Exam Tunes

ShriekingSheet

ShriekingSheet wrote:

Chemical Brothers - Private Psychadelic Real

Definitely. Personally, I'd always go for a bit of Polyphonic Spree, it's very calming, fun and will get you into a good mood.

Mr.Nice Guy

The way I see it you need five core exam songs. (2 Uplifting rock songs, 1 self-reflecting rock song, 1 uplifting melody and 1 cheesy song.

For me it's:

- Alter Bridge - Metalingus (Uplifting Rock)

- Creed - Stand Here With Me (Uplifting Rock)

- Foo Fighters - Best of You (Self-reflecting Rock)

- Gerry & the Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone (Uplifting melody)

- Queen - We Are The Champions (Cheesy)


And if you need a song to coincide with finding out that you have passed your exams, listen to the song I listened to when I passed my first year exams:

Kool and the Gang - Celebration

Chinafoot

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

Kool and the Gang - Celebration

If I manage to pass this year I'll be singing that one for a looooong time!

curious_george

elmyra wrote:

I've decided to make a new playlist for driving to the exams to keep me calm, strictly happy happy feel good tunes

"Happiness is a mediocre synod for a midlle class existence, I see through smiles and smell truth in the distance. Beyond one dimensional smiles and laughter lies the hereafter where tears echo laughter..."

That's Saul Williams, but he's probably not the right man for pre-exam listening.
Check out:

Blockhead - Music By Cavelight
Rainstick Orchestra - The Floating Glass Key in the Sky

They'll keep you calm.

JustCoz

Personally I love listening to the Muse song, Time is running out. It's really appropriate.

Also any Jack Johnson because it's nice and calming, or We Are Scientists

arbeitsscheuer

Strictly upbeat? *Sigh* Well alright then:

The Waterboys - This is the Sea
Alisha's Attic - Indestructible
Lighthouse Family - High
The Cure - Why Can't I Be You?
The Frank & Walters - After All
Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
Queen - We Will Rock You
Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking
The Who - Teenage Wasteland
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - My Bad Reputation
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule the World
Labi Siffre - Something Inside So Strong
Elmer Bernstein - The Great Escape
George Frederick Handel - Zadok The Priest
Lemon Demon - Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
Wierd Al Yankovic - The Saga Begins
Dario G - Sunchyme
Enigma - Return To Innocence
M.A.R.R.S. - Pump Up The Volume

That enough?

Of course, my Exam Tunes will be much more depressing, but hey, that's just me...

Hermione*

I love that Labi Siffre song, so soothing imo.

Waltons

singingstranger wrote:

Relaxing study time song: Glósóli by Sigur Rós from the album Takk. Amazing.

Gooooooood choice

Basq

Seb.. some absolute feckin' blinders in there from you! Good show!

Especially agee with:

Lighthouse Family - High
The Cure - Why Can't I Be You?
Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
Queen - We Will Rock You
Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking
The Who - Teenage Wasteland
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - My Bad Reputation
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule the World
Dario G - Sunchyme
Enigma - Return To Innocence

But Lighthouse Family 'High' and Enigma 'Return To Innocence' would not be marked as 'upbeat' in my books. Probably the opposite side of the spectrum for me!

And i'd also like to add in another 5 more for a particularly sombre mood:

Imogen Heap - "Hide And Seek"
The The - "This Is The Day"
Travis - "Slide Show"
Elliott Smith - "Waltz #2"
The Postal Service - "This Place Is A Prison"

PS - and for a good ol' happy bop-your-head song, try The Monotypes "Dead Streets".. think it's on their MySpace... yep, there we go!

