What's the soundtrack of your teenage years?

[Glorybox3737]

Certain bands make me remember the good old days when I was a wild and rebelious teen. Getting drunk in a grave yard listening to the deftones. Smoking a bowl in my friends basement fazing out to Tool's lateralus. Eating a bag of shrooms then cutting on the crystal method "expanding our minds". Going to a protest with system of a down blarring in my headphones, ready to fight "the man".

So what's the sound track of your youth? What groups or artists are closely tied to those wonderful years that caused parents so many headaches?

[atom_young]

I'm surprised you can remember your teenage years...

For myself, driving late at night on a skiing roadtrip in some small town in Quebec listening to Less than Jake, going to local concerts and rocking out to NOFX covers, and mountain bike trips listening to Pennywise to get pumped for the ride.

Yeah, I used to listen to a lot of punk music.

[rachwah]

I'm still in the teenage years, but Spice Girls remind me of grade 2-ish. Haha, doing Spice Girl concerts on the stage infront of EVERYONE..

[rooster]

see. this is what sucks for us gen x & y ers. the music that we grew up with in those oh so influential teen years was mostly trash. that being said i am only 21. but that means my teenage years were filled with the spice girls and brittany and that crap. i envy you baby boomers becuase your teeenage years you had the doors and the who and stuff. there are a few bands that were good in my old teen years. the white stripes, kid rock.

[casa~la~rocka]

rooster makes a pretty good point.^ The soundtrack of my teen years probably was The Beatles. I'm just 28 but that's mostly what I listened to back in high school. Oh, and I can't forget (but I'd like to) to mention... uh, Hootie and the Blowfish.

[antiditz]

Originally posted by casa~la~rocka
Oh, and I can't forget (but I'd like to) to mention... uh, Hootie and the Blowfish. guilty!

my teen-years soundtrack is pretty embarrassing. I was in highschool in the mid-nineties (I'm 25 now), and my friends at the time had pretty sucky taste. so let's see, we had Ace of Base, No Doubt, Shania Twain (!!), Boys II Men. (hey, they had the car, they control the music - isn't that how it works?)

on my own, i listened to mostly Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Bush, lots of Oasis, Metallica, Everclear, etc.

[Derek McNelly]

HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH??!?!?!?

Wow... You've just dated yourself there...

I Love 1996, casa~la~rocka?

[jhollington]

Well, I was in high school in the eighties, so it's quite amusing that most of the music from my teenage years is now "retro"... :-)

Specific groups for me that evoke memories, in no particular order other than my current "eighties" shuffled playlist order...

U2
Chicago
Simple Minds
OMD
Tears for Fears
Survivor
Van Halen
Bon Jovi
Guns 'n' Roses
Queen
Nirvana
Eric Carmen
New Order
Tiffany
REO Speedwagon
Glass Tiger
Crowded House
Toto
Genesis / Phil Collins
Rick Astley
Billy Idol
Billy Joel
a-Ha
Starship
Corey Hart
Cyndi Lauper
Madonna

[casa~la~rocka]

Originally posted by Freddy_Ramone
HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH??!?!?!?

Wow... You've just dated yourself there...

I Love 1996, casa~la~rocka?

Yeah, I put myself out there, didn't I? I was 19 in 1996. I don't think that was a banner year, myself.

antiditz: you mentioned a few bands that I totally forgot about. I was a mad fan of Oasis and Bush. Looking back, those aren't really embarassing choices. Ace of Base? Wow. I remember thinking they were the coolest band around. *blushes with shame*

[Derek McNelly]

Definitely not a good year for music.

And I didn't put down my Teenage Soundtrack:

Ramones
Dead Kennedys
Buzzcocks
The Cars (More than "Just What I Needed" too!)
The Donnas
The Distillers
Oasis
Led Zeppelin

That's most of it.

Wow. I need to diversify!!!

[Glorybox3737]

Originally posted by rooster
see. this is what sucks for us gen x & y ers. the music that we grew up with in those oh so influential teen years was mostly trash. that being said i am only 21. but that means my teenage years were filled with the spice girls and brittany and that crap. i envy you baby boomers becuase your teeenage years you had the doors and the who and stuff. there are a few bands that were good in my old teen years. the white stripes, kid rock.

Wow I can't believe I'm seeing that right. The 90's had some great music. Sublime, Dave Matthews, Incubus, Marilyn Manson, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Bush, Nine inch nails, Rage against the machines, Rammstein, Sytem of a down, Bush, Tool. Yea you had to shift through a bunch of crap towards the end once mtv really took over, but the 90's produced some great hardcore music. I miss those days so much...

