Bonehead
06-13-2007, 01:00 PM
I could really use some help from all you guys on a school project of mine. As most of you know by now, I start my intern teaching this fall and I want to try something out. My idea is to play positive music in between classes and during working time to see how it effects student attitude and behavior. I know that a lot of teachers use music, but it usually is an album the teacher likes played non stop, or most often classical music. But I want to us pop, rock, and contemporary songs that have a positive lyrical content and the music is fairly upbeat, but the lyrical content is more important. While I am not opposed to religious music, the lyrics have to generic enough to pass school guidelines.
I have 14 tracks right now and want a bunch more, if possible. The ones I have chosen are:
Things Can Only Get Better - Howard Jones
True Colors - Cindi Lauper
Shining Star - Stryper
Fly Like and Eagle - Seal
Keep Holding On - Avril Lavigne
Beautiful - Christina Aguilera
Like to Get to Know You Well - Howard Jones
Alive - P.O.D.
Hold On - Good Charlotte
Survivor - Destiny's Child
Life is a Highway - Rascal Flats
Hero - Mariah Carey
Sing a Song - Earth, Wind, and Fire
Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson
So, as you probably realize from the list, this music is a bit out of my comfort zone, as it probably is for most of us here. However, in our preferred style, there honestly isn't much as far as positive message stuff. And the music is way too aggressive to be effective for what I want it to do.
Please, then, help me out some tunes that you think would work for this format, and especially some of you who might be more up on current pop, rnb, and alt music. As you can see, I am open to all genres of music and willing to listen to just about anything you think might fit in here. I would really appreciate the help.
I have 14 tracks right now and want a bunch more, if possible. The ones I have chosen are:
Things Can Only Get Better - Howard Jones
True Colors - Cindi Lauper
Shining Star - Stryper
Fly Like and Eagle - Seal
Keep Holding On - Avril Lavigne
Beautiful - Christina Aguilera
Like to Get to Know You Well - Howard Jones
Alive - P.O.D.
Hold On - Good Charlotte
Survivor - Destiny's Child
Life is a Highway - Rascal Flats
Hero - Mariah Carey
Sing a Song - Earth, Wind, and Fire
Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson
So, as you probably realize from the list, this music is a bit out of my comfort zone, as it probably is for most of us here. However, in our preferred style, there honestly isn't much as far as positive message stuff. And the music is way too aggressive to be effective for what I want it to do.
Please, then, help me out some tunes that you think would work for this format, and especially some of you who might be more up on current pop, rnb, and alt music. As you can see, I am open to all genres of music and willing to listen to just about anything you think might fit in here. I would really appreciate the help.