When you think back to your high school days...
 

What's the first 5 songs you think of? Here's mine:

1. Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin
2. Iron Man- Black Sabbath
3. Rock and Roll All Night- KISS
4. I Don't Need No Doctor- Humble Pie
5. Monkey Business- Starz

Z

Africa - Toto
Time - Alan Parsons Project
Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf
Freebird - Lynard Skynard
Come Sail Away - Styx

Class of '76?
:)

1) Sweet Jane - Lou Reed
2) Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren
3) Karn Evil 9 - ELP
4) Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - Elton John
5) Revolution - Beatles
High School Was 1975-1977

The Cradle Will Rock - Van Halen
Electric Eye - Judas Priest
The Number of The Beast - Iron Maiden
The Zoo - The Scorpions
Anything off High N Dry - Def Leppard

HS days-2000-2004

1.Thunderstruck-ACDC (before football games)
2.Eye of the Tiger-SURVIVOR (our HC loved that song)
3.The Reason-Hoobastank?
4.Roses-Outkast
5.Enter Sandman-Metallica (football)

freak on a leash-korn
nookie-limp bizkit
closer-nine inch nails
fuck the world-insane clown posse
in the end-linkin park


edit: graduated 2000

The Lion Sleeps Tonight. The Twist. Telstar. Runaway. Blue Suede Shoes.

1.) Foolish Beat of My Heart- Debbie Gibson
2.) Could Have Been- Tiffany
3.) Right Here Waiting- Richard Marx
4.) Against All Odds-The Phil
5.) Mandy- The Barry

'81, but I was in the Ozarks. There's a time lag.

1) I'm Mandy, Fly Me- 10 CC
2) Bloody Well Right- Supertramp
3) It Takes a Woman's Love to Make a Man- Kansas
4) My Eyes Adored Ya- Frankie Valli
5) Didn't I Just Tell You- Todd Rundgren

AM, the FM, the PM, too. Thank God for the Clash. There was a time lag in KC, too.

No New Tale to Tell - Love and Rockets
Puppet Head - They might be Giants
Bitter Sweet - Hoodoo Gurus
Bizzare Love Triangle - New Order
Sympathy (Stones cover) - Jane's Addiction

Class of 1989

In case you can't tell I was trying oh so hard not to like anything that was popular back then. These are all from albums that were really popular with my crew back then and most of the songs remind me of particular times/relationships/adventures. Wow, just compiling that list really made me nostalgic.

In no particular order:

1) When Will I See You Again- Three Degrees
2) Barracuda- Heart
3) Don't Fear the Reaper- BOC
4) Heard it in a Love Song- Marshall Tucker Band
5) Walk Away From Love- David Ruffin

A bunch of shitty music. KORN, 311, Bush, and Limp Bizkit were all the rage when I was in HS. Buch of crap.

also

gurrila radio-rage against the machine
stars-moby
hellagood-no dout
chop sewy-system of a down
adam sandler-POS car

They were all eating creamed korn and limp bizkits when I was in HS.

A bunch of shitty diapers.

Beat It! - Michael Jackson
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? - Culture Club
Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Jump - Van Halen
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham!

Def Leppard and Van Halen.

Still love Van Halen.

Fleetwood Mac- Black Magic Woman
Donovan- Hurdy Gurdy Man
Stones- Jumpin Jack Flash
Doors- Hello I love you
Otis Redding- Sittin by the Dock of the Bay

well i would name off better music i was just going with my generation
give ya a bunch

sweet home alabama-lynard
momma im coming home-ozzy
blue monday-new order
whiskey in the jar-metalica
enter sandman-metalica
all the songs from queen's greatest hits


damn to much beer not enough brain cells, i guess it is blocking my thinking process

Fleetwood Mac has a version of Black Magic Woman ???

Santana known version. Black Magic Woman

Now my list.


Stairway to Heaven - LZ
Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
FreeBird - Lynyrd Skynard
Mellissa - Allman Brothers Band
Iron Man - Black Sabbath

I am sure not a music expert like some on here but I do remember it, I think. :doh!: Long time ago, 1968. I have been a Fleetwood Mac fan ever since. You listed the all time greatest song in my opinion, Stairway to Heaven. 1972, right?


