MixTape Draft - Back to School edition. Make your picks and post your mix! (2 Viewers)

[Mr. Ected]

Going with a Meteorology pick for Science for this term.

9.07 -  Four Seasons in One Day - Crowded House.

Title comes from the saying that Aukland, NZ runs thru many seasons of weather in a short period.

 

[Dope]

Oh man - SOD and Marilyn Manson picks??  Love it!!

 

[Ilov80s]

One of the first songs I thought of.

Yeah, didn't fit my theme, maybe didn't fit others but it's a no brainer.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I think this is the last one that has the element in the title (been too lazy to copy and paste lyrics the last couple days...)

10.xx:  THE THE - SODIUM LIGHT BABY

LINK

 

[Yo Mama]

Since we're half way done already, I'll share my current class list and how I'm grouping/organizing everything.  I'll probably play around with the quarter/class order once my picks are complete to help with the flow.       

Yo Mama University    

Fight Song - ##### School, The Replacements  

Q1 - Classic / Hard Rock        

American Lit 220 - For Whom the Bell Tolls, Metallica  

Econ 101 - Money, Pink Floyd 

Q2 - Alternative Rock / Grunge

Religion 450 - Santeria, Sublime          

Driver's Ed 231 - Bad Habit, The Offspring       

Q3 - Hip Hop / Rap     

African American Studies 154 - Rosa Parks, Outkast   

Econ 251 - Paid in Full, Eric B & Rakim

Old Testament Studies 420 - Shadrach, Beastie Boys  

Q4 - 80's Alternative    

European Lit 245 - Killing an Arab, The Cure   

History 301 - Life During Wartime, Talking Heads 

 

[Dope]

Yeah, didn't fit my theme, maybe didn't fit others but it's a no brainer.

There's supposed to be a theme? I'm just throwing out songs I like across all genres.

(BTW...the MC version of that song is $h!+e)

 

[Mr. Ected]

There's supposed to be a theme? I'm just throwing out songs I like across all genres.

(BTW...the MC version of that song is ####E)

Some have themes, some don't. NBD.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Since we're half way done already, I'll share my current class list and how I'm grouping/organizing everything.  I'll probably play around with the quarter/class order once my picks are complete to help with the flow.       

Yo Mama University    

Fight Song - ##### School, The Replacements  

Q1 - Classic / Hard Rock        

American Lit 220 - For Whom the Bell Tolls, Metallica  

Econ 101 - Money, Pink Floyd 

Q2 - Alternative Rock / Grunge

Religion 450 - Santeria, Sublime          

Driver's Ed 231 - Bad Habit, The Offspring       

Q3 - Hip Hop / Rap     

African American Studies 154 - Rosa Parks, Outkast   

Econ 251 - Paid in Full, Eric B & Rakim

Old Testament Studies 420 - Shadrach, Beastie Boys  

Q4 - 80's Alternative    

European Lit 245 - Killing an Arab, The Cure   

History 301 - Life During Wartime, Talking Heads 

Love this and have been enjoying the write ups. 

 

[KarmaPolice]

I don't know why (ok, it's the gin), but the last couple drafts I pushed it a little too much with the way I made myself do my draft.  So this mix of the elements will be in order of groups of elements as you go left to right across the periodic table, and within the groups, the songs are in order of the atomic mass of the element I drafted it for. 

So far we have:

ALKALI METALS:

Nirvana - Lithium

The The - Sodium Light Baby

Manic Street Preachers - Virginia State Epileptic Colony

ALKALINE EARTH METALS:

Jedi Mind Tricks - Neva Antiquated

Canibus - Master Thesis

Dr. Octagon - No Awareness

Blackalicious - Chemical Calisthenics

LL Cool J - Milky Cereal

TRANSITION METALS:

Lou Reed - Set the Twilight Reeling

Buffalo Tom - Rules

REM - Welcome to the Occupation

BASIC METALS:

MMJ - Aluminum Park

Radiohead - Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box

NONMETAL:

Cake - Carbon Monoxide

Catfish and the Bottlemen - Oxygen

Presidents of the United States of America - Volcano

HALOGENS:

B-52's - Private Idaho

Liz Phair - X-ray Man

NOBLE GASES:

The Jim Carroll Band - Nothing is True

Radon - Science Fiction

 

[-OZ-]

There's supposed to be a theme? I'm just throwing out songs I like across all genres.

