Music is one of the essentials for college students. It lets us relax or get pumped up, helps us study or gives us a break from schoolwork. While modern music is fantastic, sometimes it's nice to listen to music from previous generations. Here's a list of twenty songs from the sixties, seventies, and eighties that all modern college students can relate to.
1. "Carry on My Wayward Son" by Kansas
During finals week: "Carry on my wayward son/ there'll be peace when you are done/ lay your weary head to rest/ don't you cry no more"
2. "Living on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi
Wednesday night: "Woah we're halfway there/ Woah living on a prayer/ take my hand and we'll make it I swear/ Woah living on a prayer"
3. "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC
Walking to the library like: "I'm on the highway to hell"
4. "Movin' Out" by Billy Joel
When the dorm doesn't have a kitchen: "Then I'm moving out/ I'm moving out"
5. "In My Life" by the Beatles
Going back to your old high school: "There are places I'll remember all my life, though some have changed"
6. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by The Rolling Stones
Grades, sleep, working out: the title says it all.
7. "American Land" by Bruce Springsteen
Going to a frat party: "Dear, I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long"
8. "With a Little Help from My Friends" by the Beatles
When your friends help you through a bad day: "How do I feel by the end of the day/ are you sad because you're on your own/ no I get by with a little help from my friends"
9. "Vienna" by Billy Joel
Trying to enjoy the best four years of your life, but also trying to be an adult: "...although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight, tonight/ Too bad but it's the life you lead/ you're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need/ though you can see when you're wrong, you know you can't always see when you're right"
10. "Wake Up, Little Susie" by The Everly Brothers
When you fall asleep watching Netflix, but you were supposed to finish your homework: "Wake up little Susie and weep/ The movie's over, it's four 'o clock/ And we're in trouble deep"
11. "Going, Going, Gone" by Bob Dylan
When you're 100 percent done with all of your readings: "I am closing the book/ on the pages and the text/ and I don't really care/ of what happens next"
12. "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes
Trying to find a relationship: "You can't hurry love/ no, you just have to wait"
13. "It's My Party" by Lesley Gore
When you just failed a test, but your friends are trying to have fun: "It's my party and I'll cry if I want to"
14. "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
3 a.m., hyped up on caffeine, trying to write two papers: "Is this the real life?/ Is this just fantasy?/ Caught in a landslide/ No escape from reality"
15. "Big Shot" by Billy Joel
Listening to that one kid who thinks he knows everything: "Oh you had to be a big shot, did ya?/ you had to open up your mouth/ you had to be a big shot, did ya?/ all your friends were so knocked out"
16. "My Generation: by The Who
When people start complaining about "entitled millennials": "People try to put us d-down (talking 'bout my generation)/ just because we get around (talking 'bout my generation)"
17. "I Hate Being Broke" by Wesley Willis
The title of this song is the summation of college existence.
18. Three Little Birds by Bob Marley
Saturday morning: "Rise up this morning/ smiled with the rising sun"
19. "Hotel California" by The Eagles
Sunday night: "This could be Heaven or this could be Hell"
20. "Dream On" by Aerosmith
When the semester ends: "Sing with me, sing for the years/ sing for the laughter, sing for the tears"
