class discussions lead to blog posts

in recent classes we have discussed this news vid about the passing of professional wrestling superstar randy “macho man” savage

the video led to a discussion of the phrasal verb ‘lead to’, which is used by reporter chris martinez in his description of the accident that the macho man suffered

It was a quick series of events that led to this: a crash report saying this Jeep driven by Randy Savage jumped a concrete median and crossed several lanes of oncoming traffic before jumping a curb, colliding head on with this tree. 

leads to in this scenario means causes or refers to a chain of events.  two famous 80s tracks also contain similar examples

the heat of the moment by asia says at :40

one thing led to another, we were young

and the fixx utilizes the same expression in the song title one thing leads to another

and jedi master yoda uses it in this scene from the phantom menace

leads to can also be used to say arrives or takes me as in the opening line to the beatles‘ the long and winding road

the long and winding road that leads to your door,
will never disappear, i’ve seen that road before,
it always leads me here, lead me to your door

which leads to the question, which “leads to“video is the coolest?

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