[bdb]

Well it was the 70s for me - I graduated from HS in 1977. Being an impoverished teenager, I had about three vinyl albums and a few 8-track tapes that I had to listen to constantly - Elton John, Chicago, Simon & Garfunkel, Three Dog Night, and Jetro Tull.

That meant a lot of radio, and radio wasn't too bad back then. ZZ Top, Stevie Wonder, the Doobies, War. This is the stuff that was playing during the keg parties on weekends. We just had to put up with a few truely awful songs like "she's having my baby" (Paul Anka, I think), and anything from Tony Orlando & Dawn.

Then MTV came. I signed up for basic cable (well, about 5 apartments shared it) just to get MTV. We watched the first video, and it was on quite a bit for college partying. There was Martha Quinn (whom everyone had a crush on), the girl with the jerky head, and the guy who looked stoned all the time. It was great.

[iMacc]

Originally posted by rooster
see. this is what sucks for us gen x & y ers. the music that we grew up with in those oh so influential teen years was mostly trash. that being said i am only 21. but that means my teenage years were filled with the spice girls and brittany and that crap. i envy you baby boomers becuase your teeenage years you had the doors and the who and stuff. there are a few bands that were good in my old teen years. the white stripes, kid rock.

Being 21 also rooster, i would have to disagree in a big way. Most bands i listened to were around at the time, some we just missed out on but i was still into. My Soundtrack to teenage years went something like this off the top of my head....(Still listening to all of this stuff now of course, plus a whole lot more):

Stone Roses
Nirvana
Oasis
Blur
Charlatans
Ocean Colour Scene
Foo Fighters
Prodigy
The La's
Green Day
Beastie Boys
Eminem
Snoop Dogg, Rage Against The Machine, Pixies, Guns N Roses, Shed Seven, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Primal Scream, Ice Cube, N.W.A, Public Enemy, Strokes, Incubus.....

[melsmusic]

In short, only one album managed to #### off my parents and school. Any other albums just did NOT have the same affect.

Never Mind The Bollocks - The Sex Pistols ... oh I love listening to them now and remembering the shocked looks on the nun's face. :D

I would have hated me. My parents wanted to personally visit my cousin in Sydney who introduced me to this "screwy" band. Never mind the safety pins all over ..... ;)

[Doug Gilmour]

Originally posted by Freddy_Ramone
Definitely not a good year for music.


1996 was an excellent year for music with Beck's Odelay and DJ Shadow's Endtroducing headlining it. Any year with those two albums released within it would be spectacular for me. Not to mention work from Aphex Twin, Belle & Sebastian, Dr. Octagon, Weezer, Sleater-Kinney, Ocean Colour Scene, etc....

-Dan

[Derek McNelly]

Well, every year there are a few great albums and a few more good ones.

But 1996 as compared 1969 or 1984? Doesn't touch 'em.

[iMacc]

You said:
Originally posted by Freddy_Ramone
Definitely not a good year for music.

Not: ''Definately not the best year for music''

[casa~la~rocka]

Hey, whatever became of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones?
*hums* "never had to knock on wood...":P

[Doug Gilmour]

Originally posted by Freddy_Ramone
Well, every year there are a few great albums and a few more good ones.

But 1996 as compared 1969 or 1984? Doesn't touch 'em.

'84 was another good year - The Smiths, Minutemen, Van Halen, Hüsker Dü, Madonna, Springsteen, Prince, Metallica, Coctaeu Twins, U2, Talking Head, etc.

My point was that '96 was not a bad year as you posted, it had plenty of great albums.

Now the best year, I'd go with '79 (and not for the Clash) though '86 or '89 are also favourites.

-Dan

[Galley]

Any great AOR music from the years 1979 - 1983.

[rooster]

the 90's had some good music but i guess im looking at it in a comparison view. the baby boomers had alot of great music around when they were teens, we, on the other hand, have to sift though a 3ft. swamp of #### to get good music. yeah the was RATM and manson but the 90's also produced vanilla ice and paula abdul. it bums me out when i think about how crappy most music has become.

[Doug Gilmour]

Originally posted by rooster
the 90's had some good music but i guess im looking at it in a comparison view. the baby boomers had alot of great music around when they were teens, we, on the other hand, have to sift though a 3ft. swamp of #### to get good music. yeah the was RATM and manson but the 90's also produced vanilla ice and paula abdul. it bums me out when i think about how crappy most music has become.

