I was wondering if anyone else had suggestions for music for the final class?
Personally I think 'Gimme Shelter' by the Rolling Stones would round up the semester well.
Post your other ideas...
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TheodorBruening - 21 Apr 2009
KOS Determination by
BlackStar?
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JamilaMcCoy - 21 Apr 2009
Disconsolately,
"Is That All There Is" performed by Peggy Lee.
("When I was 12 years old, my daddy took me to a circus, the greatest show on earth / There were clowns and elephants and dancing bears / And a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads / And as I sat there, watching / I had the feeling that something was missing / I don't know what, but when it was all over / I said to myself, 'Is that all there is?'")
Obscurely,
"What Is Not But Could Be If" by the Silver Jews.
("We could be crossing this abridged abyss / into beginning" ... "The truth is not alive or dead / the truth is struggling to be said")
Optimistically,
"All You Need Is Love" by the Beatles.
("Nothing you can say / but you can learn how to play the game / It's easy")
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GregOrr - 21 Apr 2009
Safety of Distance by
Lior
"there is hope in the land of ruins / in the village of old enemies / who come to join hands for they share the knowledge / compassion is the measure of a man / won’t bring back lovers and friends / but it might make for a happier end"
(bad bootleg video at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1BMv_J2F5Q)
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AnjaHavedal? - 21 Apr 2009
Eddie Vedder -
Rise
Such is the way of the world / You can never know / Just where to put all your faith / And how will it grow
Gonna rise up / Find my direction magnetically / Gonna rise up / Throw down my ace in the hole
The song is from the movie
Into the Wild, which itself was based on a book that profoundly moved me in high school. I think the story is particularly relevant to our discussion of children running away from home:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_McCandless. I highly recommend it for anyone looking for inspiration.
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YoungKim - 21 Apr 2009
Pink Floyd - Mother
Mother, should I run for president?
Mother, should I trust the government?
Mother, will they put me in the firing line?
Ooooowaa is it just a waste of time?
Belle & Sebastian - "I Don't Want to Play Football"
Live, sketchy Trash.YouTube version
Lyrics
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JosephLu - 21 Apr 2009
Phil Ochs - "I'm Gonna Say it Now"
(except, alas, that we are not)
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AndrewCase -22 Apr 2009
Brett Dennen- "Darlin' Do Not Fear"
When I arrived in my old set of clothes/I was half a world away from my home/And I was hunted by the wolves and I was heckled by the crows/Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know....
Sometimes your path is marked in the sky/Sometimes you're forced to fit in between the lines/Sometimes all that you can do is say "No"/Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know
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AndrewMcCormick -23 Apr 2009
At risk of being mainstream, I'd suggest The Killers: This is Your Life
Crooked wheels keep turnin'/Children are you learnin'?/Climatize but dont you lose the plot
A history of blisters/Your brothers and your sisters/Somewhere in the pages we forgot...
And the sky is full of dreams/But you don't know how to fly/I don't have a simple answer/But I know that I could answer: Something Better.
"Speed Law" by Mos Def -
Tell them cats they need to sit back and observe where they at / Brook-nahm Vietnam / The heat is on / Put your joint on cruise / Try to rush you scuff your brake shoes, just cool and relax / Take a breath, take ten paces back ...
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KeithEdelman - 23 Apr 2009