What was your coming of age song as a Xennial?

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MoarFlavor@reddit

I don’t really know, but The Freshmen by The Verve Pipe hits pretty hard these days when I hear it. That or early Green Day and Black Hole Sun.

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ouijahead@reddit

I didn’t even notice the messed up faces the first time I saw this video

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kevlar51@reddit

I don’t think the weird/warped faces were in the original version of the video. They were added in to a later version (but still while the song was getting significant airtime).

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Withnail_I_am_I_am@reddit

Yeah, I thought you were until I googled it lol.

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I googled it because as early as I could remember it always contained the distorted faces with the surreal imagery, but it was updated 3x that summer. The original without the exaggerated distortions was only out for a few weeks before it was replaced with the one we basically know now today. In the final cut they just updated the cgi.

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FaAlt@reddit

Great song. Terrible music video.

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fridder@reddit

I was a freshman in high school when it came out.

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thecatsofwar@reddit

Express yourself by NWA

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kendallr2552@reddit

This comment made me think a bit about the demographics of Reddit and this thread. Thank you.

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WeenisPeiner@reddit

Down - 311.

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Brief-Usual-3136@reddit

My first CD was the Clueless soundtrack

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goater10@reddit

Self Esteem - The Offspring

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Wapiti_whacker82@reddit

I missed Smash and got introduced to them with Ixnay on the Hombre. All I Want was my song.

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Initial_Ordinary_648@reddit (OP)

That is an amazing song. It’s actually a good thing they didn’t really have a music video for that song if I remember well. It’s a classic for me too.

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LasagnahogXRP@reddit

Video was a huge hit on MTV. It was their breakthrough

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LastCallKillIt@reddit

Come out an Play was definitely the song that put The Offspring on the map.

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LasagnahogXRP@reddit

Yes but it was not as big of a BREAKTHROUGH hit as self esteem. Cram your downvote up your ass Larry.

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LastCallKillIt@reddit

Welp now you will have your peenar in the explosion chamber

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LasagnahogXRP@reddit

You touch that thing and it’s your funeral. I don’t even touch it anymore.

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lurk3141592653589793@reddit

Sorry to disappoint. Watch at your own risk. https://youtu.be/Abrn8aVQ76Q

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Initial_Ordinary_648@reddit (OP)

My mistake. I actually remember watching this MV I guess I should have googled it before my comment.

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ArchitectVandelay@reddit

The music video was seared into my brain, still love it. The masks??!! Nightmare fuel if you were young enough. But yeah kind of a random video.

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lurk3141592653589793@reddit

No worries! Still a great song!

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hannahleigh122@reddit

Holy photosensitivity, batman!

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miyagiVsato@reddit

I remember them having one and want to say it was on Beavis and Butthead at some point. I could be thinking of another song though.

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Ablairy@reddit

Best concert I've ever been to. Pretty for for a white guy was my dad's anthem lol

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Dan_Berg@reddit

And "Basket Case" by Green Day

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meatee@reddit

Losing My Religion - R.E.M.

That was the first song I remember hearing that made me feel deep emotion without knowing what the lyrics meant. Changed my whole perspective on what music could be.

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Status-Hovercraft784@reddit

Similar experience. Out Of Time was the first tape I ever bought.

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ShePuzzles@reddit

Me too! Found it at a K-Mart

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Its_Steve07@reddit

This song and Ordinary World by Duran Duran changed my perspective

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ShePuzzles@reddit

Same. The lyric “Oh no, I’ve said too much/I haven’t said enough” really resonated with me on a deep level as it described my feelings about dysfunctional interpersonal relationships that I was too young & immature to articulate. It was moody and poetic and evoked a dream-like state with a random collection of images and flashes of memory.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

My dad played Out of Time and this song on repeat A LOT after the divorce. Looking back it was his existebtial crisis.

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mondaysinseptembee@reddit

"Adore" by the same. I'm young enough that that was how I was introduced to them.

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goykasi@reddit

Ænema - Tool

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DalekRy@reddit

Thanks for this. I know what I'm lifting to today. <3

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WastedEvery2ndDime@reddit

When I first heard stinkfist on the radio I had goosebumps like never before and at that point found the music I was always looking for

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RavenFromFire@reddit

For me, it was 46 and two, but that whole album has special meaning for me.

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goykasi@reddit

Same. I was still mostly listening to my parents hippie music and some new stuff, but that Tool album blew open the doors for me. I could have picked literally any other song from Ænima.

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brainvheart143@reddit

Yes!

So glad they are finally on Spotify bc I don’t have a card CD player anymore

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gofixmeaplate@reddit

As a more Gen X side of xennial, and a hip-hop head, I’d have to say probably take it personal by gangstarr, can it be all so simple by wu tang clan, orange pineapple juice by common, or up against the wall or suspended in time by group home. Probably throw something of one of Jeru Da Damaja’s first couple of albums and something off Krs One’s first solo album as well. There were a lot of songs that meet the criteria of this post for me!

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MaxPowerrr85@reddit

Upvotes for the Group Home & Jeru tha Damaja mentions! Didn't think I'd ever see them mentioned in the Xennial sub lol

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gofixmeaplate@reddit

Yeah man! I love that old NYC boom bap. I could pick just one rock track. It would have to be 46 and two by tool.

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MaxPowerrr85@reddit

Agreed on the NYC boom bap; I caught a hold of the last few years of that era in the mid 90s. I didn't start liking rock music until years later - Tool is also a favorite on that front

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Complex-Cucumber-507@reddit

Hero by Mariah Carey

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nononononooooo@reddit

Youth of the Nation - POD

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ptindaho@reddit

M&Ms by Blink182, Fire Maple Song by Everclear, Angeles and Between the Bars by Elliott Smith.

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JanewayIsTheWay@reddit

Sarah McLachlan's Fumbling Toward Ecstasy Album.

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I_am_Gmork@reddit

Pearl Jam - State of Love and Trust (1992)

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babysoutonbail@reddit

Where it’s at - beck

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RTJ333@reddit

Maybe Under the Bridge, RHCP. I feel like I was still a kid when it came out, but I felt this one differently.

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Wrong-Local-4283@reddit

Desperately Wanting by Better than Ezra and

Life's a Dance by John Michael Montgomery

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Key-Wrangler7818@reddit

The Cranberries Dreams

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bekarene1@reddit

Bittersweet Symphony

I'm Just A Girl

Everything from Jagged Little Pill

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napalmthechild@reddit

New Found Glory - Hit or Miss

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missgiddy@reddit

Bittersweet Symphony

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MisterShannon@reddit

A lot of great songs already mentioned but I wanted to give a shout for:

Jimmy Eat World "The Middle"

The music video was spot on as well.

