Best Known Song of Your Generation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm GenX and I think most of us would probably know the top songs from the 90s. I could sing (or dance in some cases) along to any of these:

I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
I'll Make Love to You - Boys II Men
I Swear - All-4-One
Jump - Kriss Kross
The Sign - Ace of Base
Macarena - Los Del Rio
Waterfalls - TLC
Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-Lot
Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio
MmmBop - Hanson

I don't know if these are necessarily "representative" though.

I am horrified, PP, that any Gen Xer, when thinking about a song entitled Jump, thinks of Kriss Kross. Jump by Van Halen is the correct answer. I am embarrassed for you, PP. Be better.

DP. I was born in ‘77 and feel that Kriss Kris’s’ Jump is more of my time than Van Halen’s Jump.

born ‘71

Jump - The Pointer Sisters

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm GenX and I think most of us would probably know the top songs from the 90s. I could sing (or dance in some cases) along to any of these:

I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
I'll Make Love to You - Boys II Men
I Swear - All-4-One
Jump - Kriss Kross
The Sign - Ace of Base
Macarena - Los Del Rio
Waterfalls - TLC
Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-Lot
Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio
MmmBop - Hanson

I don't know if these are necessarily "representative" though.

I am horrified, PP, that any Gen Xer, when thinking about a song entitled Jump, thinks of Kriss Kross. Jump by Van Halen is the correct answer. I am embarrassed for you, PP. Be better.

DP. I was born in ‘77 and feel that Kriss Kris’s’ Jump is more of my time than Van Halen’s Jump.

born ‘71

Jump - The Pointer Sisters

Right! I hadn’t even thought about this, but that is correct

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

If I had to pick one, it would definitely be Smells Like Teen Spirit. Nirvana perfectly captured the zeitgeist of the decade. They were sloppy musicians, yet somehow more than the sum of their parts; a phenomenon of fast stardom followed quickly by Cobain's death at the prime of his career. It was one of those defining tragedies in my young world, in-between the challenger explosion and Diana's death.

Class of '97

I remember his death only because the media made such a big deal out of it. I mean, sad that he committed suicide, but he was obviously a very troubled person.

I just wasn’t deeply affected by it personally. I wasn’t into their music at all. I didn’t care for the whole grunge thing. I wasn’t all disaffected like the media said “my generation” was.

[Anonymous]

I am high school class of 1985
And college class of 1989

Top songs from high school:
Shout by Otis Day and the Nights ( probably because of Animal House movie)
Holiday by Madonna
Oh Mickey by Toni Basil

Top songs from college:
And She Was by Talking Heads
Sweet Child of Mine by Guns and Roses
Like a Prayer by Madonna

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If I had to pick one, it would definitely be Smells Like Teen Spirit. Nirvana perfectly captured the zeitgeist of the decade. They were sloppy musicians, yet somehow more than the sum of their parts; a phenomenon of fast stardom followed quickly by Cobain's death at the prime of his career. It was one of those defining tragedies in my young world, in-between the challenger explosion and Diana's death.

Class of '97

I remember his death only because the media made such a big deal out of it. I mean, sad that he committed suicide, but he was obviously a very troubled person.

I just wasn’t deeply affected by it personally. I wasn’t into their music at all. I didn’t care for the whole grunge thing. I wasn’t all disaffected like the media said “my generation” was.

I'm assuming you were more of a Hootie and the Blowfish fan. I mean somebody was keeping them on the charts, perhaps it was you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If I had to pick one, it would definitely be Smells Like Teen Spirit. Nirvana perfectly captured the zeitgeist of the decade. They were sloppy musicians, yet somehow more than the sum of their parts; a phenomenon of fast stardom followed quickly by Cobain's death at the prime of his career. It was one of those defining tragedies in my young world, in-between the challenger explosion and Diana's death.

Class of '97

I remember his death only because the media made such a big deal out of it. I mean, sad that he committed suicide, but he was obviously a very troubled person.

I just wasn’t deeply affected by it personally. I wasn’t into their music at all. I didn’t care for the whole grunge thing. I wasn’t all disaffected like the media said “my generation” was.

