Rock N' Roll High School

Rock N' Roll High School
Created by: ballroom_pink
Tracks: 21
Length: 01:12:54
Keywords 1. reading
2. rhetoric
3. rockin' out
Created on 2/18/08 8:59pm
Level 5
Points 2020
Total visitors 29
Unique visitors 20
description:
I made this mix a few years ago when I was beginning to adjust to my life out of school, I'm still adjusting to it. I constantly want to purchase school supplies or read a book and write an essay about its themes. So this mix represents various aspects of a day at school.

tracklist

1 The Hollies : Bus Stop
The day's got to begin somewhere.
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Track 1 from The Hollies Greatest Hits
Length: 00:02:55
Year: 2002
Track Description:
The day's got to begin somewhere.
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2 Tori Amos : I Don't Like Mondays
A song about schools.
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Track 2 from Strange Little Girls
Length: 00:04:20
Year: 2001
Track Description:
A song about schools.
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3 School of Rock : School of Rock
I wish I had gone to a school like the School of Rock. I'd know how to play the bass guitar for one.
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Track 3 from School of Rock
Length: 00:04:12
Year: 2003
Track Description:
I wish I had gone to a school like the School of Rock. I'd know how to play the bass guitar for one.
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4 The Who : Substitute
We had a strange pool of substitutes. Some were nice, some were bizarre. One guy would talk about Texan murderers while we took Chem exams.
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Track 4 from Then and Now: 1964-2004
Length: 00:03:50
Year: 2004
Track Description:
We had a strange pool of substitutes. Some were nice, some were bizarre. One guy would talk about Texan murderers while we took Chem exams.
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5 They Might Be Giants : Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
A fun little history lesson.
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Track 5 from Flood
Length: 00:02:38
Track Description:
A fun little history lesson.
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6 Monty Python : Galaxy Song
Just remember ...
One of many science songs.
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Track 6 from Monty Python Sings
Length: 00:02:43
Year: 1989
Track Description:
Just remember ...
One of many science songs.
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7 Coldplay : The Scientist
I prefer the Aimee Mann version, but whatever. Another science class.
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Track 7 from A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Length: 00:05:09
Year: 2002
Track Description:
I prefer the Aimee Mann version, but whatever. Another science class.
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8 Rilo Kiley : Science Vs. Romance
One of my fave songs, are we ruled by zeros and ones? Our brain or our heart?
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Track 8 from Take Offs and Landings
Length: 00:05:43
Year: 2001
Track Description:
One of my fave songs, are we ruled by zeros and ones? Our brain or our heart?
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9 They Might Be Giants : Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)
TMBG just rock and making learn fun as they say.
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Track 9 from A User's Guide To ...
Length: 00:02:54
Year: 2005
Track Description:
TMBG just rock and making learn fun as they say.
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10 The Servant : Cells
More science class.
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Track 10 from The Servant
Length: 00:03:41
Track Description:
More science class.
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11 Randy Newman : Political Science
New class! Sing it Randy!
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Track 11 from Sail Away
Length: 00:02:00
Year: 1972
Track Description:
New class! Sing it Randy!
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12 The Waitresses : Square Pegs
The cafeteria is a war zone.
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Track 12 from The Best of The Waitresses
Length: 00:03:06
Year: 1990
Track Description:
The cafeteria is a war zone.
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13 Air : Playground Love
Recess!
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Track 13 from The Virgin Suicides: Original Motion Picture Score
Length: 00:03:32
Year: 2000
Track Description:
Recess!
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14 Blossom Dearie : Unpack Your Adjectives
Language Arts.
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Track 14 from Schoolhouse Rock!
Length: 00:03:00
Year: 1996
Track Description:
Language Arts.
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15 The Shins : Weird Divide
Math class. I was great with Geometry, but hated Algebra.
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Track 15 from Oh, Inverted World
Length: 00:01:58
Year: 2001
Track Description:
Math class. I was great with Geometry, but hated Algebra.
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16 Mark Mothersbaugh : Hardest Geometry Problem In The World
I had an awesome Geometry Teacher.
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Track 16 from Rushmore
Length: 00:01:29
Year: 1998
Track Description:
I had an awesome Geometry Teacher.
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17 The Strokes : Hard To Explain
Sometimes you just don't get it, no matter how hard you study.
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Track 17 from Is This It?
Length: 00:03:48
Year: 2000
Track Description:
Sometimes you just don't get it, no matter how hard you study.
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18 Camera Obscura : Suspended From Class
A very appropriate song, don't you think?
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Track 18 from Underachievers Please Try Harder
Length: 00:03:46
Year: 2004
Track Description:
A very appropriate song, don't you think?
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19 Leaving Trains : Dumb as a Crayon
Sometimes you have to deal with mean girls and bullies. Sometimes they're both.
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Track 19 from Freaks and Geeks
Length: 00:05:36
Year: 2004
Track Description:
Sometimes you have to deal with mean girls and bullies. Sometimes they're both.
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20 The Cardigans : Live and Learn
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Track 20 from Long Gone Before Daylight
Length: 00:04:16
Year: 2003
Track Description:
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21 The Ramones : Rock'N' Roll High School
Title track.
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Track 21 from Weird Tales of the Ramones
Length: 00:02:18
Year: 2005
Track Description:
Title track.
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Level 29
Any mix that starts with "Bus Stop" and includes TMBG also is wins in my book. Grade A for the Camera Obscura also.
2/23/10 7:41am
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sooo good.
7/14/08 1:36am
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Brilliant. Blossom Dearie and the Ramones on the same tape. This is what mixtape making is all about!
2/20/08 9:12am
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Level 27
Superb. I love "Bus Stop". So many great songs here. My gut and myself both miss walking around a campus.
2/19/08 8:54am
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Level 27
way to start it off with a great song. the hollies are fantastic.
2/19/08 4:44am
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Level 26
I loved #5 when i was in highschool. That's funny.

And monty python, YESSSSSS
2/19/08 2:42am