School has started and my teen refuses to use an alarm, leaving me to do the wakeup myself. As thr door is locked, I cannot gently awaken them. So, I decided music was great and chose the following 3 songs (played in this order and the reaction):
- Viva La Vida - Coldplay
- [quiet groans from inside, no movement]
- Baby Shark
- [whimpers and the sound of pillows shuffling]
- Welcome to the Jungle - Guns & Roses
- [door flew open, I was forced to flee]
So three songs seems to be the sweet spot. I’d like to keep it fresh and change daily so they can’t adapt. Please give me your 3-song playlist so I can continue to psychologically torture wake my child for school every day.
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.
Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls
Reveille, the morning bugle call
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.
My dad would always fall back on:
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
Just two:
Take five – Panzerballet
@@@@@ – Arca
Edit: I missed the “gentle” part of the ask. My bad.
Let the bodies hit the floor by drowning pool
This meme remix of a forum post asking for help identifying a song is just fun and annoying
Any of the “toad sings” are also fun ones.
Anything by the Shaggs, it’s possibly the worst music ever published and he’ll probably jump out of bed to turn it off:
WAKE UPwake 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
What’s New Pussycat 7 times, followed by It’s Not Unusual, then more of the first.
Same shit as always
I thought that was to have the best lunch you’ve ever had.
Nyan cat 24 hour loop
This is actually my alarm sound
“Get the fuck outta bed bitch go!”
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
X Gon Give It To Ya is brilliant, changing my alarms rn
Cha cha cha is a fucking banger and the best thing to come out of Eurovision since Epic Sax Guy.