Scraggs

Heres what'll be goin' on mine on my power 'get in the zone' walk to the RDS:D

• Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Whats-her-face -It Ain't Me Babe
• Arctic Monkeys cover of Girls Aloud Love Machine
• Boulevard of Broken songs mash up of some good 'uns
• Paddy Casey -Saints and Sinners the version with the gospel choir in it from 'Even Better than the Real Thing 2'
• Beyonce/PussyCat Dolls mash -Check on it Boyfriend
• Too Many DJs - Danger High Voltage
• Ac/Dc -Shook Me All Night Long
• Don McLean -American Pie
• Patience and Prudence -Ribbon and a Smile <----this is the best song ever its on the lotto ad!
• Build me Up Buuttercup
• Van -Brown Eyed Girl [shallalalalala....]
• Undertones -Teenage Kicks
• Christy Moore -Lisdoonvarna
• Santanna and Rob Thomas -Smooth
• Bob Dylan -Hurricane
• Too Many DJ's -No Fun/Push It
• Orson -the new song I cant remember the name of!
• Elton John -The way you look tonight
• I'm Still Standing
• Interpol - Evil
• Mary J Blige and U2 -One

ahhhh and there'll be some Kanye, Zutons, Queen, Bell X1, Tim McGraw blah blah blah....... I know I'm leaving out loads but honestly couldnt be arsed typing it out...

Its still work in progress btw ..havent decided on what way/order I'll mix em its hard to get beat right esp with a variety*



*yes I will probably spend more time on this than actual study!!

Mr.Nice Guy

Scraggs wrote:

Heres what'll be goin' on mine on my power 'get in the zone' walk to the RDS:D

• Christy Moore -Lisdoonvarna

That's something you listen to when you're power walking to a Riverdance concert.

Scraggs

MNG I'll have to lend ya my Celtic Woman cd my mate Orla is in it... you'd love it:p

arbeitsscheuer

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

That's something you listen to when you're power walking to a Riverdance concert.

rofl... Fcuking priceless mate...

Me, I wouldn't be caught dead within 5 yards of most if not all of the tracks Scraggs selected. But that's just me.

pretty*monster

Scraggs wrote:

• Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Whats-her-face -It Ain't Me Babe
  

Why, why, why would you listen to that when you could listen to Johnny Cash and June Carter give a much better rendition?


I won't be listening to anything because I dropped my mp3 played one too many times and it's completely banjaxed.

ferdi

reggae and ska usually -0 chills me out and puts a smile on my face

Hermione*

Ah now Seb, teenage kicks is a classic, you've GOT to love it! And the Artic Monkeys covering Girlks Aloud, I'll have to find that on the internet.

This thread is increasing my desire for an ipod, which I can't afford. Although I discovered you can get a 30GB one shipped from Apple for €250. If it makes my walk down the road to the RDS easier, I think I may have to increase my indebtedness and buy it :rolleyes:

mloc

Does anyone find listening to music while studying helps drown out distractions? I've a nice study playlist, mostly of Air, Royksopp that kind of thing. Basically background music to stop people talking to me or to stop me listening!

boneless

Combat Rock by The Clash.

Sandanista by The Clash.

London Calling by The Clash... in fact, any bloody thing by The Clash.

Chavez Ravine by Ry Cooder.

The Hard Way by Steve Earle.

The Black Rider by Tom Waits... especially the Russian Dance; thats a good one to clear the head... hang on, these are all albums!! Ah fook i', I don't care...

Lotus by Santana (live album... Check out the change of style in Toussaint le Overture...)

Beethovens 9th... that gives me hope to go on... so does Dvoraks 9th...

Chillin, Cooking, Steaming (3 Albums) with the Miles Davis Quintet.

Blues and Roots by Charles Mingus... will I go on?

elmyra

Ze final playlist all compiled up today....

