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10-22-2013 , 01:33 PM

Sig3000

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What are some good songs/lyrics to play for 8th grade class to use in lessons about growth/character/motivation?

My wifey teaches an 8th grade Pride Period to mostly boys. She is going to, once a week, print out the lyrics, play the song for the students and ask questions like...What do you think the artist is trying to convey? What does this mean to you? Is this a helpful message? Etc. Deep cuts are OK. From Van Morrison to PJam to Usher to Arctic Fire. Help my teacher wife TwoplusTwo, You’re our only hope!(No guns, violence or wrecking balls please)

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10-22-2013 , 02:03 PM

kioshk

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High Hopes, about persistence and staying positive.

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10-22-2013 , 02:50 PM

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10-22-2013 , 02:59 PM

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Lol @ a-rod

Bob Marley ftw. Everyting is gonna be alrigh

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10-22-2013 , 03:11 PM

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Not sure it's exactly what you're looking for but I liked Cat's in the Cradle when I was that age. And it's a great song to ask questions to the kids and make them think about the message. Harry Chapin's original or the Ugly Kid Joe version (this was popular when I was in 8th grade).

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10-22-2013 , 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by A-Rod's Cousin

I was a lot older than you (just graduated college) when that Ugly Kid Joe version came out, but you're almost as old as I am now.

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Bob Dylan - My Back Pages
Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now
Eagles - Already Gone
Bob Marley - Redemption Song
David Bowie - Changes
Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days
Alice Cooper - 18
Ervin Drake/Frank Sinatra - It was a very good year
Bob Dylan - Forever Young

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10-22-2013 , 05:36 PM

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The Who - Baba O'Riley
Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah

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10-22-2013 , 07:31 PM

Dominic

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Originally Posted by A-Rod's Cousin

I need to take a shower now

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10-22-2013 , 10:00 PM

BadgerMike

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Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel

I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty

Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac

Question - The Moody Blues

Let It Be - The Beatles

Don't Stop Believin' - Journey

Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan

You've Got a Friend - Carole King

Teach Your Children - CSN & Y

Pride (In the Name of Love) - U2

Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney and Wings

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd --> Not because this song is about growth or motivation (maybe it is?), just because the lyrics make you think.

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10-22-2013 , 10:04 PM

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10-23-2013 , 11:35 AM

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Fifteen - Taylor Swift

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10-23-2013 , 11:37 AM

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kioshk

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Heroin - Velvet Underground

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10-26-2013 , 04:00 PM

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OP, I think you've come to the wrong place.

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10-26-2013 , 09:28 PM

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Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce

(self explanatory)

Refugee - Tom Petty

Somewhere, somehow,
Somebody must have kicked you around some.
Who knows? Maybe you were kidnapped,
Tied up, taken away, and held for ransom.

It don't really matter to me, baby,
Everybody's had to fight to be free,

1st bolded is my favorite TP line.
2nd bolded is just the plain truth/lesson.

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10-28-2013 , 07:33 PM

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Plsmrshenry

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Anything bob dylan wrote from 1962-1966. How about the Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol.

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10-30-2013 , 01:06 PM

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forever young bob dylan

a little older and then go rambling gambling willie from bob dylan

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10-30-2013 , 01:44 PM

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kioshk

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We don't need to be introducing ramblin' and gamblin' notions into these young impressionable minds.

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11-01-2013 , 12:52 AM

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I hope u dance - Leanne Womack

Live like u were dying - Tim McGraw

Wants to live forever - queen

Not sure these totally match the category but here goes

Wildfire Michael murphey sp?

Please come to Boston David logins name?

Walking in memphis Marc Cohn

What's goin on marvinbgaye

Everyday people Robert Palmer

Night they drove old Dixie down the band

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11-01-2013 , 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by rivercitybirdie

The version of please come to Boston I am familar with is by David Allen Coe and it's a good song for this thread

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11-01-2013 , 06:13 PM

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Country Boy Can Survive by Hank Jr.

The lyric "I'd love to spit some beechnut in that dude's eye" alone should make this song mandatory listening for all impressionable school children.

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11-01-2013 , 07:05 PM

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Sig3000

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Thanks all. Keep em coming.

We decided to start with Rush.

"Freewill"

There are those who think that life has nothing left to chance
A host of holy horrors to direct our aimless dance.

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11-02-2013 , 06:09 AM

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diebitter

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This song - apart from being a Freudian nightmare - contains a great life lesson.

EDIT: Wow, just found this terrific version

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