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TheDivine_MissN@reddit

This is one of mine for sure. Along with The Reason by Hoobastank.

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Grizz-Lee-2891@reddit

uuuh i really liked that album too!

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Secure_Bed_9110@reddit

Filter - Take a Picture

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TheDivine_MissN@reddit

Cause Iiiiii won’t rememberrrrr

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spinquelle@reddit

Came to answer with this! It went so well with unrequited love hahaha

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terminalearthling@reddit

Hey man, nice shot

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Lady_Freyja_357@reddit

Met them after a concert. Geno was soooo nice and friendly and happy to meet us.

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rthander13@reddit

Omg. Sooooo underrated.

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mtrxgltchs@reddit

One of my all time favorites!

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HeslopDC@reddit

I’m on the Gen X side of Xennial so it’s Blister in the Sun by The Violent Femmes for me

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TheDivine_MissN@reddit

I was introduced to that song because of Grosse Pointe Blank and it’s been a favorite ever since.

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dirtsquad1@reddit

There were one of my favorites, I was super excited when they had a Camino on Sabrina the teen age witch.

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temporary_bob@reddit

Same age, love that song. Don't know what a coming of age song would be but first CDs purchased were REM- Out of Time and Erasure- The Innocents. Both are still so special and I can still step back into what it felt like to be 13 when I play them.

(Not good exactly but... Some days I miss feeling that hard. About anything. Then I watch my 11 yr old freak out about something and I stop missing anything but the idealized memory of the feelings)

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BhamBlazer615@reddit

Violent Femmes/Violent Femmes was the first CD I purchased. I bought it because some older (man were they hot in my eyes) girls were playing it at a church youth group. They had to turn it down several times due to lyrical content which made it mysterious and edgy.

Thanks for the flashback.

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VoteForLubo@reddit

I remember in middle school, my bff’s grandmother wouldn’t buy their CD for her because she didn’t like the name “Violent Femmes”

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the-beach-in-my-soul@reddit

Though she did buy it for me. My grandma gave me shit for wanting the cd, Stunt by the barenaked ladies, for Christmas one year. She was like "Do you know how embarrassed I was asking the sales clerk to help find Barenaked Ladies!?"

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forever_erratic@reddit

Ooh, American Music for me. Still love the femmes. I'm an 81 baby, but one of my best friends during my single digits was a couple years older than me. Introduced me to them and Dada, who also still holds a fond place in my heart.

Also introduced me to Tears for Fears but they never landed with me.

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kinkyslc1@reddit

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brodievonorchard@reddit

First real gf and I listened to VF greatest hits all the time. Couldn't listen to it for a couple of years after her.

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RelevantNothing4653@reddit

Smells Like Teen Spirit ... which booted that late 80s/early 90s remnants of hair metal and dance pop away.

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steelmagnolianyc@reddit

Madonna - I’ll Remember ❤️

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trainwreckhappening@reddit

Blink 182 of course.

This is grow-wing up.

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Ok_Squash9609@reddit

The whole Dude Ranch album!

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terminalearthling@reddit

Also, Falling down

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Urugeth@reddit

Yup. Dammit was it for me too.

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cjbevins99@reddit

I listened to this song on the way to my high school graduation ceremony.

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jbgipetto@reddit

Smells like teen spirit.

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IntroductionOk683@reddit

Tennessee- Arrested Development Just a Girl- No Doubt Crossroads- Bone Thugs N Harmony Waterfalls- TLC Set Drift on Memory Bliss- PM Dawn

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Moolo@reddit

You’re all wrong and it is Shimmer by Fuel.

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scintillaient@reddit

YES. This is my answer.

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R4808N@reddit

Had to scroll WAY too long to find this. Shimmer is still in my regular rotation. Such a banger.

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scintillaient@reddit

That song just turned 28 😭😩

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123bumble@reddit

Following a Star by Duke Daniels.

Popularized in American Pie

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spinners_888@reddit

Cast No Shadow by Oasis. It's OK to be melancholic.

If I could pick one another it would be C.R.E.A.M. by Wu Tang Clan. Life as shorty shouldn't be so ruff :(

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bytheoceansedge@reddit

Radiohead - Street Spirit [Fade Out] - 1980 Irish Male

I'd been listening to great music all my life: my Dad was a subscriber to Q magazine and had a huge collection of vinyl, CDs and tapes that I'd grown up with: The Beatles, Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Carole King, Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Eagles, Tony Joe White, Miles Davis, Janis Joplin, Eric Clapton, Crowded House, Jimi Hendrix, Horslips, Pink Floyd etc. etc. etc.

Radiohead were the first band that were truly "mine" though... Street Spirit was included on a Q magazine freebie "World of Noise" compilation CD of up and coming acts (I remember it also had Distant Sun by Crowded House, Into Dust by Mazzy Star and some Blur track from Parklife on it). I'd heard Creep on the radio of course but Street Spirit just stopped me in my tracks. The haunting, desperate beauty of the melody floored me though I wouldn't have been able to explain that at 14!

The grunge era was starting to fade away after Cobain's death and the Britpop era was coming in fast. I came back to grunge and metal later in life but Radiohead kicked open the door to a whole raft of artists that became "mine" and formed the soundtrack to my teenage years: Blur, Oasis, Pulp, The Verve, The LAs, The Stone Roses, Ocean Colour Scene, Placebo, Alanis Morissette, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, U2, Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, The Cranberries...

Man, I miss the 90s.

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kinkyslc1@reddit

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Ahsoka-77@reddit

More than words

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kinkyslc1@reddit

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kinkyslc1@reddit

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OskeyBug@reddit

Detachable Penis

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kinkyslc1@reddit

I woke up this morning with a bad hangover, and my penis was missing again. This happens all the time; it's detachable.

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mindinexile@reddit

I went to a small private all-girls school. This was our chosen class song (much to the chagrin of our administration).

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Neuroironic@reddit

I just listened to this yesterday. So good.

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morbidemadame@reddit

As a young woman growing in a pretty conservative environment, You oughta know by Alanis Morissette made me realize women also had the right to be angry and speak up.

It wasn't the message as much as the tone.

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kinkyslc1@reddit

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ukehero1@reddit

Omg yes! That’s the one!

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temporary_bob@reddit

Oooh in that case... Tori Amos- Little Earthquakes

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Appropriate_Berry_44@reddit

This! I had no business with the lyrics when I was 13, but the tone...I was hooked instantly.

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Cold_Window_3590@reddit

Very first album I ever bought (on C.D). Summer of 1995. I was 12 almost 13yrs old.

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Golden_Enby@reddit

Such a great song to sing along to when you're pissed at someone for disrespecting you.

