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Graduating Tomorrow

My time at high school is over as of tomorrow. Unlike everyone of my age pretends I openly love high school and will be sad to leave a place full of fantastic teachers and some brilliant friends. Just as I'd been expecting for a year now, the final days have been full of fun and good memories but also a lot of bittersweet goodbyes. Monday was the final time we had each of our class, and so there were a few emotional farewells to teachers that we'll all probably see in like a week's time anyway. On the plus side, every subject had a party, the best memories of the day being the english class grooving to Smooth Criminal, eating octopus in ancient history (it was surprisingly good) and playing a high-stakes, intense game of blackjack in maths. On Tuesday the whole year group went down to Manly Beach, had a great time and generally frollicked about on and near the beach for the day. Today was the muck up day which mainly involved water-balloon fights and having a hoedown dance battle to the Cat Empire. Anyway I won't go into any more details because I doubt anyone cares too much, but here's to six killer years at high school with friends and foes, here's to not completely failing the exams, and here's to hopefully another killer couple of years in university before we are swallowed by the soul-destroying machine known as life. *raises imaginary wine glass* list is the 31 tunes in the playlist that friends and I were grooving to for most of the day which will always remind me of high school days
1John Butler Trio
Grand National

Better Than - is there any happier or more contented song in the world?
2Gorillaz
Gorillaz

Clint Eastwood - no squealin' remember THAT ITS ALL IN YO HEAD
3Incubus
Morning View

Are You In? - the best use of "ooh ooh"s in music history, so chill
4Crowded House
Woodface

Weather With You - if you don't love this song, your soul has already been swallowed by the machine
5Arctic Monkeys
AM

Knee Socks - YOU AND ME COULDA BEEN A TEAM, EACH HAD A HALF OF A KING AND QUEEN SEAT
6Queen
Jazz

Bicycle Race - speaks for itself really
7Arctic Monkeys
Favourite Worst Nightmare

Flourescent Adolescent - oh the boy's a slag DUN DUN the best you ever had DUN DUN the best you ever haaaaad is just a memory and those dreams DUN DUN DUN not as daft as they seem DUN DUN not as daft as they seeeeemed my loov when you dreaaamed them oop oh no
8John Butler Trio
Sunrise Over Sea

Zebra - ba dum dum badada, badadadum
9Michael Jackson
Thriller

Thriller - essential for any self-respecting young dancer who doesn't actually know how to dance well or at all
10Queen
Flash Gordon

Flash's Theme - FLASH! AAAAH AHHH!!! SAVIOUR OF THE UNIVERSE!!!!!!
11Wolfmother
Wolfmother

Love Train - yeah yeah yeah I know no-one likes Wolfmother anymore but this song is funky and it cannot be denied
12Wolfmother
Wolfmother

Joker & the Thief - a true Australian classic
13Arctic Monkeys
AM

Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? - falsetto singalongs are the best
14David Bowie
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust...

Starman - who else?
15The Cat Empire
Two Shoes

The Car Song - THE WEEKEND IS THE WEEKEND AND ITS SUNNY IN THE PARK I'LL STAY HERE WITH MY BEER AND FISH AND CHIPS TILL IT GETS DARK I GOTTA LOTTA HOMEWORK BUT HOMEWORK IT CAN WAIT I NEVER START MY HOMEWORK TILL ITS ALREADY TOO LATE
16The Cat Empire
The Cat Empire

Days Like There - I pride myself on having memorised Harry's rap on this word for word even if I can't say the lines that fast in real life (I CAN TRY DAMMIT)
17Queen
Jazz

Don't Stop Me Now - powersliding to this song is highly advisable and everyone needs to try it at least once
18Red Hot Chili Peppers
Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Give It Away - GIVEITAWAY GIVEITAWAY GIVEITAWAY NOOOOW, GIVEITAWAY GIVEITAWAY GIVEITAWAY NOOOOW, GIVEITAWAY GIVEITAWAY GIVEITAWAY NOOOOW, AAAAAAAAAAWWWW AWWWWWWW YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAHHHHH
19Gorillaz
Demon Days

Feel Good Inc. - if there is one song in the universe that everyone, no matter their taste, can and should enjoy, this is the one.
20Gorillaz
Demon Days

DARE - its coomin oop its cooomin oop its coomin ooop its cooomin ooop its coomin oop its coomin oop. IT'S DARE WHEW
21Michael Jackson
Bad

Smooth Criminal - the best and most danceable bassline in history
22Red Hot Chili Peppers
One Hot Minute

Coffee Shop - that bridge is just astounding and can teach even the most shy of introverts how to dance like Iggy Pop
23System of a Down
Toxicity

Chop Suey! - WAKE UP! GRABABRUSHANDPUTALITTLEMAKEUP! HIDEYOURSCARSTOFADEAWAYTHESHAKEUP (hide your scars to fade away the shakeup) WHYDYOULEAVETHEKEYSUPONTHETABLE? HEARYOURSELFCREATINGANOTHERFABLE - YOU WANTED TO
24The Cat Empire
Two Shoes

Sly - whyyyy its a pleasure to meetcha, you look like one incredible creature, wanna treat ya fine, let's dance and grind get so funk-inflicted its a crime, YOU'RE DIVINE YOU'RE SUBLIME AH WELL YOU BLOW MY MIND EYYY
25System of a Down
Hypnotize

Vicinity of Obscenity - do we aaalll learn defeat, from the whores, with bad feet? beat the meat (beat the meat) treat the feet, to the sweet, milky seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee - LIARRRRRRR DUDUDUDUDUDUUDN
26The Prodigy
The Fat of the Land

Firestarter - hardcore breakdowns right here yo
27The Cat Empire
So Many Nights

Fishies - notice how many Cat Empire songs are on this list? that's because they're the fucking best and you should all listen to them right now. WELCOME FISHIES AH-TO MAH HOOK
28The Prodigy
The Fat of the Land

Breathe - COOOOOOOMEEE PLAYYYYYYY MOIIIIYYYYYY GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMME
29The Cat Empire
The Cat Empire

Hello - da da da da dun dun (everyone claps) da da da dun (clap) da da da dun dun
30System of a Down
Mezmerize

B.Y.O.B. - lure them into thinking they can relax and have a slow dance to this song and then BAM BLAST OFF ITS PARTY TIME AND WE DON'T LIVE INAFASCISTNATIONUHHH
31The Cat Empire
The Cat Empire

The Wine Song - I have a feeling that, for the rest of my life, no song can ever make me as instantly happy, contented, ecstatic, joyous or whatever as this song does. From old memories of playing COD Zombies (yeah its tough being a gangsta) with my friends in years 7-9 while this song, and every other Cat Empire song were playing in the background, to the freshest memory in my mind right now which is a six-way hoedown battle between me and six of my friends while this song is playing. There was simply no way more fitting to finish our high school lives than this beast right here. Rest in peace our young, happy selves, and welcome to the world the mature and responsible us. (lol just fucking joking maturity is for suckers)
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