Name Some songs (no more than ten) that make you think of high school every time you hear them. You don't have to like them they just remind you of high school.
Argent; Hold your Head Up
Steely Dan; Reelin in the Years and Do it Again
Guess Who; Mama Told Me Not to Come
Stealers Wheels; Stuck in the Middle with You
Rolling Stones; Brown Sugar
Emerson Lake and Palmer; Hoedown
ABB; Hot Lanta
Yes; Roundabout
Mama told me not to come was actually done by three dog night I believe.
Boston - More Than a Feeling (technically junior high, 8th grade class song)
Led Zep - Ramble On
Rush - Limelight
Stones - Start Me Up
Who - Eminence Front
Rossington Collins - Don't Misunderstand Me
.38 Special - Hold On Loosely
ABB - Angeline
Sabbath - Heaven & Hell
Journey - Stone In Love
That's 10 could go on...nice idea for a thread.
bunch of old farts around here!!!
Prince - Let's Go Crazy, Purple Rain, When Doves Cry
Police - Synchronicity I & II
The Who - Emminence Front
Van Halen - Panama
Michael Jackson - Billy Jean
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
and for me personally, the all time winner:
Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me
Schools Out reminds me of middle school because I was really into Alice Cooper then.
I graduated high school in 1993, so:
Back to the Hotel - N2Deep
Detachable Penis - King Missile
Smells Like Teen Spirit - or anything off of Nevermind
F*ck with Dre - or anything off the Chronic
Three Little Pigs - Green Jello
Hip Hop Hooray - or anything off of 19Naughty3
Sad But True - Metallica
Those songs all got played a lot. The music improved as we got a little older.
Mama told me not to come was actually done by three dog night I believe.
That was the most famous version, but it was actually written by Randy Newman for Eric Burdon's first solo album (of all things). Randy Newman actually recorded a version with Ry Cooder on slide. I always dug Wilson Pickett's version myself.
Here are 10 that come to mind right now...
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll - Ian Dury
You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones
Baba O'Riley - The Who
I'm Eighteen - Alice Cooper
Surrender - Cheap Trick
Ramble On - Led Zeppelin
(Don't Fear) the Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult
Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 - Pink Floyd
We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions - Queen (2 songs, but they were always played together as one)
Went to high school right at the time that pop music was morphing into FM progressive.
Yesterday- Beatles (performed on Ed Sullivan the day before I started high school)
Turn Turn Turn- the Byrds
You Were on My Mind- We Five
Monday Monday- the Mommas & the Poppas
I'm a Believer- Monkees
Happy Together- the Turtles
Good Lovin'- the Rascals (my first concert & at my high school's auditorium)
Light My Fire- the Doors
Somebody to Love- Jefferson Airplane
Jumpin' Jack Flash- the Rolling Stones
Hey Jude- the Beatles
During my high school years the following Beatles album were released:
Rubber Soul (freshman)
Revolver (sophomore)
Sgt Pepper (soph-junior summer)
Magical Mystery Tour (junior)
The White Album (senior)
What a time it was!
[Edited on 3/7/2016 by dzobo]
not songs but albums worn out during high school...
american pie-don mclean
tapestry- carol king
dark side of the moon-pink floyd
eat a peach-the bros.
live at leeds-the who
fm live-climax blues band
recorded live-10 years after
lookin in-savoy brown
skull and roses-grateful dead
roy buchanan 1st album
mad dogs and englishmen-joe cocker
live cream
cactus 1st album
live album-grand funk railroad
then play on-fleetwood mac
band of gypsies-jimi hendrix
closer to home-grand funk railroad
abraxas-santana
when the eagle flies-traffic
alone together-dave mason
apostrophe-frank zappa
who's next-the who
moondance-van morrison
deliverin'-poco
broken barricades-procol harum
where have i known you before-return to forever
the yes album
after the gold rush-neil young
roadwork-edgar winter's white trash
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Statesboro Blues ABB LATFE
Roadhouse Blues Doors
Not Fade away/going down the road feeling bad Dead
Spirit in the sky Norman Greenbaum
Black Magic woman Santana
Aqualung Tull
Mississippi Queen Mountain
songs-
Smoke on the Water
Stairway to Heaven
Ramblin Man
albums
Hotel California (I got totally sick of this album by September of senior year)
Fire on the Mountain (CDB)
Searchin For a Rainbow (MTB)
albums that came out before HS but got a lot of airplay when I was in HS
ABB - LAFE
GD American Beauty
Johnny Winter And, Live
I didn't necessarily like all these songs, but i associate them with specific events from back in the day:
Heard it through the grapevine (CCR version) - played while going over 100mph down a dirt road in Dave Smith's Cadillac
I'd like to make it with you (Bread) - very effective on dates
House of the rising sun (Eric Burdon) - 1st slow dance that I remember
Room to move (John Mayall) - smoking weed under the Mt. Laurel tower
You don't love me (ABB) - 1st time hearing the ABB while eating pizza in Jimmy's basement
The pusher (Steppenwolf) - watching Easy Rider alone in a theater immediately after breaking up with girlfriend (can't remember her name)
The fever (Springsteen) - played endlessly on WMMR during the summer of 1974. OK, I was a couple years out of HS but it still brings back strong memories
Puffy and Faith Evan -- Missing You. That song was everywhere my senior year.
Third Eye Blind -- Semi-Charmed Life
Somehow, those are the only two that jump to mind, so they must have dominated the air waves.
Hey Baby (Will You Be My Girl) -- Always my favorite song that the band would play during football games. The whole crowd would sing along. It was great.
And, going further back . . . Boyz II Men -- End of the Road takes me to Jr. High where it was played at every dance.
Mama told me not to come was actually done by three dog night I believe.
That was the most famous version, but it was actually written by Randy Newman for Eric Burdon's first solo album (of all things). Randy Newman actually recorded a version with Ry Cooder on slide. I always dug Wilson Pickett's version myself.
Wow. Never knew that. I gotta dig up that Newman/Cooder version for sure. Wilson Pickett's will probably be cool too.
You learn something every day.
I know 3 Dog Night did Moma told me not to Come but thinking about American Woman at the same time. Actually Randy Newman said that the 3 Dog Night version was his favorite and better than his own. The next thread is coming, songs that remind you of.....
