Ultimate Gen-X Playlist

[disneychrista]

What songs would you add to a Gen-X playlist?

 

[CdnCarrie]

Madonna - Papa Don't Preach
Wham- Wake me Up before you go go
Bruce Springsteen - Many from the 80s
Cyndi Lauper - Material Girl

 

[NYCgrrl]

Three generations in my life (whatever boomers, slacker “xs” and judgmental “zs” )loving jungle.

 

[AussieFan8]

personal favorites or popular favorites?

 

[LoveDaisy]

Popular: anything grunge; nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc

Personal: Grateful Dead, phish, Dave Mathews Band, Tom Petty.

 

[Deb]

Material Girl is Madonna, unless there's another I don't know

 

[CdnCarrie]

Material Girl is Madonna, unless there's another I don't know

Whoops. Right.

 

[CdnCarrie]

Popular: anything grunge; nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc

Personal: Grateful Dead, phish, Dave Mathews Band, Tom Petty.

That seems more millennial to me.

 

[LoveDaisy]

That seems more millennial to me.

I’m in my early 50s and it’s the music I listened to in high school and college.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Prince (with or without The Revolution) anything like Purple Rain, Let's Go Crazy, When Doves Cry... or some stuff like 1999, Little Red Corvette

Madonna (preferably the earlier stuff) Borderline, Like a Virgin, Material Girl, Crazy 4 U

Michael Jackson (mainly Thriller stuff) Thriller, Billie Jean, Beat It

These things come to mind first.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Fight for Your Right - the Beastie Boys

Uptown Girl - Billy Joel

We Didn't Start the Fire - Billy Joel

Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton

 

[Genie+]

Generation X with Billy Idol of course! Singing

Your Generation in 1977

 

[AustinTink]

The Cure, Depeche Mode, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, Tears For Fears

 

[mylilnikita]

Dang it I loved the 80’s. It was such a wonderful time for different genres of music.

I’ve been listing to Sirius XM hair band station.
GNR: Appetite for destruction the whole album
Warrant: I saw red and Uncle Toms Cabin ( Janie Lane I feel was really under appreciated for his song writing)
Motley Crue : because it’s the crue except now Vince Neil sucks
Poison: Fallen Angel and Talk Dirty To Me
Cinderella: Dont what you have until it’s gone, Shake Me Somebody save me.


Songs that make me want to drive fast
I can’t drive 55
Crazy Train
Girls girls girls
Dr feel good

Even though I eventuality started to like Madonna don’t like the early stuff. I was more into Prince
, Sheila E Mary Jane Girls, Rick James and Teena Marie.

 

[Southernmiss]

Roxette
Billy Idol
Rick Springfield
Iron Maiden (for DH)
Def Leppard
Bryan Adams
Bad Company
Bon Jovi
INXS
Rod Stewart
Rush
Styx
Journey
Boston
Eagles/Don Henley
Van Halen
Police - Sting
Huey Lewis and the News
Men at Work
Cranberries
Hootie and the Blowfish
Goo goo Dolls

Such a wide diverse era of music

 

[disneychrista]

Thanks for the suggestions.

The way I see it is that the music that defines GenX is anything from pop, hair metal, New Wave, and everything in between.

 

[disneychrista]

Material Girl is Madonna, unless there's another I don't know

Whoops. Right.

I assume that @CdnCarrie meabt Girls Juat Want To Have Fun for Cindy Lauper

 

[CdnCarrie]

I assume that @CdnCarrie meabt Girls Juat Want To Have Fun for Cindy Lauper

Yes! My old gen x memory misfired!

 

[disneychrista]

Yes! My old gen x memory misfired!

Hey you got the “girl” right. Getting old is hard.