what year did you grad and what songs did you like?

[slipper]

what year did you graduate (hs or college) and what songs did you like back then? (artist and song title please)

1998 high school

sublime -
santaria
badfish

guns and roses -
november rain

bone thugs and harmony -
first of the month
mo murda

might bosstones -
impression that i get
rascal king

rage against the machine -
bulls on parade

red hot chili peppers -
under the bridge
give it away

REM -
losing my religion

Pearl jam -
jeremy

van halen -
right now

[Gymnut]

'99 and I was into my Rap/hip-hop phase:

Jay-Z
Puff Daddy
Mase
Notorious B.I.G
DJ Clue
Lil Kim
Black Rob
Cypress Hill
Big Pun
K-Ci & Jojo

[iGav]

oooooh, now this is an original thread! ;) :)

1999, BA(Hons) Graphic Design and Digital Media

Underworld
'Beaucoup Fish' but mainly 'Jumbo' and 'Cups'

Massive Attack
'Mezzanine'

R.E.M.
'Up'

Unkle
'Psyence Fiction'

Portishead
'PNYC'

Fuzz Townshend
'Smash It'

Clint Mansell
'Pi'

Sneaker Pimps
'Becomming X'

Bentley Rhythm Ace
'Bentley Rhythm Ace'

The Cardigans
'Gran Turismo'

[vollspacken]

'98/'99 high school/Germany:

- Sly & Robbie - "Superthruster" (Album: "Stripped To The Bone By Howie B.", I sometimes still play that track when I dj...)
- Beastie Boys - "Root Down (Free Zone RMX)" (off Australian "Root Down EP")
- U.N.K.L.E - "Bloodstain"/"Unreal" (Album: "Psyence Fiction", OMG!!! I love the Boba Fett sample that connects the two tracks..!)
- Dom & Roland - "Trauma"
- Sci-Clone - "Closer"
- Massive Attack - "Angel" (Album: "Mezzanine", Horace Andy's vocals on that track are just beautiful...)


'02/'03 college/US:

- New Order - "Temptation" (we had rented Michael Winterbottom's "24 Hour Party People" on DVD and I couldn't get that song out of my head for two semesters...)
- Underworld - "Two Months Off" (Album: "100 Days Off", I think I'm the biggest Underworld fan on the planet ;))
- Johnny Cash - "Hurt" (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

related to "going out :)" that said year..:
- Sean Paul - "Get Busy" (that song will forever be connected to my college experience, even though it get's on my nerves now, "Diwali Riddim"-claps are EVERYWHERE... arrgghhh)
- Justin Timberlake - "Rock Your Body"/"Like I Love You" (need I say more... FUNKY!!!)

vSpacken

hehe, iGav and I seem to have had a similar taste in music already in '99 ;) :D

[South of Heaven]

Man I feel old.

HS Class of 1991

Anthrax-Persistance of Time
Metallica-And Justice for All
Megadeth-Countdown to Extinction


College Class of 1995

Anthrax-Stomp 442
Slayer-Diabolous in Musica
Blues Traveler- Four

[DaveGee]

You feel old? How about me...

HS Class of 1984 (84 Parties More!) :cool:

Some songs from my era:

Wild Boys (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=487550&selectedItemId=487537)

Spirits... (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=94112&selectedItemId=94090)

Rock the Casbah (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=522014&selectedItemId=809313)

Had a cool video... (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=567581&selectedItemId=567536)

Voices... (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=906873&selectedItemId=4245584)

Memories... (all be em pretty damn hazy) :D

Dave

[Horrortaxi]

I graduated in 1990, which happened to be a really good year for music. I can't narrow down to key songs because I tend to listen to albums as a whole. So in no particular order here's what I was listening to in 1990:

Depeche Mode, Violator
Jane's Addiction, Ritual de lo Habitual
Nine Inch Nails, Pretty Hate Machine
The Pixies, Bossa Nova
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Good Son
Concrete Blonde, Bloodletting

[jbembe]

Graduated 1993.

Not too varied in my music tastes back then.

Metallica, Master of Puppets
Iron Maiden, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Testament, Practice What You Preach
Megadeth, Peace Sells, But Who's Buying
Metallica, Garage Days Inc.

[dfrost2001]

I Loved The Song It's My Life By Bon Jovi I 'm Not Sure What Our Other Grad Song Was As We Had 2 Of Them:)

[iSaint]

Back to the old people:

1981 -
Pat Benatar
Lots of PFunk

hah, just did a Google search for 1981's top 40. I soon I forget what I liked:

AC/DC - Back in Black
Ah! Leah! - Donnie Iris
Celebration - Kool and the Gang
Break Up Song - Greg Kihn Band
Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith
Anything by the Police!
Quarterflash
Hold on Loosely - .38 Special
Phil Collins
Blondie
Turn Me Loose - Loverboy
Rolling Stones
Foreigner
Who's Crying Now - Journey
Young Turks - Rod Stewart

EDIT: good grief at the thread resurrection!!!

[blackfox]

Graduated HS in 1993.

Listening pleasures (iirc):

Dinosaur Jr (green mind, you're living all over me)
Sebadoh (various...)
Superchunk (no pocky for kitty and other albums I can't remember)
Pixies (various)
Tribe Called Quest (various)
My Bloody Valentine (Loveless)
Slowdive (various)
J Church (various)
Arcwelder (various)
James (various)
Sonic Youth (Daydream Nation, Goo)


that's all I can remember right now - mostly small-label indie rock/punk, some hip-hop (it was a golden age) and some misc others.

[iGary]

1988

U2
Joshua Tree

The Smiths
Meat is Murder

Rush
A Show of Hands

Rush
Presto

[Queso]

1995 from Uni

The albums I remember listening to then were:-

Portishead - Dummy
Suede - Dog Man Star
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here

[Sharewaredemon]

2004 - High school.

The Get Up Kids - Overdue

The Get Up Kids - Sympathy

Belle and Sebastian - Sleep the Clock Around

Spoon - The Way We Get By

Seafood - Led By Bison

Bugs In Amber - Flute Song

Church - Under The Milky Way

I just so happen to make a playlist of my top 25 every 4 or so months. So those songs were on my top 25 for May - October 2004.

[Jaffa Cake]

It was the summer of 1998, and all the really cool kids were graduating with their BA Honours in Graphic Design. :)

I was listening to these new releases that year...

Paul Weller – Modern Classics

Gomez – Bring It On

Portishead – Roseland NYC Live

The Beautiful South – Quench

[mannix87]

1985 high school

everybody wants to rule the world - tears for fears
sea of love - honeydrippers
in my house - maryjane girls
voices carry - til tuesday
method of modern love - daryl hall & jpohn oates
money for nothing - dire straits

1989 Uni

bust a move - young mc
18 & life - skid row
welcome to the jungle - GNR
stand - REM
end of the innocence - don henley
tom petty - free fallin


1994 - law school

loser - beck
basket case - green day
mr jones - counting crows
kiss from a rose - seal
patience of angels - eddi reader

[2nyRiggz]

High School - 98
Beenie man
Beres Hammond
More Raga


College/uni - 2002

Too much to list....my taste had grown since high school.


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