Their Lonely Betters: Exam Time Playlists
by Cherise Lopes-Baker
Working hard and hardly working on the exam revision? Feeling crushed by the weight of your textbooks, the harsh light of the library, the cold guilt that grips you every time you accidentally fall asleep?
Well, instead of highlighting one band, I’m going to leave you with a few playlists that might cheer you up. Whatever mood you are currently in, there’s a playlist here for you, ready-made so you don’t have to work any harder than I’m sure you already are.
For those with an imminent exam:
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Full Circle- Half Moon Run
Finally- Philco Fiction
Keep You- Wild Belle
Grain of Sand – Fawn Meyers
Egyptian Wrinkle- Boy Friend
Primavera- Ludovico Einaudi
Right Side Of My Brian- Veronica Falls
Walkabout (w/ Noah Lennox) – Atlas Sound
Summertime- Billie Holiday
The Suburbs- Arcade Fire
The Vicodin Song – Terra Naomi
Cliché- Audra Mae
Once I Knew a Pretty Girl- Joan Baez
Infinite Love Without Fulfillment- Grimes
Lesson 1- L’Equipe Du Son
For when you walk out and know you’re coming back for re-sits in August:
I failed…
Que Sera Sera- Doris Day
Within the Rose- Matthew and the Atlas
Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright- Bob Dylan
The Gardner- The Tallest Man on Earth
Hurt- Johnny Cash
The Crying Game- Hannah Cohen
Twice- Little Dragon
The River- Audra Mae
The Cigarette Duet- Princess Chelsea
All the Same to Me- Anya Marina
The Garden- Mirah
Pack Up- Eliza Doolittle
Alligator- Tegan and Sara
Terminally Chill- Neon Indian
Juicy- The Notorious B.I.G.
For when you put down your pen and feel like dancing:
Miraculous pass!
You Make My Dreams- Hall & Oates
Gonna Make Me Sweat- Dance Anthem
Thirteen Thirty-Five- Dillon
Dream a Little Dream of Me- Nat King Cole Trio
Easy Living- Billie Holiday
Ain’t There Anyone Here for Love- Jane Russell ( part of a great movie by the by)
Back In Your Head – Tegan and Sara
Paradise- Tarrus Riley
Brighter Than Sunshine- Aqualung
Lucky- Britney Spears
Hair- Early November
Friend Crush- Friends
Maps- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
All Day and All Of The Night- The Kinks
For when you realise that you have yet another exam to revise for whilst your friends are out celebrating:
There’s another one?
Werewolf- CocoRosie
25 Minutes To Go- Johnny Cash
Oblivion- Grimes
Dystopia- YACHT
Forget- Lianne La Havas
Hold On- Alabama Shakes
Small Hands- Keaton Henson
Why I Cry- Best Coast
Jailor- Asa
A Well Respected Man- The Kinks
The Peacock- Beirut
Swimming- Little Dragon
Don’t You Touch Me- Soko
And Darling- Tegan and Sara
Bye Bye Baby- Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell
I Don’t Want to Wait- Paula Cole
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