Vince Grammar

Country singers rule this soundtrack of Elvis Presley covers, which is every bit as flawed, frivolous and fun as the film from whence it came. While Billy Joel parodies "All Shook Up" and "Heartbreak Hotel," John Mellencamp labors to avoid parodying "Jailhouse Rock," and U2's Bono transforms "Can't Help Falling in Love" into an obsessive parable about hero worship, folks like Ricky Van Shelton and Trisha Yearwood just sit back and sing the things, which at least makes them pleasant after more than one plaing. Dwight Yoakam's power-chord-country version of "Suspicious Minds" and Travis Tritt's "Burning Love" rank with their best remakes. Breaking the trend are pop crooner Bryan Ferry, who sings a seductive British soul version of "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" and the usually trustworthy Vince Gill, whose Pat Boone-style rendition of Arthur Crudup's classic blues "That's All Right" cleans up the grammar.

Smart Beginner • Student's Book
Michael Vince with Judy West
2001 | English | PDF, 98 pages | 22.47 MB

Smart is an exciting new course with a strong grammatical base for secondary school students, taking them from beginner level to intermediate. The course introduces new language through ten topic-based units in which dialogues and reading texts help present new grammar and vocabulary in situations which are of interest to this age group. Fun characters which appear throughout the course also help present new language items.