1. What dances would Lola dance in the bar?
2. What was the name of the hottest spot of Havana?
3. What did Lola wear in her hair?
4. What were always in fashion?
5. Who was Tony?
6. What happened after Rico had called Lola over and had gone a bit too far? There …
7. What did Lola lose?

Olvasd el a dalszöveget, majd egészítsd ki 1-1 szóval a következő összegzést. A szavak első kezdőbetűjét megadtuk segítségként. Vigyázat, a szöveg összefoglalója a dalszövegnek!

“The song’s lyrics refer to the Copacabana nightclub, “the hottest 1. s____ north of Havana”. The story starts in the late 1940s, focusing on Lola, a Copacabana 2. s____, and her 3. s____ Tony, a bartender at the club. One night, a gangster named Rico takes a 4. f____ to Lola, but he overplays his hand while trying to seduce her and is 5. a____ by Tony. The ensuing brawl (“And then the 6. p____ flew, and chairs were 7. s____ in two…”) results in “blood and a single gunshot;” after it is initially unclear “who shot who[m],” it soon becomes clear that Lola has “8. l____ her love.” 9. T____ years later, the club has been transformed into a discotheque, but a 10. d____ Lola, mad with grief at having lost Tony, still spends her nights at the Copacabana 11. d____ in her glamorous showgirl attire (according to the singer, Lola “lost her youth and she lost her Tony, now she’s lost her mind”). The song’s final verse ends with Lola sitting at the bar and drinking herself half 12. b____.“

source: Wikipedia

“Copacabana (At The Copa)” by Barry Manilow

Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl

With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there

She would merengue and do the cha-cha

And while she tried to be a star

Tony always tended bar

Across the crowded floor, they worked from 8 till 4

They were young and they had each other

Who could ask for more?

[Chorus:]

At the copa (CO!) Copacabana (Copacabana)

The hottest spot north of Havana (here)

At the copa (CO!) Copacabana

Music and passion were always the fashion

At the copa…. they fell in love

His name was Rico

He wore a diamond

He was escorted to his chair, he saw Lola dancing there

And when she finished, he called her over

But Rico went a bit too far

Tony sailed across the bar

And then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two

There was blood and a single gun shot

But just who shot who?

[Chorus]

At the copa… she lost her love

Her name is Lola, she was a showgirl

But that was 30 years ago, when they used to have a show

Now it’s a disco, but not for Lola

Still in the dress she used to wear

Faded feathers in her hair

She sits there so refined, and drinks herself half-blind

She lost her youth and she lost her Tony

Now she’s lost her mind

[Chorus]

At the copa… don’t fall in love

Don’t fall in love

sources (video; lyrics): Barry Manilow – Copacabana – 11th May 2017, digitalmediafan, Youtube; azLyrics

keys/megoldások:

Task 1: 1. merengue and cha-cha; 2. Copacabana; 3. yellow feathers; 4. music and passion; 5. Lola’s love; 6. There were punches, smashed chairs and there was blood and a single shot.; 7. She lost her youth and her love.

Task 2: 1. spot; 2. showgirl; 3. sweetheart; 4. fancy; 5. attacked; 6. punches; 7. smashed; 8. lost; 9. thirty; 10. drunken; 11. dressed; 12. blind

I remember all my life
Raining down as cold as ice.
Shadows of a man,
A face through a window cryin’ in the night,
The night goes into
Morning just another day;
Happy people pass my way.
Looking in their eyes,
I see a memory I never realized how happy you made me.

Oh Mandy well,
You came and you gave without taking,
But I sent you away.
Oh, Mandy well,
Kissed me and stopped me from shaking,
And I need you today.
Oh, Mandy!

I’m standing on the edge of time;
I’ve walked away when love was mine.
Caught up in a world of uphill climbing,
The tears are in my mind and nothin’ in rhyming.

Oh Mandy well,
You came and you gave without taking,
But I sent you away.
Oh, Mandy well,
Kissed me and stopped me from shaking,
And I need you today.
Oh, Mandy!

Yesterday’s a dream
I face the morning
Crying on a breeze
The pain is calling
Oh Mandy
Well, you came and you gave without taking
But I sent you away oh, Mandy
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you today Oh, Mandy
You came and you gave without taking
But I sent you away oh, Mandy
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you

Listen to the song once again and fill in the gaps, please.

I remember 1. _________
Raining down as cold as ice.
Shadows of a man,
A face through a window cryin’ 2. ____________,
The night goes into
Morning just 3. __________;
4. ____________ pass my way.
Looking in their eyes,
I see a memory I never realized how happy 5. ____________.

Oh Mandy well,
You came and you gave 6. __________,
But I sent you away.
Oh, Mandy well,
Kissed me and stopped me 7. __________,
And I need you today.
Oh, Mandy!

I’m standing on the edge of time;
I’ve walked away when 8. ________.
Caught up in a world of uphill climbing,
The tears are 9. ___________  and nothin’ in rhyming.

Oh Mandy well,
You came and you gave without taking,
But I sent you away.
Oh, Mandy well,
Kissed me and stopped me from shaking,
And I need you today.
Oh, Mandy!

Yesterday’s a dream
I 10. _________ Crying on a breeze
The pain is calling
Oh Mandy
Well, you came and you gave without taking
But I sent you away oh, Mandy
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you today Oh, Mandy
You came and you gave without taking
But I sent you away oh, Mandy
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you

Key:

1.    all my life

2.    in the night

3.    another day

4.    Happy people

5.    you made me

6.    without taking

7.    from shaking

8.    love was mine

9.    in my mind

10.  face the morning