With the school year winding down and many people graduating from high school, college or university, this week Variations on a Theme went with a School theme to usher those plucky graduates into their wide-open future in style.
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We start with the ostensible reason we go to school in the first place: education.
The Metros - "Education Pt. 2" - More Money Less Grief (2008)
Modest Mouse - "Education" - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007)
Pearl Jam - "Education" - Lost Dogs (2003)
Now we delve into the day-to-day school experience. What's it really like at school?
Jawbreaker - "Chemistry" - Dear You (1995)
Nirvana - "School" - From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah (1996)
The Evaporators - "I Quit School" - Ripple Rock (2004)
Let's continue our examination of life at school.
Hot Chip - "Boy from School" - The Warning (2006)
Destroyer - "School, and the Girls Who Go There" - City of Daughters (1998)
Belle & Sebastian - "We Rule the School" - Tigermilk (1996)
Now we hear about those central figures of schools: teachers.
Leonard Cohen - "Teachers" - Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)
The Joel Plaskett Emergency - "Come On Teacher" - Truthfully Truthfully (2003)
School is certainly an institution in modern life.
Rheostatics - "Churches and Schools" - Greatest Hits (1987)
John Hiatt - "Graduated" - Little Head (1997)
As you graduates make your way in this brave new world, remember that it's not all about academics and achievement. You've also got to get your...
Jamiroquai - "Soul Education" - Synkronized (1999)
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