No Recess! 10 Songs that School Talk
Back to school season is now officially among us. Yes, public transportation is once again sardine-packed in the mornings, your favorite snacks in the delis may be gone by the time you get there, and it’s probably about that time to freshen up that music playlist you’ve been listening to all summer. Though school for many may not be the most pleasant: pop chick drops out because she’s bullied, and mass student mobilizations and riots are among the news outlets. Despite the good, the bad, and the ugly, school can mean so many things to so many different people around the globe.
The following 10-track compilation offers a good-humored listening upon your return to the ol’ escuela (or even if you’re not but just wanna hear some fun music). Songs are either old school kiddie tunes (like #10), songs about rebelling against the institution (#6), schools of thought (#1), college (and elementary?) sweethearts and crushes (#9 & #3), and alerting your fellow classmates there’s a bomb on your campus (#8). Of couse, there are tons more out there, but these are our top 10. Enjoy your recess, kids!
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10. “Twist del Colegio”
by Parchís
[Spain]
Before Timbiriche, before Menudo, before La Onda Vaselina, there was Parchís. Most of you kids might be too young to remember them, but in the early ’80s this quintet had a humongous impact in several Latin American countries, and of course in their homeland España, which set the base for all other created-for-TV children bands that came after. Their whole repertoire is packed in hilarious kitsch and bizarreness with songs like this one, suggesting that everybody in school, including the teachers, were taken over by the twist dance craze… twenty years too late. OK, maybe there was a twist revival going on in the ’80s, remember that Fat Boys collaboration with Chubby Checker? Oh, right, I forgot you were not even born. — JD
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Don’t agree and feel we missed a tune about school stuff? Sound off in the comments board below and let us know who we forgot to mention. Tell us your favorite too!