I'm looking for songs about school. Know any?

[Sabriel]

I already have School's Out and Hot for Teacher and the Pink Floyd one.

I'd appreciate it if y'all could suggest more. The whole thing doesn't have to involve school, either. Maybe just part, like Mad World by Tears for Fears.

[Richard Steele]

1. The Ramones' classic "Rock and Roll High School", of course! nm

[Ptah]

2. SCHOOL'S OUT - ALICE COOPER & THE MUPPETS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWABJzHrGww

[Lionel Mandrake]

3. School Days

Your grandparents probably knew it.

[Bennyboy]

4. Growin Up..>Bruce Springsteen.

[bridgit]

5. The Beach Boys - Be True To Your School...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNuIAXA_BOI

[darkstar]

8. Like you would to your girl or guy

Don't know why I'm even replying, thief of ideas...

OK. Singular. "Idea."

:hi:

[bridgit]

11. i'd be like Romy & Michele all, "I invented the polymer suspension compund...

that made Posit's possible" they'd be all, "OMG! No you di'int." :hi:

[darkstar]

16. Saweet.

It taxed me, but I came up with a few down thread.

Rock on, now.

[City of Mills]

6. We're Going to be Friends - White Stripes

Fall is here,hear the yell
back to school,ring the bell
brand new shoes,walking blues
climb the fence,books and pens
I can tell that we're going to be friends

Walk with me,Suzy Lee
through the park and by the tree
we will rest upon the ground
and look at all the bugs we found
then safely walk to school
without a sound

Well here we are,no one else
we walked to school all by ourselves
there's dirt on our uniforms
from chasing all the ants and worms
we clean up and now its time to learn

Numbers,letters,learn to spell
nouns,and books,and show and tell
at playtime we will throw the ball
back to class,through the hall
teacher marks our height
against the wall

And we don't notice any time pass
we don't notice anything
we sit side by side in every class
teacher thinks that I sound funny
but she likes the way you sing

Tonight I'll dream while I'm in bed
when silly thoughts go through my head
about the bugs and alphbet
and when I wake tommorow I'll bet
that you and I will walk together again
cause I can tell that we're going to be friends

[Joe Fields]

7. Hot For Teacher, by Van Halen

[cloudbase]

9. Be True to Your School

I think that was the Beach Boys.

[distantearlywarning]

10. My Old School - Steely Dan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN30zTpozRw

I remember the thirty-five sweet goodbyes
When you put me on the Wolverine
Up to Annandale
It was still September
When your daddy was quite surprised
To find you with the working girls
In the county jail
I was smoking with the boys upstairs
When I heard about the whole affair
I said oh no
William and Mary won't do
CHORUS:
Well I did not think the girl
Could be so cruel
And I'm never going back
To my old school

Oleanders growing outside her door
Soon they're gonna be in bloom
Up in Annandale
I can't stand her
Doing what she did before
Living like a gypsy queen
In a fairy tale
Well I hear the whistle but I can't go
I'm gonna take her down to Mexico
She said oh no
Guadalajara won't do

CHORUS

California tumbles into the sea
That'll be the day I go
Back to Annandale
Tried to warn you
About Chino and Daddy Gee
But I can't seem to get to you
Through the U.S. Mail
Well I hear the whistle but I can't go
I'm gonna take her down to Mexico
She said oh no
Guadalajara won't do

[Richardo]

13. .

:thumbsup:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

39. Haha, yes!

Stole my idea, but I'm so glad it didn't have to be me (as always) reppin' the 'Dan.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[darkstar]

12. Piss Aaron, by Todd Rundgren

We figure, my daddy and me
Things are still the same, it seems
As when he lived it in his teens as a kid in school
Aaron was a junior, the class of 32
His momma called him angel,
But everybody knew he was the
King king, the gross out king
They called him piss aaron
They always caught him pissin in the hall
Piss Aaron, he never would refuse when nature called

Dumb Larry from homeroom 9
Kept his locker full of weeds
Just to satisfy his smoking needs and his love of fire
Went to a game and lit a stink bomb in the bleachers
The coach, the cheer leader, and
The chem teacher, and the
Dean dean, duh dean dean was after
Dumb Larry, they always caught him smokin in the john
Dumb Larry, you never would have missed him
When hes gone

Chuck Biscuits, conservative-jive
The biggest pig in all the school
He would sit and smack his lips and drool
As he eyed your lunch
I left a bag in his desk one night
A raw egg sandwich and when hungry took a bite
He had to
Up chuck, uh up up-chuck, apukin
Chuck Biscuits, they always caught him eatin
In the class

[BlueJazz]

14. swinging school Bobby Rydel

[darkstar]

15. Maybe too dark for your purposes, but "Jeremy"?

Pearl Jam, right?

[Sabriel]

18. No, not too dark.

In fact, that's what I'm looking for...Jeremy and the Supertramp one in the next post.

It's a prompt for discussing how media portray school and teachers.

[Sabriel]

19. Thanks for all the suggestions.

My students thank you, too.

