Shadowing Practice: Early Megadeth talk #davemustaine #davidellefson #chrispoland #garsamuelson #megadeth - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Of course, Gar had joined the band and he was like,
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you know, you should join this band with me because this is happening, this is different.
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I listened to it and I was like,
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you know what, I do like it and they do need a second guitar player because it was three -piece.
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So Dave and Dave were running a rehearsal studio at the time.
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So I just went down and rented a room
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when I knew they were going to be there and I brought all my gear down.
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And I turned it up to 10 and I just played guitar in that room for like an hour straight, as loud as I could.
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And so Dave walks in and he goes, hey man, you want to join Megadeth?
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And I was like, sure.
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Gar's style really took Dave's ideas to, it added to his ideas.
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For me, it made it very fluid and very, even that much more exciting because it was fast
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and Gar stepped right into that
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because Gar was totally you know all about Lenny White
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and Billy Cobb Tony Williams and
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so it was easy for Gar to to you know kind of take Dave's style
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and and you and and fuse his style with it
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and make Megadeth sound like it did so
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when Chris came in to Megadeth he was kind of the missing link
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we're kind of like this three -legged dog you know me
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and Dave and Gar and
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when Chris came in all of a sudden there was the missing component
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that sort of helped bring Gar into the fold of what Dave
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and I were doing because Dave
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and I were were pretty tried -and -true hard rock metal type of musicians
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and then to have this jazz component brought in wasn't really completed until Chris came in.
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This guy is amazing because he's a jazz player and
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he had stuck his hand through a window
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and did something really weird with his finger where he has to bar it
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so it goes stiff and the end of it kind of goes like
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that the way that he played was incredible he broke apparently severed the tendon on his first finger
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so he had and I guess when it healed his fingers like literally bent out
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so he can get a longer stretch on on his hand
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it's it created a different style for me I you know
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but when I see people that can bend their finger
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when they play i wish i could but you know i make it work somehow
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Early Megadeth talk”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Gar, Dave, finger, style, Megadeth. This video has 36 sentences and 436 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:21. The speaker talks fast, about 186 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| finger noun | /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ | A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other… |
| guitar noun | /ɡɪˈtɑɹ/ | A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick). |
| component noun | /kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/ | A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device. |
| jazz noun | /d͡ʒæz/ | A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time… |
| bend verb | /bɛnd/ | To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means. |
| bind verb | /ˈbaɪ̯nd/ | To tie; to confine by any ligature. |
| gear noun | /ɡɪɚ/ | Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor. |
| sudden adjective | /ˈsʌd.ən/ | Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly. |
| stretch verb | /stɹɛt͡ʃ/ | To lengthen by pulling. |
| fluid noun | /ˈflu.ɪd/ | Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma. |
| heal verb | /ˈhiːl/ | To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure. |
| fold verb | /ˈfəʊld/ | To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself. |
| musician noun | /mjuˈzɪʃən/ | A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession. |
| stiff adjective | /stɪf/ | Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible. |
| rehearsal noun | /ɹɪˈhɝsl̩/ | The practising of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go down verb | To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one. |
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like finger, guitar, component.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.