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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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.  [/quote]

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

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.)  [/quote]

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,[b] but more of an alternative rock kid[/b]—I’m just talking about “best known” songs, which is what this thread is about. As opposed to favorite songs from high school. [/quote]

Oh, you're one of them.  No further explanation required.  [/quote]

I am afraid I am going to need you to elaborate.

Although for the life of me I never understood what “alternative rock” was supposed to be an alternative to? It was normal rock-and-roll. Was it just a counter to the drivel that got played on American Top 40 or some shit like that?

Ironically some “alternative rock” bands now get played on regular rock stations. Bands like U2, REM, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead, Nirvana etc. All of those are “alternative rock” bands. Whatever the eff that ever meant [/quote]

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