(BTW...the MC version of that song is $h!+e)

I'm just taking the same approach I did in college - have fun, do stuff that seems interesting and keep moving. 

 

[-OZ-]

Hmm, totally should have taken this.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3_lFZHIH_8

(I did play two years)

 

[Dope]

I don't know why (ok, it's the gin), but the last couple drafts I pushed it a little too much with the way I made myself do my draft.  So this mix of the elements will be in order of groups of elements as you go left to right across the periodic table, and within the groups, the songs are in order of the atomic mass of the element I drafted it for. 

Jesus Dude

 

[KarmaPolice]

Jesus Dude

I fully admit that I have way too much time on my hands.

 

[Dope]

I fully admit that I have way too much time on my hands.

Is there an easy link to the other Mix Tape drafts/spreadsheets?

 

[Yo Mama]

Is there an easy link to the other Mix Tape drafts/spreadsheets?

There's a link to the Google spreadsheet in the 2nd post under the draft order. 

 

[simey]

I don't know why (ok, it's the gin), but the last couple drafts I pushed it a little too much with the way I made myself do my draft.  So this mix of the elements will be in order of groups of elements as you go left to right across the periodic table, and within the groups, the songs are in order of the atomic mass of the element I drafted it for. 

Jesus Dude

 

[simey]

Back when he was in his early 20s, Merle Haggard spent 3 years at San Quinton for a robbery. He was drunk and tried to rob a restaurant that was still open. He got caught. While in prison an old inmate befriended him and taught him the ropes to surviving prison. Merle would play him songs on his guitar. The old inmate known as "Rabbit" worked in the wood-shop and was constructing a large desk for a judge. He told Merle he was going to escape by hiding in a drawer when the desk was moved out. Merle said he wanted to come too, but Rabbit said he would rather him not since he was young, had a life ahead of him, and had a unique gift for music. Rabbit was doing life in prison, and told Merle he had nothing to lose, and if he got caught he would not go quietly. Merle didn't escape with him, and Rabbit got caught within two weeks after getting into a shootout and killing a state trooper. Rabbit was sentenced to death, and back then you weren't on death row for decades. The day came for Rabbit to be put to death. Merle said "Even though the crime was brutal and the guy was an incorrigible criminal, it's a feeling you never forget when you see someone you know make that last walk. They bring him through the yard, and there's a guard in front and a guard behind - that's how you know a death prisoner. They brought Rabbit out...taking him to see the Father,...prior to his execution. That was a strong picture that was left in my mind."  As Rabbit walked his green mile, Merle waved at Rabbit and saw him point at Merle and ask the Warden if his guitar friend could play him one last song. After Rabbit was executed, Merle wrote this song as a tribute to his friend, and as a reminder of the spiritual power of a song. The lesson today in Theology class is music is the gateway to the soul.

10.xx - Sing Me Back Home - Merle Haggard

 

[Dope]

There's a link to the Google spreadsheet in the 2nd post under the draft order. 

Yeah, I see that. That's how I make sure I'm not drafting Andre Johnson in the 12th round.

I meant all of the other drafts...i've seen these from time to time...the long name draft pops into my head right now.

Is there a master list of ALL of those drafts?

 

[Ilov80s]

Yeah, I see that. That's how I make sure I'm not drafting Andre Johnson in the 12th round.

I meant all of the other drafts...i've seen these from time to time...the long name draft pops into my head right now.

Is there a master list of ALL of those drafts?

