Music for those quintessential fall campus moments
Perhaps the most important piece missing from your orientation kit? The soundtrack to your first few weeks at Vic. But don’t worry, Arts & Culture has you covered.
Whether it’s prepping to explore the city on a Friday night out or just shedding a few lonely tears in the Lester B. Pearson Garden (more of us have done it than you think, I promise), we hope that these essentials bring you some joy, respite, or at least a little giggle.
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Without further ado, we present to you, our O-Week Essentials:
O-Week Essentials: Power Walking Across Queen’s Park
The walk, with a little pep in your step, takes approximately 5.47 minutes. We counted.
“There She Goes” – The La’s
“California Dreamin’” – The Mamas & The Papas
“Campus” – Vampire Weekend
“Walk Like an Egyptian” – The Bangles
“Oxford Comma” – Vampire Weekend
“Time of the Season” – The Zombies
“Walking Home” – Mac Ayres
“Everybody Wants to Rule the World” – Tears for Fears
“I Feel the Earth Move” – Carole King
“Amoeba” – Clairo
O-Week Essentials: Pre-Scarlet and Gold Dance
Make your new friends dance!
“Don’t Stop Me Now” – Queen
“We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe)” – fun.
“Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)” – Elton John
“Dancing Queen” – ABBA
“I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)” – Whitney Houston
“C’mon (Single Version)” – Panic! At The Disco & fun.
“Electric Feel” – MGMT
“More Than a Woman” – Bee Gees
“Leave The Door Open” – Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic
“Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” – ABBA
“Let’s Groove” – Earth, Wind & Fire
O-Week Essentials: Therapy on the Northrop Bench
Songs for when you miss being a kid. Or miss your friends. Or miss when you didn’t have ten assignments due on a single Wednesday.
“The Middle” – Jimmy Eat World
“Chiquitita” – ABBA
“Vienna” – Billy Joel
“Doing All Right” – Queen
“I Need Some Sleep” – Eels
“anything” – Adrianne Lenker
“Rom-Com Gone Wrong” – Matt Maltese
“Dear Prudence” – The Beatles
“Imreallytiredthisdaysucks” – boy pablo
“Ribs” – Lorde