Edit, you got me curious if was getting things mixed up. Here it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac#Singles

Class of 76'.........awesome tunes back then....:D

Fleetwood Mac rocked, Jefferson Star Ship Do You Believe In Miracles, Styx......long list~

Jeez Gramma

watch it buddy
my mom graduated that year

edit: forgot to smile ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL

That would have had Peter Frampton in the 76 list.

Back in Black - AC/DC
Don't stop believing - Journey
Every little thing - Police
157 Riverside Avenue (Live) - REO Speedwagon
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (Doesn't that apply to nearly everyone's high school days?)

Graduated 1982

Not necessarily songs I like, but:

1) Tom Sawyer -- Rush
2) Don't Stop Believing -- Journey
3) Keep On Loving You -- REO Speedwagon
4) Jump -- Van Halen
5) Sweet Dreams Are Made of This -- Eurythmics

Class of 1984

Ha, I love that song. I love that group.

Van Halen - Mostly VH1
GnR - Welcome to the Jungle
Beastie Boys - Paul Revere
Def Lepard - Pour some sugar on me
Pat Benatar - Best Shots CD, girlfriend and I used to listen to it in the basement as background music

high scool daze:
love comes in spurts--richard hell
pretty vacant--sex pistols
detroit rock city--kiss
aint talkin bout love--van halen
the day the earth caught fire--city boy

Mostly one-hit wonders...
 

Friends of P - The Rentals
Plowed - Sponge
Meantime - Spacehog
Natural One - Folk Implosion
Banditos - The Refreshments

and the song that reminds me the most of HS.......

Bound for the floor (aka the copasetic song) - Local H

1. One- Metallica
2. Cowboys from Hell- Pantera
3. Chapel of Ghouls- Morbid Angel
4. Startin' Up a Posse- Anthrax
5. Symphony of Destruction- Megadeth

Get Low! - some rapper
Making Memories of Us - Keith Urban
Real Fine Place to Start - Sara Evans
In da Club - 50 Cent
I Love This Bar - Toby Keith

1.Moving In Stereo-The Cars

2.Roxanne-The Police

3.Free-For-All-Ted Nugent

4.Do you Feel Like We do-Peter frampton Comes alive

5.Rock-N-Roll Nig*er-Pattismith group

Why Can't I Get - Violent Femmes
Nobody's Fool - Cinderella
Smokin in - Motley Cru
Back in Black - AC/DC
Paradise - Meatloaf (for some reason that made a comeback in the late 80's)

All she wants to do is dance, Don Henley
I can't hold back, Survivor
Tonight She Comes, Cars
Livin' on a Prayer, Bon Jovi
Animal, Def Leppard

You went to Ridgemont High?

1. Bad Company - Bad Company
2. Jungle Love - Steve Miller Band
3. Country Boy Can Survive - Hank Williams Jr
4. Welcome to the Machine - Pink Floyd
5. The entire Fleetwood Mac Rumours album

Graduated in '91, but we listened to a lot of that classic rock. Even though some of those weren't my favorite songs, they are the ones that jump into my head.

:whackit:


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Great thread series, Zep.

Nazareth...Hair of the Dog
Boston... Don't Look Back
Led Zeppelin...Fool in the Rain (or any Zep song)
Queen...We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions
Pink Floyd.. The Wall


Tis tough to narrow to five.

Plush- STP
Black- Pearl Jam
Welcome to the Jungle-GNR
Enter Sandman - Metallica
Anything else of of the Black album or Appetitie for Destruction.

That is an awesome list. Probably my freshman year of college. Great stuff.

Throw in Cumbersome by 7 Mary 3.

I can't think of a damned one.

I'm listening to a clasick right now...Nobody;s fault but Mine by Zeppelin

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Would - Alice In Chains
Evenflow - Pearl Jam
American Pie - Don McLean
The End - The Doors

AC/DC - Thunderstruck
GN f'n R - Patience (Any Appetite, Use Your Illusions II)
Metallica - One (Any Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning, Black)
Queensryche - Silent Lucidity
Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box

Dude, "Love Comes In Spurts" by Richard Hell & the Voidoids???
An you live in Hicksville, MO?
Your prom must have been psychotic!

Tom Sawyer - Rush
Back in Black - AC/DC
Celebrate - Kool & The Gang
Dance the Night Away - Van Halen
Stranglehold - Ted

Too much music to go through...

