
Music
Here are some of the tunes that have accompanied us on this journey:
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
‘Growing Up’ (2016) www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mhtJduoCZ0
Adele http://adele.com
‘When we were young’ (2015) www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDWKuo3gXMQ
‘Million Years Ago’ (2015) www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m0iZETAjTc
Sherika Sherard www.sherikasherard.com
‘Give me a job’ (2014) www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ1La7yCrqg
Tinie Temper www.tinietempah.com
‘Pass Out’ (2014) www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhBiybONjVk
Rizzle Kicks www.rizzlekicks.com
‘Lost Generation’ (2013) www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL51Tsh6Sdg
‘When I was a Youngster’ (2011) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs2HHYtGhP0
Dizzee Rascal http://raskit.co.uk
‘Bonkers’ (2011) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci40ae8BlcE
Ed Sheeran www.edsheeran.com
‘Galway Girl’ (2017) www.youtube.com/watch?v=87gWaABqGYs
‘The A Team’ (2010) www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAWcs5H-qgQ&list=RDUAWcs5H-qgQ#t=75
Plan B www.time4planb.co.uk
‘The Defamation of Strickland Banks’ (2010) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po_ArckLTXg
Beyoncé www.beyonce.com
‘Single Ladies’ (2008) www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY
Beastie Boys http://blog.beastieboys.com
‘Girls’ (2007) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmoHDfXcm_M
‘Ladies’ (2009) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Naf5uJYGoiU&index=5&list=PLHNtS7VIZIyZYrh0s6DUrZ7VwWj5JWdlB
‘Sabotage’ (2009) www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rRZdiu1UE
Eminem
‘Lose Yourself’ (2002) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yhyp-_hX2s
Prozac+
‘Angelo’ (2000) www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC0Lc4N2FOU
Paul Weller
‘Broken Stones’ (1995) www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_M8m4Yr7vc
‘The Changingman’ (1995) www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v9WhRpQw8E
M People
‘Moving on Up’ (1993) www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkHOVJINRD8
Mano Negra
‘Mala Vida’ (1988) www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWV2kM1laIc
Gwen Guthrie
‘Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ On But The Rent’ (1986) www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAdtfkoRJ2s
The Pogues www.pogues.com
‘The Old Main Drag’ (1985) www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjW8PSan3-o
Billy Bragg www.billybragg.co.uk
‘The Saturday Boy’ (1984) www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CBWDp71UPM
UB40 www.ub40.org
‘One in Ten’ (1981) www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbMQTs1P_6U
The English Beat www.englishbeat.net
‘Get a Job’ (1981) www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J2GvipKEwE
The Undertones www.theundertones.com
‘Teenage Kicks’ (1979) www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAtUw6lxcis
‘My Perfect Cousin’ (1980) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgqa3cVOxUc
The Jam
‘Eton Rifles’ (1979) www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy3RtGRxQGE
X-Ray Spex www.x-rayspex.com
‘Germ Free Adolescents’ (1978) www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5vwQuuO52I
The Clash www.theclash.com
‘Career Opportunities’ (1977) www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JM8C49pf40
Johnny Cash www.johnnycash.com
‘Green, green grass of home’ (1968) www.johnnycash.com
Lalo Schifrin
‘Mission Impossible’ (1967) version from The Piano Guys (2013) www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p0BqUcQ7i0&list=RD9p0BqUcQ7i0#t=0
Bob Dylan
‘I Was Young When I Left Home’ (1961) https://vimeo.com/216157949
‘Forever Young’ (1974) www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1fSVbBwVX8
‘Lord Protect My Child’ (1983) https://bobdylan.com/songs/lord-protect-my-child/
Dinah Washington
‘What a difference a day makes’ (1959) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmBxVfQTuvI
Film
A short selection of some classic films about youth transitions:
A Taste of Honey (1961) A young girl growing up in Manchester has an unconventional relationship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M_pfoHgUjA&index=6&list=PL4CK2suoh0UYMSsiBvQaeJiRu7w_Ao2-v
The Loneliness of the long distance runner (1962) A young man growing up in the UK in the 1950s www.youtube.com/watch?v=4asUxvijYQ8
The Graduate (1967) A disillusioned, award winning scholar makes his way through some tangled love affairs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=acEh0kEL7_E
