Calling 50+ year olds to check my songs out!

[ThisMustBeMyDream]

I'm planning my wedding and reeeeeeeeally want a punk pop/emo theme going on in the night!
We've created a list of songs, with a mix of stuff everyone will know, but also stuff that we really want. If you're over 50 (especially over 60!) can you tell me how much you know from my list! Also, your approx age please, if you don't mind! I really don't want to annoy half the crowd!
For reference, I'm almost 40 and there will be lots our age there, but also lots in their late 50s and 60s, and a few 70s.

Reef - Place your Hands
The 1975 - Tootimetootimetootime, I'm in Love With You
Drowning Pool - Let the Bodies Hit the Floor
Tina Turner - Proud Mary
The Killers - Mr Brightside
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Meatloaf - I Would Do Anything For Love
Walk the Moon - Shut Up and Dance
Def Leopard - Pour Some Sugar
Lynyrd skynyrd- Sweet Home Alabama
Bon Jovi - Always
4 Non Blondes - What's Up
Busted - What I Go to School For
Don McLean - American Pie
Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue
Paramore - Misery Business
Blink 182- Always, Feeling This
Fall Out Boy - Grand Theft Autumn, A Little Less Sixteen Candles...
Oasis - Cigarettes and Alcohol, Whatever
Good Charlotte - The River
Sum 41 - Fat Lip, In Too Deep
Avril Lavigne - sk8r boi
Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
Blur - Girls and Boys, Parklife
Panic! at the Disco - I Write Sins, Lying is the Most Fun...
All Time Low - Dear Maria, Weightless
All American Rejects - Gives you Hell, Dirty Little Secret
New Found Glory - My Friends Over You
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
Smash Mouth - All Star
The Dandy Warhols - Bohemien Like You
Lit - My Own Worst Enemy
Bullet For My Valentine - Hearts Burst in to Fire
American Hi-fi - Flavour of the Weak
The Offspring - Pretty Fly, Original Prankster
MGMT - Time to Pretend
James - Sit Down, Laid
OPM - Heaven is a Half Pipe
Bowling For Soup - Girl All the Bad Guys Want

I'm in my 50s, I know 15 of them, maybe like 5 of them. Meatloaf? Really?

Tina Turner, Mr brightside and Whiitney Houston are all a bit naff and don't fit in with your theme.

Tina Turner - Proud Mary
The Killers - Mr Brightside
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Meatloaf - I Would Do Anything For Love
Walk the Moon - Shut Up and Dance
Def Leopard - Pour Some Sugar
Lynyrd skynyrd- Sweet Home Alabama
Bon Jovi - Always
4 Non Blondes - What's Up
Busted - What I Go to School For
Don McLean - American Pie
Paramore - Misery Business
Blink 182- Always, Feeling This
Fall Out Boy - Grand Theft Autumn, A Little Less Sixteen Candles...
Oasis - Cigarettes and Alcohol, Whatever
Good Charlotte - The River
Sum 41 - Fat Lip, In Too Deep
Avril Lavigne - sk8r boi
Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
Blur - Girls and Boys, Parklife
Panic! at the Disco - I Write Sins, Lying is the Most Fun...
All American Rejects - Gives you Hell, Dirty Little Secret
New Found Glory - My Friends Over You
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
Smash Mouth - All Star
Bullet For My Valentine - Hearts Burst in to Fire
The Offspring - Pretty Fly, Original Prankster
James - Sit Down,
OPM - Heaven is a Half Pipe
Bowling For Soup - Girl All the Bad Guys Want

I'm 59 - these are the ones I know. But I have DDs who were into PopPunk so much of it is 'their' music from the Noughties. You're missing My Chemical Romance!

Like a pp punk to me is The Stranglers, The Clash, Stiff Little Fingers.

I'm 5
I know 15 of them.

*51

Reef - Place your Hands - no
The 1975 - Tootimetootimetootime, I'm in Love With You - no
Drowning Pool - Let the Bodies Hit the Floor - no
Tina Turner - Proud Mary - yes
The Killers - Mr Brightside - yes but hate it
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody - yes, naff as anything
Meatloaf - I Would Do Anything For Love - ditto
Walk the Moon - Shut Up and Dance - ditto
Def Leopard - Pour Some Sugar - no
Lynyrd skynyrd- Sweet Home Alabama - yes
Bon Jovi - Always - no
4 Non Blondes - What's Up - no
Busted - What I Go to School For - no
Don McLean - American Pie - yes but again naff as hell
Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue - no
Paramore - Misery Business - no
Blink 182- Always, Feeling This - no
Fall Out Boy - Grand Theft Autumn, A Little Less Sixteen Candles... - no
Oasis - Cigarettes and Alcohol, Whatever - no
Good Charlotte - The River - no
Sum 41 - Fat Lip, In Too Deep - no
Avril Lavigne - sk8r boi - yes, hate it
Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag - yes, hate it
Blur - Girls and Boys, Parklife - yes, hate it
Panic! at the Disco - I Write Sins, Lying is the Most Fun... - no
All Time Low - Dear Maria, Weightless - no
All American Rejects - Gives you Hell, Dirty Little Secret - no
New Found Glory - My Friends Over You - no
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal - no
Smash Mouth - All Star - no
The Dandy Warhols - Bohemien Like You - no
Lit - My Own Worst Enemy - no
Bullet For My Valentine - Hearts Burst in to Fire - no
American Hi-fi - Flavour of the Weak - no
The Offspring - Pretty Fly, Original Prankster - no
MGMT - Time to Pretend - no
James - Sit Down, Laid - yes
OPM - Heaven is a Half Pipe - no
Bowling For Soup - Girl All the Bad Guys Want - no

Age 57. I guess we just have different tastes, I'm more 80s, 2 tone, new romantic, The Jam, The Clash, The Stranglers. I'd be out in the foyer chatting with your playlist, sorry. TBH the best thing about weddings is catching up with people you haven't seen for ages.

