TUCKER’S DAUGHTER by IAN MOSS Story by Jo Hocking
The opening bars of Tucker’s Daughter will forever be associated with the interminable wait during school dancing lessons of holding the clammy hands of a socially inept male counterpart.
LIKE A STONE by AUDIOSLAVE Story by Ali Sipahi
Like A Stone by Audioslave was Ali Sipahi's topic for a Grade Six presentation/show-and-tell. Her teacher and her classmates were taken back a little.
EL CONDOR PASA by SIMON & GARFUNKEL Story by Tony Birch
While I loved music and sat in class day-dreaming that the girl sitting in front of me in class was the girl Marc Bolan swooned over in Hot Love, I hated school, a situation reflected in my term reports.
Riptide by Vance Joy. Story by David Oke
“My big sister learnt this song!” “My cousin can play this!” The excitement in the room was palpable. The look on the faces of the Grade One/Two students was a sight to behold. This is what bliss looks like.
Space Oddity performed by Chris Hadfield. Story by David Oke.
David Oke Classroom, Footscray, 2014Of course my class didn’t know about David Bowie. They were more interested in One Direction and Five Seconds of Summer. One student claimed that his dad liked Bowie.
Radio Ga Ga by Queen. Story by Kath Presdee
Kath Presdee St John Bosco High School, Engadine; Terms 1 and 2, 1985For kids who were tentatively discovering their musical pathways it was a revelation. We can sing songs on the radio in choir?
We Can Work It Out by The Beatles. Story by Brian Nankervis
Brian Nankervis 8.55am. Driving to school, Elsternwick. July 2003.After the first verse Rosie remembers my story about being tied to a goal post at State School and asks me to tell it again.
Get Dancin’ by Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes
Stephen Andrew High school quadrangle, Melbourne. Lunchtime, 1975On my fourteenth birthday my best mate, Peter, presented me with two gifts, one of which I still hold close to my heart.