Turkey, Black Friday and Beyond
Written by Crow's Nest Staff, Nov 25, 2013, 0 Comments
As you prepare your gullet for Thursday and your wallet for Friday, keep in mind what awaits you after Thanksgiving weekend—the grinding, grueling and grotesque final weeks of the fall semester. Another fact: the Crow’s Nest won’t be there to help you through with our profound playlists, seeing as this is the last issue of the year. That being said, we leave you with this compilation of songs for the coming weeks. Best of luck, turkeys!
Thanksgiving:
“Home” — Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
Zeroes is right — here’s a cheesy song for a cheesy holiday. In any case, enjoy the time with family and try to be somewhat tolerant of their poor musical taste.
“Turkey in the Straw” — Bill Monroe
The godfather of bluegrass shreds Thanksgiving a new one on this classic track. See if you can finish your first three plates of food before the song ends.
Black Friday:
“Paint it Black” — Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are thankful — they have survived decades of drug abuse and deafening concerts and they still have functioning joints and the complexion of prunes (as opposed to raisins). Blast this as you speed down store isles in your stolen motor scooter.
“Can’t Buy Me Love” — The Beatles
Remember not to get too wrapped up in shopping and commercialism this holiday season. Paul McCartney will commend you from atop his mile-high pile of royalty money.
“Friday” — Rebecca Black
You’re probably one of the people who contributed to this song’s more than 60 million views on Youtube. Shame. Ease your conscience by volunteering at a homeless shelter, or donating to one of the charities that cashiers are always collecting for this time of year.
Exam Week:
“I Will Survive” – Glora Gaynor
Listen to this song enough times, and you just may survive. You might also come out of the other side of exam week with big hair and disco lights in your eyes — but it’s worth it for those A’s. Or B’s. Maybe C’s?…
“Never Ending Math Equation” – Modest Mouse
This one goes out to all you paper-writers. Don’t let those word counts get you down! And if this is your third time trying to pass statistics or algebra — this is the year you’re gonna do it, kid.
