise 16. Read the information about a pop group. Study more topical vocabulary.

Arctic Monkeys are a four-piece band from Sheffield, England. They first became well known in 2004 when people were able to download their music from the internet. Their first two singles went to number 1 in the UK singles chart in 2005, and their first album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, sold over 350,000 copies in its first week.

The group are: Alex Turner, who is the lead singer and plays the guitar, Jamie Cook and Nick O'Malley, who both play the guitar, and Matthew Helder, who is the drummer and also sings.

Note:Living and alive mean “not dead”, but alive is not used before a noun:

He's one of the greatest living composers. Mozart isn't alive today.

Live adj, adv (sounds like five) means “seen or heard as it is happening”:

We saw the band play live, then watched a recording of the concert on TV.

single - one song on a CD

number 1 - the single that sells the most in one week

the singles chart - the list of pop music singles that sell the most in one week

admire smb - like smb and think they have achieved a lot, admiration n.

influence smb /smth - make a change to the way smb thinks, influence n.

appeal to smb - be attractive or interesting to smb, appeal n.

download music - copy music from the internet onto a computer, MP3 player, etc.

band - a number of people who play music together, syn group

voice - the sound a person makes when they talk or sing

talented - having a lot of ability, talent n.

melody - a series of musical notes in a particular order, syn tune inf.

lyrics - the words of a song