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kteerin@reddit

Oh man. Yes. That whole CD!

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kinkyslc1@reddit

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Reen842@reddit

You and me baby

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kinkyslc1@reddit

ain't nothing but mammals. So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel (Do it again now)

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Mikrobious@reddit

Runaway Train - Soul Asylum

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AdumLarp@reddit

Santa Monica by Everclear

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Reen842@reddit

Portishead - Glory Box Placebo - Every Me Every You

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Ok-Organization9999@reddit

Three Little Pigs - Green Jellö(Jellÿ)

The video was pretty sweet

Three Little Pigs (song) - Wikipedia

And

Everything About You - Ugly Kid Joe

Everything About You (Ugly Kid Joe song) - Wikipedia

The original album cover was epic

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Reen842@reddit

Three Little Pigs! I haven't thought about that song in ages.

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GTAmark@reddit

“Are you the guys on the beach who HATE EVERYTHING??? EWWWW…”

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Spyderdance@reddit

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AtaraxiaGwen@reddit

Kiss from a Rose by Seal?

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MnkyBzns@reddit

Lol, that's not Batman and Robin or Chris O'Donnell

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AtaraxiaGwen@reddit

That’s not Chris O’Donnel? My eye doctor said I needed an upgrade. Pound sign, xennials.

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MnkyBzns@reddit

Haha, nice.

It's Johnny Lee Miller, from Hackers

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MnkyBzns@reddit

This soundtrack was amazing and was my intro to EDM (before it was called EDM)

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Haemwich@reddit

The Kids Aren't Alright - The Offspring

The anthem of disaffected American young adults before 9/11

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dreadpiratemyk@reddit

This. Pop music in the 80s (and I like a lot of it) seemed more idyllic or at least sugarcoated. The 90s seemed like musicians started telling real stories again without the fluff. Perfect example: my first time seeing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was directly after "Blaze of Glory" by Bon Jovi.

Also, my contribution is Gin Blossoms "Hey Jealousy."

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

Yes it was!

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Aggressive_Power_471@reddit

Deb-head here so I am going to be the weirdo that says unapologetically Electric Youth by Debbie Gibson. I was obsessed with her and she is probably a big part of why I was such a goodie two shoes growing up.

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TelevisionKooky3041@reddit

NIN -- Mr.Self Destruct

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Wonderful_Traffic238@reddit

Anything Rose Against

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Ztunyknum@reddit

'80 dumb guy. I was lucky. The whole Fleetwood Mac album Rumours was the background radiation music of my life.

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spoung45@reddit

It would be a combination of two. Don't Speak - No Doubt / The Impression That I Get - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

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MnkyBzns@reddit

Sunday Morning was on repeat for me

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timberlyfawnflowers@reddit

Never Is A Promise - Fiona Apple

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Separate-Relative-83@reddit

Love her and that song.

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timberlyfawnflowers@reddit

She is my absolute favorite. I'm really sad but understanding that she hasn't toured for Fetch The Bolt Cutters yet. She's doing something really cool called court watching. She has a song about it and a PSA.

Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)

What is court watching? Fiona explains.

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qtjedigrl@reddit

I didn't know this was mine until I read this comment

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BumbleTeacup@reddit

Man on the Moon or Nightswimming or really anything by REM. Born in 1979.

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Strict-Farmer904@reddit

“1979,” is a great one. “Tonight Tonight,” was a big one too.

For me the defining moment of my musical childhood was hearing “Basketcase,” the first time. I remember my friend brought a Walkman to school and got me to sneak under a desk during a group project to play Dookie for me. And “Basketcase,” came on and I was like “What just happened?!?” Blew my little mind. I think I was probably about 10 or 11 (dude, also 1984)

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atomicsean@reddit

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness as a whole was such a moment!

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chispitothebum@reddit

It was one of the most decadent productions (from a decadent group) during the compact disc boom.

Personal favorite track is Muzzle

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kinkyslc1@reddit

That multi cd case hit differently

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Withnail_I_am_I_am@reddit

The world is a vampire. Sent to drayee ayee yaain.

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kinkyslc1@reddit

Secret destroyers. Hold you up to the flames.

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Antique_Paramedic682@reddit

This is how I remember that CD.

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Golden_Enby@reddit

I played that album so many times. I was obsessed with the Pumpkins as a teen.

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adamp9@reddit

Right there with you with basketcase. That and when I come around were the most formative songs. I copied the haircuts, formed a band and began shopping for old American work shirts and work jackets etc. I still mainly listen to pop punk in my 40s, although like a lot of us I do listen to a lot of the more folky/heartland kind of stuff too.

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jessjumper@reddit

Basketcase- Greenday

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rthander13@reddit

Yessss. Green Day. Period. Dookie through middle school, “Good Riddance, Time of your life” in HS, and AMERICAN IDIOT WAS COLLEGE ✌🏼 ah. 💚

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brainvheart143@reddit

Time of Your Life was my heartbreak song (well one of many)

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BumbleTeacup@reddit

That song came out during my senior year of high school and was always played at senior events and with my friends. Brings me back to a great year of my life.

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Lance_Operazole@reddit

Green day fell off during/after Warning for me.

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kinkyslc1@reddit

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KevDub81@reddit

Clumsy - Our Lady Peace

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NotXenos@reddit

Growing up mid-michigan, if the weather was right and there was enough tinfoil on the radio antenna, we could get 89X out of Windsor. It was an awesome station and OLP was always in the rotation. Great band!!

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ucantharmagoodwoman@reddit

Awww, I'm so sorry you only got it part of the time! I'm Detroit, it was as strong as 96.3 or 95.5. As a result of that, I only recently realized that the Tragically Hip wasn't all that big of a deal in the US.

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red286@reddit

As a result of that, I only recently realized that the Tragically Hip wasn't all that big of a deal in the US.

As a Canadian, I run into that with a lot of bands that I grew up listening to that I didn't even realize were Canadian bands. I didn't pay much attention to the yapping of the DJ/VJ, so I just assumed most of the bands were American, and then found out years later that no one outside of Canada and a few places like Detroit and Buffalo have ever heard of them.

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Iceprincess1282@reddit

Love that song! The video freaked my mom out bc she was terrified of spiders

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Initial_Ordinary_648@reddit (OP)

Yeap that’s one of my top list

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red286@reddit

Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order.

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Danny-Wah@reddit

Maybe.... Ironic by Alanis Morrissette

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amazing_assassin@reddit

"Ahead By a Century" by The Tragically Hip. I grew up close enough to the border to reap all of the benefits of CANCON

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Mackheath1@reddit

Zoot Suit Riot

For a very brief summer, Swing dancing was in (Squirrel Nut Zippers, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, the older stuff like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ella, etc.)