[opiate69]

17. Supertramp - "School"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pEBeqeLYsKQ

I can see you in the morning
When you go to school
Don't forget our books,
You know you've got to learn the golden rule.
Teacher tells you
Stop your play and go on with your work,
And be like Johnnie Toogood.
Don't you know he never shrinks, he's coming
along
After school is over
Your playing in the park,
Don't be out too late
Don't let it get too dark.
They tell you not to hang around
And learn what life's about
And grow up just like them,
Won't let you work it out
And you're full of doubt
Maybe I'm mistaken
Expecting you to fight
Or maybe I'm just crazy
I don't know wrong from right. But while I'm
still living
I've just got this to say
It's always up to you, if you want to be that,
Want to see that, want to see it that way.
Don't do this and don't do that
What are they tryin' to do ?
Make a good boy of you,
Do they know where it's at?
Don't criticise they're old and wise
Do as they tell you to,
Don't want the devil to,
Come and pull out your eyes.
You're coming along

[BrotherBuzz]

20. School Days by Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

Jump blues! Nice

[wicket]

21. Be Chrool To Your Scuel by Twisted Sister

[Metta]

22. Here's, like, 50.

http://wm05.allmusic.com/ Search for high school and drop down 'song.' To many to list here.

[Bennyboy]

23. I don't like Mondays....

Boomtown Rats. A little dark maybe but still....

[Richardo]

24. Excellent call

I lived in SoCal when Brenda Ann Spencer shot up that school. :(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don't_Like_Mondays_(song)

[HuskerDU]

25. Smokin' in the Boys Room by Brownsville Station

High School Confidential- Jerry Lee Lewis

[IcyPeas]

26. Headmaster Ritual by the Smiths .... it's devastating

[Frank Cannon]

27. "When I Kissed the Teacher" by ABBA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU-ToTERgzk

[cedahlia]

28. "Back to School" by the Deftones

Back to School

So run
Right
Right back to school
Check it
Look back I sift through all the cliques
Roaming' the halls all year, making me sick
While everyone's out tryin to make the cut
What?
And when you think you know me right I switch it up
Behind the walls smokin' cigarettes and sippin' vodka
I profess to catch a cab, ain't no one can stop us
Give me a break about some other mess
What were you?
Act like it's everything you got
Push back the square
Now that you need her but you don't
So there you go
Cause back in school
We are the leaders of it all
Stop that, quit! - All that, quit!
Who ruined it? You did! Now grab a notebook and a pen
Start taking notes, I'm being everyone who's on the top
You think we're on the same page - but, oh we're not!
I'll be the man, watch your backpack and the pencils
Just like he now flippin it, why you just keep it simple? You just can't go wrong rocking' the clothes
Coppin' the stance
'Cause really is everything that you got!
Push back the square
Now that you need her but you don't
So there you go!
Cause back in school
We are the leaders of it all
So
Transpose
Or stop your lies
It's what you do
Transpose
Or stop your lies
So run
So why don't you run, so why don't you run
So why don't you run back to school
So why don't you run, so why don't you run
All you are - Now I'm on the next page
All you are - It's time to close the book up
All you are - I'm on the next page
All you are - Close the book up now

[skygazer]

29. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard

Paul Simon

[cedahlia]

30. "School" by Nirvana

School

Won't you believe it. It's Just my luck. (x4)

No recess. (x3)

You're in high school again. (x7)

You're nothing again.

No recess. (x7)

[mitchum]

31. Smiths "The Headmaster Ritual"

[blockhead]

32. Teacher,Teacher -- .38 Special

[blockhead]

35. more

"Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" by Pink Floyd

"Don't Stand So Close to Me" by The Police

"Teacher" by Jethro Tull

[mitchum]

33. Patti Smith "Land"

the boy looked at Johnny...

[cedahlia]

34. "Subdivisions" by Rush

Subdivisions

Sprawling on the fringes of the city
In geometric order
An insulated border
In between the bright lights
And the far unlit unknown

Growing up it all seems so one-sided
Opinions all provided
The future pre-decided
Detached and subdivided
In the mass production zone
Nowhere is the dreamer or the misfit so alone

(Subdivisions)
In the high school halls
In the shopping malls
Conform or be cast out
(Subdivisions)
In the basement bars
In the backs of cars
Be cool or be cast out
Any escape might help to smooth the unattractive truth
But the suburbs have no charms to soothe the restless dreams of youth

Drawn like moths we drift into the city
The timeless old attraction
Cruising for the action
Lit up like a firefly
Just to feel the living night

Some will sell their dreams for small desires
Or lose the race to rats
Get caught in ticking traps
And start to dream of somewhere
To relax their restless flight
Somewhere out of a memory of lighted streets on quiet nights...

[Jade Fox]

36. School Days-Chuck Berry n/t

[carly denise pt deux]

37. another brick in the wall-Pink Floyd

Carly

[Bennyboy]

38. "No Surrender"..Bruce Springsteen

We busted out of class had to get away from those fools
We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school
Tonight I hear the neighborhood drummer sound
I can feel my heart begin to pound
You say you're tired and you just want to close your eyes and follow your dreams down

We made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat no surrender
Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow to defend
No retreat no surrender

Now young faces grow sad and old and hearts of fire grow cold
We swore blood brothers against the wind
I'm ready to grow young again
And hear your sister's voice calling us home across the open yards
Well maybe we could cut someplace of our own
With these drums and these guitars

Blood brothers in the stormy night with a vow to defend
No retreat no surrender

Now on the street tonight the lights grow dim
The walls of my room are closing in
There's a war outside still raging
you say it ain't ours anymore to win
I want to sleep beneath peaceful skies in my lover's bed
with a wide open country in my eyes
and these romantic dreams in my head

[Canuckistanian]

40. "My Old School" - Steely Dan

There's a story behind the song, as well. Both Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were arrested in a raid at Bard College where they were both attending.

Interestingly, a Bard College professor's wife, Rikki DuCornet was said to be the inspiration for "Rikki Don't Lose That Number".

[Sabriel]

41. Thanks for all the suggestions! I'll be busy listening this weekend. n/t