Theme Music

One of my favorite scenes in that old series Ally McBeal was one where she selected a "theme song" for her life, a song that played in her head while she was walking around town. It was a fairly brilliant insight into our culture, seeing how we no longer seem to be able to spend a single moment in silence.

I am wondering, though, what might be a good theme Wedding Petticoat song for our various disciplines or for higher education in general these days. I suppose that Linkin Park's "One Step Closer to the Edge (I’m about to Break)" might be one. Or "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (particularly the Bing Crosby version).  For those on the job market, perhaps it could be R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It (I Feel Fine)."

What suggestions might you offer to stand as the theme song of your discipline or academe in general?

 

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1. lexalexander - February 10, 2010 at 03:17 pm

I don't know about my discipline or academe in general, but I've always thought that AC/DC's "Back in Black" should always start playing whenever I walk into a room.

2. jffoster - February 10, 2010 at 03:44 pm

Well, for the Humanities, how about the Fate / Death motif from Bizet's _Carmen_ ?

Or maybe something from _die Go"tterda"mmerung_ ?

3. 11159995 - February 10, 2010 at 03:46 pm

Since economics is all about the satisfaction of consumer preferences, how about "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" as a theme for that discipline?

4. 12091751 - February 11, 2010 at 08:16 am

Although none of us are more than casual fans, the Marketing Department at Misericordia has adopted 70s Swedish super group ABBA as our official band and spread this around campus. Take a Chance on Me.

5. bigfruitbasket - February 11, 2010 at 08:57 am

"Think" by Aretha Franklin for my Critical Thinking class in the Humanities.

6. sahara - February 11, 2010 at 09:44 am

for academe: "Ah...cain't git no...sa-tis-fac-shun..."

("an ah try...an ah try...an ah try...") Louis Vuitton PM Patch

7. hankiam - February 11, 2010 at 10:41 am

How about "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"?

8. cordelia - February 11, 2010 at 11:03 am

Considering the recent trend in restructuring (which mainly means getting rid of traditional departments in favor of glitzier ones), I'd suggest "Another One Bites the Dust."

9. rmckee - February 11, 2010 at 11:50 am

Let us consider, for the professoriate in general, "Margaritaville,"
and for the Writing and Literature disciplines, "Big Yellow Taxi."

10. pgantt - February 11, 2010 at 12:47 pm

I've always thought a good one for higher ed as a whole would be that old Motown hit, "Ain't Too Proud to Beg."

11. magoojoe - February 11, 2010 at 03:26 pm

For higher ed professionals and the discipline as a whole, "What's My Age Again?" Blink 182.

12. schaber - February 11, 2010 at 03:43 pm

How about "Rebel Without A Louis Vuitton Odeon MMPause," by Public Enemy. It's the only rap song I know of to use the word, "sabbatical."

13. daddyprof - February 11, 2010 at 05:21 pm

Schaber is kickin' it old school...
How about "Things is about to change" by KRS-ONE.

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