The four of us spent almost every available night going out and swing dancing with some sweet moves. I will never forget that innocent summer.

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dadjer@reddit

Breathe by Prodigy

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junkee940@reddit

Nuthin But a G Thang

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BeneficialHamster567@reddit

This video made me want an Impala really badly.

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jojotherider@reddit

This was really when i started to understand life is different for different people.

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Preemiesaver@reddit

Muzzle-smashing pumpkins

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thosefriesaremyfries@reddit

Same record as op, but, muzzle.

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100percentfinelinen@reddit

Soul Asylum - Runaway Train

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BerryFactory@reddit

Faith No More - Epic and Falling To Pieces

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temporary_bob@reddit

OMG these are all so good - u/Initial_Ordinary_648 great topic.
I MADE A MIX of the most recommended ones.
Please enjoy: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/10pjqtamcGnnF3cKhio80I?si=392aba1e5bc140fc

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Initial_Ordinary_648@reddit (OP)

Listening right now.

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Initial_Ordinary_648@reddit (OP)

Oh wow thank you! That’s amazing!! Really.

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djayed@reddit

Today-Smashing Pumpkins kick started the music outside of my parents music. But MTV was my friend since I was 4. Just hours and hours watching the same music videos repeat.

So my child-childhood coming of age song was Don't Come Around Here No More-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

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BooDozer@reddit

Bitter Sweet Symphony by The Verve

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Moose_Kin@reddit

Smells like Teen Spirit - Nirvana Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins Jeremy - Pearl Jam Say it ain’t So - Weezer

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Successful-Compote60@reddit

Are you me? These are core music memories for me. Especially SLTS. I was sitting in the backseat of my mom’s Subaru when it came on the radio and my sister made some comment about how this song was getting really popular. I remember thinking how I’d never heard anything like it.

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ArchitectVandelay@reddit

Kind of blew my mind when people said to listen to More Than a Feeling by Boston for the influence on SLTS. I’d heard both songs so many times and didn’t make the connection!

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kinkyslc1@reddit

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ParticularBed6338@reddit

Ministry - N.W.O.

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skyciel@reddit

Under the Bridge

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Turbografx-17@reddit

Pixies - Hey

Morrissey - Tomorrow

Violent Femmes - Kiss Off

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DivineMs-Anthropist@reddit

Pretty much every single Tori Amos song in the 90s.

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Massive_Effect_1956@reddit

Breeders - cannonball

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mr_Papini@reddit

Faith No More - Epic

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quixotic-88@reddit

This was on the juke box in Papa Gino’s Pizza in Kingston, MA back in the day and I dedicated a LOT of quarters to that song

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Yummers78@reddit

I used to feel so bad for that fish in the video

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kinkyslc1@reddit

What is it?

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ramsbina@reddit

It's it.

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kinkyslc1@reddit

What is it?

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ThermionicMho@reddit

You want it all! But you can't have it.

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53L3C7A@reddit

Seeing them on SNL was definitely a key moment for me.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

This one was on WNEW 102.7 and 92.3 K-Rock non-stop!!

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EmCoProductions@reddit

My older brother met these dudes circa 1994 after one of their shows at Riverport STL, and invited them back to our house for a party when my folks were out of town. Definitely made the scene in Almost Famous where they party with real Topeka people feel more real years later.

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Bedheaded2@reddit

Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins

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BloodFromAnOrange@reddit

"Muzzle" by The Smashing Pumpkins

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edwardturnerlives@reddit

Jack and Diane / Mellencamp

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wheresmolasses@reddit

Suckin’ on chillidog outside the Tasty Freeze

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Polymox@reddit

And now we understand that life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone.

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Curious_Ninja5952@reddit

Secretly one of the saddest lyrics of all time

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OwlsKilledMyDad@reddit

I think we are all at the stage of “long after the thrill of living is gone” now. Uff.

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Madsy9@reddit

Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel Land of confusion - Genesis

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Eziekiel23_20@reddit

How do you guys choose just one?!?!?

Middle school was all Zeppelin and Pink Floyd… Notable from high school was anything from Pantera and the Doors, The Sky is Crying (SRV) and STP Purple albums, Tool and RATM. I have playlists created around college years as well.

Just too goddamn much good music to choose just 1. Crazy bastards.

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Separate-Relative-83@reddit

This is me. So much and so broad.

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Golden_Enby@reddit

This is my dilemma as well. I listened to so many songs, bands, albums, etc from infancy to adulthood. The 90s was especially crucial for me and music. I could never pick a handful of songs, let alone one.

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Neuroironic@reddit

Ahh... Me and my friends were so obsessed with SRV in HS (he played guitar, I played drums... He is still the best amateur guitarist I've ever seen) we moved to Austin

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SilentDrapeRunner11@reddit

'Today' from The Smashing Pumpkins. Siamese Dream was my coming of age album.

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goykasi@reddit

Such a good time. I keep this on hand when I need my fix.

https://youtu.be/QSNSvPPKWiQ

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Br0tha5@reddit

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DialNforNicole@reddit

Green Day - She

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Ingonyama70@reddit

The Real McCoy - Run Away

...this became way too prescient a song

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Natural-Honeydew5950@reddit

How do you define coming of age song?

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os_beef@reddit

I wanna know the answer to this as well. I don't think "coming of age" is such a well defined moment that I could name a single song. More like a years long transition.

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thesnark1sloth@reddit

Cake - The Distance

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Appropriate_Park_895@reddit

I think I had more of a coming of age mixed tape. But if i had to pick just one song it would be

Insensitive by Jann Arden (all of her beautiful lyrics really spoke to me, and still do today)

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Hot_Frosty0807@reddit

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun was huge the summer that I met my first real girlfriend and started couch surfing instead of living at my mom's house.

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Ablairy@reddit

Uninvited alanis moresette

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vlazuvius@reddit

Shine-Collective Soul

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badchefrazzy@reddit

Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve

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Sea-Associate9292@reddit

Say It Ain't So - Weezer

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ShutYourDumbUglyFace@reddit

Girl by Tori Amos. Maybe Mother. Definitely something on Little Earthquakes.

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Overall_Falcon_8526@reddit

NIN Head Like A Hole. Easily the most rebellious/alternative thing I had ever listed to at that point.

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PlsContinueMrBrooder@reddit

Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger.

There’s a line in it: if you’re bored, then you’re boring, and that super stuck with me as an often bored teenager. Bored? Draw something! Put on music, go outside and find random stuff. Life is what you make of it and it’s easy to forget!

