These are the 25 songs that I started my teens with. Quite a few of these are still the jam.
- Tok Tok vs. Soffy O – Missy Queen’s Gonna Die
- Guano Apes – No Speech
- Mia – Alles Neu
- ATB – Don’t Stop
- Guano Apes – Kumba yo
- Phats & Small – Turn Around
- Lexy & K-Paul – Let’s Play
- Rollergirl – Dear Jessie
- Dahool – Meet Her at the Love Parade
- Korn – Twist
- Westbam & Dr. Motte – Sunshine
- Blümchen – Herz an Herz
- Marilyn Manson – The Beautiful People
- ADULT. – New Object
- Fettes Brot – Da Draussen
- Slipknot – Wait and Bleed
- DJ Scot Project – Overdrive
- Republica – Drop Dead Gorgeous
- Fiona Apple – As fast as you can
- Wamdue Project – King of Castle
- Lambretta – Bimbo
- Brooklyn Bounce – Base, Beats Melody
- Orgy – Blue Monday
- Jimmy Eat World – Bleed American
- Hilal Cebeci – Ipe Ipe
My first concert was a Slipknot show in Kansas. That was amazing. The band was an hour late so girls in the audience randomly got on stage and started flashing. As a 13 year-old living in Wichita, I could have not possibly have felt more badass at that moment.
Toktok vs. Soffy O started my love of electro-music, and I’ve always had a soft spot for the cheesy disco-house like Phats & Small’s “Turn Around.”
I heard “Turn Around” for the first time while vacationing in Zandvoort. That was an important vacation, because while in Zandvoort I was also exposed to ATB (Don’t Stop and 9pm/Till I come) and ATB quickly became my favorite DJ. Probably because a huge crush on him.
Dreamy.
Mia was the biggest surprise on the list. The band started out as a semi-underground Electro-Punk group and then became wildly successful when they shifted to a cleaner image and a more mainstream sound:
Before:
After:
Actually, that video is a remix. The single “Uhlala” (video here) is a perfect example of how much they’ve cleaned up.
Videos for the rest of the 25 after the jump!
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