Shadowing-Übung: Ronnie Montrose Remembered: Ken Mary (House of Lords, Fifth Angel) - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video

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Hey it's Junkman from VintageRock.com here on the red carpet at Ronnie Montrose Remembered in 2017
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and to my right we have drummer Ken Merry.
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How are you man?
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I'm doing very well.
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How are you?
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Good, good.
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Glad you can make it here tonight.
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Thank you so much.
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You know a lot of people who remember Ken from bands like House of Lords
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and a few other ones just you know just a shredder here you know He knows what he's doing, you know.
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Tell us about any Ronnie Montrose memories you might have.
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Well, I mean, obviously everybody remembers that first record with Sammy Hagar.
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I mean, I think all of us, when we grew up, it was kind of a formative record for us.
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Songs like Space Station No. 5, Rock Candy.
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I mean, just incredible music.
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I saw Ronnie play a number of times.
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Fantastic guitarist.
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I mean, the songwriting, amazing songwriting.
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I'm not going to say anything that probably everybody
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that does We're all gushing today Everybody's going to say the same thing But really, truly, musically Just one of those records that Stands the test of time That people,
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in terms of rock industry people Will always look back on As a record that really was
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Almost what you'd say A foundation for heavy metal For everybody that followed it Absolutely,
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and then everything that he did afterwards From the Gamma records to everything else that he did.
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He just had such a big plethora of styles, you know.
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But yeah, we always remember the first time you hear everything, you know.
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It's like your first bike, your first girlfriend or anything like that, you know.
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You just never forget, you know.
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So what's happening for you for 2017?
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Well, it's going to be a very interesting year.
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I was just talking about this with a friend of mine out here.
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One of my high school band, Fifth Angel, which is, because we were on Epic Records for two albums.
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Your high school band was on Epic Records?
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Yes.
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Cool.
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Kind of a cool thing, yeah.
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At the time, Michael Jackson was on Epic Records, so it was the biggest record label in the world.
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And the band has a pretty massive cult following in Europe, so we're headlining a festival that's sold out.
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It's called the KIT Festival, the Keep It True Festival.
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It's right outside of Frankfurt, Germany.
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Wow.
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And so it's gonna be the first time we've played together in a very long time Well, that's cool.
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I don't want to say how many years.
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I mean the first time we played together in a hundred years
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So it's a it's really gonna be a lot of fun
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and we're looking forward to it It's a great festival and
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and the band played at one one time before
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and I think 2010 And I wasn't able unfortunately to attend
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that and I've seen some footage and the crowd was singing along the words to every song.
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As they do in Europe and we love that.
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It was really cool.
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Everybody knew every song all the way through.
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I was going I don't even know these lyrics
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and they know the lyrics so it was it should be a good thing.
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So then we have a new Northern Light Orchestra album coming out.
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That project for anybody that doesn't know what
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that is it's a Christmas project and it features great amazing players from bands like Kiss, F.
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Leopard.
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I mean the list is a massive list.
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And Ken Merritt.
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Well, I'm on there, yes, and I also produce it.
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Well, there you are.
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So you can blame me if you don't like the sound of it.
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So that's going on.
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I mean, there's just a tremendous amount of stuff.
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So hopefully it's going to be a good year.
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It's been a good NAMM for you so far as well?
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It's been a great NAMM show and connected with a lot of people
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and a lot of companies I hadn't talked to in a long time.
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So a fantastic NAMM show.
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Well, nice to see you again, Ken.
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I appreciate you coming and talking with us here.
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Thank you so much for talking with me.
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VintageRock.com, and enjoy the show tonight.
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It's going to be a blast.
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Great.
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Dan Junkman from VintageRock.com with Ken Merritt.

Kontext und Hintergrund

Im Video spricht der Schlagzeuger Ken Mary über seine Erinnerungen an den Gitarristen Ronnie Montrose und sein musikalisches Jahr 2017. Die Unterhaltung ist locker und informell, was sie ideal fürs Üben von alltäglichem Englisch macht. Man hört u.a. über legendäre Alben, Festivalauftritte und persönliche Anekdoten – ein Mix aus Geschichte und Lebensalltag, der das Lernen spannend macht.

Top 5 Phrasen für die tägliche Kommunikation

  • "I'm doing very well." – Ein einfacher, aber häufiger Satz, um zu beantworten, wie es einem geht. Perfekt für Small Talk!
  • "Stands the test of time" – Bedeutet, dass etwas über Jahre hinweg relevant bleibt. Zum Beispiel: "Dieses Lied steht der Zeit standhalten."
  • "A plethora of styles" – Ein fancy Ausdruck für "viele verschiedene Stile". Nutze es, um Vielfalt zu beschreiben.
  • "Cult following" – Ein enger, treuer Fanclub. So könnte man sagen: "Die Band hat einen großen Cult following in Europa."
  • "Looking forward to it" – Ein liebevoller Satz, um Freude auf etwas zu zeigen. "Ich freue mich drauf!" in englischer Form.

Schritt-für-Schritt-Shadowing-Anleitung

Um deine Englische Aussprache zu verbessern, probiere folgendes Shadowing-Programm mit dem Video:
1. Höre zuerst den gesamten Dialog einmal durch. Konzentriere dich auf die Rhythmen und Intonation.
2. Wähle kurze Abschnitte (2-3 Sätze) aus. Pausiere nach jedem Abschnitt und wiederhole ihn sofort – so schnell wie möglich, um die "shadow speech"-Technik zu üben.
3. Achte auf die Betonung. Wörter wie "incredible" oder "massive" werden oft betont – kopiere diese Betonung, um deinen Sprachfluss zu verbessern.
4. Übe täglich 10 Minuten. Mit der Zeit wirst du merken, dass deine Reaktionszeit und Aussprache sich verbessern. Shadowing ist eine der besten Methoden, um flüssig zu werden – also mach weiter, du schaffst es!

Mit diesen Tipps und Phrasen wirst du nicht nur dein Englisch verbessern, sondern auch Spaß am Lernen haben. Probier's aus – und vergiss nicht: Übung macht den Meister!

Was ist die Shadowing-Technik?

Shadowing ist eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Sprachlerntechnik, die ursprünglich für die professionelle Dolmetscherausbildung entwickelt und durch den Polyglotten Dr. Alexander Arguelles populär gemacht wurde. Die Methode ist einfach aber wirkungsvoll: Du hörst englisches Audio von Muttersprachlern und wiederholst es sofort laut — wie ein Schatten, der dem Sprecher mit nur 1–2 Sekunden Verzögerung folgt. Anders als passives Hören oder Grammatikübungen zwingt Shadowing dein Gehirn und deine Mundmuskulatur, gleichzeitig echte Sprachmuster zu verarbeiten und zu reproduzieren. Studien zeigen, dass es Aussprachegenauigkeit, Intonation, Rhythmus, verbundene Sprache, Hörverständnis und Sprechflüssigkeit signifikant verbessert — was es zu einer der effektivsten Methoden für die IELTS Speaking-Vorbereitung und reale englische Kommunikation macht.