Manu+Chao

The Song "Me Gustas Tu" by Manu Chao is a great way to talk about the verb "gustar." Below is a sample of the lyrics:

//Me gustan los aviones, me gustas tu. Me gusta viajar, me gustas tu. Me gusta la mañana, me gustas tu. Me gusta el viento, me gustas tu. Me gusta soñar, me gustas tu. Me gusta la mar, me gustas tu. Que voy a hacer , Je ne sais pas Que voy a hacer Je ne sais plus Que voy a hacer Je suis perdu Que horas son, mI corazón//

I created a listening worksheet for my students that had them filling in the blanks with the appropriate words. What is great about the song is that it demonstrates constructions of gustar that they do not get in their book - "me gustas tu" - you are pleasing to me (as in I //really// like you.) The song also contains a lot of vocabulary that is relavent or familiar to the students.

The **bad** thing about the song is that in one line it says "me gusta marijuana, me gustas tu." I took care of this problem with Audacity. I simply edited that line out and none of the students seemed to notice anything.

I have the song on CD, but if you want to hear it and see the video, here's a link to Youtube (it's really a good song!) user:SarahPcat [|Manu Chao - Me Gustas Tu]