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peer-reverb-evacuee@reddit

Another vote from me for for Flagpole Sitta! Glad to see it mentioned. It’s anthemic, sounded like knowledge that I was starting to comprehend on my own, although coming from people older than me.

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NYTravelerBD@reddit

Mr. Jones by Counting Crows. Born in 1978 and that's the song I most remember from early high school.

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StrongBreadDrawn@reddit

Torn between Lightning Crashes by Live and Alive by Pearl Jam. Everlong probably would have been but came a little later for me.

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Long-Relief9745@reddit

Oasis—Wonderwall

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jreed356@reddit

Finally! Love Oasis!

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External_Muffin2039@reddit

Gangster’s Paradise or Waterfalls

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Tuffwith2Fs@reddit

Could I just go with Bush's Sixteen Stone album as a whole?

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SouthernExpatriate@reddit

Champagne Supernova. Always knew I would end up smoking weed one day after hearing that song

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SnooDoggos6383@reddit

Y’all are making me want to create a 90’s playlist to reminisce on all these great songs! I was born in 1979. I remember my older brother letting me borrow his cassette tape of Nirvana (I was probably 12) and it definitely spoke to me. Smells like teen spirit and all the rest! I got really into country music for a bit- Faith Hill, Shania Twain, Tim McGraw, Martina McBride- Independence Day, etc. My two older brothers were into metal, so I appreciate GNR, Aerosmith, Metallica, twisted sister, etc. By high school I loved Pearl Jam, Counting Crows, STP, Alanis Morisett, smashing pumpkins, NIN, Soundgarden, Bush, The wallflowers, lightning crashes by Live still hits a special chord in my heart!

Waterfalls by TLC was an early breakup song!

December by Collective soul also stirs up my teenage angst memories.

Only wanna be with you by Hootie and the Blowfish.

Ok, ok… I can’t pick just one! But, obviously 1979 by smashing pumpkins is the agreed upon anthem of my HS friend group! Followed by Long December by Counting Crows.

I’m happy to say that I saw many of these bands in concert! Good times, great memories!!

I definitely feel like I FELT the emotion of the music more in my teen years than I do these days… anyone else? Was it the hormones? Or was it the music?

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SnooDoggos6383@reddit

As a woman- reviewing my 90’s music taste- I can’t help but notice that it was severely lacking in female artists :(

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japhia_aurantia@reddit

I was 12. Pretty Hate Machine, Violator, and Disintegration changed my life.

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rdogg_82@reddit

Cypress Hill- I wanna get high

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OwlsKilledMyDad@reddit

Instantly gives me memories of acrylic Graffix bongs with the jester sticker on it

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mondomiketron@reddit

Basket case- greenday

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CicaCariad@reddit

Teori Amos - Silent All These Years Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl

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OwlsKilledMyDad@reddit

No hate for Tori Amos, my friends and I used to jokingly refer to her as Torn Anus.

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CicaCariad@reddit

Just autocorrect that doesn't like her name 😂

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japhia_aurantia@reddit

Too many to choose from, but Always by Erasure (and that whole album really) was so important to me and my friends the summer I was 17.

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Lawrenceburntfish@reddit

The thong song

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Designer-Bid-3155@reddit

You outta know. Right after the love of my life broke up with me because he found out my actual age. We've been in a situationship for 6.5 years now.... right back where we were

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TardisDance@reddit

Perfect by Alanis Morissette. It's how my conservative boomer father treated me throughout high school and college.

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Arriwyn@reddit

"I'm Just A Girl". By No Doubt.

I was already pretty aware how girls and women were treated as "less-than" in our society, just pretty Objects, always trying to be thinner, more beautiful and more appealing for men. I also grew up inside a religious cult that treated females as second class citizens. We had to be protected and controlled and couldn't think for ourselves. This song pretty much encapsulated my rage underneath and I used part of the lyrics for my senior quote.

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Moons_of_Moons@reddit

Korn - Blind

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Available-Fig8741@reddit

You oughta know - Alanis morissette

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countryninja13@reddit

Father of Mine by Everclear

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Gab83IMO@reddit

Zombie by the Cranberries.

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MaxPowerrr85@reddit

Hip-Hop head born in '85 here: It was One More Chance by The Notorious B.I.G. Our TV went out in '95 and we didn't have the money to fix it, so I would come home from school and - instead of watching TV, I'd do my homework listening to the radio. That's when hip hop became "my" music and Biggie became one of my favorite rappers.

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floppywetfish@reddit

Stardust - Music sounds better with you. My 1st holiday abroad with mates in 1998

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amiableviking@reddit

Heartwork - Carcass

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Deadline_passed@reddit

November Rain GNR. Close second Crazy by Aerosmith.

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CarbonInTheWind@reddit

Livin on the Edge was the one that I wore out my walkman playing over and over all summer.

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No-Count3834@reddit

I saw them that summer on tour with my friend and his parents. It was between that show and Nirvana last tour. They chose Aerosmith because it was popular with all age groups, and said we can catch Nirvana again next year. Great show but 🤷‍♂️

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Morriganx3@reddit

November Rain might be mine also.

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kinkyslc1@reddit

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blacktrufflesheep@reddit

I used to get so mad when they played it on the radio and cut out Slash's guitar solos

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Li-RM35M4419@reddit

I used to get mad because that song fucking sucks dick

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Morriganx3@reddit

LoL

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

you're not the only one

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Skore_Smogon@reddit

I wanted a Gibson Les Paul for years and today my dream came true. Wasn't expecting it until tomorrow but the Fed Ex guy arrived today :D

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Horse_Dad@reddit

I’m a little older so it was Sweet Child O’ Mine for me. Or really, it was the entire Appetite For Destruction album. First tape I ever bought, and I was still learning the English language at the time.

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Top-Elephant-2874@reddit

Even lions love GNR (I posted this yesterday): https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/s/cbBfy9c2GI

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amandaem79@reddit

Best moment of my life was seeing them play this for 50000 people a couple years ago.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

Those CDs were huge in the era of alternative

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Alpacasosoft@reddit

Blur - Song 2

WOOO HOO!

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Frippertron42@reddit

Ugly Kid Joe’s version of Cats in the Cradle

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JanieJane96@reddit

Same - 1979 came out when I was a senior in high school and I'll forever connect it with that year.

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krisvze@reddit

Lightning Crashes - Live

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AtaraxiaGwen@reddit

Am I I. The right group? Not one mention of sticking to the rivers and lakes that you’re used to. I know every word to that song and I never owned a recording of it. I’ve also only seen one mention of Coolio and it wasn’t even Gabgsta’s Paradise. (1981 and I’m white so I should be complaining that nobody has mentioned Timberlake’s band, but I don’t know every word to Backstreet’s Back, alright?)

