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Mark-O · Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 1:34 pm Post subject: TEFL Soundtrack

Inspired by all of the abhorrent TV commercials I've seen of late for the hackneyed 'Soundtrack to the Summer', I'd like to ask which tracks would you compile for the ultimate 'TEFL Soundtrack'?

Hector_Lector · Joined: 20 Apr 2004 Posts: 548

�Release the bats� - The Birthday Party

�Drinking wine spodie odie� - Pere Ubu

�Big-eyed beans from Venus� - Captain Beefheart

I walk the line - Johnny Cash

qlddan · Joined: 30 Jun 2003 Posts: 41 Location: China

One for the students...

'I can hardly spell my name' - Lambchop

Mark-O · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 3:53 pm Post subject:

How about 'Words' by Boyzone ... 'ABC' by the Jackson Five ...

(This CD compilation is not really all that marketable, is it?)

zaneth · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 5:45 pm Post subject:

I Fell Into a Burning Ring of Fire by Johny Cash

And gotta get some Jimmy Buffet in there.

nolefan · Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Posts: 1458 Location: on the run

one for the Chinese drivers:

Were you born an a s s hole -- Jimmy Buffet

Another good one:

Turn the Page -- Bob Seger

yaramaz · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 6:40 pm Post subject:

Another Brick in the Wall (Part ?)-- We don't need no education- Pink Floyd

Ludwig · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 6:44 pm Post subject:

'Send in the clowns'.

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

Thanks For The Memories, and I Found My Thrill by Fats Domino (for the ever-enthralled)
Themes from The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits (for those in war zones or looney bins)
Crazy by Patsy Cline (for obvious reasons sometimes)
Like a Virgin by Madonna (for the newbies)
Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley (for split shift workers and those in private high schools)
Theme from Fahrenheit 451 (for those of us who have never found the right textbook)
Memories by Barbra Streisand (for all of those students who forget)
Ain't That A Shame by Fats Domino (for the grammar purists)
The Wall by Pink Floyd (what we all feel we have hit or talked to from time to time)
School's Out (For Summer) by Alice Cooper (for the lucky ones)
Bewildered by Mark Knopfler (for "those" students who just don't get it)

Children's version would have all of the songs from Grammar House Rock:
Noun: "A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing"
Verb: "Verb: That's What's Happening"
Adverb: "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Adverbs Here"
Pronoun: "Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla"
Adjective: "Unpack Your Adjectives"
Conjunction: "Conjunction Junction"
Interjection: "Interjections!"
http://www.postdiluvian.org/~gilly/Schoolhouse_Rock/HTML/grammar/grammar.html

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

9 to 5 by Dolly Parton (for those in HS or in a real grind of a job)
Wasted Days, Wasted Nights by Freddie Fender (for the unprepared or for those only in this for the partying)
Money by several artists (for the greedy or the well-off)
Karma Chameleon by Culture Club (for those suffering culture shock?)

Sonnet · Joined: 10 Mar 2004 Posts: 235 Location: South of the river

The Clash - Career Opportunities ("the ones that never knock...")

Martin Ansell - The Englishman Abroad (well, it works better for some of us, I guess...)

The Jam - To Be Someone (for anyone who's been to Asia & back home)

Pixies - U-Mass ("it's educational!")

Bobby Darrin - Beyond the Sea
Weezer - Across the Sea (these 2 are for anyone whose TEFLing has dumped a long-distance 'relationship' upon them)

Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger (for all of those ex-employers)

The Clash - The Magnificent Seven

kait · Joined: 17 Jun 2004 Posts: 93 Location: Lungtan, Taiwan

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

Country Roads by John Denver (for those working in rural areas)
Show Me the Way to Go Home by Irving King (for the disillusioned or culture shocked or penniless)
Long and Winding Road by The Beatles (for those finding it hard to return home)
I Feel Good by James Brown (for those, well, enjoying the ride)

If I Only Had a Brain by E.Y. Harburg (for "those" students)
We're Off to See the Wizard by E.Y. Harburg (for students who consider their teacher a god)
Follow the Yellow Brick Road, and Somewhere Over The Rainbow by E.Y. Harburg (for the dreamers)

Small Victory by Garnet Rogers (for those tiny successes that we sometimes manage to find)

Sonnet · Joined: 10 Mar 2004 Posts: 235 Location: South of the river

The Pogues - Dirty Old Town (for all the backwater delights we've been to)

thelmadatter · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 12:29 pm Post subject: ?

Glenski -- you mean we are NOT all gods????? Shocked