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[quote=Anonymous][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.

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.

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 The Cure "Just Like Heaven"[/quote]

Only because it was mentioned earlier. I love that Olivia Rodrigo thrust that in Gen Z’s face last month by appearing on stage with Robert Smith!

[youtube] https://youtu.be/MDTlUtrzeFI?si=N8rNU1p4p4J8CGd2[/youtube][/quote]
I love this! Rodrigo is a cool chick. Robert Smith can still sing, but the alcohol (and time) did a number on him.[/quote]

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