But you knew the song...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am high school class of 1985
And college class of 1989

Top songs from high school:
Shout by Otis Day and the Nights ( probably because of Animal House movie)
Holiday by Madonna
Oh Mickey by Toni Basil

Top songs from college:
And She Was by Talking Heads
Sweet Child of Mine by Guns and Roses
Like a Prayer by Madonna

Thriller is proximal to that time period. It's still fairly popular once a year whatever you might think about MJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

If I had to pick one, it would definitely be Smells Like Teen Spirit. Nirvana perfectly captured the zeitgeist of the decade. They were sloppy musicians, yet somehow more than the sum of their parts; a phenomenon of fast stardom followed quickly by Cobain's death at the prime of his career. It was one of those defining tragedies in my young world, in-between the challenger explosion and Diana's death.

Class of '97

Class of ‘96 and I don’t like Smells Like Teen Spirit much but it was definitely the most known of the early 90’s. But also consider the hip hop of the time like Tupac. That was pretty big.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If I had to pick one, it would definitely be Smells Like Teen Spirit. Nirvana perfectly captured the zeitgeist of the decade. They were sloppy musicians, yet somehow more than the sum of their parts; a phenomenon of fast stardom followed quickly by Cobain's death at the prime of his career. It was one of those defining tragedies in my young world, in-between the challenger explosion and Diana's death.

Class of '97

Class of ‘96 and I don’t like Smells Like Teen Spirit much but it was definitely the most known of the early 90’s. But also consider the hip hop of the time like Tupac. That was pretty big.

I'm the pp and I wasn't the biggest Nirvana fan either, but I think they really captured the moment, and it was amplified because it was MTV's heydey. Tupac's murder made waves too, but I think he got more popular after death. I think Biggie and P Diddy Mo Money Mo Problems would be a contender.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If I had to pick one, it would definitely be Smells Like Teen Spirit. Nirvana perfectly captured the zeitgeist of the decade. They were sloppy musicians, yet somehow more than the sum of their parts; a phenomenon of fast stardom followed quickly by Cobain's death at the prime of his career. It was one of those defining tragedies in my young world, in-between the challenger explosion and Diana's death.

Class of '97

Class of ‘96 and I don’t like Smells Like Teen Spirit much but it was definitely the most known of the early 90’s. But also consider the hip hop of the time like Tupac. That was pretty big.

I'm the pp and I wasn't the biggest Nirvana fan either, but I think they really captured the moment, and it was amplified because it was MTV's heydey. Tupac's murder made waves too, but I think he got more popular after death. I think Biggie and P Diddy Mo Money Mo Problems would be a contender.

^ and probably Gangsta's Paradise.

[Anonymous]

I think we can safely say Mr. Brightside is not the song of our generation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boomer here. Hey Jude.

I'm a Gen Xer and Hey Jude was one of my Silent Generation dad's favorite songs. We are not all trapped in our generational cages.

It’s my 6 year old’s favorite. It’s a timeless classic.

You -- and your 6 y.o. -- are my people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If I had to pick one, it would definitely be Smells Like Teen Spirit. Nirvana perfectly captured the zeitgeist of the decade. They were sloppy musicians, yet somehow more than the sum of their parts; a phenomenon of fast stardom followed quickly by Cobain's death at the prime of his career. It was one of those defining tragedies in my young world, in-between the challenger explosion and Diana's death.

Class of '97

I remember his death only because the media made such a big deal out of it. I mean, sad that he committed suicide, but he was obviously a very troubled person.

I just wasn’t deeply affected by it personally. I wasn’t into their music at all. I didn’t care for the whole grunge thing. I wasn’t all disaffected like the media said “my generation” was.

I'm assuming you were more of a Hootie and the Blowfish fan. I mean somebody was keeping them on the charts, perhaps it was you?

Eh, Hootie was ok, I guess. I like a couple of their songs, but I wouldn’t call myself a “fan”

Same with Dave Matthews Band. So many of my friends are huge fans, but I just never got into them.

[Anonymous]

Santeria? I’m high school class of ‘96 and it was big in college.