Freshers’ Week: The Soundtrack

Requiem – Mozart

Turning off the A40 clutching a well-used copy of Brideshead, you catch a glimpse of the Rad Cam through towering spires and medieval stonework and your heart soars. You are confident the next three years will transform you from current mediocrity into an erudite, intelligent Oxonian…

50 Ways to Say Goodbye – Train

…However, this image of sophistication is quickly shattered. Tearful, your mum cross-examines the dean about the quality of college food whilst your dad slaps you on your shoulder and mutters something about hallowed halls. You creep off to the JCR for refuge.

Say My Name – Destiny’s Child

Awkward freshers introductions over ‘speed mating’ leave you feeling like you have the personality of an old potato. You turn to drink to ease the atmosphere.

100$ Bill – Jay-Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM0xGv0njqs

Thanks to a chirpy text from student finance, the prospect of clubbing at 9pm doesn’t seem so bad with £3k to burn on sticky shots and plastic jugs of watered-down WKD.

Pirates of the Caribbean – Theme Tune

2am. The cheese floor erupts. This will be your fresher’s anthem.

You’ll Be Sorry – Steps

Stumbling home with a brand-new group of uni mates (amazing! You’ve got so much in common! You both like Taylor Swift!) you pause by one of Oxford’s many Vans of Death for a large portion of cheesy chips that you will regret in the morning. There is a hierarchy, and Hassan’s reigns supreme.

Shut Up – Black Eyed Peas

Back in bed, surrounded by Domino’s vouchers and pre-drink detritus, you realise the downside to your oh so quaint 15th century accommodation; you can hear that weirdo next door having sex. Put the kettle on and feel smug – being on the scouts’ good side in the morning will pay off when you hand them a bin full of vomit later in the year.

Wake Me Up – Avicii

That 9am library induction swings round faster than it took for you to forget the names of everyone on your corridor. Don’t worry, SOLO doesn’t make sense sober either.

The Show Goes On – Lupe Fiasco

By the end of the week your school friends at ‘normal’ universities will have a newsfeed full of foam parties, famous DJs and nights called things like ‘Toxic’ and ‘Rehab’. Yours will be a mixture of medieval buildings, weird Harry Potter capes and ‘#FOMO’ (don’t ask). But cheer up, you’ve only got 8 more weeks to go!