Good Vibrations- The Beach Boys
My Sharona- The Knack
Come on Feel The Noise- Noddy Holder
Hotel Yorba- The White Stripes
Whole of the Moon- The Waterboys
Rome Wasn't Built in a Day- Morcheeba
Going to California- LZ
We Are The Champions- Queen
Tainted Love-Soft Cell
Don't Stop Believin'- Journey
Any Way You Want It- Journey
Amish Paradise- Weird Al Yankovich
One Week- Barenaked Ladies
Love Shack- B-52's
Come On Eileen- Dexy's Midnight Runners
Karma Chameleon- Culture Club
American Pie- Don McLean
Brown Eyed Girl- Van Morrison
Gimme Hope Joanna- Eddy Grant
Funky Town- Lipps Inc
Smells Like Teenspirit- Nirvana
Wired to the Moon- The Revs
Out of My Bed- The Revs
Footloose- Kenny Loggins

Thankies very much to everyone for the great suggestions, I was fantastically lucky I just 'found' all those songs you were suggesting in a box outside the front door this morning.

arbeitsscheuer

Not bad, elmyra... Not bad at all.

Glad we could be of some help (except Scraggs - she was rubbish:p)

Mr.Nice Guy

SebtheBum wrote:

Not bad, elmyra... Not bad at all.

Glad we could be of some help (except Scraggs - she was rubbish:p)

I suspect Scraggs was one of those who ensured A Nation Once Again by the Wolfe Tones was voted the top song of all time on the BBC.

Funky

Sufjan Stevens.

Jonny Arson

I quite worried about the amount of people who have put Jack Johnson as their choice for uplifting exam tunes. TBH getting my balls wrenched off with tweezers sounds more appealing.

If I'm looking for songs that would give me the ''ooomph'' or ''va va voom'' going into or after an exam off the top of my head I'd pluck for...

Faster - Manic Street Preachers
Supersonic - Oasis
Stay Young - Oasis
Seven Nation Army - White Stripes
Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder
I Am The Resurrection - Stone Roses
Song 2 - Blur
From The Ritz To The Rubble - Arctic Monkeys
Settle For A Draw - Arctic Monkeys
You Held The World In Your Arms - Idlewild
Tubthumping - Chumbawamba
Lucky Man - The Verve
Don't Look Back Into The Sun - The Libertines
Time For Heroes - The Libertines
This Fire - Franz Ferdinand
It's A Hit - Rilo Kiley
Go With The Flow - QOTSA
Break On Through - The Doors
Is This The Way To Amarillo - Tony Christie

eh probably loads more if I could only think of them

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

- Gerry & the Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone (Uplifting melody)

Yes, absolutely uplifting :cool:

and whoever mentioned Sigur Ros, perfect band for soul soothing.

Scraggs

Oooh nice list there Zane....

@MNG I resent that remark!

boneless

Do you want me to bash him for you? I'd do it!! I would!!

By the way, ditch some PM's... I've been trying to scourge you and I can't and that makes me sad...

**Timbuk2**

Scanty Sandwich ftw

AngelofFire

Nine inch nails-Hurt
R.E.M.- It`s the End of the World
Korn-Here to Stay
Pink Floyd-High Hopes
The beautiful mistake-a safe place
Staind-Outside (version without that idiot fred durst)

All those songs are good at relieving stress.

Red Alert

My 'study' playlist is:

Royksopp - Melody AM album
Groove Armada - Goodbye Country Hello Niteclub album
Groove Armada - Vertigo album
Air - Moon Safari Album
Classic Experience
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks album
Disco Jazz Volume 1 Jazz for the House Generation
Classical Chillout
Moving Hearts

I don't usually listen to anything on the way to the exam, always Pink Floyd, 2 Many DJ's or Led Zeppelin afterwards on the way home.

arbeitsscheuer

AngelofFire wrote:

R.E.M.- It`s the End of the World

Excellent. Can't believe I forgot that one... But in fairness it was on my "Exams 2005" mix CD for last year's summer exams!:D
Spent more time choosing songs for that than doing any actual study...

Some more...
Polyphonic Spree - Light and Day
ELO - Mr. Blue Sky
Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters
Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
New Order- Bizarre Love Triangle
Geto Boys - Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta
The Clash - Rock the Casbah
Sugarcult - Bouncin' Off The Walls
Bloc Party - Helicopter
HardFi - Stars of CCTV

Scraggs

Excellent taste there Red_Alert