I’m still salty that my choice of “Living La Vida Loca” was unanimously voted against so that we could have “I’m Still Standing”
I was pretty happy with our senior song.
My sister graduated in 1998, when every high school in the country did “My heart will go on.” The next uear, everyone did “Party like it’s 1999.” I don’t even remember what the next 2 classes did other than they were some kind of flash in the pan pop song from the time.
In 2002, my class voted for “At Last” by Ella Fitzgerald. That’s some classy, timeless shit.
Can I propose “Is Vic there?” by Department S?
I nominate Mii Channel Theme Flute Cover (Wii) for the graduation song.
Alternate if you want to hear a flute cover of that without your ears bleeding for the memes: https://youtu.be/PZH3mgPwpgI?is=e6J_hWEZO6bbftxo
Mii channel theme is surprisingly good pick to make flute music out of.
“ It’s the end of the world as we know it” by REM would seem appropriate these days.
My class wanted to walk out to “Bittersweet Symphony” by The Verve.
The first couple of lines go, “It’s a bitter sweet symphony, this life. Tryin’ to make ends meet, you’re a slave to money, and then you die.”
The school did not go for that.
“and I feel fine” doesn’t though lmao
I finished Grade 8 in 2000. Naturally our theme was Anthem for the Year 2000 by Silverchair.
Can’t remember what the one for my highschool graduation was though. Could’ve been Sandstorm by Darude. That song was seemingly everywhere.
We did the Throne Room/Ending Credits theme from Star Wars played by our symphonic band. It goes hard.
My aunt and uncle walked down the aisle to that. 100% solid walk on song. I pitched the same, didn’t go over well. Still got married, but it was touch and go.
In an internet funny, the year everyone was obsessed with the song Africa was also the year Africa was rolling tropical storms off the assembly line all thru summer (in the northern hemisphere)
We walked out to Highway To Hell because someone’s older brother blasted it from their stereo in the parking lot.
That’s gonna be my funeral song lol.
I proposed it and the rest agreed. Felt like a fitting song graduating in the 2010s.
I like the implication that Toto Africa has no rhythm whatsoever lmao
But fucking “happy” does???
Clap along
But I DON’T feel like a room without a roof!
Im seeing a lot of hate, but these are both good songs.
Happy:
- upbeat and celebratory
- fun to dance to
- a nice contrast to pomp and circumstance
Africa:
- cool instruments
- fun to sing along to
- a classic rock song from the 80s
WILLIAMS: Well, after nine times of, you know, nine nos, like, nope, doesn’t work, doesn’t work, doesn’t work, doesn’t work, doesn’t work, doesn’t work, doesn’t work, then I had to kind ask myself a rhetorical question. How do you write a song about someone that’s so happy that nothing can bring them down? I’m paraphrasing. And the song ended up being the sarcastic answer to that.
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/07/nx-s1-5001928/pharrell-says-his-hit-happy-came-from-a-sarcastic-place
For my senior class I floated the idea of ‘Fight for your right to party’ by the Beastie Boys, and it took off. Won in a landslide when we voted.
Then the school leaders basically ignored us and chose some lame van Halen song, even though no one wanted it, and no one in the class listened to van Halen because they were fucking ass-rock has beens
If the school picked Hot for Teacher to play on behalf of the students that would be… Something.
What? You’re telling me you don’t want to receive your diploma to a song that ends with the band members catcalling random girls?
“Who said that?!”
And the complaint that mom threw away your best porno mag?
it’s not the best Beastie Boys era, I give you that. gigantic penises on stage included.
What are those.
What are toto or África
Sorry about that other unhelpful jerk. It’s a song: Toto - Africa
I bet you could use context clues to figure it out
This sing is the one weird al parodied right?
Weezer also covered it, in which Weird Al also performed. Not sure if we are talking about the same thing.
In turn, Toto covered Hash Pipe.
Weird Al did parody the song, yes
What’s Weird Artificial Intelligence? It sounds interesting.
I’m starting to like this Weird guy
It’s a shame he had that affair with Madonna and then died.
Shit like this is why I didn’t attend eithervof my graduations and got married in front of a preacher and two friends
Did it cure what’s deep inside?
when posting this comment, did you think:
I know that I must do what’s rightSure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.
