My high school Junior year, in song:
First week of school:
“School Days” by Chuck Berry
Second through fourth week of school:
“Rock and Roll High School” by The Ramones
Fifth week of school:
“The Hard Way” by The Kinks
Sixth week of school, first report card:
“The Happiest Days Of Our Lives/Another Brick In The Wall Part 2” by Pink Floyd
Seventh through tenth week of school:
“I Don’t Like Mondays” by The Boomtown Rats/Friday I’m In Love by The Cure
Eleventh week of school:
“School Mam” by The Stranglers
Twelfth week of school, second report card:
“Beauty School Dropout” by Frankie Avalon
Thirteenth through fifteenth week of school:
“Mark Me Absent” by The Clash
Sixteenth through seventeenth week of school:
“Parents Just Don’t Understand” by DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince
Eighteenth week of school, third report card, winter exams, getting ready for the holidays:
“I Hate My School” by Necros
Nineteenth week of school, new year, new semester:
“Entry of the Gladiators” by Julius Fucik
Twentieth through twenty-third week of school:
“Flight Of The Bumblebee” by Rimsky Korsakov
Twenty-fourth week of school, fourth report card:
“Five To One” by The Doors
Twenty-fifth week of school:
“Manic Monday” by The Bangles
Twenty-sixth through twenty-ninth week:
“Ball Of Confusion” by The Temptations
Thirtieth week of school, fifth report card:
“Land Of Confusion” by Genesis
Thirty-first week of school:
“Haunted When The Minutes Drag” by Love & Rockets
Thirty-first week of school, again:
“The Reflex” by Duran Duran
Thirty-second week of school:
“Jump” by Van Halen
Thirty-third week of school:
“You Don’t Know What You’ve Got” by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Thirty-fourth week of school, writing papers, looking ahead to summer:
“Touch Of Grey” by The Grateful Dead
Thirty-fifth week of school, final exams begin:
“The Show Must Go On” by Three Dog Night
Thirty-sixth week of school, finishing final exams, summer vacation, final report card hopefully lost in the mail:
“We Gotta Get Out Of This Place” by The Animals
Music to my ears and eyes, Chris.
I really didn’t know what I was doing here but I’m glad you could pick up on the beat of my drum.
That was great! No “School’s Out for Summer” by Alice Cooper, though? Mona
Mona, some songs have to be saved for the actual end of school.