Someone definitely has a link to most of them. I'm relatively new to the drafts so it isn't me.

 

[Mr. Ected]

I fully admit that I have way too much time on my hands.

Is there an easy link to the other Mix Tape drafts/spreadsheets?

I'll dig for a couple that I was involved with.

 

[Dope]

Nah man, that's cool. I'll do the legwork.  I have my next 9 songs in queue.

 

[Raging weasel]

Thought that would go 1st round 

almost took this a few times-only the motley crue cover instead

 

[KarmaPolice]

Yeah, I see that. That's how I make sure I'm not drafting Andre Johnson in the 12th round.

I meant all of the other drafts...i've seen these from time to time...the long name draft pops into my head right now.

Is there a master list of ALL of those drafts?

I'll have to search for the last JML draft.  I think it was the DID album draft we just did.  He usually links all the past drafts in the OP. 

 

[Yo Mama]

I'll have to search for the last JML draft.  I think it was the DID album draft we just did.  He usually links all the past drafts in the OP. 

Yeah, I think @John Maddens Lunchbox posted a bunch of links to previous drafts in our last draft too. 

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Yeah, I see that. That's how I make sure I'm not drafting Andre Johnson in the 12th round.

I meant all of the other drafts...i've seen these from time to time...the long name draft pops into my head right now.

Is there a master list of ALL of those drafts?

Someone definitely has a link to most of them. I'm relatively new to the drafts so it isn't me.

I'll dig for a couple that I was involved with.

I'll have to search for the last JML draft.  I think it was the DID album draft we just did.  He usually links all the past drafts in the OP. 

Yeah, I think @John Maddens Lunchbox posted a bunch of links to previous drafts in our last draft too. 

 

Here's some we prepared earlier
Desert Island 21st Century 
Mother of all Desert Island Drafts
Desert Island 60s 
Desert Island 2006
Desert Island 80s Milli Vanilli 
Desert Island 80s Wang Chung
Desert Island 70s
Desert Island 90s 
Original Desert Island 
Desert Island 2007
Desert Island Billboard No.1 singles
Desert Island Live Albums
Desert Island Debut Albums
Desert Island 2008
Bad Song Torture Island
Desert Island 2009
Desert Island 2010
Desert Island Double Aughts (00-09)

70s MixTape
80s MixTape
90s MixTape
Summer MixTape
00s MixTape

60s Mixtape

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

It is missing the Alphabet Desert Island, the 6 word mixtape and a bunch of other mixtapes i wasnt in.

By the time i run my next one i will try to link them all again

 

[Zegras11]

Teacher I Need You

Elton John 1973 - from "Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player"

Amazing that this song was never released as a single.

I was also in 8th grade at the time. My English teach, although not "long and she was lean," was in Playboy the year before.  Good times and great memories.

 

I was sitting in the classroom
Trying to look intelligent
In case the teacher looked at me
She was long and she was lean
She's a middle-aged dream
And that lady means the whole world to me

It's a natural achievement
Conquering my homework
With her image pounding in my brain
She's an inspiration
For my graduation
And she helps to keep the classroom sane

Oh teacher I need you like a little child
You got something in you to drive a schoolboy wild
You give me education in the lovesick blues
Help me get straight, come out and say
Teacher I, teacher I, teacher I, teacher I need you

I have to write a letter
Tell about my feelings
Just to let her know the scene
Focus my attention
On some further education
In connection with the birdies and the bees

So I'm sitting in the classroom
I'm looking like a zombie
I'm waiting for the bell to ring
I've got John Wayne stances
I've got Erroll Flynn advances
And it doesn't mean a doggone thing

Oh teacher I need you like a little child
You got something in you to drive a schoolboy wild
You give me education in the lovesick blues
Help me get straight, come out and say
Teacher I, teacher I, teacher I, teacher I need you

Oh teacher I need you like a little child
You got something in you to drive a schoolboy wild
You give me education in the lovesick blues
Help me get straight, come out and say
Teacher I, teacher I, teacher I, teacher I need you

 

[Ilov80s]

I'm waiting on another super obvious song. It will be shocking if it does get taken soon.

