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MetalheadNorm
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| thecaptainof wrote: | | After spending time with some of my friends, I can assure you there's no such thing as a song that everyone knows. I can't even begin to guess how many times I've found myself saying "how the fuck do you not know that song, everyone knows that song!". |
Truth. Like I said, it'd be hard enough finding the songs that all Americans know, let along try to find the songs that EVERYONE knows. I had a moment a few months ago that's exactly like you said:
GF: Who's Judas Priest?
Me: ... Get out of the car.
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thecaptainof 
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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| MetalheadNorm wrote: | | Like I said, it'd be hard enough finding the songs that all Americans know, let along try to find the songs that EVERYONE knows. |
Yeah, that's another good point. Taking something from the OP, for example - Rock You Like A Hurricane. I didn't know it before it was in Guitar Hero 3. Now, looking it up on Wikipedia, apparently it charted at #78 in the UK... is it any wonder I'd never heard of it?
Same with Kansas - they've never had any single or album enter the charts in the UK, which obviously means they've never really had any radio play... yet someone on the first page suggested everyone knows Carry On Wayward Son? Definitely not if I hadn't played it in Guitar Hero.
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Reakt00r
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| ThunderAlex wrote: | | I can't believe Smoke on the Water hasn't been mentioned yet. It's like the most known song there is. Eruption by Van Halen is widely known too. |
I mentioned it >_>
And I've come to realise people know Jump alot better than Eruption. Here in Holland (yeah, HOLLAND, where Van Halen came from) most people have no idea they even made a song that's pretty much just a solo. If anything, they know Panama better because it's the song that followed Eruption.
| thecaptainof wrote: | | MetalheadNorm wrote: | | Like I said, it'd be hard enough finding the songs that all Americans know, let along try to find the songs that EVERYONE knows. |
Yeah, that's another good point. Taking something from the OP, for example - Rock You Like A Hurricane. I didn't know it before it was in Guitar Hero 3. Now, looking it up on Wikipedia, apparently it charted at #78 in the UK... is it any wonder I'd never heard of it?
Same with Kansas - they've never had any single or album enter the charts in the UK, which obviously means they've never really had any radio play... yet someone on the first page suggested everyone knows Carry On Wayward Son? Definitely not if I hadn't played it in Guitar Hero. |
This. The Who wasn't that popular in Europe (outside of the UK, of course) either so up untill a year or three ago I knew nothing about them. |
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Prong1978
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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While I'm familiar with most of the songs in these lists, I highly disagree that they're ones that MOST people would know (my list may not be any better though).
Everybody in countries where English is the primary language:
Happy Birthday by ? (the song at every birthday party ever)
Brahm's Lullaby by Brahm (Go to sleep, go to sleep) YouTube it, you know it.
Beethoven's 5th Symphony by Beethoven
All Americans:
American National Anthem by Francis Scott Key (lyrics)
God Bless America by ?
Beat It by Michael Jackson
Like a Virgin by Madonna
Surfin' USA by The Beach Boys
Blue Suede Shoes by Elvis Presley (originally by Carl Perkins)
Rock Around the Clock by Bill Hailey's Comets
La Bamba by Richie Valens
My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion
Hammer Time by MC Hammer
Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice
Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf
Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones
Wild Thing by The Troggs
Bad to the Bone by George Thorogood
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JackFr
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| Southparkhero wrote: | Bring Me To Life - Evanescence
Ill be extremely surprised if no one has heard it. |
Holy crap. that was on my original list, but when posting this thread I deleted it because I thought it'd be too scrutinized 
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DanTheBib
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Lets see..
Beatles: Hey Jude, All you need is love, Let it Be
Greenday: American Idiot, Basket Case
My Chemical Romance: I'm not okay (I promise)
Paramore: Misery business
Ac/Dc: Back in Black
Eminem: Without Me
Rage Against the Machine: Killing in the name
Sex Pistols: Anarchy in the UK
Frank Sinatra: Luck Be a Lady, Fly me to the Moon, Lady is a tramp, New York New York, Send in the Clowns
Ray Charles/Kanye West: Golddigger
Panic! At The Disco: I write sins not tragedies.
Tenacious D: Tribute
Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody, Fat Bottomed Girls, We Are The Champions, Flash, Don't stop me Now.
Guns 'n' Roses: Sweet Child O Mine
Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze
Disney? : You got a friend in me (Toy Story), I wanna be like you (Jungle Book), A Whole New World (Aladdin)...
Thats all I can think of off the top of my head that hasn't been said.
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MetalManiac3021
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| ThunderAlex wrote: | | Layla by Eric Clapton, |
I see this mistake made occasionally, Layla is by Derek and the Dominos.
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torrentriver
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ive heard every single song youve got on that list, it doesnt really have a lot of diversity between genres, so maybe its just how i grew up, but i found it really odd people saying they didnt know half of it, and start me up?!? how wouldnt you know that song! i dont even listen to them and just the name sets the song in my head!
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BioHazardABZ
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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Stacy's Mom-???
Santa Monica-Everclear
Money-Pink Floyd
One-Metallica
some others |
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OpenYourEyes
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Never Gonna give You Up.
Seriously, anybody who doesn't know that song fails.
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FL4RE
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Tribute by Tenacious D
Yes I'm serious every single person in my college that I know of knows this song. I think probably the highlight of this year so far @ college for me was getting our whole bus to sing it on the journey home 
Tons of people know Beelzebub too...after all it is the greatest song in the world
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AGwaG
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First of all, of all blink182 songs, I wouldn't have picked Dammit. Dunno, maybe its just me. Now,
I'm leaving on a Jetplane (what is that song actually called, and who's it by?)
Semi-charmed life by Third eye blind
Two princes by the Spin Doctors
everything ABBA ever wrote
everything Bon Jovi ever wrote (realistically, wanted Dead or Alive, Living on a Prayer, You give love a Bad Name)
Wonderwall by Oasis
everything the spice girls ever err... sang
One More Time, Harder Better Faster Stronger, Around the World, all by Daft Punk
Bad to the Bone by George Thorogood
Journey: Don't Stop Believin', Any Way You want it, Who's Crying Now, Open Arms,
Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody, Another One Bites the Dust, Bicycle Race, You're My Best Friend, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Somebody to love, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Under Pressure.
Supertramp: Breakfast in America, The Logical Song
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MrOmyA
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Also, would
Liam Lynch - United States of Whatever
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JohnnyGrey
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What I like about you - The Romantics
Cotton Eye Joe
Sandstorm - Da rude
Tempted - Squeeze
Got my mind set on you - George Harrison
Barbie Girl - Aqua
I get around - Beach Boys
More than a feeling - Boston
idk
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cobainage1994
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| AGwaG wrote: |
I'm leaving on a Jetplane (what is that song actually called, and who's it by?)
everything ABBA ever wrote
One More Time, Harder Better Faster Stronger, Around the World, all by Daft Punk
Supertramp: Breakfast in America, The Logical Song |
1. Leaving on a Jet PLane by John Denver. I never thought of it as that popular of a song.
2. Abba had ALOT of songs, only a handful being VERY mainstream
3. I just listened to all three of the Daft Punk songs. I had only heard the first one.
4. I dont think that many people know Supertramp. |
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