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IGotItBad82@reddit

https://youtu.be/QZXc39hT8t4?si=IwYkPxAY8cSr4kJ0

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Icy-Lifeguard-6206@reddit

Ironically, 1979 by mewithoutYou

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My_Kairosclerosis@reddit

In 1992 I was 13 and although music had been a big part of my life growing up, Blind Melon-No Rain was the first song that felt like, ok this is mine. Then I got the CD and Change and Sleepyhouse clinched it.

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Curious_Ninja5952@reddit

My very first CD! Still an underrated band imo

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Gluten-Free-Jesus@reddit

Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind. It was always on the radio in the car when I was doing college visits.

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Sandkat@reddit

Halcyon by Orbital

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christophervolume@reddit

All of these songs.

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kal8el77@reddit

The entirety of Pretty Hate Machine. Living in Utah in the 90’s was rough. This album, and alternative and rap music as a whole, was hard to listen to in my house. NOW - NIN is enshrined in the Disney parks. Thanks Tron - you made me a winner in a life-long battle with my mom, the Disney Grandparent.

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Patient-Bed6821@reddit

The Becoming - Nine Inch Nails

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Adrasteia-One@reddit

Thirty-Three by Smashing Pumpkins

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NoLimitHonky@reddit

The entire first Korn album. Changed my life, when it hit in 1994. I'm an '81 baby, so I'd heard Metallica, Pantera, more traditional stuff, but holy shit- when I heard Jonathan, Head, Munky, Fieldy and Dan's work, especially being a musician myself, I'd never heard anything like it.
The Pumpkins and also Silverchair (underrated) were my fave grunge bands. I don't even think I owned a Nirvana or (vomit) Pearl Jam CD once.

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RGVHound@reddit

"Today" by the Smashing Pumpkins (complimentary) and "No One Else" by Weezer (derogatory)

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Puzzleheaded_Race_90@reddit

I think it was a whole album, and it was Dookie

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beach_pickle@reddit

I received a 3 cd / 2 cassette / radio all-in-one stereo for my 13th Christmas. I lived out in the country with extremely limited access to culture and music(no internet!). Well, that little stereo somehow picked up an Indy college radio station from over an hour away. My life was never the same.

Karmacoma - Massive Attack

Army of me - Bjork

Little fluffy clouds - the orb

Sour times - portishead

These are just some of the tunes I remember. The songs were all probably a couple years old by the time I first heard them, but man… they absolutely split my head open. The first cassette I bought for myself (at 13) was daft punk’s homework, the week it came out.

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greyshem@reddit

I can't believe I'm the first with this pick, but "Forever Young" by Alphaville.

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MYSTERees77@reddit

I can remember exactly where I was when I heard Smells like Teen Spirit.

From that moment on, I was no longer a child.

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junkee940@reddit

Sabotage!

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Top-Elephant-2874@reddit

Black, Pearl Jam. Ahhh, young love.

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theatredork@reddit

What’s Goin On by 4 Non Blondes, 100%

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EmotionalPizza6432@reddit

Absolutely. I remember it was all over MTV when they still played videos.

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webslingrrr@reddit

Not sure exactly what you mean by coming of age song, but the song that "woke me up" to music and started my own musical journey, rather than just listening to what my parents played was "When I Come Around" by Green Day.

The Pumpkins were close behind when Mellon Collie hit, and then I landed on my forever band Nine Inch Nails.

(Also 1984 here)

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Wild_Scar9777@reddit

“Round round” by sugababes. 1985 female

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slidefilm@reddit

Creep - Radiohead Smells like teen Spirit - Nirvana

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wookiesack22@reddit

Bloodhound gang fire water burn was always a favorite. At dances we would request the song and chant it like psychopaths

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I_Love_Pizza_a_Lot@reddit

Bold of you to assume I’ve come of age. 😆

Stinkfist.

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Frosty_Occasion_8466@reddit

1979 and Today, Smashing Pumpkins

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theUmo@reddit

Birdhouse in Your Soul, TMBG.

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142riemann@reddit

This song still brings me joy.

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Grizz-Lee-2891@reddit

life if agony - through and through

but the whole album (which was amazing) just screamed my teenage years...

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Alternative-Light514@reddit

Black - Pearl Jam

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mindinexile@reddit

Dead Kennedys, Holiday in Cambodia. Really the whole Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables album. Second is Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit

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b33lzebubba775@reddit

Somebody to Shove by Soul Asylum.

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ucantharmagoodwoman@reddit

Closer - NIN

I remember watching the video, rapt, when I was 12 or 13 and home alone one time. Completely transformed my take on music.

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DazzlingSherbert3561@reddit

The Middle - Jimmy Eat World

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instant_ramen_chef@reddit

I Want To Conquer The World by Bad Religion. First song i ever circle pitted to. There were a lot of words in that song that I didnt know. Assuage, Fecundity, Trammel, Conflagrations..

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GTAmark@reddit

Expose the corporates and feed them to the children!

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jimmyak@reddit

For me it was Interstate Love Song by STP

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dumbunnyy@reddit

Waterfalls - TLC

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kuchikopi81@reddit

Miss World

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pizza5001@reddit

MTV Unplugged with Nirvana

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GardenRafters@reddit

'93 'til Infinity

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Al-ex-Bee@reddit

1979?

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hurdeehurr@reddit

Puberty age.. Tupac.

Adulthood.. Sevendust.

I'm a white as hell man too lol. Just what was popular in my area at the time and I gravitated more towards R&B music.

Don't particularly enjoy either of those genres anymore although some of the lighter non hard rock sevendust hits. I've mellowed out a lot in 20 years if that's not obvious.. I was an angry little bastard back then.

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PiginthePen@reddit

Self titled RATM album.. whole thing

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ChilisWithMyBoys@reddit

RHCP - Under The Bridge

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johnb300m@reddit

I’m nodding lots of these but what comes to mind above others: Santana- Smooth and Why Don’t You and I. And then various Smashmouth.

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KudosOfTheFroond@reddit

Counting Crows - Round Here

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Sunshineal@reddit

Korn Freak on a Leash

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WingbashDefender@reddit

Moby - Porcelain that’s my go-to. It’s the ringer on my phone and my first driving song

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Epicardiectomist@reddit

Pantera - I'm Broken

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81Stingray@reddit

Burnout - Green Day

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DorkChatDuncan@reddit

Got laid for the first time to No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom album, so... that, I guess?

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BloodyPaleMoonlight@reddit

Heaven Beside You from Alice In Chains' Unplugged album.

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BenAfflecksBalls@reddit

Wow i haven't thought about this song in at least a decade or two. Thanks

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brainvheart143@reddit

Great album.

