Shadowing Practice: Why Roger Daltrey Won’t Play This Who Song Ever Again (2015) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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When you hear certain songs, do you go, yeah, that takes me back to a really bad time?
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Like, are there certain two songs that you don't even like to think about?
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Because they're probably like snapshots for you.
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They're probably like, well, yeah, I remember what I was doing back then.
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And I just...
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There is one.
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There is one.
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And I won't ever play it again, because there's a song on the Who Are You album.
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It's called The Music Must Change.
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And every time we played that in the studio, Keith couldn't play the drums to it.
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It was in a kind of three, four.
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and he just Keith couldn't play normal drums Keith could play great moon drums
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that was it you couldn't get that he just couldn't do
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that yeah so he
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so we had to do it with a pair of squeaky
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boots walking the pavement he's kind of squeaking walk doing the rhythm
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and anyway so Keith is not on that recording on the record
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and wow straight after we made that record he died oh right
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so the memory is hey keith had a bad experience with
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that and then he died yeah it's kind of unfortunate
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that he died and probably his confidence was shook
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because he couldn't play that song that's part of it part of it yeah is
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that what's negative for you about it well it goes on
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um we didn't play we played the song on the
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when we got back together with kenny jones's drummer and we played
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that for a little while on stage
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and then we dropped it for a long long long time we brought it back in 2002
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when we toured the last tour with John Embersole
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and we rehearsed it and we were going to do it in the show
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and John died so it's become unlucky
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that song well I kind of got a weird feeling about it
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because it is about how it's Gotta move on and and that is our time to move on really.
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Yeah, we're all getting in the way
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 33 sentences and 353 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:57. The speaker talks fast, about 181 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| drum noun | /ˈdɹʌm/ | A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone. |
| shake verb | /ˈʃeɪk/ | To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly. |
| boot noun | /but/ | A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. |
| unfortunate adjective | /ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/ | Not favored by fortune. |
| rhythm noun | /ˈɹɪð.əm/ | The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter. |
| drummer noun | /ˈdɹʌmɚ/ | One who plays the drums. |
| unlucky adjective | /ʌnˈlʌki/ | Unfortunate, marked by misfortune. |
| pavement noun | /ˈpeɪvm(ə)nt/ | A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground. |
| rehearse verb | /ɹɪˈhɝs/ | To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite. |
| snapshot noun | /ˈsnæpʃɒt/ | A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in a sudden moment of opportunity. |
| squeak verb | /skwiːk/ | To emit a short, high-pitched sound. |
| squeaky adjective | /ˈskwiːki/ | Tending to produce a high-pitched sound or squeak. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| get back verb | Return to where one came from. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 12 contractions and reduced forms, such as couldn't, they're, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shake /ˈʃeɪk/, snapshot /ˈsnæpʃɒt/
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 drum, shake, boot.
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.