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Songs teens should hear

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AndDrSamBeckettNeverReturnedHome · 26/12/2023 01:07

If anyone is awake I'd appreciate some help

Few wines in and mind blank but we are having a song off, please help with pre 2000 songs that the teens need to hear.

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HarrietofFire · 26/12/2023 01:10

Song 2. Blur

HarrietofFire · 26/12/2023 01:15

Pulp. Common People

Gingernaut · 26/12/2023 01:15

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

TomatoSandwiches · 26/12/2023 01:16

Sunscreen

MrsTerryPratchett · 26/12/2023 01:16

We call this a musication in my house.

Nina Simone, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye. Pretty much all the greats.

MintJulia · 26/12/2023 01:17

Russians by Sting

HarrietofFire · 26/12/2023 01:18

So Long Marianne. Leonard Cohen

TomatoSandwiches · 26/12/2023 01:22

Zombies
Eminence Front
Stay - Shakespears Sister

Anything by Talking Heads, Skunk Anansie, Fine young cannibals, Tracey Chapman, The Pixies, Alison Moyet... goodness so many.

momager1 · 26/12/2023 01:24

if the kids are girls .. This Ones for the girls by martina mcbride

Loubelle70 · 26/12/2023 01:24

Nirvana...come as you are and smells like teen spirit.
Foo fighters... Everlong.

flowerchild2000 · 26/12/2023 01:24

Smashing Pumpkins 1979
Steve Winwood Roll With It

Anything from:
Oasis
The Cranberries
Radiohead
Bjork
U2
Fiona Apple
Stevie Wonder
Huey Lewis
Fleetwood Mac
Chicago

flowerchild2000 · 26/12/2023 01:28

TLC- Creep
Toni Braxton- You're making me high
Aaliyah- all of second album
Salt n Peppa
Whitney Houston- How Do I Know

OK now we're doing this at our house 😂 I'm inspired

twistandfart · 26/12/2023 01:29

Beatles songs from all the albums (not every song, but the best ones from the early days through to the end!
Smells Like Teen Spirit.
Bohemian Rhapsody.
Space Oddity, Ashes to Ashes, Let's Dance.
London Calling.
Common People.
Hallelujah (Jeff Buckley version)
Mr Blue Sky.
Enter Sandman.
Bat Out Of Hell.
Another Brick in the Wall.
Immigrant Song
Babba O'Reilly.
Dirty Old Town
That's Entertainment.
Live Forever.
Enola Gay.
Young Gifted and Black.
Any of the ska classics.
Ghost Town
I Feel Love.
A Little Respect.
Fools Gold
She Bangs the Drums.

There are so many more but it's too late for me to think of the all now!

RenoDakota · 26/12/2023 01:30

The Cave by Mumford and Sons.

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AndDrSamBeckettNeverReturnedHome · 26/12/2023 01:30

Song 2 has gone down well.

Already played the Sunscreen song and it was surprisingly well received.

Thanks for the additional songs, we are taking turns (oh my some of their choices!)

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RenoDakota · 26/12/2023 01:31

Oops, sorry, thought you said post, not pre 2000

RenoDakota · 26/12/2023 01:34

This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us by Sparks.
Should I Stay or Should I Go by The Clash.
Here Comes the Summer by The Undertones.

HippyChickMama · 26/12/2023 01:39

Breathe - The Prodigy
It's Like That - Run DMC
White Lines - Grandmaster Flash
Only You - Yazoo
Nancy Boy - Placebo
Design for Life - Manics
I Feel Love - Donna Summer
Total Eclipse - Bonnie Tyler
Jesse James - Cher
Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks

scaredofff · 26/12/2023 01:40

James - sit down & she's a star
Stereophonics - bartender and the thief
All Saints - never ever
REM - losing my religion
Coldplay - yellow
Travis - flowers in the window

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AndDrSamBeckettNeverReturnedHome · 26/12/2023 01:43

MrsTerryPratchett · 26/12/2023 01:16

We call this a musication in my house.

Nina Simone, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye. Pretty much all the greats.

Love the term Musication

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MrsTerryPratchett · 26/12/2023 01:46

Copied from the term movie-cation from Pitch Perfect.

Christmasmug · 26/12/2023 01:50

Comfortably Numb-Pink Floyd
The Chain-Fleetwood Mac
Superstition-Stevie Wonder
Gimme Shelter-Rolling Stones
I am the Resurrection-Stone Roses

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AndDrSamBeckettNeverReturnedHome · 26/12/2023 01:53

Christmasmug · 26/12/2023 01:50

Comfortably Numb-Pink Floyd
The Chain-Fleetwood Mac
Superstition-Stevie Wonder
Gimme Shelter-Rolling Stones
I am the Resurrection-Stone Roses

Love this list, thank you.

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