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Lesson 3 Do you listen to rock’n’roll?
Buddy, a teenager from the story Buddy’s Song by Nigel Hinton, liked music and played the guitar. His dad hoped his son would become as famous as Buddy Holly.* Buddy’s dad found a group The Hi-Tone Four that needed a vocalist. Now Buddy was in the group.
Was Buddy’s first performance with the group a success?
His dad tried hard to find them work and he even got a gig at a pub in a nearby town for a Teddy Boy* reunion evening.
“They’re all mad music fans,” he told Buddy, “so they’ll love you. There are a few other groups but you are top of the bill. It’ll be great.”
It should have been great, but it was a disaster. By the time they arrived, the pub was packed with Teddy Boys all dressed up for an evening out. The second group was just coming to the end of their performance and the noise in the pub was incredible. Nobody seemed to be listening to the music; instead, there was a lot of pushing and shouting, and a feeling of violence in the air. Most of the Teddy Boys were old and fat and looked terrible with their big stomachs under their jackets. Buddy was surprised, though, to see quite a number of young people about his age. They, too, were dressed in the full Teddy Boy outfit and they seemed to be the ones who were causing most of the trouble, shoving each other around and looking as if all they wanted to do was fight.
When the second group finished, they quickly set up their equipment on the tiny stage in the corner. The pub was obviously a regular place where Teds met because the juke-box was filled with old rock’n’roll records, and while they were getting ready Buddy was horrified to hear two of the songs he and the group were going to play.
“We can’t sing those,” he said to Paul, as they started to tune up. “We’ll sound awful after them hearing the record.”
“Nah, it’ll be all right,” Paul said. “OK, boys, ready?”
Paul waited for the song to stop on the juke-box then he stepped forward to the microphone.
“Right, boys and girls, time for some live music. I’d like to introduce The Hi-Tone Four’ with our young vocalist. Buddy Clark.”
He stepped out the beat and they launched into “Good Golly Miss Molly*”. Then, louder than the group, came the sound of the original version of the song by Little Richard.* Somebody had put it on the juke-box. There was a movement in the crowd as people looked round at the juke-box, then back at the group. With the noise of the record in front and the noise of the band behind him, Buddy couldn’t hear anything else but he could see by the jeering faces that everybody was laughing.
Then Buddy saw his dad moving towards the juke-box, his face determined and angry. He bent down and pulled the plug out of the socket. The record stopped and the fight started. One of the young boys pushed his dad aside to try to get to the plug, his dad pushed back and the next moment there was the sound of smashing glass as the people dropped their beers and crashed into each other.
For questions 1—7, choose the correct answer: a, b, c or d.
On the eve of the concert Buddy’s dad …
- a) was unsure of the performance.
- b) was optimistic about the performance.
- c) was pessimistic about the performance.
- d) thought about the worst that could happen.
Buddy didn’t expect to see …
- a) so many old Teddy Boys.
- b) a lot of teenagers.
- c) dressed up people.
- d) the full Teddy Boy outfit.
The people in the pub were …
- a) friendly.
- b) sentimental.
- c) peaceful.
- d) aggressive.
It was clear that Teddy Boys usually met in that pub because …
- a) there was a certain music collection there.
- b) there was a stage there.
- c) everybody knew each other.
- d) the pub was equipped with musical instruments.
Buddy started to sing …
- a) his own song.
- b) a song of a famous rock’n’roll musician.
- c) a song of an unknown author.
- d) a folk song.
The performance was not a success because …
- a) “The Hi-Tone Four” performed after another group.
- b) the stage was too small.
- c) Buddy failed to sing well.
- d) a lot of visitors came not to listen to music but to fight.
The word jeering in line 26 (column 2) means …
- a) angry
- b) moody.
- c) serious.
- d) laughing at somebody.
- b) was optimistic about the performance.
- b) a lot of teenagers.
- d) aggressive.
- a) there was a certain music collection there.
- b) a song of a famous rock’n’roll musician.
- d) a lot of visitors came not to listen to music but to fight.
- d) laughing at somebody.
