DAY 18 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, alternative music styles!
Oh my, time to show our ages for reals, I guess. WOOF! Time to pick an alternative song you love from the year you were born? Does alternative even go that far??? lol REEEE!!!
Each day Iโll post the challenge and you share some of your favorite alternative & indie songs that meet the challenge!
This is actually tough for me. I was born in a stellar year for alternative music: 1988. Do I go with Pixies? The Sugarcubes? My Bloody Valentine? Janeโs Addiction?
Ultimately, my choice is one of my favorite bands.
Lol well Iโd actually argue you were the luckier one. You actually got to experience 1988, I donโt remember any of it
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This was hard. Iโm a bit older now, grew up on 80s college rock and all that, but Iโm Gen X so you know that means my birth year was a bit early for alternative-alternative. But letโs go with:
Tom Waits - Hope I donโt fall in love with you (1973 WOOF) https://youtu.be/EtLVXBqfqBY?si=49RWc51XP_tPXRqK
I fell madly in love with this song earlier this year. Itโs SO good. The 10,000 Maniacs version is great too.
A bunch of good ones from 1976 - Ramones, Lou Reed, Modern Lovers, Tom Waits, Blondie โฆ But Iโve got two girls who have both been obsessed with Joan Jett at various times, so weโll go with The Runaways.
Ooo!! nice! Also, love passing on great music to my kids. Their music taste now is awesome and eclectic af!
Itโs the best. When it works. ๐ One day, my teen is lamenting that no one her age knows Otis Redding.
The next, I put on The Postal Service and she says โThis sounds like that Fireflies songโฆโ So I start my diatribe about how that guy just ripped off TPS sound and so on, and she just goes โand theyโre both bad.โ Right after I invited her to go see them with me!
The Damned - Smash it Up (1979)