Best Known Song of Your Generation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I reject the notion that Don't Stop Believin' is a boomer song. It came out in 1981. That makes it squarely Gen X. I will not entertain debate on this point.

But they claimed it w/ the Clinton ads. Gen X would probably be Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Boomers can claim it all they want, it ain't theirs.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gen X.

Def Smells Like Teen Spirit and Sweet Child o’ Mine

But also:

Toto Africa
Police Roxanne
The Cure Boys Don’t Cry
Madonna Borderline
Simple Minds Don’t You Forget About Me
Michael Jackson Thriller
A-ha Take on Me


— Born 1971. Class of 1989.

This is a good one, due entirely to The Breakfast Club.

[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.

I don't know what to tell you. I was born in '72, and Van Halen was one of the top bands of my childhood, and the 80s. Kriss Kross was . . . not.

A lot of opinions on this depend on the type of music you listened to. I was hard rock, hair bands, and some pop (Billy Joel, but that was geography based). I have heard all the songs the PP mentioned, obviously, but would have sneered at many of them. And would still sneer at some. (The Sign? Seriously? And Mmmbob? Yikes.)

[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.

I don't know what to tell you. I was born in '72, and Van Halen was one of the top bands of my childhood, and the 80s. Kriss Kross was . . . not.

A lot of opinions on this depend on the type of music you listened to. I was hard rock, hair bands, and some pop (Billy Joel, but that was geography based). I have heard all the songs the PP mentioned, obviously, but would have sneered at many of them. And would still sneer at some. (The Sign? Seriously? And Mmmbob? Yikes.)

You don’t have to tell me anything. I was just pointing out that depending on which end of the generational bracket you’re closer to, different songs are going to resonate. And I’m not even talking about songs I liked or listened to—I was never a fan of Kriss Kross or Van Halen, but more of an alternative rock kid—I’m just talking about “best known” songs, which is what this thread is about. As opposed to favorite songs from high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Millennial - I want it that way

Mom of Millennial here -- yes . . . . the soundtrack of a thousand carpool miles . . .

and as the mom of millennial's younger GenZ sib . . . Moves Like Jagger

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I don't know what to tell you. I was born in '72, and Van Halen was one of the top bands of my childhood, and the 80s. Kriss Kross was . . . not.

A lot of opinions on this depend on the type of music you listened to. I was hard rock, hair bands, and some pop (Billy Joel, but that was geography based). I have heard all the songs the PP mentioned, obviously, but would have sneered at many of them. And would still sneer at some. (The Sign? Seriously? And Mmmbob? Yikes.)

You don’t have to tell me anything. I was just pointing out that depending on which end of the generational bracket you’re closer to, different songs are going to resonate. And I’m not even talking about songs I liked or listened to—I was never a fan of Kriss Kross or Van Halen, but more of an alternative rock kid—I’m just talking about “best known” songs, which is what this thread is about. As opposed to favorite songs from high school.

Oh, you're one of them. No further explanation required.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never heard of Mr Brightside and I’m 45.

48, me neither.

[Anonymous]

What does "class of ..." refer to?
High school graduation? College?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does "class of ..." refer to?
High school graduation? College?

Usually it’s high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never heard of Mr Brightside and I’m 45.

48, me neither.

Even if you google it and listen, you've never heard Mr Brightside? I'm 54 and like it. I love music from all different generations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I don't know what to tell you. I was born in '72, and Van Halen was one of the top bands of my childhood, and the 80s. Kriss Kross was . . . not.

A lot of opinions on this depend on the type of music you listened to. I was hard rock, hair bands, and some pop (Billy Joel, but that was geography based). I have heard all the songs the PP mentioned, obviously, but would have sneered at many of them. And would still sneer at some. (The Sign? Seriously? And Mmmbob? Yikes.)

You don’t have to tell me anything. I was just pointing out that depending on which end of the generational bracket you’re closer to, different songs are going to resonate. And I’m not even talking about songs I liked or listened to—I was never a fan of Kriss Kross or Van Halen, but more of an alternative rock kid—I’m just talking about “best known” songs, which is what this thread is about. As opposed to favorite songs from high school.

Oh, you're one of them. No further explanation required.

Well that’s not very nice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never heard of Mr Brightside and I’m 45.

48, me neither.

Even if you google it and listen, you've never heard Mr Brightside? I'm 54 and like it. I love music from all different generations.

I’m 49. Googled it and watched the whole video. I don’t think I’ve ever heard that song before.

[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.

Also born in 77 and I know both songs well

I have 2 good ones - Back in Time from Back to the Future and Ghostbusters I was young, but I would say those are pretty Gen X