Improve your listening and writing skills by filling in the blanks in the song lyrics. These activities are designed for Beginners and Intermediates to learn new vocabulary related to a specific topic in a quick and fun way.
Productivity Special! We continue today with another top song that extremely successful people have in their playlists. Beast of Burden by the Rolling Stones is a classic rock song, the music genre considered to enhance productivity most in the workplace (recent survey conducted by music provider CloudSound).
Though Beast of Burden was released in 1978, there is still today a lot of speculation about the meaning of the lyrics. A “beast of burden” is a domesticated animal that labours for the benefit of man, such as an ox or horse. So the song seems to be about a man singing to his woman that he doesn’t want to be her ‘working animal’.
However, the writers of the song, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger, both denied that it referred to a woman. Rather, Richards implied that it was referring to Jagger: during the years that Keith Richards had a serious drug addiction, Mick Jagger was upholding the band. In Keith’s words “When I returned to the fold after closing down the laboratory [referring to his drug problems], I came back into the studio with Mick… to say, ‘Thanks, man, for shouldering the burden’.” Whatever the meaning, the song has a great beat!
Exercise
Fill in the missing words ⇩: beast – burden – enough – misery – never – please – pretty – Put – radio – rich – tough – understand – your
This activity is case sensitive so make sure to use capital letters when needed.
Grammar – ON as Preposition of Place 
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On – Preposition of Place
- We use ON as a prepostion of place:
- To position something or someone on any surface.
- To refer to a position by the sea, lake or road.
- To refer to a floor in a building.
- To refer to someone in the public transport.
- Examples:
- – (Lyrics) “Music on the radio..” “On the street…”
- – My friend is dancing on the floor.
- – The boat is on the sea.
- – Lara’s apartment is on the second floor.
- – Jake is on the bus right now.
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I haven’t heard this song…. I liked it… I listened about 4 times , it was a good example for on preposition.
That was a really nice exercise, but I must to confess I already know the lyrics of the song… anyway… it’s good to learning english with a little of The Rolling Stones music.
very helpful for listening skill
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
I love this music😊😘
Glad you liked it Sandra! 🙂
I’ve never heard this song before, but it’s a very nice song.