Nirvana – School

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Send "School" Ringtone to Cell

Wouldn't you believe it
It's just my luck

No recess

You're in high school again

Send "School" Ringtone to Cell


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Track duration: 02:42

"School" as written by Kurt Cobain

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    General Comment:ITS A SONG PPL! LIKE IT OR STFU!! STOP ANYLIZING ALL THE GOOD MUSIC TO DEATH!! SOMETIMES A SONG HAS NO MEANING.. IN CASE YOU CANT TELL, YES, I AM SHOUTING!! :0)
    Flag Tricky1979on June 21, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Its about how after highschool , your still in fucking highschool (People never grow up past highschool. SO it continues.. but now no fucking recess....
    Flag tommyjoneson April 11, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Kurt was pissed that his girlfriend ate
    his reese's peanut butter cups
    and it reminded him of when the bullies
    would beat him up at school and steal his chocolates
    Flag kyuss67on December 09, 2011   Link
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    My Opinion:Most probably a comment on the competitive Seattle music scene of the time. However , Kurt Cobain always stated that the lyrics were secondary to the music in terms of importance to a song. It seems somewhat dubious to read more into what amounts to three lines of lyric repeated to the point of irritation. It was also said that many of the lyrics stemming from the Bleach era were nothing more than last minute choices of phrase that fitted the song structures. This seems to be another case of the pedestal on which the artist is placed obscuring the faults of lesser material. It seems reasonable to suggest that if these lyrics had been written by any other artist , they would have barely been mentioned.
    Flag Djflemingon September 20, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:For kurt school never really ended , in fact right after he dropped out , he became a janitor at his high school and saw all his classmates where still there . He felt depressed and ashamed by this experince , and when it came for kurt to become part of the grudge scene , it still was school to him , he had to make his music sound like everyone else's . Hence why kurt eventually hated the bleach record in retrospect . School is a place to learn and to socially fit in , kurt new how to learn and play by the rules but hated every second of it , thats what this song defines to me .
    Flag Madatheearth88on June 16, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I agree with FROST17 i think its about the world falling into stupid patterns and not correcting itself, hence "No recess" but im not sure
    Flag SludgeInfectionon December 20, 2010   Link
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    My Opinion:I have to agree with FROST17
    Flag SludgeInfectionon December 20, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:It's about how school sucks
    Flag ledzepfloyd1101on April 25, 2010   Link
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    Lyric Correction:"You're in high school again"
    Flag losttomusicDACon April 10, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:isnt it youre in high school again? anyway these guys are legends, their music will never be forgotten.
    Flag stripey28on December 27, 2009   Link

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