By Aaron Levy (CIVL Station Manager) – Email
Print Edition: November 27, 2013
CIVL Station Manager Aaron Levy is glad students get a break after this final issue!
Dead Prez – “They Schools”
My good friend visited Vancouver this past weekend for the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy annual conference, and I remember his glee in grade 12 at being allowed to blast this song in the hallways, reveling in the chorus lyric “All my high school teachers can suck my dick.” Freedom.
Alice Cooper – “School’s Out”
One of the most recognizable education-centric hits of the 20th century, it’s a mantra that students repeat on an annual basis, but can be just as relevant when faced with the December break, that is the Christmas holidays! Some of you will not be back in January, so congratulations!
Pink Floyd – “Another Brick in the Wall”
We definitely need education, even if thought control would be pleasantly left off the table for most of us. I never thought this was a Pink Floyd song when I was younger, and was even more surprised to find it was featured on their so-called masterpiece The Wall. I’m with Dark Side.
Aquabats – “Fell Asleep on My Arm”
Blink 182 and Transplants drummer Travis Barker were poached from this happy-go-angst-lucky punk/pop project based in the 90s, but their Vandals-style lyric-oriented concept songs and albums definitely set a precedent followed by acts similar to Me First and the Gimme Gimmes and the like. School can bore at times.