Harold and Maud (1971) A suicidal young man gets a new lease of life through his relationship with an 80 year old woman www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mz3TkxJhPc
Scum (1977) Life in a prison for young offenders in the 1970s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6rIV9gP8Fs
Quadrophenia (1979) A young man’s journey from London to Brighton in 1965. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmxcW23nWho
La Haine (1995) Three young men living in the suburbs of Paris. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMafnSY9_9M
Hackers (1995) Young hackers are blamed for capsizing five oil tankers.www.imdb.com/title/tt0113243/
Trainspotting (1996) Young people growing up in Scotland. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LuxOYIpu-I
Cresceranno i carciofi a Mimongo (1996) The quest for work and love of an agricultural student. www.youtube.com/watch?v=69L1QwDC3LE
Tutti giu’ per terra (1997) the story of a reluctant young student in Turin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOBxK_UWe40
Kevin and Perry Go Large (2000) Kevin and Perry go on holiday to Ibiza.www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIagpKaoxuk
Inbetweeners (2001) Four young 18 year olds go on holiday to Malia. www.imdb.com/title/tt0217570/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Legally Blonde (2001) Elle goes to law school. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8I-Qzmbqnc
Bend it like Beckham (2002) Jess wants to play football, but her family don’t. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Pt_GMDdGo
Million Dollar Baby (2004) A young woman wants to become a boxer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B0zmj0-Iac
Kidulthood (2006) Life of a 15 year old finding his way. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uIauoMugTw
This is England (2007) A young boy becomes a skinhead. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0jkv2bRFgQ
Tutta la vita davanti (2008) A young graduate woman working in a call centre while searching for employment security and a career. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5_Hr1tAuU0
Get a Job (2010) Unemployed and living with the ‘mother-in-law from hell’, Will and Terry open a comedy club.www.imdb.com/title/tt1753860/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
The Social Network (2010) A Harvard student with few friends creates Facebook. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RB3edZyeYw
C’e’ chi dice no (2010) A story of three former high school companions facing uncertain employment prospects, creatively trying to oppose a biased referral system of entrance into employment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM7lZm-kdjo
Eat, Sleep, Die (2012) A young Swedish woman struggles to find a new job and look after her sick father. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1sKX6m5nlA
Goob (2014) A young man in rural Norfolk fighting, womanizing and stock car racing, falls for a pretty foreign field worker. www.imdb.com/title/tt3009070/
Top Boy (2014) Young men growing up in London. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIkEmW1PkYE
Smetto quando voglio (2014) Comedy around precariousness, and the attempt of three (former) researchers to pursue employment success. www.youtube.com/watch?v=seEhOShK0cc
Girlhood (2015) Young women growing up in the tough suburbs of Paris. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJudaZEY-Uc
The Intern (2015) A retired man becomes a senior intern at an online fashion house. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU3Xban0Y6A
I, Daniel Blake (2016) A 59 year old carpenter fights to get Employment Benefits, and support a young family. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahWgxw9E_h4
Get a Job (2016) After college, life doesn’t go to plan as Will and Jillian take on increasingly strange jobs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXmOmdzsQVs
Che vuoi che sia (2016) Comedy around uncertain prospects and difficulties in forming a family. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp8qrJy3KTk
T2: Trainspotting 2 (2017) The original crew twenty years later. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGdiACWiMAM
Nadia (2017) A British school girl with a difficult family who is made homeless. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffqp6f0_rzw
Eviction (2017) A young man loses his bike with serious consequences www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Fl3Biz9Eo
MYM: Million Youth Media www.youtube.com/user/MillionYouthMedia
Fully focused: the fastest growing youth media platform in the UK using the power of film to challenge perceptions, raise awareness and transform lives. www.fullyfocusedproductions.com/