What songs would be on a soundtrack for our generation?
Posted by darthduder666@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 84 comments
I’ll go first and this would absolutely be the opening track.
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit.
Kinky-Bicycle-669@reddit
The Verve - Bittersweet symphony
Eve6 - Inside Out
clumsystarfish_@reddit
Yes! Eve6
dana_82@reddit
Livin on the Edge by Aerosmith
chrisH82@reddit
This one always makes me think of November Rain and Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
dana_82@reddit
November Rain! Axl’s voice is like no other imo
clumsystarfish_@reddit
100% November Rain
Real-Championship331@reddit
I would go with Crazy or Cryin'
StubbornKindOfFellow@reddit
Yeah gotta be one with Alicia Silverstone in the video
dana_82@reddit
I hear you - I’ve always had thing for Edward Furlong though
dana_82@reddit
I really love the whole Get a Grip album - Crazy is probably my favorite
Dimebag0352@reddit
Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince.
clumsystarfish_@reddit
Parents Just Don't Understand
StubbornKindOfFellow@reddit
Smells Like Teen Spirit is the quintessential Gen-X anthem. If Xennials are supposed to be different from Gen-X and Millennials, they can't open with the Gen-X anthem.
Cool_Dark_Place@reddit
Hmm...I dunno if it's really quite as solidly GenX as it may seem. It's one of those strangely divisive songs that apparently, a lot of older GenX didn't really dig. Lots of them seem to harken back to either the hair metal days, New Wave, '80s college rock, or the '80s underground hardcore punk scene. I was kind of surprised myself when I learned this by hanging on the r/GenX sub. Lol...lots of them straight up call it a "Millennial Song."
SpecialistNo30@reddit
I agree. The Gen X sub is mostly early to late 50s folks who are more nostalgic about 70s and 80s stuff. Nirvana is more very late Gen X and early Millennial.
AHorseNamedPhil@reddit
I'm on the younger end of X (late 70s) and from what I remember there was a bit of a divide between Xers when grunge blew up. The younger Xers (aka Xennials) were into grunge & alternative bands and tended to make fun of the more tropey hair metal bands, though less tropey bands like GnR were popular, while the older Xers were more into hair metal and not always happy that grunge killed that scene.
Bill Burr is the comedic representation of the attitude of many older Xers.
Of course there were plenty of exceptions & the people actually in the grunge & alternative bands were all older Xers.
-bobsnotmyuncle-@reddit
It straight up brought me from the world of the 80s to the one that felt like my own.
Bleach is gen x for sure. Nevermind is ours. We got to be in our early formative years for nirvana and smells like teen spirit was the entry to 90s rock for many of us.
I grew up watching much music (Canadian mtv for the Americans) and it was a huge change from the stuff I was already watching. It was the start to my love of 90s music.
No_Zombie2021@reddit
Kurt was Gen X, so I would argue it was a product of older Gen X. I think I was 14.
DannyNoonanMSU@reddit
Uh, most if not all of the artists being named were Gen X. Do you think kids were making music back then? Or maybe I'm missing the point of what you're attempting to say.
No_Zombie2021@reddit
I am saying that “Smells like Teen Spirit” absolutely qualifies for a Xennial soundtrack, it is not exclusively a Gen-X Anthem.
Averagestiff@reddit
Flagpole Sitta Harvey Danger.
Kinky-Bicycle-669@reddit
Loved this song, definitely a good addition.
darthduder666@reddit (OP)
Ever watch Peep Show? If not, then I highly recommend it. Great British comedy.
Kinky-Bicycle-669@reddit
Nope but I'll check it out.
darthduder666@reddit (OP)
I love this song. I didn’t really notice or appreciate it much back in the day. It wasn’t until I watched Peep Show that I really took notice to it. When I hear it now I do think of that show, but it also brings me back to the 90s.
musashi-swanson@reddit
That girl is POISONNNN
ChiliFartShower@reddit
andrewjamesvt78@reddit
If I was you I’d take precaution
Dimebag0352@reddit
Never trust a big butt and a smile.
Significant_Dog412@reddit
Radiohead- Paranoid Android
The Fugees Killing Me Softly (I'd prefer to say Ready Or Not, but it doesn't seem to have been a hit in the US?)
The Strokes- Last Nite
Pulp- Common People (too British?)
The Prodigy- Firestarter
The Offspring- Come Out And Play
Fatboy Slim- The Rockefeller Skank
The Cardigans- Lovefool (prefer Losing My Favourite Game, but again,doesn't seem to have hit in the US)
System Of A Down- Chop Suey
TLC- No Scrubs
Beastie Boys- Sabotage
ultramagnes23@reddit
‘Ready or Not’ was a huge hit around me, but growing up in the Midwest Rave Scene with all the jungle remixes probably helped tho. Where you from?
Significant_Dog412@reddit
Britain. Both Ready Or Not and Killing Me Softly were number ones for us, and both are equally as big. Fugees generally charted better here, but maybe it's one of those cases where the Billboard chart isn't giving a full picture of how big they actually were in the US.
future_ghost13@reddit
I had listed the Fugees as well but then went with Lauren instead
Inevitable-While-577@reddit
Something by The Offspring. Pretty Fly? Self Esteem?
Kinky-Bicycle-669@reddit
Definitely pretty fly. 😂
Tiny-Reading5982@reddit
The kids aren't alright or gotta get away
Inevitable-While-577@reddit
I can live with that. The kids aren't alright is my favourite.
whyneedaname77@reddit
I'm more of an album person than a single song.