 

[Zegras11]

I'll take another to start catching up.  Police. Don't stand so close to me. 

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Round 9  La Cigarra  -  Linda Ronstadt

We are now taking a class on Hispanic influences on the US.  (La Ciigarra means the cicada.)

Linda can sing.  The band at our Oaxacan restaurant doesn't sound like this.

 

[Yo Mama]

I'll take another to start catching up.  Police. Don't stand so close to me. 

Pretty sure that was taken already. 

 

[PIK95]

Back when he was in his early 20s, Merle Haggard spent 3 years at San Quinton for a robbery. He was drunk and tried to rob a restaurant that was still open. He got caught. While in prison an old inmate befriended him and taught him the ropes to surviving prison. Merle would play him songs on his guitar. The old inmate known as "Rabbit" worked in the wood-shop and was constructing a large desk for a judge. He told Merle he was going to escape by hiding in a drawer when the desk was moved out. Merle said he wanted to come too, but Rabbit said he would rather him not since he was young, had a life ahead of him, and had a unique gift for music. Rabbit was doing life in prison, and told Merle he had nothing to lose, and if he got caught he would not go quietly. Merle didn't escape with him, and Rabbit got caught within two weeks after getting into a shootout and killing a state trooper. Rabbit was sentenced to death, and back then you weren't on death row for decades. The day came for Rabbit to be put to death. Merle said "Even though the crime was brutal and the guy was an incorrigible criminal, it's a feeling you never forget when you see someone you know make that last walk. They bring him through the yard, and there's a guard in front and a guard behind - that's how you know a death prisoner. They brought Rabbit out...taking him to see the Father,...prior to his execution. That was a strong picture that was left in my mind."  As Rabbit walked his green mile, Merle waved at Rabbit and saw him point at Merle and ask the Warden if his guitar friend could play him one last song. After Rabbit was executed, Merle wrote this song as a tribute to his friend, and as a reminder of the spiritual power of a song. The lesson today in Theology class is music is the gateway to the soul.

10.xx - Sing Me Back Home - Merle Haggard

My favorite tune drafted so far fwiw.

 

[Zegras11]

Pretty sure that was taken already. 

So much for catching up!

 

[Raging weasel]

Teacher I Need You

Elton John 1973 - from "Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player"

Amazing that this song was never released as a single.

I was also in 8th grade at the time. My English teach, although not "long and she was lean," was in Playboy the year before.  Good times and great memories.

 

I was sitting in the classroom
Trying to look intelligent
In case the teacher looked at me
She was long and she was lean
She's a middle-aged dream
And that lady means the whole world to me

It's a natural achievement
Conquering my homework
With her image pounding in my brain
She's an inspiration
For my graduation
And she helps to keep the classroom sane

Oh teacher I need you like a little child
You got something in you to drive a schoolboy wild
You give me education in the lovesick blues
Help me get straight, come out and say
Teacher I, teacher I, teacher I, teacher I need you

I have to write a letter
Tell about my feelings
Just to let her know the scene
Focus my attention
On some further education
In connection with the birdies and the bees

So I'm sitting in the classroom
I'm looking like a zombie
I'm waiting for the bell to ring
I've got John Wayne stances
I've got Erroll Flynn advances
And it doesn't mean a doggone thing

Oh teacher I need you like a little child
You got something in you to drive a schoolboy wild
You give me education in the lovesick blues
Help me get straight, come out and say
Teacher I, teacher I, teacher I, teacher I need you

Oh teacher I need you like a little child
You got something in you to drive a schoolboy wild
You give me education in the lovesick blues
Help me get straight, come out and say
Teacher I, teacher I, teacher I, teacher I need you

Damn didn't think anyone would take this. It was going to be the last song of my student/teacher crush songs . I snoozed and losed. :(

 

[Raging weasel]

Pretty sure that was taken already. 

