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Friday Coffee Break: The Pep Rally From Hell

Posted at 8:52 AM on December 16, 2011 by Steve Seel (33 Comments)
Filed under: 9:30 Coffee Break

By now you've probably heard about this story: a Minnesota high school principal is
apologizing for pep rally prank earlier this month in which blindfolded students were surprised to find they had kissed their parents in front of hundreds of classmates. We won't embed the video here, but here's a link (we're too grossed out). From the AP:

"In an interview Thursday, Rosemount High School Principal John Wollersheim says the event was organized by the high school staff, but he was accountable. A one-minute video of the smooches has gone viral on YouTube. In the video, the captains of several winter sports teams were lined up along a wall of the gym opposite another line of students. The captains were blindfolded and told they had to guess which student kissed them. However, the students were swapped out for the parents of the athletes."

So. How do we intend to make a 9:30 Coffee Break out of this? Well, we'll leave that to you; help us build a set of tunes that bring together the various elements of this thing. Keywords to consider: pep rally, gross, sick, parents, prank ...

Songs played:
Mudhoney "Touch me I'm sick"
Fountains of Wayne "Stacy's Mom Has Got it Going On"
Prince "Kiss"
Gary Glitter "Rock and Roll Part Two"
Beck "Nausea"
The Bee Gees "I Started a Joke"

Comments (33)

How about the Spanish version of "Mickey" by Toni Basill?
Judy Brown's - The Homecoming Queen's got a Gun

Posted by Loran | December 16, 2011 8:58 AM

Popular -- Nada Surf

Parents Just Don't Understand -- DJ Jazz Jeff + the Fresh Prince

Posted by lou | December 16, 2011 9:03 AM

Paul Simon: That Was Your Mother

Posted by Stephen | December 16, 2011 9:04 AM

I could have lived the rest of my natural life in a state of perfect contentment had I not heard this story this morning. So thanks for sharing. (No way am I watching that video!)

Here's my song: Yuck - "Get Away." The band name works just as well as the song title.

Posted by cal | December 16, 2011 9:04 AM

Pep Rally? You've got to play "Gary Glitter - Rock and Roll Part 2"

Posted by Kyle | December 16, 2011 9:05 AM

Marilyn Manson - Fight Song
BeeGees - I Started a Joke (that started the whole world crying...)

Posted by Al | December 16, 2011 9:06 AM

I went to high school in Nashville, TN and we did the same thing! It was the football starters, and they were told to guess which cheerleader had kissed them, and then it was their moms. They all said skeevy things. It was... gross.

I think the obvious choices to play are Regina Spektor's "Oedipus" , "Janie's Got a Gun" or maybe "Cherokee Louise" by Joni Mitchell.

Posted by Claire Hipkens | December 16, 2011 9:08 AM

"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" -- U2
"Kiss" -- Tom Jones (covering Prince)
"Kiss Me Deadly" -- Lita Ford
"Parental Guidance" -- Judas Priest

Posted by (JL) | December 16, 2011 9:08 AM

come to daddy - aphex twin
i dont want to be a cheerleader - st vincent

Posted by chris hates his job | December 16, 2011 9:08 AM

"Stacey's Mom's Got It Going On"

Posted by Craig Kepler | December 16, 2011 9:13 AM

"mother" - Pink Floyd
(Hush now baby, baby don't you cry. Mama's gonna check out all your girlfriends for you. Mama won't let anyone dirty get through.)

Posted by Ariel | December 16, 2011 9:14 AM

Sleeper Agent - "Get it Daddy"

Depeche Mode - "Wrong."

Posted by Cheryl | December 16, 2011 9:14 AM

Katy Perry - I kissed a girl (in this case, my mom!) and I liked it!

Posted by Danny Saathoff | December 16, 2011 9:14 AM

Treat Me Like Your Mother - Dead Weather

Posted by Jackie K. | December 16, 2011 9:14 AM

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Girls - Vomit (because this story makes me want to)

Posted by Rhys | December 16, 2011 9:15 AM

The Decemberists "The Sporting Life"
John Lennon "Mother"
Department of Eagles "Teenagers" (or would "No One Does It Like You" be more appropriate? *snicker*)

Posted by Shannon | December 16, 2011 9:16 AM

Kiss - Prince
Get ur freak on - EELS
I'm your daddy - Weezer

Posted by Paul | December 16, 2011 9:16 AM

RHCP- Suck My Kiss
Silversun Pickups- Kissing Families
Mark Me Absent- The Clash

Posted by Blake | December 16, 2011 9:17 AM

Mother-Danzig (since you didn't play it for the relative set a while back). And his voice is creepy.

Posted by ann | December 16, 2011 9:17 AM

stacy's mom has got it going on
Opps I did it again - Spears

Feel bad for those kids.

Posted by Andy | December 16, 2011 9:18 AM

Anything from The Go! Team.

Posted by Jeffrey | December 16, 2011 9:18 AM

I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
F*ck School - The Replacements (I know you can't play this, but it's still a good fit except for all the effenheimers.)
That's Pep - Devo
Kissing the Lipless - The Shins
Knock me a Kiss - Louis Jordan

Posted by Melissa | December 16, 2011 9:18 AM

The Replacements:
They're Blind
Sixteen Blue
Treatment Bound

Posted by ken | December 16, 2011 9:20 AM

.
Smells like Teen Spirit.
.

Posted by Rocky Bottom | December 16, 2011 9:21 AM

I turn my camera on - Spoon
"Y'made me untouchable for life"

Posted by monica | December 16, 2011 9:27 AM

MammaDaddyDid - Paul Westerberg
Your Touch - The Black Keys
Sick of You - Cake

Posted by ken | December 16, 2011 9:28 AM

"Mother and Child Reunion" - Paul Simon

I went to Rosemount H.S. and I can't say how glad I am this did not happen when I went!

Posted by Patrick | December 16, 2011 9:28 AM

Mrs. Robinson by Simon and Garfunkel
Hey Me, Hey Mama by Ray LaMontagne

Posted by Emily | December 16, 2011 9:32 AM

Dead mans party Oingo Boingo why? heck if I know

Posted by Tom | December 16, 2011 9:32 AM

"Mama Said" - The Shirelles

Posted by MP | December 16, 2011 9:34 AM

"Toucha Toucha Touch Me" - Rocky Horror Picture Show

Posted by Eric | December 16, 2011 9:37 AM

Bad Company - Can't Get Enough

Posted by Angie | December 16, 2011 9:58 AM

Jock-O-Rama - The Dead Kennedys

Posted by jon sawyer | December 16, 2011 10:06 AM

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