Definitive Gen X song?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Montell Jordan "This is how we do it"

It’s not a good song but C and C music factory I got the power resonates for me — I think they played it at k literally every party in college.

One thing that is different about Gen C — we DANCED. Like stupid dancing by ourselves or in big groups, dancing till we dropped to the floor, danced. Kids don’t seem to do that anymore.

[Anonymous]

Kids just take stupid videos of themselves dancing for tiktok

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kiss from a Rose by Seal

All That She Wants by Ace of Base

Wild Thing/Funky Cold Medina

Yes. Ditto to every single one. Every middle school dance had Ace of Base. Every.Single. One.

In that being, so did "Enter Sandman"

Kiss from a Rose was so Batman Forever.

By that criteria, every high school dance form 1986-1990 ended with Stairway to Heaven. Clearly, that criteria is flawed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anything by The Cure….first notes take me back to high school in an instant.

+1
I had the lyrics to "Just Like Heaven" pinned up on my college dorm room wall.

+2

Robert Smith is the greatest musical artist of our generation.

His voice is still amazing. Loved the video with Olivia Rodrigo!

[Anonymous]

cant touch this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kiss from a Rose by Seal

All That She Wants by Ace of Base

Wild Thing/Funky Cold Medina

Yes. Ditto to every single one. Every middle school dance had Ace of Base. Every.Single. One.

In that being, so did "Enter Sandman"

Kiss from a Rose was so Batman Forever.

By that criteria, every high school dance form 1986-1990 ended with Stairway to Heaven. Clearly, that criteria is flawed.

Ace of Base broke out when, summer of 1993? I was in grad school, not middle school. I was born in 1970, which is peak GenX.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kiss from a Rose by Seal

All That She Wants by Ace of Base

Wild Thing/Funky Cold Medina

Yes. Ditto to every single one. Every middle school dance had Ace of Base. Every.Single. One.

In that being, so did "Enter Sandman"

Kiss from a Rose was so Batman Forever.

By that criteria, every high school dance form 1986-1990 ended with Stairway to Heaven. Clearly, that criteria is flawed.

My middle school dances (1982-83) also ended with Stairway to Heaven.
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Melt with You" by Modern English.

+1000
How could I forget about that one??

[Anonymous]

Learning to Fly - Tom Petty
Dancing in the Dark - Springsteen
A Little Respect - Erasure
The Cure
U2
R.E.M.
The Alarm (anyone remember them?)

So many other bands and songs, these are just a few off the top of my head.

[Anonymous]

In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel
Straight Up/Cold Hearted Snake by Paula Abdul
Mariah Carey
Bryan Adams - Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? Or Everything I Do
Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
Madonna - Like A Virgin
George Michael - Father Figure

[Anonymous]

How can we forget Roxette - She’s Got the Look!

[Anonymous]

Spandau Ballet “True” is the quintessential 80s song for me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Closing Time by Semisonic

"Closing time, time for you to go out
To the places you will be from"

Most of Gen X was out of college when this song came out. Not a good choice.

I’m technically an X (though very late) and this is much more iconic to me than most of what’s named. I couldn’t even sing you a line of “smells like teen spirit” - that’s before my time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's 100% "Don't You Forget About Me" and here's why:

Very few Gen Xers, aged 45-60, are turning the station or skipping that song when it comes on. It's just a perfectly constructed pop song that invites a deluge of memories to the average Gen Xer. While most Gen Xers in that same 45-60 age range will turn the station or skip "Smells Like Teen Spirit."

"Smells Like Teen Spirit's" alleged popularity is totally overblown thanks to MTV and the death of Cobain.

Yes. Time stops when I hear that song! Also, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World".

I agree I don’t change the station when either of these come on (I’m 45) but they don’t remind me of “coming of age” era for me — that’s Oasis and maybe New Kids - these songs were “grownup music” on the pop station when I was under 10. My angsty coming of age stuff is at least 10 years younger.

[Anonymous]

I am not a Dave Matthews fan, but anyone who went to college in the mid 90s probably heard that annoying start to “ants marching” 10000 times.