He was going for the double snipe but at least I got this one.

 

[Dope]

Back when he was in his early 20s, Merle Haggard spent 3 years at San Quinton for a robbery. He was drunk and tried to rob a restaurant that was still open. He got caught. While in prison an old inmate befriended him and taught him the ropes to surviving prison. Merle would play him songs on his guitar. The old inmate known as "Rabbit" worked in the wood-shop and was constructing a large desk for a judge. He told Merle he was going to escape by hiding in a drawer when the desk was moved out. Merle said he wanted to come too, but Rabbit said he would rather him not since he was young, had a life ahead of him, and had a unique gift for music. Rabbit was doing life in prison, and told Merle he had nothing to lose, and if he got caught he would not go quietly. Merle didn't escape with him, and Rabbit got caught within two weeks after getting into a shootout and killing a state trooper. Rabbit was sentenced to death, and back then you weren't on death row for decades. The day came for Rabbit to be put to death. Merle said "Even though the crime was brutal and the guy was an incorrigible criminal, it's a feeling you never forget when you see someone you know make that last walk. They bring him through the yard, and there's a guard in front and a guard behind - that's how you know a death prisoner. They brought Rabbit out...taking him to see the Father,...prior to his execution. That was a strong picture that was left in my mind."  As Rabbit walked his green mile, Merle waved at Rabbit and saw him point at Merle and ask the Warden if his guitar friend could play him one last song. After Rabbit was executed, Merle wrote this song as a tribute to his friend, and as a reminder of the spiritual power of a song. The lesson today in Theology class is music is the gateway to the soul.

10.xx - Sing Me Back Home - Merle Haggard

Waow. Thanks for sharing that. As a self-professed know-it-all Cliff Clavin, it's awesome to learn new cool stuff like this.

 

[Dope]

 

Here's some we prepared earlier
Desert Island 21st Century 
Mother of all Desert Island Drafts
Desert Island 60s 
Desert Island 2006
Desert Island 80s Milli Vanilli 
Desert Island 80s Wang Chung
Desert Island 70s
Desert Island 90s 
Original Desert Island 
Desert Island 2007
Desert Island Billboard No.1 singles
Desert Island Live Albums
Desert Island Debut Albums
Desert Island 2008
Bad Song Torture Island
Desert Island 2009
Desert Island 2010
Desert Island Double Aughts (00-09)

70s MixTape
80s MixTape
90s MixTape
Summer MixTape
00s MixTape

60s Mixtape

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F Yeah. Thanks!!

My next song will posted in your honor

 

[Dope]

I was also in 8th grade at the time. My English teach, although not "long and she was lean," was in Playboy the year before.  Good times and great memories.

please

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

F Yeah. Thanks!!

My next song will posted in your honor

Scandinavian synth pop? 

 

[rockaction]

10.xx - Golden State Advantage - Neon Piss

Geography, Welfare State

But all we ever wanted 

Was something cheaper than free

We live in a wasteland of our own creation

 

[dal_boys_phan]

My afternoon pick...

Bowling For Soup - High School Never Ends

 

[Zegras11]

