ANNOYING songs for my son to wake up to

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<p>OK I GOT IT_ Ride of the Valkyries- why you ask- this was a song they blasted when D was at Caltech to wake up I believe on finals week. There was a story of a Caltech grad astronaut they played this in space for and he had a panic attack when hearing it- ptsd of sorts- they did not realize the meaning to him. If I got this story wrong please correct me.</p>

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<p>Some more annoying/positively motivating songs depending on one’s taste:</p>

<p>[Toni</a> Basil Show Mickey - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW7VnHnX3LQ]Toni”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW7VnHnX3LQ)</p>

<p>[Bow</a> Wow Wow - I Want Candy - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMICD3aMZpw]Bow”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMICD3aMZpw)</p>

<p>[The</a> Knack - My Sharona live (HQ) - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1T71PGd-J0]The”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1T71PGd-J0)</p>

<p>[Green</a> Day - Nice Guys Finish Last - [HQ] - watch in HD! - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELWXfj5rqnI]Green”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELWXfj5rqnI)</p>

<p>[Green</a> Day The Grouch lyrics - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xKI8s0Zn3w]Green”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xKI8s0Zn3w)</p>

<p>[Self</a> Esteem - The offspring - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeWjzBHUdsI]Self”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeWjzBHUdsI)</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQwWaWFjd0Y[/url]”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQwWaWFjd0Y&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-CG5w4YwOI[/url]”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-CG5w4YwOI&lt;/a&gt; or Miley’s version. :D</p>

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<p>I’d categorize that as positive motivating tune alongside others like Beethoven’s 9th, Indiana Jones’ theme song, Star Wars Imperial March, Star Trek Theme tunes, etc.</p>

<p>Here’s one which’ll definitely annoy:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHAL78hWr9M[/url]”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHAL78hWr9M&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Think Cobrat nailed it with My Sharona. But really, Cobrat, a parent cannot play Green Day’s The Grouch for their teenager since most verses end in F*** You!</p>

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<p>True. However, unless a given teen has grown up exceedingly sheltered, he/she’s probably heard the f-word hundreds of times in schoolyards/streets/media from elementary school onward. </p>

<p>This even happened in the schoolyard of my Catholic elementary school despite the fact teachers were good at catching kids in the act and then punishing them by doing things like “washing their mouth out with soap” and having the rest of us watch to make an example out of them. </p>

<p>I may also be a bit biased as I started college at 17 and grew up overhearing music with much more cursing/expletives than that growing up in my old NYC neighborhood. </p>

<p>Odd as I rarely use them IRL. IMO, they should only be reserved in small doses to underscore the severity/gravity of a given situation. A reason why whenever I listen to Green Day’s “The Grouch”, it seems like the band’s satirizing the whining involved…and the constant cursing only underscores how pathetic the narrator really is.</p>

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<p>AllThis: Yeah, it is sort of a joke. This is an honor student, NMSF, grades not an issue at all. He just has a basic phone, so that wouldn’t be a good punishment. I have taken his laptop a few times, but not for this. Grounding no good–he is usually at home anyway and doesn’t drive. He hasn’t had this problem much until this year–5 AP classes are probably more than he can handle. He likes to do other things besides homework–he was in two plays this fall, does hang out with friends, play games, etc. If he managed his time better and gave up games, he would get more sleep, not be staying up late to finish homework.
I thought it would be funny for everyone to consider what songs they or their kids would hate to wake up to.</p>

<p>rocky: at my college it was the William Tell Overture (Lone Ranger theme)–blasted when thousands of freshman came pouring out of the dorms for the Freshman English final.</p>

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<p>I think Eye of the Tiger is on the playlist in the library @ Reed.</p>

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<p>I’m glad! Some of the helicopter moms in our neighborhood are still waking their kids up until the day they leave for college. It’s pretty sad.</p>

<p>Maybe he should schedule afternoon/evening classes in college :-).</p>

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<p>This is such a funny thread! When I was growing up in Miami we had one of those newfangled intercom systems in our house (which wasn’t very big–just a regular ranch). It also had a radio built into it. My mom would blast Cuban music on WQBA until I got up and turned it off. Worked like a charm.</p>

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<p>As an aside, I still wake my daughter up every morning. I love doing it because it is one of the few remaining “mom” things I get to do anymore. I am not worried about her managing in college, though, because I have left her alone when I have gone on business trips and she has gotten herself up and off to school just fine.</p>

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<p>I wake my daughter up when shes home, can I still call it her home even if she lives off campus & is " home" probably a week or two all year?
She is always already awake, but I just poke my head in to see if she wants breakfast.</p>

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<p>YMMV. If my parents played that, I’d think I was on vacation and even if awake, would be in vacation/weekend/hangout mode and pleasant memories of some childhood neighbors from Cuba.</p>

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<p>I love Latin music, cobrat. But not at high volume through tinny speakers at 6 am.</p>

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<p>Safety Dance [Men</a> Without Hats - The Safety Dance - YouTube](<a href=“Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance - YouTube”>Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance - YouTube)</p>

<p>I wanted to add that the vacuum cleaner is the ultimate wake-up call.</p>

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<p>Scorched by spawn of possession. That is honestly probably the worst song ever. I’ve never met someone who has been able to listen to the entire thing.</p>

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<p>Suit and Tie by Justin Timberlake. Also, try getting one of those rolling alarms that goes all around your room when it goes off so in order to turn off the alarm noise you’d have to chase it.</p>

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<p>This is the funniest thread.
But seriously, I would be concerned about someone who can’t be woken up, what if the smoke alarm went off?</p>

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<p>It’s called Clocky!</p>

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<p>“Mule Skinner Blues” by the Fendermen.</p>

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<p>Honestly I think you would have to be doing some pretty serious drugs to understand anything by Spawn of Possession.</p>

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<p>Yoko Ono singing. Not the stuff where she tries (poorly) to carry a tune, but the ones she calls avante garde and experimental, screaming with the feedback turned up.</p>

<p>Guaranteed that within a week he will be waking up on his own before his alarm clock if he hasn’t stabbed you in your sleep as retaliation.</p>

<p>Here you go: [WATCH:</a> Yoko Ono ?Sings? Katy Perry « Q105](<a href=“http://myq105.cbslocal.com/2012/12/11/watch-yoko-ono-sings-katy-perry/]WATCH:”>http://myq105.cbslocal.com/2012/12/11/watch-yoko-ono-sings-katy-perry/)</p>