Chord Organ Blues - Daniel Johnston
Sound of Da Police - KRS-One
Frank - Bongwater
Originally I was thinking I've Got Drugs by The Frogs to open, but it may not be suitable for your teenager.
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The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground
Twist - Korn
Everybody (Backstreet's Back) - The Backstreet Boys
Twist is such a jam, great choice.
WAKE UP
^wake^ ^up^
Grab a bush and put a little makeup
Chop Suey! - System of a Down
I love SoaD so much :D I was looking for this comment
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My grandmother would regularly play mariachi music at way too early hours of Saturday as she was cleaning because she liked it. I learned to wake up before the crack of dawn on those days so I could be out of the house in time to avoid it.
Anyways, spice it up with things like yodelling, bagpipes, any cultural music with extremely high pitched instruments or vocals, and particularly emotional songs from popular musicals. And maybe throw in a soundtrack of metal pots falling down the stairs or glass crashing in between songs, just to keep them on their toes.
Meshuggah - bleed, Marc rebillet morning alarm , Miley Cyrus - party in the USA
Came to make sure this was posted. Has gotten me out of bed for the last 3 years.
GTF out of bed B go
Chop suey
Alternatively
Your new morning alarm by Mark Rebillet
What's New Pussycat 7 times, followed by It's Not Unusual, then more of the first.
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Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls
- MELT-BANANA - The Hive
- Anna Meredith - Nautilus
- Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy
If they're not enough for your child to choose an alarm instead, I don't know what is.
Reveille, the morning bugle call
Nyan cat 24 hour loop
Elvis Costello Welcome to the Working Week
Pink Floyd Another brick in the wall
Evanescence Bring me to life
A dance version:
Belle and Sebastian The Party Line
Scissor Sisters I don't feel like dancing
Wham! Wake me up before you go go
ETA, if you are desperate, use the song the Feds did to try to drive the cultists out at Waco TX:
Achey Breaky Heart
Achey Breaky Heart
Achey Breaky Heart
My favorite song to gently wake up is Hammock, Ten Thousand Years Won't Save Your Life - but the reason it's so good is because it is good to hear while I am sleeping, so not a good alarm. But so nice to hear while laying in bed.
It's opinionated, but anyway here's my list lol
Toots & the Maytals - Broadway Jungle then The Toasters - I'm Running Right Through The World and finally Reel Big Fish - She Has a Girlfriend Now
Your teenager will feel like new
Hear me out. We start low and slow with:
Not too loud. Just enough on the annoying side.
No? Well, let's get the point across with:
Evanescense - Bring Me to Life
We've been pretty nice so far and no joy, huh? You asked for it, the worst(best) song in this kit:
Walking on broken glass by Annie Lennox.
1: Good Morning Vietnam monologue. 2: Whatever march music you find appropriate. I'd recommend the March of the Red Cavalry. 3: Dead Kennedys: Kill The Poor.
What about Hell March from Red Alert 2?
I think you're going about this the wrong way, You won't have wake them up if they can never fall asleep listening to every song here all night. Tell them you'll only turn it of if they set their own alarm.
Right now you're training them that the obnoxious music will be their alarm.
Also, if your kid has an android I love the alarm app called AMDroid. It is super customizable, (who knew an alarm could have so many options). It can set to do things like send a notification after a few minutes "are you awake?", if you don't respond the alarm goes again. You can set various math or word challenges to stop the alarm, you can make it only turn of if you're close enough to the router, or at a certain light level, and so on.
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Good morning sunshine by the narcissist cookbook
Come to daddy - Aphex twin Godhood - Humanity's last breath Bleed - Meshuggah
I remember the first time I heard Come to Daddy was on cky2k, and the ong blew me away. At that time I'm listening to basically pop punk, and then this song knocks my socks off.
Cum on Feel the Noize - Slade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78ezU7x3jfE
What what in the butt - Samwell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGkxcY7YFU
my bet is they be up by the time #3 is on.
I've been everywhere man - The Beggars (Aussie edition)
https://washedout.bandcamp.com/track/waking-up
https://dubmood.bandcamp.com/track/and-off-they-rode-the-whole-colorful-troupe
https://igorrr.bandcamp.com/track/opus-brain
It gets less accommodating the more they don't get up !!
I'll show some love for Igorrr, good shit.
Honestly Opus Brain could be the whole wakeup track. If they're not out of bed by 2:00 call a doctor.
~~Killing in the name of - Rage Against the Machine~~
Been suggested before. Instead, try this:
The last one is from a portuguese punk band. The way the singer opens the song never fails to open a couple of eyes.
Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
Mr Blue Sky - ELO
X Gon Give It to Ya - DMX
Turn Down for What - Like Jihn
Pound the Alarm - Nicki Minaj
Everybody - Backstreet Boys
Wannabe - Spice Girls
Cha Cha Cha - Kaarija
Paloma Rumba - Simon
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I had a roommate who would play "Burning Down the House" by Talking Heads every morning at top volume.
It starts slow and quiet, then the drums kick in hard, launching you out of bed. By the end of the song we'd be pogo-dancing around the apartment.
If you really want to startle them awake:
Wannabe - Spice Girls has an abrupt start. Someone woke me up that way when I was young and I hated it.
Helix Nebula by Anamanaguchi
Pick three three of their favorite songs and start singing terribly. I’m talking off-key, purposely wrong lyrics. As loud as you can.
Even better if you can improv the lyrics to customize it just for them.
If they wish to preserve the sanctity of their media they’ll wake up sooner rather than later.
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Just two:
Take five – Panzerballet
@@@@@ – Arca
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