Sister Mary Elephant - Cheech and Chong

Good morning, classGood morning, classClass, good, shut up!Thank youAs you know your regular teacherSister Rosetta Stone is on a small vacationHowever she does send her love,And these finger paintings and dust cloths she is makingI am your substitute teacher, Sister Mary ElephantClass, attention, attention, class, class, shut up!Thank youYoung man, now give me that knife, thank youNow class, you all know who I amSo let's find out who you areClass, class, shut up!Thank youNow class, Sister Rosetta has informed meThat your assignment for the last two monthsHas been to write an essay entitled'How I Spent My Summer Vacation'Who would like to read theirs before the class?Class, class, cla, shut up!Thank youYoung man in the first row, stand upState your name and read your essayWho me?Yes, read your essay, pleaseUh, I don't have it finished yetWell then, read what you have, young manOkay, the first day on my vacationWhat I did on my summer vacationThe first day on my vacation, I woke upThen I went downtown to look for a jobThen I hung out in front of the drugstoreThe second day on my summer vacation, I woke upThen I went downtown to look for a jobThen I hung out in front of the drugstoreThe third day on my summer vacation, I woke up(Now that's fine, young man)Then I went downtown to look for a job(That's fine, young man)Then I got a job(Young man, young man, young man)Then I hung out in front of the drugstoreThe fourth day on myShut up!Thank youNow class, I have a surprise for youI'm going to read you some poemsOut of this lovely book of poetryThe sun kisses the morning skiesThe birds kiss the butterfliesThe dew kisses the morning grassClass, class, cla...Wake up!I gotta go to the can, man

 

[AcerFC]

Todays am pick

Iron Maiden- Hallowed be thy name, Religious studies





I'm waiting in my cold cell when the bell begins to chimeReflecting on my past life and it doesn't have much timeCause at 5 o'clock, they take me to the Gallows PoleThe sands of time for me are running low, yeah!When the priest comes to read me the last ritesI take a look through the bars at the last sightsOf a world that has gone very wrong for meCan it be that there's some sort of errorHard to stop the surmounting terrorIs it really the end, not some crazy dream?Somebody please tell me that I'm dreamingIt's not easy to stop from screamingThe words escape me when I try to speakTears flow, but why am I cryingAfter all I'm not afraid of dyingDon't I believe that there never is an endAs the guards march me out to the courtyardSomebody cries from a cell "God be with you"If there's a God then why has he let me go?As I walk my life drifts before meThough the end is near I'm not sorryCatch my soul, it's willing to fly awayMark my words, believe my soul lives onDon't worry now that I have goneI've gone beyond to seek the truthWhen you know that your time is close at handMaybe then you'll begin to understandLife down here is just a strange illusion.Yeah hallowed be thy nameYeah hallowed by thy nameYeah

 

[AcerFC]

Todays PM pick

Iron Maiden- Rime of the Ancient Mariner, English





Hear the rime of the ancient marinerSee his eye as he stops one of threeMesmerizes one of the wedding guestsStay here and listen to the nightmares of the sea.And the music plays on, as the bride passes byCaught by his spell and the mariner tells his tale.Driven south to the land of the snow and iceTo a place where nobody's beenThrough the snow fog flies on the albatrossHailed in God's name, hoping good luck it brings.And the ship sails on, back to the NorthThrough the fog and ice and the albatross follows on.The mariner kills the bird of good omenHis shipmates cry against what he's doneBut when the fog clears, they justify himAnd make themselves a part of the crime.Sailing on and on and north across the seaSailing on and on and north 'til all is calm.The albatross begins with it's vengeanceA terrible curse a thirst has begunHis shipmates blame bad luck on the marinerAbout his neck, the dead bird is hung.And the curse goes on and on at seaAnd the curse goes on and on for them and me."Day after day, day after day, We stuck nor breath nor motionAs idle as a painted ship upon a painted oceanWater, water everywhere andAll the boards did shrinkWater, water everywhere nor any drop to drink."There calls the marinerThere comes a ship over the lineBut how can she sail with no wind in her sails and no tide?She... onward she comesOnward she nears out of the sunSee, she has no crewShe has no life, wait but here's two.Death and she life in death, They throw their dice for the crewShe wins the mariner and he belongs to her now.Then, crew one by oneThey drop down dead, two hundred menShe, she, Life in Death.She lets him live, her chosen one."One after one by the star dogged moon, Too quick for groan or sighEach turned his face with a ghastly pangAnd cursed me with his eyeFour times fifty living men(And I heard nor sigh nor groan)With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, They dropped down one by one."The curse it lives on in their eyesThe mariner he wished he'd dieAlong with the sea creaturesBut they lived on, so did he.And by the light of the moonHe prays for their beauty not doomWith heart he blesses themGod's creatures all of them too.Then the spell starts to breakThe albatross falls from his neckSinks down like lead into the seaThen down in falls comes the rain.Hear the groans of the long dead seamenSee them stir and they start to riseBodies lifted by good spiritsNone of them speak and they're lifeless in their eyesAnd revenge is still sought, penance starts againCast into a trance and the nightmare carries on.Now the curse is finally liftedAnd the mariner sights his homeSpirits go from the long dead bodiesForm their own light and the mariner's left alone.And then a boat came sailing towards himIt was a joy he could not believeThe pilot's boat, his son and the hermit, Penance of life will fall onto him.And the ship it sinks like lead into the seaAnd the hermit shrives the mariner of his sins.The mariner's bound to tell of his storyTo tell this tale wherever he goesTo teach God's word by his own exampleThat we must love all things that God made.And the wedding guest's a sad and wiser manAnd the tale goes on and on and on.

