Summer Song #5 - Yellow Bird

What does the bird in this song look like?
Yellow Bird
Yellow Bird, up high in banana treeYellow Bird, you sit all alone like meDid your lady friend leave your nest again?This is very sad, makes me feel so badYou can fly away, in the sky awayYou're more lucky than me!
I also had a pretty girl, she's not with me todayThey're all the same, the pretty girlsTake tendernes, then they fly away
Yellow

Summer Song #4 - After you've gone

Can you name all the instruments you hear?


A little more about this song
The performer featured in this video is called Benny Goodman.  He is a famous American jazz musician, a.k.a. "King of Swing."  He is a fantastic clarinetist.
Do you like this particular style of music?  If you do, you may want to go to Jazz For Young People Website to find out more about this music genre!

Summer Song #3 - The Sorcerer's Apprentice

A little about this piece

The Sorcerer's Apprentice was originally a poem written by the great German poet, Goethe in 1797. 100 years later, in 1897, Paul Dukas decided to write an orchestral piece (a symphonic poem) with the same name. This piece became so famous that it is used to accompany a section of the Walk Disney film Fantasia. Mickey Mouse, obviously, plays the role of the apprentice!

Summer Song #2 - Puff the Magic Dragon

Not only is Puff Magic Dragon a great song, the story it tells is very touching. If you read the lyrics of Puff the Magic Dragon carefully, you can see how similiar it is to Disney's Toy Story.

Puff the Magic Dragon
*Puff, the magic dragon lived by the seaAnd frolicked in the autumn mistIn a land called Honah Lee.
Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff,And brought him strings and sealing

Summer Song #1 - We are the Champion

Well, well, well~World Cup 2010 is over! Did you enjoy the game? In my eyes, there is no loser for all teams have won many matches to come this far.  They have all tried their best in every match! 
Today, summer holiday officially start. As promised, I will share with you a new song every Monday morning at 10:00a.m. for 7 weeks. I hope you will continue to discover different kinds of music during

Summertime is ice-cream time!!

Ice-cream treat @ Lyon, France
Flavours: Lavender + Raspberry

Gelatomania - the best gelato shop in Geneva, Switzerland
Flavours: Caramel + Yoghurt


Hello Children,

How are you?  Are you enjoying the sun?  Before the series of Summer Song 2010 starts, I thought I'd like to share a series of pictures with you all which will surely bring you to the mood of summer holiday!! 

This is the

Summer Songs 2010

HELLO CHILDREN,
Summer is finally here!  Are you ready for it?  I look forward to my summer holiday every year; I will eat lots of ice-cream, I will build sand castles on the beach, I will jump over the waves with my friends,  I will lie down under a tree with an ice-lolli when the sun gets too hot!  What do YOU plan to do this summer? 
Though I don't usually spend so much time on the computer