I prefer the '90s as a whole over the '60s and the '70s (if post-punk is left out), especially early 90s. Both the late 70s to early 80s and late 80s to early 90s represent the apex of musical quality for me.

Poor music exists in every decade, not just the two modern ones. I'll remember the 1990s for My Bloody Valentine's lush, rich, and deep shoegazing rock, A Tribe Called Quest's intelligent and conscious hip-hop, Daft Punk's infectious dance beats, Massive Attack's chilled trip-hop, the re-birth of brit-pop with Oasis, Blur, Pulp, and Supergrass, not MC Hammer's cheezy pop-rap, or the multitude of short-lived dance-pop acts that seemed to pop up everywhere.

-Dan

[slashdot87]

I graduated in 1987 -the year of hair-metal, etc. U2 had been popular among my crowd, yet they only really gained national exposure with the Joshua Tree.

U2 was a big part of my teen years, along with Styx, Journey, GNR, Crue, etc. The Cure, Rush, along with many others that I cannot recall...

[Pod Newton]

At the risk of sounding like I lived a John Hughs movie, I think the soundtrack of a teen in the 80's depended on what group you hung with (ie: the mods, the punks, the rockers, the goths, the preps). Our group kinda mingled with other groups, so I got some influences from all. So, I'd have to say my teenage soundtrack would include the following groups (in order of importance):

The Smiths
New Order
The Cure
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Depeche Mode
The English Beat
The Specials
The Stone Roses
Echo and the Bunnymen
U2
James
The Clash
The Jam

... Not a bad soundtrack for an 80's teen. Most of it still holds up.

[baggss]

Originally posted by jhollington
Well, I was in high school in the eighties, so it's quite amusing that most of the music from my teenage years is now "retro"... :-)


I'm with you on this one, I was in highschool in the early 80s. Fortunately I still like it, but my teenage daughter loves my CD collection and much of my digital collection.

Originally posted by casa~la~rocka
Hey, whatever became of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones?
*hums* "never had to knock on wood...":P

I have not heard that song in ages! Just listened to it on iTunes!

[iMonster]

my teenage years

er I used to have a soundtrack, but I can't remember songs

a lot of Garbage, NIN, Cardigans, No doubt, Massive attack, STP, Elastica and hmm.. that's all I can think of listening to back then O.o

those cds going round and round in my changer on full blast in my bedroom O.o drove my parents nuts XD

random on radio songs for sure.. I used to tape record them haha god, that seems like 100 years ago!

omg

and the mighty might bosstones!

I ripped my cd and put them on my iPod ..couldn't resist!

[Black Beauty]

I graduated in 1984 - so I appreciate anything 80's. I also like music from the 90's too.

[Zoopod]

I graduated in 2003/2004 so although Im preety fresh graduation wise a variety of music helped me through High School



The Animals
U2
The Clash
The Sex Pistols
Iggy & The Stooges
The Rolling Stones
-----------(Newer Music)---------------
Gorillaz
Cafe Del Mar (Im a sucker for Trance Music :P)
Fatboy Slim
Linkin Park (A Little Bit and Im not ashamed to admit it ;) )
Coldplay
Oasis

[old_iPoder]

It would definitely have to be Motown--The Four Tops, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Martha Reeves, et al.

[antiditz]

This one came to me earlier this afternoon. (inexplicable, I know)

Blessid Union of Souls

I used to love these guys. "I Believe," "Oh Virginia," "Let Me Be the One..." ah, memories...

[papa_t]

the ramones
the clash
the buzzcocks
the undetones
talking heads

those were the days!

:)

[lightintodark]

Actually, the "Singles" soundtrack is a good representation of my teen years. Bands like the Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Mudhoney and Pearl Jam are the foundation of my youth. Man, I love that soundtrack!

I also listened (still do) to The Beatles. They really opened my ears and allowed me to change my outlook on music. Before them, I was listening to Aerosmith, Guns 'n Roses, and Bon Jovi. Good bands, but they didn't exactly move me.

So in all, grunge and The Beatles would be the soundtrack to my teen years.

[mrdantownsend]

I just started my teenage years (i'm 14), but i guess it would have to be

Beck - Guero

or

Audioslave - Audioslave

[Doc Evils]

Vanilla Ice - Ice ice baby. I used to get on top of the table and do some michael jackson dance moves. hehe :cool:

[MattJH2]

Pearl Jam
The Tragically Hip
Blind Melon
Smashing Pumpkins
Radiohead
Oh, and of course Nirvana, Nirvana, Nirvana!!!