 

[Dope]

Well, I guess I will try this again (damn computer).  I don't usually get much rap in the drafts I do, but that is going to change.  Lots of fantastic stuff out there to mine for our classes.  This one could be used for about 20 classes, but chemistry it is...

3.02:  JEDI MIND TRICKS - NEVA ANTIQUATED

LINK

Of weak minded emcees getting caught up in my hurdles
Of chemical disruptions, by sodium chloride, potassium, denatonium benzote

If I could like this more than once I would. Never heard of this guy before

 

[Dope]

Todays PM pick

Iron Maiden- Rime of the Ancient Mariner, English





Hear the rime of the ancient marinerSee his eye as he stops one of threeMesmerizes one of the wedding guestsStay here and listen to the nightmares of the sea.And the music plays on, as the bride passes byCaught by his spell and the mariner tells his tale.Driven south to the land of the snow and iceTo a place where nobody's beenThrough the snow fog flies on the albatrossHailed in God's name, hoping good luck it brings.And the ship sails on, back to the NorthThrough the fog and ice and the albatross follows on.The mariner kills the bird of good omenHis shipmates cry against what he's doneBut when the fog clears, they justify himAnd make themselves a part of the crime.Sailing on and on and north across the seaSailing on and on and north 'til all is calm.The albatross begins with it's vengeanceA terrible curse a thirst has begunHis shipmates blame bad luck on the marinerAbout his neck, the dead bird is hung.And the curse goes on and on at seaAnd the curse goes on and on for them and me."Day after day, day after day, We stuck nor breath nor motionAs idle as a painted ship upon a painted oceanWater, water everywhere andAll the boards did shrinkWater, water everywhere nor any drop to drink."There calls the marinerThere comes a ship over the lineBut how can she sail with no wind in her sails and no tide?She... onward she comesOnward she nears out of the sunSee, she has no crewShe has no life, wait but here's two.Death and she life in death, They throw their dice for the crewShe wins the mariner and he belongs to her now.Then, crew one by oneThey drop down dead, two hundred menShe, she, Life in Death.She lets him live, her chosen one."One after one by the star dogged moon, Too quick for groan or sighEach turned his face with a ghastly pangAnd cursed me with his eyeFour times fifty living men(And I heard nor sigh nor groan)With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, They dropped down one by one."The curse it lives on in their eyesThe mariner he wished he'd dieAlong with the sea creaturesBut they lived on, so did he.And by the light of the moonHe prays for their beauty not doomWith heart he blesses themGod's creatures all of them too.Then the spell starts to breakThe albatross falls from his neckSinks down like lead into the seaThen down in falls comes the rain.Hear the groans of the long dead seamenSee them stir and they start to riseBodies lifted by good spiritsNone of them speak and they're lifeless in their eyesAnd revenge is still sought, penance starts againCast into a trance and the nightmare carries on.Now the curse is finally liftedAnd the mariner sights his homeSpirits go from the long dead bodiesForm their own light and the mariner's left alone.And then a boat came sailing towards himIt was a joy he could not believeThe pilot's boat, his son and the hermit, Penance of life will fall onto him.And the ship it sinks like lead into the seaAnd the hermit shrives the mariner of his sins.The mariner's bound to tell of his storyTo tell this tale wherever he goesTo teach God's word by his own exampleThat we must love all things that God made.And the wedding guest's a sad and wiser manAnd the tale goes on and on and on.

