Anonymous
Post 09/01/2025 10:04     Subject: Definitive Gen X song?
Anonymous wrote:Nirvana and grunge in general provided a much needed musical douching of late 80s hairband crap. Yeah there were fun songs here and there, but it all became a parody of itself with hits like Cherry Pie, Unskinny Bop, dirty rotten filthy stinking rich etc


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It's so interesting when people say they think Nirvana is overrated or they and their friends didn't like the song...I don't think that's what is meant by a song that is definitive for a generation.

Nevermind CLEARLY resonated with people when it came out. Yes, the music industry was different then and the industry pushed it...AND people bought it. The record industry has pushed many things that people have said 'no thanks' to.
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2025 10:00     Subject: Re:Definitive Gen X song?
Centerfold ! J Geils Band


Anonymous
Post 09/01/2025 09:58     Subject: Definitive Gen X song?
Nirvana and grunge in general provided a much needed musical douching of late 80s hairband crap. Yeah there were fun songs here and there, but it all became a parody of itself with hits like Cherry Pie, Unskinny Bop, dirty rotten filthy stinking rich etc
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2025 09:56     Subject: Definitive Gen X song?
Aerosmith’s Alicia Silverstone video trilogy deserves a shout out. It doesn’t get much more Gen X than that.


Older millennials remember these too.

If something is relevant to two generations, does it count less?
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2025 09:35     Subject: Definitive Gen X song?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:REM

"It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I feel fine)"


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I was in high school class of 1988.

REM, INXS, Duran Duran


High school class of 1993. For me, these are the defining songs-
Alive - Pearl Jam
Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Also, Nine Inch Nails, Counting Crows, and Tori Amos

Smells like Teen Spirit was never a favorite of mine. It was all over MTV and it got a lot of attention as being a "teen anthem" but I didn't know anyone who actually liked the song. I guess they are all here on DCUM haha.


Younger Gen Xer here. I didn’t care for Teen Spirit either. I always thought Nirvana was overrated.
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2025 08:40     Subject: Definitive Gen X song?
Young gen Xers loved Dave Matthews.
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2025 08:34     Subject: Definitive Gen X song?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:REM

"It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I feel fine)"


+1

I was in high school class of 1988.

REM, INXS, Duran Duran


High school class of 1993. For me, these are the defining songs-
Alive - Pearl Jam
Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Also, Nine Inch Nails, Counting Crows, and Tori Amos

Smells like Teen Spirit was never a favorite of mine. It was all over MTV and it got a lot of attention as being a "teen anthem" but I didn't know anyone who actually liked the song. I guess they are all here on DCUM haha.
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2025 06:37     Subject: Re:Definitive Gen X song?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:"Melt with You" by Modern English.


Yesss


Except now all I see is cheese and a hamburger when I hear that song. It was ruined.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2025 23:50     Subject: Re:Definitive Gen X song?
Anonymous wrote:"Melt with You" by Modern English.


Yesss
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2025 23:43     Subject: Re:Definitive Gen X song?
"Melt with You" by Modern English.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2025 20:57     Subject: Definitive Gen X song?
I’m an older Gen X and I’d say Alphaville’s Forever Young. Or Big in Japan.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2025 15:01     Subject: Definitive Gen X song?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Anything by The Cure….first notes take me back to high school in an instant.


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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.
Anonymous
Post 08/30/2025 23:21     Subject: Re:Definitive Gen X song?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Obviously it’s this one



Wait, Allison Reynolds the loner girl was rich? It's been a while since I've seen the movie, was her family's wealth ever mentioned? She's dropped off at school in a new Cadillac Seville, a ritzy car in the early 80s.


I think she was from a wealthy family that ignored her? I can't remember either.

I found Judd Nelson SO sexy in this movie!
Anonymous
Post 08/30/2025 23:18     Subject: Definitive Gen X song?
Anonymous wrote:Anything by The Cure….first notes take me back to high school in an instant.


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I had the lyrics to "Just Like Heaven" pinned up on my college dorm room wall.
Anonymous
Post 08/30/2025 14:49     Subject: Definitive Gen X song?
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.



No to kiss from a rose. That song is famous for being everyone’s boomer mom‘s favorite song. If you ever saw the Amy Schumer show life and Beth, they played it at her mom‘s funeral. And it was hilarious because I’m like oh that’s my mom‘s favorite song too lol.

Metallica deserves a shot because of their videos. I think everyone remembers the videos to enter sandman and nothing else matters.

And for that matter Aerosmith’s Alicia Silverstone video trilogy deserves a shout out. It doesn’t get much more Gen X than that.


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