Songs of your youth

[Scottt]

What 10 songs take you immediately to a time and place in your youth?

I'm still amazed that whenever one of these, and others, songs comes on now, I can remember vividly the time when I was listening to it as a teen, either generally that age, or a very specific time and place. Love that about music.

1. When I Come Around - Green Day
2. Dammit - Blink 182
3. Come Out And Play - The Offspring
4. My Name Is... - Eminem
5. Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai
6. Anyone Can Play Guitar - Radiohead
7. Writing To Reach You - Travis
8. Honey - Moby
9. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
10. Lightening Crashes - Live

[adlo]

Hmmmmm....

One song comes to mind and that is: November Rain, GnR, will have a think for some more.

[Mayhem]

mackerina- ?? who were those dudes?
Freak-Silverchair
good ridance- greenday
Lightning crashes- Live
freak on a leash- Korn
Desperado- Eagles
Song 2 -Blur

plenty of others I no longer losten too but the moment the play...................

[Yossarian]

Grinspoon- Just Ace
RATM- Any of their songs, Bombtrack first and foremost though
Powderfinger- Already Gone
Marcy Playground- Sex And Candy... that was a good album
Neil Young- Harvest
Greenday-When I Come Around
The Strokes- Last Nite(sic)
Jebidiah- Leaving Home
Placebo- Special K
John Butler Trio- Take

Man i am getting old, a few of these songs take me back to twelve or so

[adlo]

Hmmm, a few more.

Powderfinger- Living Type
Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody
Warren g- Regulate
Snoop- Gin n Juice
MJ- entire Bad and Dangerous albums
Chemical Bros- Block Rockin Beats

[Scottt]

Regulate - nice.

[goughy]

What About Me - Moving Pictures
Shuddupayaface - Joe Dolcie
I Was Made for Loving You - Kiss
Crunchy Granola Suit - Neil Diamond
Damn It Jannet - Rocky Horror Picture Show
Trial before Pilate - Jesus Christ Superstar
Do Ya think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart
Wipeout - Sandy Nelson (from 'Let there be Drums')
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
Computer Games - MiSex (I think this is who it is)

This is all a pre-teen list for me!! Takes me back a long way this stuff. In some cases to specific friendships etc. A lot of it also used to wake me up on a Saturday morning when my parents were blasting the stuff out early! That would continue way through into my teens.

[punchtheballout]

What 10 songs take you immediately to a time and place in your youth?

I'm still amazed that whenever one of these, and others, songs comes on now, I can remember vividly the time when I was listening to it as a teen, either generally that age, or a very specific time and place. Love that about music.

1. When I Come Around - Green Day
2. Dammit - Blink 182
3. Come Out And Play - The Offspring
4. My Name Is... - Eminem
5. Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai
6. Anyone Can Play Guitar - Radiohead
7. Writing To Reach You - Travis
8. Honey - Moby
9. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
10. Lightening Crashes - Live

GREAT CHOICE! especially virtual insanity

[AndyP]

I don't think I have the memory for this thread.

[Fishman Dan]

What About Me - Moving Pictures
Shuddupayaface - Joe Dolcie
I Was Made for Loving You - Kiss
Crunchy Granola Suit - Neil Diamond
Damn It Jannet - Rocky Horror Picture Show
Trial before Pilate - Jesus Christ Superstar
Do Ya think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart
Wipeout - Sandy Nelson (from 'Let there be Drums')
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
Computer Games - MiSex (I think this is who it is)

This is all a pre-teen list for me!! Takes me back a long way this stuff. In some cases to specific friendships etc. A lot of it also used to wake me up on a Saturday morning when my parents were blasting the stuff out early! That would continue way through into my teens.

Define "youth", because the early posts in this thread make me feel frikkin' old.

