Teacher Songs #7: Music Lessons

I was always quite musical in my youth...

Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie

Not quite that musical, but I did play piano and tenor horn. I had my horn lessons on a Monday afternoon in school, which meant that I got to get out of Mrs. Green's Biology lesson for 15 minutes. I've mentioned Mrs. Green before: she was married to Mr. Green and she didn't like me. Perhaps one of the reasons for that was the look of glee on my face when I told her I had to go for my tenor horn lesson every week.

The Andrews Sisters - Music Lessons

There were only two music teachers at my high school, and they couldn't have been more different. Mr. Benson was a large African gentleman with a deep voice and a thick accent who liked to call kids who messed around, "You stupid-idiot-twit!" I recall this because he once caught me impersonating him and addressing said insult to one of my peers. I felt for sure I was going to feel his wrath... but he let it go. Perhaps because I was interested in music, unlike many of my classmates. I ended up taking the subject at GCSE, and although I only came out with a C, I like to think Mr. Benson was happy with that.

Radiohead - Anyone Can Play Guitar

Our other music teacher was Mr. Moon, a gentleman who was the complete opposite of Mr. Benson in every week. A tall thin, extremely pale white guy who struggled to keep control of the class and commanded none of Mr. Benson's respect. He appeared to know this too, which only compounded his bitterness. In fits of exasperation (when his hands alone would turn bright red), he would shriek at the class malcontents that, "If you don't stop messing around, I'm going to fetch Mr. Benson!"

New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing

To be fair, that usually did the trick.