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15min Playlist for Jr. High School.
« on: September 14, 2009, 12:19:30 PM »
I'm an assistant language teacher at a Jr. high here in Japan and I've been given the *cough* honor *cough* of choosing the music that plays during lunch time. I think It's 15min long. Now I've chosen tracks from some of my favorite artists, but I've also tried to make it as international as possible. My job is to help teach English, but also introduce foreign cultures to the students. Besides that I've tried to keep it lunch time friendly and energetic so the students might get interested in the songs. This means no cussing and no songs about bad stuff. Even if the students can't understand it. It's an ethical thing for me. So here's my playlist:

1. Me and Mia - Mr. Ted Leo and the Rx
2. Yelben Betayiw - Alemayehu Eshete (from Ethiopiques 9)
3. Thanks-A-Lot - Dengue Fever
4. Divine Hammer - The Breeders

Now if the set is 15 min long I still have 5 min left at the end of these 4 songs. Here's what I'm thinking of playing for the last song.

Monkberry Moon Delight - Danielson
31 today - Aimee Mann
Long Division - The Aislers Set (from San Francisco, a bit Imperial Teen like.)
Take the Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven
Don't You Care - Alice Clark (This is a from a Japan only re-issue of a '70s soul singer I randomly bought.)
All of my days and all of my days off - A.C. Newman (Or a different A.C. Newman/New Pornographers song.)

So I'm looking for help.

Are the first 4 songs good?

What should the 5th song be?

Thanks!

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Re: 15min Playlist for Jr. High School.
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2009, 02:22:01 PM »
i think the danielson cover or a.c. newman would be fun.

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Re: 15min Playlist for Jr. High School.
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2009, 04:27:47 PM »
I love the A.C. Newman record and especially that song.



Isn't "Divine Hammer" potentially risque?  I could never tell.
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Re: 15min Playlist for Jr. High School.
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2009, 05:34:12 PM »
Last song should definitely be Porcupine Pie.

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Re: 15min Playlist for Jr. High School.
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2009, 07:17:50 PM »
I love the A.C. Newman record and especially that song.



Isn't "Divine Hammer" potentially risque?  I could never tell.

All depends on whether female orgasms are risque.

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Re: 15min Playlist for Jr. High School.
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2009, 08:07:59 PM »
I put the Breeders in there because it's one of the few albums I still listen too from my JHS/HS days. I never knew what that song was about. Now I feel creepy about playing it. Thanks Fredericks.

Porcupine Pie! Now that's a selection. Actually I wish I had Andy Breckman's Perfect iPod. Playing that would really make the kids like me.

I think I'll go with A.C. Newman.

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Re: 15min Playlist for Jr. High School.
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2009, 09:37:26 PM »
I put the Breeders in there because it's one of the few albums I still listen too from my JHS/HS days. I never knew what that song was about. Now I feel creepy about playing it. Thanks Fredericks.

Porcupine Pie! Now that's a selection. Actually I wish I had Andy Breckman's Perfect iPod. Playing that would really make the kids like me.

I think I'll go with A.C. Newman.

No problem.


What did YOU think it was about?   Thor?
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Re: 15min Playlist for Jr. High School.
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2009, 11:06:55 PM »
Last song should definitely be Porcupine Pie.

Good god, English is a hard enough language to learn, what with all the goll-dang irregular verbs and the rampant, abundant idiomatic expressions. We can't torture people this early on.
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Re: 15min Playlist for Jr. High School.
« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2009, 12:21:18 AM »
Seriously Fredericks, I didn't think much about it.

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Re: 15min Playlist for Jr. High School.
« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2009, 07:58:57 AM »
Thor rules.
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Re: 15min Playlist for Jr. High School.
« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2009, 02:26:22 AM »
The set ended up being the following:

1. Me and Mia - Mr. Ted Leo and the Rx
2. Yelben Betayiw - Alemayehu Eshete (from Ethiopiques 9)
3. Thanks-A-Lot - Dengue Fever
4. Musicawi Silt - The Daktaris
5. Miss Teen Wordpower - The New Pornographers

No comments from the students yet. I don't expect any however.

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Re: 15min Playlist for Jr. High School.
« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2009, 04:20:14 AM »
nice taste in music.

me and mia during lunch, though? that could potentially border on ghoulish.
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Re: 15min Playlist for Jr. High School.
« Reply #12 on: September 17, 2009, 12:54:11 PM »
pornography during lunch. MORE.