was waiting for you to grab this.

 

[sn0mm1s]

Round 10 (English Lit.)

Who Wrote Holden Caulfield? - Green Day

 

[KarmaPolice]

Other way too specific themes I was thinking about/working  on before going to the elements:

Anatomy with a minor of Women's Studies (all female singers with body parts in the titles, and mix order going from head to toe)

States - states in the title in order of when they became states

Criminal Justice:  1/2 of mix songs about different crimes, 1/4 about prison, 1/4 about capital punishment.  Liked this the best, but was too much of a downer.

Religion (kind of):  was going to try for the 10 Commandments, but about breaking the Commandments.  2 songs for each one.  There was one or two giving me fits.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

9.xx  Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays

The silicon chip inside her head

Gets switched to overload.

And nobody's gonna go to school today,

She's going to make them stay at home.

And daddy doesn't understand it,

He always said she was as good as gold.

And he can see no reason

'Cause there are no reasons

What reason do you need to be shown?





Tell me why?

I don't like Mondays.

Tell me why?

I don't like Mondays.

Tell me why?

I don't like Mondays.

I want to shoot

The whole day down.





The telex machine is kept so clean

As it types to a waiting world.

And mother feels so shocked,

Father's world is rocked,

And their thoughts turn to

Their own little girl.

Sweet 16 ain't so peachy keen,

No, it ain't so neat to admit defeat.

They can see no reasons

'Cause there are no reasons

What reason do you need to be shown?





Tell me why?

I don't like Mondays.

Tell me why?

I don't like Mondays.

Tell me why?

I don't like Mondays.

I want to shoot

The whole day down.





All the playing's stopped in the playground now

She wants to play with her toys a while.

And school's out early and soon we'll be learning

And the lesson today is how to die.

And then the bullhorn crackles,

And the captain crackles,

With the problems and the how's and why's.

And he can see no reasons

'Cause there are no reasons

What reason do you need to die?





Tell me why?

I don't like Mondays.

Tell me why?

I don't like Mondays.

Tell me why?

I don't like Mondays.

I want to shoot

The whole day down.

10.xx  R.E.M. - Sad Professor

If we're talking about love

Then I have to tell you

Dear readers, I'm not sure where I'm headed

I've gotten lost before

I've woke up stone drunk

Face down in the floor


Late afternoon, the house is hot

I started, I jumped up

Everyone hates a bore

Everybody hates a drunk


This may be a lit invention

Professors muddled in their intent

To try to rope in followers

To float their malcontent

As for this reader, I'm already spent


Late afternoon, the house is hot

I started, I jumped up

Everyone hates a sad professor

I hate where I wound up


Dear readers, my apologies

I'm drifting in and out of sleep

Long silence presents the tragedies

Of love not the age get afraid

The surface hazy with attendant thoughts

A lazy eye metaphor on the rock


Late afternoon, the house is hot

I started, I jumped up

Everyone hates a bore

Everybody hates a drunk

Everyone hates a sad professor

I hate where I wound up

I hate where I wound up

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Still on the Latino Studies course.

Round 10  After Dark  -  Tito &Tarantula

The video (and the song) are from From Dusk Till Dawn.  That video just isn't safe for work at all.

A little Chicano Rock will set the mood.