0413 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—a slow jam

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Self-improvement, Language Learning, Education

4.7 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2015

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Today’s expression and dialog: a slow jam What’s your favorite slow jam? Oh…so many. Um, Let’s Stay Together. By who? Al Green. It’s a classic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M_s0C_ID5w Jam is something we put on bread...strawberry jam! I love it^^ What's your favorite jam? But what about..."to jam"? A verb! Well, one meaning of "to jam" is "to make music". When I hear "to jam", I think of rock musicians making music--loud music! Lot's of guitars, great drums and screaming voices!! I used to love it. But as I mature~~ I tend to like "slow jams" a bit more. What's a slow jam? I'll tell you in this podcast. AND, I'll tell you one of my favorite slow jams, too. I hope you make the effort and look up my favorite slow jam on YouTube. If you do, tell me if you like or not!! Have a super FRIDAY~~ TGIF! Coach Shane Please subscribe on iTunes and get this podcast EVERY DAY! Support Coach Shane by giving $1 a month! www.patreon.com/coachshane Our sponsors: www.letsmasterenglish.com Click on JOIN CLASSES and get ALL the information! www.audibletrial.com/lme (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) Our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/DailyEasyEnglish Today's Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST is UP and READY for YOU!! #LearnEnglish #ESL #Twinglish

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, my name is Coach Shane and welcome to easy English expressions.
0:11.0	You and me every day, come on, let's master English.
0:26.0	Hello, everybody.
0:29.5	Welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression.
0:32.9	Today, oh, I like today's word.
0:34.6	It is jam.
0:43.5	Specifically, we'll study a slow jam. Hmm, let's go back to jam. A jam. A jam actually refers to a song, especially a musician who's playing a song might say I'm jamming or let's jam. Let's play music. We do use the expression a slow jam a lot,
1:00.0	and specifically it refers to slow music, especially music sung by black musicians. Oh yeah,
1:09.9	there are some great slow jams. Oh, of course white musicians can
1:15.0	have slow jams too, but it usually has kind of a bluesy or a jazzy or a funky background.
1:25.0	It's got some beat. It's got some soul to it. So a slow jam is a great reference to a music that's very romantic, that might have a deep voice, and that melts the women's hearts. Let's check out the dialogue.
1:47.0	What's your favorite slow jam?
1:49.3	Oh, so many.
1:53.0	Let's stay together.
1:54.7	By who?
1:55.4	Al Green.
1:56.6	It's a classic.
1:59.7	Oh, yeah.
2:00.9	I got to tell you.
2:02.7	Al Green was not really my generation of music, but Al Green's song, the title is Let's
2:11.8	Stay Together.
2:13.2	Oh, wow, what a beautiful song.
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