Gypsy Road - Cinderella (first cover song of my first band)

(the other 4 songs were the ones repleased during my high school days which impact me)
I remember you - Skid Row
You could be mine - Guns n' Roses
Enter sandman - Metallica
Slip of the tongue - Whitesnake

I believe you meant, Add it Up

The Urge - Jump Right In
Better Than Ezra - King Of New Orleans
Better Than Ezra - Good
Deftones - Drive Far Away
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 (If I had to pick one)
Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen
311 - Beutiful Disaster
Weezer - Sweater Song
DMB - Sattalite
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Stone Temple Pilots - Big Bang Baby

Alice in Chains "Grind"
Toadies "Possum Kingdom"
Everclear "Santa Monica"
Eve 6 "Inside Out"
Third Eye Blind "Jumper"

Good additions. Same timeframe.

The Cars....................Best Friends Girl Friend

Bob Seger..................Old time Rock n Roll

Ted Nugent................Cat Scratch Fever

George Thorogood.......Move it on Over

Boston......................Party

Queen.......................Another One Bites the Dust
and Crazy Little thing Called Love

ACDC......................Highway to Hell


78-79-80-81

ah memomories :)

He said HIGH SCHOOL Rain Man, you should have included, "Gregorian Chant"

p.s. Africa didn't come out in 76, did it? I thought I remember that from alot later on

Buncha old ****ers...

Rush - 2112
Foreigner - Hot Blooded
Van Halen -Running With the Devil
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle
Supertramp - Breakfast in America

I dug Beethoven. He was the one the rebels listened to.


Actually, I was the Class of '81, the class that changed the world.

Uh, ya...

Thanks for nothing.

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End of the Road - Boys II Men
Ditty - Paper Boy
Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
Whoop there it is - I don't know who sings it.
All of Guns in Roses.

bunch o shit yall never heard of.

That list is just flat-out BRUTAL.

When you think back to your high school days...
 

When I think back
On all the crap I learned in high school
It's a wonder
I can think at all
And though my lack of edu---cation
Hasn't hurt me none
I can read the writing on the wall


OK, I had to do it.

OK, 1975 as a Sr. in HS, this was the list.

1. Get Down Tonight - KC & The Sunshine Band
2. Shining Star - Earth Wind And Fire
3. Jive Talkin' - Bee Gees
4. That's the Way (I Like It) - K.C. and the Sunshine Band
5. Thank God I'm A Country Boy - John Denver
6. Some Kind of Wonderful - Grand Funk
7. Cut The Cake - Average White Band
8. You're The First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White
9. Lady Marmalade - Patti LaBelle
10. Send In The Clowns - Judy Collins
11. Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
12. You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker
13. The Hustle - Van McCoy
14. Doctor's Orders - Carol Douglas
15. SOS - ABBA
16. Low Rider - War
17. My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli
18. Shame, Shame, Shame - Shirley and Company
19. Amie - Pure Prairie League
20. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
21. Black Friday - Steely Dan
22. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
23. Mexico - James Taylor
24. Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band
25. How Sweet It Is - James Taylor
26. No No Song - Ringo Starr
27. Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John
28. That's The Way Of The World - Earth Wind and Fire
29. Sadie - the Spinners
30. Mamacita - the Grass Roots
31. Fly Robin Fly - Silver Convention
32. Black Water - Doobie Brothers
33. Fame - David Bowie
34. Why Can't We Be Friends? - War
35. Saturday Night Special - Lynyrd Skynyrd
36. Killer Queen - Queen
37. Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
38. The Entertainer - Billy Joel
39. Hey You - Bachman Turner Overdrive
40. Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song - B.J. Thomas

Ballroom blitz...nice.

probably why I remember it the most. I didn't listen to music much in high school, I was usually to busy playing sports.

My wife has a picture of her home coming and her date looked just like Vanilla Ice. LOL.

I just remember the Whoop There it is from all the base in people cars or them saying it during a football game of basketball game.

ROFL I left out 1971 - 1974.

When I think back to all the crap I learned in high school....

Listened to a lot of stuff in High School but these are the first five songs that popped into my head.

Lou Reed Walk on the Wild Side
Don McClean American Pie
Kinks Lola
Dr Hook Sylvia’s Mother
Dobbie Brothers Rockin' Down The Highway

And one more that pops to mind, one of the greatest late night cruising down the back roads songs;

Golden Earring Radar Love.