I miss my old flannel shirts. I wish grunge would make a comeback!

[Huskerz85]

Bon Jovi
Vertical Horizon
Matchbox Twenty
Third Eye Blind
Nelly
Lil Kim
Eminem

[frogger]

some of you guys are making me feel old. Biggest bands from my teen years were...

Guns N Roses (especially the Appetite for Destruction CD)
Poison
Whitesnake
Cinderella

I still can't hear Sweet Child O' Mine or Welcome to the Jungle without having serious flashbacks of my high school days. For me and my friends, those songs defined our generation.

I also listened to some older stuff. My favorite 2 musicians from age 5 - present have always been Jimmy Buffett and Meat Loaf. Go figure.

[casa~la~rocka]

Originally posted by mrdantownsend
I just started my teenage years (i'm 14), but i guess it would have to be

Beck - Guero

Now that's a selection that won't come back to haunt you in another 10 years.;)

[musiclover92]

well...m 13 and I listen to Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Beatles, Clash, Ramones ,Pennywise, Van Halen, Black Sabbath,Aerosmith, The Who, and a lot more, my taste is wierd for somebody my age, and theres outlaw country in that group too.

[GeekyGirl]

Bon Jovi
Metalica
Guns N' Roses
Weezer (Blue Album and Pinkerton)
Everclear
Aerosmith

Those were our favorites back then anyway. (I'm 26.)

[melsmusic]

Originally posted by MattJH2
Pearl Jam
The Tragically Hip
Blind Melon
Smashing Pumpkins
Radiohead
Oh, and of course Nirvana, Nirvana, Nirvana!!!

I miss my old flannel shirts. I wish grunge would make a comeback!

In some parts of OZ you are still in fashion with the flannel. ;)

[Lady21]

I graduated high school in 2003, and was a teenager from 1998-2004. So the soundtrack changed dramatically as I became a record collector and got into more and more music.

Early teens:
My first favourite singer was Cyndi Lauper (when I was 10). In 1996 I was in grade school and everyone loved the Spice Girls, me included. Other bands I liked at the time were Aqua, Hanson, All Saints, Ace of Base. At the same time I was obsessed with the album "Supposed..." by Alanis Morissette. When I think of my teens, I think of this album.

Mid teens:
I got into rock through Green Day (who under the age of 25 today didn't???) in Grade 8. By the end of that year I had re-discovered Radiohead (after having loved Paranoid Android when it first came out) and by Grade 9 was starting to read articles on them and research their influences so I could find more music I liked.

Late teens:
Radiohead opened the door for me to so many amazing musicians: Bjork, Elvis Costello, Joy Division/New Order, Magazine/Howard Devoto, DJ Shadow and others.

Since I'm only just out of my teens (21 next month) I consider myself to still be occupying the last category. So in response to the actual question, my "teens" makes me think of the pop I mentioned earlier and above all, "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie" by Alanis Morissette.

[wolfpacker]

Graduated HS in '86. I listened to my Walkman constantly during the mid-80s. Used to cycle a lot and would bring a bunch of tapes with me. The stuff I really remember listening a ton to:

Rush - especially Moving Pictures, P/G, Power Windows, Signals
U2 - War, Under a Blood Red Sky
The Police - every album
REM - Fables of the Reconstruction, Murmur
Foreigner - 4
Dep Leppard - Pyromania
Yes - 90125
Journey - Escape
Van Halen - 1984, I, II, Diver Down
Pink Floyd - DSotM, The Wall, Wish You Were Here
AC/DC - Back in Black
Ozzy - Blizzard of Oz
Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan, Dream Police
Prince - Purple Rain
Styx - Paradise Theater
The Clash - Combat Rock
Eddie Murphy - Delirious
The Who - The Kids Are Alright, Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy, Who's Next
Led Zep - Everything, including a kickbutt bootleg (which I think is the BBC stuff)
Springsteen - Born in the USA, Born to Run
Steely Dan greatest hits
Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo
Boston's 1st album
Eagles Live
Bryan Adams - Reckless
Aerosmith's Greatest Hits
Beatles Red and Blue albums
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
Violent Femmes - self titled
Doors - Greatest Hits
Clapton (D&D) - Layla, Greatest Hits
Scorpions - Love at First Sting

There was a lot of other stuff I liked, but those were the main albums (tapes) that got played.