[BrisVegas]

as a teenager I used to listen to:

Aerosmith
Angels
Guns N Roses
Poison
Bon Jovi
& (oddly enough) Michael Jackson

From my early twenties, the following stuff sticks in my head:

Eminem
Jamiroquai
Garbage
U2
Live
Hunters & Collectors

These days I listen to a lot of:

Dora & Diego
Dorothy the Dinosaur
Wizard of Oz
Backyardigans
In the Night Garden

[sms316]

Star Trekkin' - The Firm
Studder Rap - Morris Minor and the Majors

[Bruce]

Golden Brown - THE STRANGLERS
Long Shot - AIMEE MANN
Galileo - INDIGO GIRLS
A New Spell - BILLY BRAGG
Out of Touch - HALL AND OATES
I Send a Message - INXS
Message to My Girl - SPLIT ENZ
Cosmic Girl - JAMIROQUAI

[3oneday]

Probably the next ten songs I hear on the radio.

[WBennett]

Songs of youth? I'll take that as song that meant something to me before I turned 25...

Faith No More - Gentle art of making enemies
The Prodigy - Voodoo People
Green Day - longview (?) - when masturbations lost its fun, your f**king lazy
Rage Against the Machine - the entire debut album
Genesis - Invisible touch - my dads favourite album of all time, so I heard it approx 3 trillion times in the car going down the coast every weekend. If I ever hear it again its too soon.
Jeff Buckley - last goodbye
Grinspoon - More than you are

[Bruce Dickinson]

All before 1981 from memory
1. Sex pistols - anarchy in the UK
2. Thin Lizzy - dancing in the moonlight
3. Ian Dury - Hit me with your rhythm stick
4. Kate Bush - Wuthering heights
5. The Beatles - yellow submarine
6. The Buggles - Video killed the radio star
7. Shakin Stevens - this old house
8. Cars - Gary Numan
9. Pop Muzik - M
10. hot Chocolate - everyones a winner

[Bruce]

I think Wuthering Heights has one of the most under-rated guitar solos in pop history.

Is there a sexier guitar riff than Everyone's a Winner?

I should have had Invisible Touch on my list. The first album I bought with my own money.

[Fishman Dan]

Star Trekkin' - The Firm
Studder Rap - Morris Minor and the Majors

Now you're talking!

In order of growing up?

Anything by Blondie, Split Enz and Midnight Oil.
Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
David Bowie's Glass Sellout Tour
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Spending schoolies listening to Nirvana (Smells like teen spirit).
Mr Bungle... over, and over again.
Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik (Best album ever?).

[Bruce Dickinson]

I think Wuthering Heights has one of the most under-rated guitar solos in pop history.

Is there a sexier guitar riff than Everyone's a Winner?

I should have had Invisible Touch on my list. The first album I bought with my own money.

went back and had a listen of Wuthering Heights and agree that the guitar work is not well known. Its not quite in the fret wanking category of Yngwie Malmsteen but definitley under rated.

[adlo]

I will add:

Black - Pearl Jam
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman (my dad loved that album)

[Webster]

Beastie Boys - You gotta fight for the right to party
Aussie Crawl - Reckless
Cold Chisel - Bow River
Guns 'n' Roses - Sweet Child of Mine
Run DMC - Walk This Way
Concrete Blonde - Scene of a perfect crime
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun

[goughy]

Define "youth", because the early posts in this thread make me feel frikkin' old.

Mine go back to the better childhood memories, the favourite time of my childhood. Say about 5 to 8 years old I guess.

I think Wuthering Heights has one of the most under-rated guitar solos in pop history.

Underrated song totally! Plenty of time for Kate Bush. Babooshka was an awesome filmclip when I was a kid!! Pat Benatar also did a good cover of Wuthering Heights, but not quite Kate.

[sms316]

Jack,

I'm not sure that songs which were playing while you were in your 30's conut as part of your youth. Neil Sedaka, Liberace or Pat Boone would be more likely for your vintage.

[Grunt]

Define Youth? Is it at Primary and High School (13-17) or after High School (18-22)

[Yossarian]

Actually ditto for black
Also most crowded house albums