Madness: Baggy Trousers [ purchase ] Many many apologies for my long absences between posts lately - hands up, I am sh*t! I have quite a b...

Josie Cotton: School Is In [ purchase ] Time for a little power-pop/new-wave (did I miss any hyphenated descriptions?) up in this Machine. ...

Trout Fishing in America : Science Fair [ purchase ] Back here I suggested that we have a week of kid’s songs. Here’s another sample of wha...

Muddy Waters : Good Morning Little School Girl [ purchase ] Sometimes, a musician becomes known for not only his own artistry, but also the ...

Dave Edmunds: Back To School Days [ purchase ] A familiar nostalgia for the black and white worldview of younger days couched in the familia...

Gene Summers And His Rebels : School Of Rock 'N Roll [ purchase ] School Of Rock 'N Roll was originally recorded in 1958 by Gene Sum...

Otis Rush : Homework [ purchase ] Otis Rush was born on April 29, 1934 in Philadelphia, Mississippi. In 1948, he moved to Chicago, where he ...

The Police: Don't Stand So Close To Me [ purchase ] As if we needed further evidence of Sting's literary leanings , here's a Lo...

MC5: High School [ purchase ] I have a sneaking suspicion that Detroit's MC5 are one of those bands that a lot of music fans have class...

Steely Dan : My Old School [ purchase ] Here is a song from 1973, with horns, about school. So this is the third week in a row that this cou...

Tammy Wynette: Don’t Make Me Go To School [ purchase ] Ms. Wynette got a lot of mileage out of divorce songs. (Remember the classic D-I-V-...

Jeannie C. Riley : Harper Valley PTA [ purchase ] In 1968, record man Shelby Singleton put singer Jeannie C. Riley together with a song by ...

Hole: Olympia [ purchase ] Though there are plenty of words in this 1994 song, they are universally adolescent, repetitive and angsty witho...

Jerry Lee Lewis : High School Confidential [ purchase ] Jerry Lee lets loose with the title song of 50s flick, High School Confidential . Du...

Tom Paxton is a folk singer who I’d like you all to meet. He is what is sometimes referred to as a songwriter’s songwriter. This means that ...

The Beach Boys: Be True To Your School (Live) [ purchase ] The Beach Boys: Be True To Your School [ purchase ] When some loud braggart tri...

Sam Cooke: Wonderful World [ purchase ] During the time Lou (Adler) and Sam had roomed together, they'd tossed "Wonderful World...

Loudon Wainwright III: School Days (live, 1978) [ purchase ] Loudon Wainwright III: School Days (2008) [ purchase ] I would say all these...

Patty Griffin: Tony [ purchase ] I know everyone is probably looking for the peppy little "rah rah" high school songs here, but I...

Rockpile : Teacher Teacher [ purchase ] Class, today's lesson is minimalism.