ANNOYING songs for my son to wake up to

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<p>I recently had a thread about my son who has trouble waking up in the morning, and concern about annoying a roommate next year at school. Luckily he is on time to school so that’s not an issue. Someone had suggested an app that you have to go through a series of math problems to get the alarm to turn off. He did find that one, played with it some. What he finally settled on was an app where you have to scan a QR code to get it to shut off. He’s got the QR code on the bathroom mirror, so he’s got to get up, out of his room, down the hall, and into the bathroom to turn that sucker off. By then he might as well get in the shower. It’s more effective then anything else he’s tried since it keeps him from getting back in the bed. The name of the app is ‘Sleep Android’.</p>

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<p>S did manage to get up for morning summer job. It is just getting homework done/irregular sleep schedule that does him in–and the fact that he can sleep through his alarms and apparently walk (across room to turn off alarm) and talk (telling me “OK, I’m up!” multiple times, and not remembering) in his sleep. I think if he can get more sleep, that will help. But he does have a ton of homework. But I don’t view this as a serious problem, just annoying. So we want to annoy him back a little ;)</p>

<p>Had a dorm neighbor who blasted the Camelot theme. That’s another good one.
I just thought of childhood favorite of S’s–Raffi’s Bananaphone.</p>

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<p>How ‘bout Saturday Night Fever’s "Stayin’ Alive" ?</p>

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<p>BananaPhone :slight_smile: [banana</a> phone (funny - ring ring ring bananaaaa phone) - flash](<a href=“http://gprime.net/flash.php/bananaphone]banana”>http://gprime.net/flash.php/bananaphone)</p>

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<p>There are some late live versions of Like a Rolling Stone where he is so nasally and incomprehensible that any teen is going to be moved to violence.</p>

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<p>Time by Pink Floyd has a long introductory passage with clocks chiming & bells ringing that was recorded by Alan Parsons as an audio test.</p>

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I actually loved that part. And Pink Floyd in general.</p>

<p>How about Paul Anka’s “Having My Baby”?</p>

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<p>Macarena…</p>

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<p>Definitely Helen Reddy, Leave me Alone. I still remember the morning, 30 years ago, when that one came on my clock radio. LEAVE ME ALONE!!!</p>

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<p>Artistically, I’d have to say Sonny & Cher doing I Got You Babe because it’s the song in Groundhog Day.</p>

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<p>Here’s some suggestions to annoy:</p>

<p>[Vanilla</a> Ice - Ice Ice Baby - YouTube](<a href=“Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby (Official Music Video) - YouTube”>Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby (Official Music Video) - YouTube)</p>

<p>A HS friend actually used this album against a dorm neighbor who was obsessed with playing hair metal till 3-4 am. Playing it 3 times on endless loop from 7 am onward was enough to get said neighbor to stop. </p>

<p>[loving</a> you minnie riperton - YouTube](<a href=“loving you minnie riperton - YouTube”>loving you minnie riperton - YouTube)</p>

<p>The high pitch voiciness will definitely wake the deepest sleeper. :D</p>

<p>Some good standbys to annoy boys/men in the morning. :</p>

<p>[The</a> right stuff lyrics- NKOTB - YouTube](<a href=“The right stuff lyrics- NKOTB - YouTube”>The right stuff lyrics- NKOTB - YouTube)</p>

<p>[Spice</a> Girls - Wannabe - YouTube](<a href=“Spice Girls - Wannabe (Official Music Video) - YouTube”>Spice Girls - Wannabe (Official Music Video) - YouTube)</p>

<p>[Aqua</a> - Barbie Girl - YouTube](<a href=“Aqua - Barbie Girl (Official Music Video) - YouTube”>Aqua - Barbie Girl (Official Music Video) - YouTube)</p>

<p>Anything by Justin Bieber</p>

<p>Now…if you want to take a more positive tact…here’s some I’ve used to wake myself in the mornings:</p>

<p>[Green</a> Day - Burnout - [HQ] - watch in HD! - YouTube](<a href=“Green Day - Burnout - [HQ] - YouTube”>Green Day - Burnout - [HQ] - YouTube) </p>

<p>[Offspring</a>, The - One Fine Day (with lyrics) - HD - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>

<p>[Top</a> Gun Intro + Danger Zone - YouTube](<a href=“Top Gun Intro + Danger Zone - YouTube”>Top Gun Intro + Danger Zone - YouTube)</p>

<p>[Hot</a> Shots! Main Theme - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>

<p>[Eye</a> of the tiger -Lyrics- - YouTube](<a href=“Eye of the tiger -Lyrics- - YouTube”>Eye of the tiger -Lyrics- - YouTube)</p>

<p>[Ramones</a> - Rockaway Beach - YouTube](<a href=“Ramones - Rockaway Beach - YouTube”>Ramones - Rockaway Beach - YouTube)</p>

<p>[J</a>. Geils Band - Centerfold - YouTube](<a href=“J. Geils Band - Centerfold (Official Music Video) - YouTube”>J. Geils Band - Centerfold (Official Music Video) - YouTube)</p>

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<p>Thanks–got some good ones!</p>

<p>Tomorrow, Sis wants to play something from My Little Pony. . .</p>

<p>I’m torn between Bee Gee’s You Should Be Dancing and Banana Phone</p>

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<p>There’s got to be room for a throwback to Olivia Newton John Let’s Get Physical. I’m having visions of headbands, legwarmers, and big bangs. </p>

<p>DHs ringtone on my phone for years was Staying Alive. This was in retaliation to finding out my ringtone on his is an air raid horn with this announcer saying “warning warning, wife calling”. He lets it ring during meetings for comedic value. :mad:</p>

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<p>Some selections which could both annoy/positively motivate depending on OP’s S’s taste:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv5wF-E9D8Y[/url]”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv5wF-E9D8Y&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUTGr5t3MoY[/url]”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUTGr5t3MoY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZThOsCv2Mw[/url]”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZThOsCv2Mw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg[/url]”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZxxhxjgnC0[/url]”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZxxhxjgnC0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>And here’s a tasty interpretation of a Paul Anka classic:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksrbiD0h1YA[/url]”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksrbiD0h1YA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Careful as this may very well end up backfiring on her and everyone else if he ends up joining with the “Bronies”:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/06/bronies-my-little-ponys/[/url]”>http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/06/bronies-my-little-ponys/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I need help with this - what is the snappiest ‘I love my mother, she is an angel’ song you can think of? You know, the sort they would have played on the Lawrence Welk show?</p>

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<p>Cobrat, I love the Cranberries and could wake up to “Linger” every morning! The article about the “Bronies” weirded me out. How bizarre, where do you find this stuff?</p>

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<p>TV theme songs–Gilligan’s Island, The Flintstones, Speed Racer, etc.</p>

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<p>The Brady Bunch!</p>

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<p>I’m a Gummybear.</p>

<p><a href=“I Am A Gummy Bear (Music Video) - YouTube”>I Am A Gummy Bear (Music Video) - YouTube;

<p>Or I Whip My Hair by Willow Smith!</p>

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<p>I like the Cranberries and songs like “Linger” and “Dreams”. However, those songs aren’t likely to be as annoying as “Zombie”, especially when blasted in the morning. Now THAT song tends to polarize people IME…</p>

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<p>Didn’t take any effort to find it. The “Bronies” phenomenon has been around for a while in the mainstream MSM.</p>