Also for me River of Deceit from the Mad Season album

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

Killer Is Me...

Layne had to leave a note at the end of the performance.

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kinkyslc1@reddit

That entire album is a goddamn masterpiece. Easily my favorite MTV unplugged. Over nirvana, which was also beautiful.

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BornTry5923@reddit

Lithium -Nirvana

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the_ballmer_peak@reddit

I picked Come As You Are, but it's really the whole damn album.

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macklin_sob@reddit

I guess the whole album for me too. It changed my whole person in HS from wanting to fit in with the preppy kids to going full long hair stoner.

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Golden_Enby@reddit

That song will never cease to be stellar.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

Lounge Act was the some I put on repeat the most

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Least-Blackberry-848@reddit

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

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SpoonFullOfSugar1111@reddit

Bush - "Machine Head"

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BigFlavors@reddit

I’m seeing Bush for the first time in Brooklyn on Friday and middle school me is SO STOKED hahah

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Wendy-Windbag@reddit

I'm scrolling through these and nodding to most, but this one is my answer. It was such a moment.

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kinkyslc1@reddit

Also, Glycerine.

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Serrajuana@reddit

They played that at every school dance I went to lol

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ammodramussavannarum@reddit

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/02/g-s1-115471/bush-tiny-desk-concert

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GetrIndia@reddit

Hey Jealousy - Gin Blossoms

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ReinaShae@reddit

I got to see them in concert last summer, they were great!

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IntelligentAd3283@reddit

I am on the older side of xennial. Was just thinking about my “8th grade songs” the other day.

Because I Love You Right Here Waiting Hold On (Wilson Phillips) Losing My Religion More Than Words Shiny Happy People Enter Sandman

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Golden_Enby@reddit

I just default to rock and metal in general when asked a question like this. My entire childhood was based around A LOT of music. Picking just one that hit differently because I was getting older is impossible. Just think of a band from the 90s and, boom, they had a hand in it in some way. The Smashing Pumpkins were especially influential.

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ReinaShae@reddit

Strawberry Wine hit when I was about 20ish and always makes me nostalgic

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Unusual_Jaguar4506@reddit

Jeremy — Pearl Jam

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EastTXJosh@reddit

Rebel Yell - Billy Idol

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trollinhard2@reddit

I Alone - Live

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StuffIDid@reddit

Fire Water Burn or the Bad Touch by Bloodhound Gang. F/1983 baby.

Were these meaningful songs, not really. But they captured the irreverence and absurdity and self deprecating humor along with a middle finger to proper society. And therefore that’s my vote.

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SaintedRomaine@reddit

Tripping Daisy - I Gotta Girl

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Way_2_Go_Donny@reddit

The album "Life begins at 40 million" by the Bogmen.

I was a freshman in college and a stoned lacrosse player put this album on during a dorm party. All the things happened at that party but the most notable was I realized that there was more to music than what was played on the radio.

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PhoneJazz@reddit

Cranberries- Dreams

Alanis Morrisette- You Learn

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joe-gonna-go@reddit

You don't know how it feels, Tom Petty. Really it was the entire wildflowers album.

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nastytypewriter@reddit

“Mary Jane’s Last Dance,” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

Couldn’t escape it on VH1. Didn’t want to. I’m

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peggysue_82@reddit

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Lisa Loeb-Stay

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chriscbr500r@reddit

Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars

I remember a moment in high school, the entire band was waiting in the high school auditorium, waiting to watch the jazz band practice on stage. I was the drummer, and was best friends with the bass player. He had his bass unplugged, and was strumming Dishwalla counting blue cars, and I was lightly playing along on the drums(we were bored so just started playing a song)

When the band teacher finally came in, we stopped playing, only to realize that every girl in the auditorium was whisper singing the lyrics "tell me all your thoughts on God". We had a little quiet improvised concert and I still go back to this amazing memory every time I'm in a dark place

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Proxima_Centauri00@reddit

Gotta go with NIN - closer, Radiohead- creep, and Beck - Loser

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Grammarhead-Shark@reddit

Head Like A Hole - Nine Inch Nails

There is still a part of me a little shocked Trent Reznor is now a double Oscar winner and one award off an EGOT

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Glittering-Stuff-599@reddit

This would be my choice as well. Before I heard that song, it was all about “Weird Al”, or whatever my older siblings were playing at the time.

The first time I saw the video on MTV I was absolutely transfixed. I was blown away that music could sound like that. It’s one of those things where I wish I could recapture that moment again.

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Suspicious_Hotel_908@reddit

Shorley Wall by 90's Brit indie pop band Ooberman. A very niche song, but it is beautiful.

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Cisru711@reddit

Longview by Green Day. I'm a slacker at heart.

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natronmooretron@reddit

Burn by The Cure

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nindot@reddit

Smells like Teen Spirit. I was only 10 or 11 years old when the cool cousin played his Nirvana CD for me and it was like I saw Jesus

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Resident_Beginning_8@reddit

The Kym Mazelle version of Young Hearts Run Free, from Romeo + Juliet

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LovelyHead82@reddit

Scrubs-TLC

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vulgarvinyasa2@reddit

Rump Shaker

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1980pzx@reddit

Green Day-When I Come Around.

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spuldup@reddit

The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe

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HelpfulSpread601@reddit

The freshman - The Verve

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Poopy-Drew@reddit

*the virve pipe *

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ArtVandalaysButler@reddit

I Feel You by Depeche Mode. Took me headlong into alternative and grunge music.

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CanadianBertRaccoon@reddit

Jesus Christ Pose- Soundgarden

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Poopy-Drew@reddit

Freshman - the verve pipe

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ckxy2k@reddit

311 all mixed up.

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cutreamthread@reddit

Welcome to the Fold - Filter

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jackfaire@reddit

The Freshman by the Verve Pipe. I think it's when I realized there is no "when you get into the real world" we were already there and the things we did to and for each other would resonate for the rest of our lives.

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votivkirche@reddit

Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette - the entire album

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GutsAndBlackStufff@reddit

Wu Tang Clan ain’t nothin to fuck with.

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Educational-Tie00@reddit

Everything in its Right Place - Radiohead. Sophomore year of college bottom bunk of the dorm rack with my gf next to me falling asleep to the Kid A album. Great way to end the night. I guess that’s when I realized I was an adult.

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Dunnersstunner@reddit

Losing My Religion - REM

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msdeschain@reddit

Björk- Human Behaviour, or Possibly Maybe

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Infamous_Tie5605@reddit

I'm not sure.... Mostly listened to hip-hop or similar.

