Jesen više nije univerzalna kao ni zima. Zima je danas neodvojiva od koka-kole i njihovog Djeda mraza, a jesen je neodvojiva od početka škole. Sav splin koji nosi jedno, udvostručava drugo.
Ali, sve što vam možemo napisati, i dobro i loše, o jesenjem usudu, koji smo svi godinama čekali da prođe, najbolje će vam dočarati pjesme koje smo izabrali za vas.
Sve se tiču škole, na ovaj ili onaj način, i neka vam olakšaju početak septembra, najokrutnijeg mjeseca – T.S. Eliot je promašio, jer april je sasvim kul.
Pink Floyd nismo stavili, jer znamo da ga sami ovih dana već dovoljno slušate.
La Femme , “Septembre”
“Le mois d'septembre va commencer
Un peu de spleen, c'est la fin de l'été
Mais pourquoi mon ventre se serre à la rentrée ?
Dans mes yeux me poussent des orgelets comme chaque année
Je sens le stress qui me prend et qui m’empêche
De profiter de la fin, de la fin de l'été”
Naravno da početak školske godine i taj prokleti septembar izazivaju ništa manje nego splin – a opet, o čemu će francuzi pjevati nego o splinu. Bar su ovaj put uboli. Ne samo da je kralj ljeta, ne samo da jesen ide, nego i škola počinje. Kakva god pjesma bila, znaju one o čemu govore.
Missy Elliott , “Gossip Folks”
Škola je daleko od toga da bude samo o knjigama i ocjenama. Daleko su važniji i snažniji svi oni tračevi, ogovaranja, scene i skandali o kojima se priča i o kojima će se pričati, bar dok kraj godine ne dođe i prolaz ne postane upitan. Misi Eliot sve ovo dobro zna i razbija ga u svom hitu iz 2002. godine.
Stvar i ne mora biti o školi, teme se nose i dalje od školskog dvorišta, ali spot nam je poprilično jasno suzio temu.
The Donnas, “New Kid in School”
Posvećeno svakome koje ikad bio “novi”, “novi kolač”, “novi učenik” ili šta god novo.
“Back row
Honor roll
Ahead of the class
Wet bleachers
Student teacher
Better start kissing some ass
Bad weather
Let's get together
I never wait in line
Night lesson
Study session
You know you work so fine”
Beyoncé, “Let’s Move Your Body”
Kraljica B je velika ljubiteljka bivše prve dame SAD-a, Mišel Obame (Michelle Obama). Iz tog razloga joj nije trebalo mnogo nagovaranja da se pridruži plemenitoj kampanji prve dame, posvećenoj borbi protiv gojaznosti među američkim školarcima.
Ime kampanje je Let's Move, a Bijonse čini upravo to, u spotu snimljenom u stvarnim američkim školama. “Drmajte tijelo i ne budite lijena, debela đubrad, iako je sasvim OK biti kakavi god želite da budete, i ne dozvolite da iko utiče na vašu samopercepciju, osim ako smo to ja i prva dama.”
New Edition, “School”
“S C H O O L, you got to go to school and beat that bell
When the alarm clock bangs ring, ding, dong
We gotta stop our rap about this song
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, the weekend's here
Well listen
When I was very young I used to sit around the house
Watching oil can Harry battle Mighty Mouse
Until my mother said, “Son, that's not the way to be
You've got to go to school and learn your ABCs”
I said, “Is that it, mom?”
She said, “That's not even half
You've got to go to school, you got to learn some math”
You got to learn you to count 1, 2, 3
And then get brushed up on the history
My first day of school I'll never forget
My teacher said, “Recite the alphabet”
I said, A E M E L R, and, as you can see
I didn't get very far”
Britney Spears, “Baby One More Time”
“My loneliness
Is killing me and I
I must confess
I still believe, still believe
When I'm not with you I lose my mind
Give me a sign
Hit me, baby, one more time”
Britni je bila kul dok je pjevala o školskim simpatijama. Znala je ona kako muči srce dok pokušavaš slušati nastavnicu, a “samoća te ubija”, i moraš priznati da još vjeruješ, još vjeruješ.
The Ramones, “Rock'n'roll High School”
“Rock, rock, rock, rock n’ roll high school
Well I don't care about history
Rock, rock, rock ‘n’ roll high school
Cause that's not where I want to be
Rock, rock, rock ‘n’ roll high school
I just want to have some kicks
I just want to get some chicks
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock ‘n’ roll high school”
Rodžeru Kormanu (Roger Corman) dugujemo štošta. Ne samo karijere Frensisa Forda Kopole (Francis Ford Coppola), Rona Hauarda (Ron Howard), Martina Skorsezija (Martin Scorsese), Džonatana Demija (Jonathan Demme), Pitera Bogdanoviča (Peter Bogdanovich), Kurtisa Hensona (Curtis Hanson) i Džejmsa Kamerona (James Cameron), nego i Ramonsa.
U Kormanovom “Rock'n'roll High School”, svijet je saznao za pank veličanstvo u srcu američke kulture, i stvari nisu više bile iste. Ali, kako momci sami rekoše: “Boli me uvo za istoriju”.
Simon & Garfunkel, “Hey Schoolgirl”
“Hey, Schoolgirl in the second row
The teacher's lookin’ over
So I got to whisper way down low
To say, ‘Who-bop-a-loo-chi-bop, let's meet
After school at three’
She said, ‘Hey, babe, but there is one thing more
My school is over at half past four
Maybe when we're older then we can date
O – oh, let's wait!'”
Satrali se od teksta. Ali, ajde, nema veze, poruka je bar jasna: ni who-bop-a-loo-chi-bop te ne može spasiti od korpe (ako se to i dalje tako kaže).
Chi-Lites, “Homely Girl”
“It must have broke your poor little heart
When the boys used to say,
You looked better in the dark.
Oooh but now they'd give all they learnt in school
To be somewhere in the dark with you (Oh yes they would)
You know the teacher would ask the questions
And you, would always raise your hand
Oooh but somehow you never got your turn
And my eyes would fill with water, inside I'd burn (Oh yes I did)
Homely girl, She was so lonely
You're a beautiful woman oh yes lonely girl
Homely girl you used to be lonely
You're a beautiful woman oh yeah”
E, sad, ovo je ozbiljan tekst. Ovo je tekst, jedne ozbiljne grupe, koji se nastavlja i na Misi, i na Bijonsi, i na Donnas, i upozorava na obrte koje vrijeme nosi, a koje znamo da se dešavaju sad pa sad, svim maltretiranim, zadirkivanim, provociranim, djevojčicama, a i dječacima, koji se nisu uklapali u pravila svog vremena. Da, takve stvari se stvarno, al’ baš stvarno dešavaju.
Wiz Khalifa i Snoop Dogg, “Let’s Go Study”
“Yea wassup baby girl
I'm just looking over this homework
I really need some help
You wanna study with me?
That'd be nice, yea
[Chorus: Snoop Dogg]
I wanna go study, baby would you be my buddy?
and help me with my project, cause you are who I roll with
honestly I know it, take me boo, you the one I wanna go with
5 days out the week, my stay's out the street
It pays to be discreet, your fragrance is sweet”
Nisu slučajno Banjalučani počeli kafane zvati “Biblioteka” i tome slično. Imaju te dovitljive gazde presedane i reference, poput ove pjesme. Viz Kalifa i Snup Dog, žedni znanja, učenju vični i radi, upućuju ovaj ritmični apel svim uzornim učenicima: “Let's Go Study”. Ne oglušavajte se na ovo.
