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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know these songs you all are listing.

Michael Jackson – “Rock With You” or "Billie Jean"

Prince – “Purple Rain”

Anita Baker – “Sweet Love”

Luther Vandross – “Never Too Much”

Sade – “Smooth Operator”

Cameo – “Candy”

New Edition – “If It Isn't Love”

Mary J. Blige – “My Life” / “Real Love”

Boyz II Men – “End of the Road”

Jodeci – “Come and Talk to Me”

TLC – “No Scrubs”

Maxwell – “Sumthin’ Sumthin’”

Ginuwine – “Pony”

D’Angelo – “Lady”

SWV – “Weak”

EU's "Da butt because School Daze was an accurate description of what it was like to go to an HBCU in the '80s and '90s.[/quote]

Good point — the black community will likely have a different answer rooted more in R&B.

[b]One other thing is GenX is also kind of defined by New Wave or “alternative,” which opens the door to another canon — Kate Bush’s Running Up that Hill, Echo and the Bunnymen’s “Lips Like Sugar” or “Bring on the Dancing Horses,” etc. 
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But for mass culture, the soundtrack is dominated by rock and roll, not R&B or New Wave or even grunge or metal. So that brings us back to Teen Spirit, Don’t You Forget About Me. The Take on Me by Aha nomination is also valid. [/quote]
Aw, you missed [b]The Cure "Just Like Heaven"[/b][/quote]

+100
These were the songs that defined my college years (86-90).  Also:
So Central Rain - R.E.M.
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns n Roses
Silent All These Years - Tori Amos
Holiday - Madonna
Save it for Later - English Beat
and so many more...[/quote]

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