Maybe Snoop dog - what's my name? Or other popular songs along those lines in 93-96

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Phy_Scootman@reddit

Too many to pick one, honestly. Even a short list would be an injustice and not totally honest. Most of the songs listed in this thread, I suppose.

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Elegant_Maximum@reddit

Don’t know if I have a specific song really, two songs that take me back to aimlessly driving with friends and just living are Dakota-Stereophonics and One Man Wrecking Machine- Guster. If I had to choose one from my early youth I’d say the first song I ever played the absolute hell out of was School-Nirvana. My friend’s older brother made a mix tape for me. It’s hard because I listened to everything I could find when I was a kid. All genres and decades.

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GenericDave65@reddit

Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers

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MoreAnteater6366@reddit

Hate Me - Blue October

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NGinuity@reddit

Pearl Jam - Even Flow....not even any thought required.

The litmus test is that I grow fond of a lot of songs, listen to them until I'm sick of hearing it and move on. Even Flow is a song I can listen to on repeat and each session brings me back to a very specific place and time in my life that immediately centers me and brings me joy.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

The first time I listened to this song on good speakers... 🤲

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kinkyslc1@reddit

Please tell me you’ve seen the amateur wrestler Steven Flowe.

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Neuroironic@reddit

He makes me mad.... This is/was Chris Jerichos original song in wcw

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J_A1exander@reddit

Great song! I wore that cassette tape out as a kid. Reminds me of my mom actually. She had great taste. She's gone now but any time I hear even flow, I think of all the times we blasted that album on road trips back in the day. I'm glad it brings you joy.

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crapnapkins@reddit

Today Has Been A Fucked Up Day - Beck

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Acceptable_Class_576@reddit

I don't know about song, but the music video for Janet Jackson's "If" jumpstarted my puberty.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

Over Now, Alice In Chains. I just felt like... there was not much in life waiting for me.

Luckily I was Checking My Brain 20 years later and got the come from behind victory.

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Serrajuana@reddit

Ænema by Tool, Nutshell by Alice in Chains, and Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden. Tool is still my favorite band, but BHS was played so much I should have hated it. Still love it to this day,so I think that's a testament to how great it really is. Can't think of Chris and Layne without tearing up. Closer by NIN gets honorable mention.

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Alpha_Geek4711@reddit

I’m dead in the middle of the Xennial time frame

For me, Silent All These Years - Tori Amos Immediately followed by Happiness in Slavery - NIN

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Alternative_Share559@reddit

Mama Said Knock You Out. LL Coo J. I was just starting to hit the gym. in my dark room looking into a mirror with a towel over my head. song cranked

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_buffy_summers@reddit

Better Than Ezra - This Time of Year

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Sweet-Situation-8224@reddit

Bulls on parade - Rage Against the Machine

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Jagrnght@reddit

quit it now

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Safe_Presentation_78@reddit

It's actually "come wit it now".

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TrixieBastard@reddit

The first time I remember branching out and truly breaking away from my parents' (excellent, imo) taste in music was when I bought myself The Offspring's Americana. I was introduced to it in my strength and conditioning class during my senior year, as the coach didn't care what we listened to while we lifted. Obviously the class was 95% boys, so the tunes tended to be on the harder/louder/faster side, and from them I learned that I also enjoy that type of music.

Before that, I had liked grunge, particularly STP and Soundgarden, but my mom did too, so it didn't feel like it was "mine," so to speak. The Offspring were mine and mine alone in my family

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bakedinsandiego@reddit

Beastie Boys - girls. Whadayaknow, i’m queer.

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mickeltee@reddit

American Jesus by Bad Religion. It changed the way I look at things.

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_iamthelizardqueen_@reddit

Breakfast at Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something

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sweetnsalty24@reddit

I'll Stand By You - The Pretenders

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little_arsonist@reddit

Beautiful by Joydrop

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StNic54@reddit

Better than Ezra - Good

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Neuroironic@reddit

But overall MUSE

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Owl_of_Dusk@reddit

Graduate - Third Eye Blind

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Neuroironic@reddit

I'M THE SON OF RAGE AND LOVE THE JESUS OF SUBURBIA THE BIBLE OF, NONE OF THE ABOVE

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ellistyle1@reddit

The entire Wildflowers album

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phoenixMM@reddit

Dreams by The Cranberries

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Jagrnght@reddit

probably Chattahoochee or You Shook Me All Night Long or Anna Begins. The coming of age movie though was definitely Dazed and Confused.

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mtrxgltchs@reddit

DMB - Ants Marching.

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Chickenbrik@reddit

For me summer of ‘94 MTV.

The Offspring - Come Out and Play

Beastie Boys - Sabotage

Coolio - Fantastic Voyage

NIN - Closer

Born ‘84, went to my first concert in ‘94. Lollapalooza in Vegas. My world opened and I was a person then and there.

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Illustrious-Low3948@reddit

Icicle by Tori Amos

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I_AM_DEATH-INCARNATE@reddit

Fire and Rain - James Taylor

It seems like it was in the background of every stage of my life - and was the song playing when I had my first kiss. So yeah, that'd be it.

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ammodramussavannarum@reddit

Take Me Home by Phil Collins was the first song that I remember wanting to hear over and over again, and it was on the radio around the time we moved out of my childhood home. It came on in the moving truck as we left the driveway and several more times along the way. I remember that it made me feel new kinds of feels that 7 year old me never had felt before.

And then the entirety of the album Ling by the Austin Texas band Seed was incredibly important to me during my senior year in high school as I discovered literature and sex and cigarettes and the freedom that my first car brought… (along with other grunge, RATM, and NIN)

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NotXenos@reddit

Do you have the time...to listen to me whine...

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ouijahead@reddit

I was a little strange. I liked credence Clearwater revival. I really loved disco. I listened to that one that came with entertainment magazine a lot. Pink Floyd the wall.

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DrunkenAdama@reddit

Sonic Youth- Diamond Sea or maybe Radiohead- Paranoid Android

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MoStyles22@reddit

Today - Smashing Pumpkins

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kinkyslc1@reddit

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EmCoProductions@reddit

Wonderwall (1984 male)

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nocountryforolddick@reddit

I scrolled way too long to see the truth here

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hamburgers4lunch@reddit

Ex Factor Lauryn Hill

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OasisHomeostasis@reddit

Johnny Kemp: Just Got Paid

I was an early bloomer/old soul type.\ Could also juxtapose this with EMF Unbelievable or Sade Cherish the Day or I dont know... Gangstarr Mass Appeal

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J_A1exander@reddit

Unbelievable! What a banger. Watching the music video as a kid I was like man I want to ride a skate board like that! Now that I'm older I'm like man that's dangerous af 😂

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