I'm now laughing my head off, after this just appeared on my FB feed 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.
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Reef - Place your Hands :no
The 1975 - Tootimetootimetootime, I'm in Love With You :no
Drowning Pool - Let the Bodies Hit the Floor: no
Tina Turner - Proud Mary: yes
The Killers - Mr Brightside
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody: yes
Meatloaf - I Would Do Anything For Love: yes
Walk the Moon - Shut Up and Dance: yes
Def Leopard - Pour Some Sugar:no
Lynyrd skynyrd- Sweet Home Alabama:yes
Bon Jovi - Always :yes
4 Non Blondes - What's Up: yes
Busted - What I Go to School For:yes
Don McLean - American Pie: yes
Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue :no
Paramore - Misery Business: no
Blink 182- Always, Feeling This:no
Fall Out Boy - Grand Theft Autumn, A Little Less Sixteen :no
Oasis - Cigarettes and Alcohol, Whatever: yes
Good Charlotte - The River: yes
Sum 41 - Fat Lip, In Too Deep: no
Avril Lavigne - sk8r boi: yes
Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag3 yes
Blur - Girls and Boys, Parklife: yes
Panic! at the Disco - I Write Sins, Lying is the Most Fun...no
All Time Low - Dear Maria, Weightless
All American Rejects - Gives you Hell, Dirty Little Secret
New Found Glory - My Friends Over You
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
Smash Mouth - All Star
The Dandy Warhols - Bohemien Like You
Lit - My Own Worst Enemy
Bullet For My Valentine - Hearts Burst in to Fire: yes
American Hi-fi - Flavour of the Weak
The Offspring - Pretty Fly, Original Prankster
MGMT - Time to Pretend
James - Sit Down, Laid:yes
OPM - Heaven is a Half Pipe
Bowling For Soup - Girl All the Bad Guys Want

I’m mid 60s. Replying on my phone so please excuse inconsistency of response!
Can’t see any punk in there tbh, more grunge.

No real Punk? No Ska or Two-Tone? No Misfits? Ramones, Blondie, The Damned, Pistols, Clash, Eddie & the Hotrods?

It's all a bit, umm, Magic FM.

Even some 4-to-the-floor disco and pretty much anything ever done by the Pet Shop Boys and Erasure would be more edgy than Mr Bloody Brightside.

I’m 64 and I know 8.

51. Know them all.

@Hatty65 you're right! We haven't agreed on which one/ones! But MCR will make it on there!

The DJ will be playing around 100 songs, so this list isn't even half of the night! I will probably add a few more we'd quite like still!

Our first dance is a Papa Roach song 🤣🤣🤣🤣 for the disapproving! It's No Matter What (accoustic version!).

We have string quartet versions of Blink, Fall Out Boy and Panic! for the ceremony!

Don't worry, more standard lovey dovey stuff for the wedding breakfast!

I'm old and know 14 of the songs.

As long as you don't play any Taylor Swift, Adele, Beyoncé, Bieber, Ed Sheerin, Lily Allen, Dual Leper or Nicki Minaj It wouldn't bother me as to what music was being played.

I'm 56 and I know 24 of them

Fair enough, I didn’t even know that. But you did ask for comments from people my sort of age and quite a few of us have said similar things. Nothing you’ve listed is stuff I’d have danced to 40 years ago. No reason why it should be, of course, but you did ask my age group for feedback! Have a great wedding.

I'm 69 and know 10 of them. None of them are punk though.

That would be a good playlist imo.

I'm 60 and know 15 of those, only maybe 4 of which I like. I'm not sure what you mean by punk pop but none of those are what my generation would consider punk or even punk-ish.

Also mid sixties and know about 65, 75% of these. But like others my age wouldn’t appeal to me really. I’d also be out in the foyer catching up. I don’t know that it matters particularly, but why bother curating a playlist at all if you’re not interested in feedback as you asked.

I’m in my sixties. I’d suggest

the Jam. Start, Tube Station at Midnight, David Watts, Elton rifles
ELO. Mr Blue Sky
Wax. Bridge to your Heart
Rolling Stones. Let’s spend the night together
Oasis. Roll with it
Dexys. Celtic Soul Brothers
echo and the bunnymen. Seven seas
adam ant. Ant music
heaven 17. Temptation
teardrop explodes. Reward
manic street preachers. Design for life
xtc. Plans for nigel
the beat. Mirror in the bathroom
specials. Gangsters
the associates. Party fears two

😀

I'm 60 and I know eight of them.

That's a good list.

No Green Day?

Brilliant list.

56 know all of them