Enter the 36 Chambers.
It was like this is what rap is meant to be.
Cool_Dark_Place@reddit
Add Biggie's "Ready to Die" and Nas "Illmatic", and you've got the Holy Trinity of East Coast rap.
whyneedaname77@reddit
I actually don't like those two albums. Biggie never did it for me. I have revisited several times and it doesn't do it for me. And neither does Nas.
For me I was the Tribe, De La, Pharcyde, Digable Planets guy. I was that laid back rap guy.
But when I heard Wu Tang I was like this is it.
Lower_Ad8859@reddit
I thought I was the only person in the world that wasn't a fan of biggie. Too much bragging and name dropping. As far as Nas... He had me at Illmatic and some of It was Written, but he lost me after that.
Now Tribe, De La, Digable Planets, Pharcyde and Wu. Those are STILL in rotation at the crib and in the whip.
ultramagnes23@reddit
Tribe, De La, and the Alkaholiks: Coast II Coast are still in my regular rotation on CarPlay.
Lower_Ad8859@reddit
Tha Liks! Likwidation was my joint
whyneedaname77@reddit
De La Soul is Dead is one of the greatest albums of all time.
But it takes time to appreciate it. You won't get it the first time. I thought it was garbage when I first heard it.
Lower_Ad8859@reddit
Indeed! They did go hard with that one. Buhloone Mindstate is my personal favorite though.
whyneedaname77@reddit
There first four albums are so good. But there was a real change when Prince Paul was no longer the producer.
Lower_Ad8859@reddit
True, true. It was a different vibe when they started working with J Dilla. Not better, not worse but different.
whyneedaname77@reddit
Did you ever check out Prince Paul's solo albums? They are fun and entertaining.
rohm418@reddit
Tical was the record that really got me into hip-hop.
kheinrychk@reddit
Fucked up, but my graduation song, class of 2002, was Hope You Had The Time of Your Life. Told our band director what the song was about, dumbass was convinced we were lying but ya know…there it is.
ultramagnes23@reddit
Same here, class of 1999. We were pissed the program listed the name of the song as ‘Time of your Life’ instead of its actual title ‘Good Riddance’ which is what our class voted for.
ryhoyarbie@reddit
Closing Time by Semisonic.
rohm418@reddit
I'm pretty sure that's Third Eye Blind
ryhoyarbie@reddit
Nope, Semisonic.
rohm418@reddit
Oh, I know. It was a bad joke in reference to the movie Friends with Benefits
primabelladonna35@reddit
Take a Picture by Filter
ultramagnes23@reddit
My first concert (without the rents) was Filter in October 1995, and an unknown Everclear opened for them! I was 15.
icky_boo@reddit
Soul Asylum - Misery
chrisH82@reddit
Pixies - Where is My Mind, Radiohead - Creep, Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm, Metallica - Fade to Black, Chris Isaac - Wicked Game
future_ghost13@reddit
wicked game gives me the ick
Sugadip@reddit
I like to move it
andrewjamesvt78@reddit
Move it.
cmacfarland64@reddit
Any song off of Doggy Style, Pearl Jam
andrewjamesvt78@reddit
Anything Pearl Jam covered off doggy style!
andrewjamesvt78@reddit
The middle - jimmy eat world?
jarjarbinx@reddit
Semi Charmed Life
future_ghost13@reddit
Bush- Glycerine
Soul Asylum- Runaway Train
Blind Melon- No Rain
Janes Addiction- Been Caught Stealing
2Pac- Changes
Lauren Hill- Doo Wop (That Thing)
Master P- Make ‘Em Say Ugh
Tiny-Reading5982@reddit
I was listening to been caught stealing and my kids were making fun of it because of the dog barks 🤨
LeopardDue1112@reddit
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins Regulate - Warren G, Nate Dogg The Distance - Cake I Want It That Way- Backstreet Boys
Can we claim any ownership of Mr. Brightside or does that belong to millennials? 😉
Tiny-Reading5982@reddit
Most 'milennials' were bebes when it came out so we can have it.
Beliliou74@reddit
BS- Baby one more time
thecatsofwar@reddit
Fuck the Police - NWA
future_ghost13@reddit
id listed to that burned cd for sure…
abarthvader@reddit
Semi Charmed Kind of Life and Runaway Train
CorgiMonsoon@reddit
You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette
Don’t Speak - No Doubt
Cool_Dark_Place@reddit
Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
What I Got - Sublime
This Love - Pantera
Da Mystery of Chessboxin - Wu Tang Clan
Going The Distance - Cake
Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai
6 Underground - Sneaker Pimps
Paranoid Android - Radiohead
senshi_of_love@reddit
Silverchair - Tomorrow
ultramagnes23@reddit
I always felt “New Radicals - You Get What You Give” was our tiny generation’s anthem.
United_Cry_1084@reddit
Sober from Tool
highwindxix@reddit
Green Day - Basket Case TLC - Waterfalls Foo Fighters - Everlong
WebOk91@reddit
blur song 2
Real-Championship331@reddit
Hey Jealosy by The Gin Blossoms - https://youtu.be/ah5gAkna3jI
Jr5309@reddit
Dammit - Blink 182
crom_77@reddit
Todd Rundgren - Look At Me