For most of us millennials, 2005 through 2008 was a rough time. Those middle school, early high school years were met with an awful lot of angst, braces, and odd fashion choices. Lucky for us, we had the perfect outlet to express all of this. Thank you, Tom -- without MySpace I would have never been able to post pictures with way too much eyeliner on, or tell all of my middle school friends who I was having a sleepover with that particular weekend. But most of all, thank you, Tom, for giving us the option to have songs on our profiles. It was through these songs that we could truly prove to our friends how cool we were.
After asking about 21 people what their first MySpace song was, I have come to a few conclusions about these pivotal times in our lives. EDM was unheard of, and the whole emo/punk thing was really cool. Back in the day, we basically relied solely on punk and rap -- and by rap, I mean Chris Brown and T-Pain. If the song was featured on "Laguna Beach" or "The Real World", it was most likely somebody’s MySpace song right after. Here’s a few of the best answers I received after asking, well basically everyone I could think of. To be fair, I’ll go ahead and say my first MySpace song was “Helena” by My Chemical Romance, and I am not ashamed of it.
1. “That was so long ago. Big Girls Don’t Cry?... I think.” Taylor.
2. “It was either Sublime’s Santeria or something by Sum41. I basically just copied my brother’s music.” Sarah.
3. "I’m sure it Run It by Chris Brown was on my page at some point or Bring Em Out by T.I.” Matt.
4. "Baby-doll by Pat Greene.” Katie.
5. "Move Along – All American Rejects.” Adam.
6. "Come on Get Higher by Matt Nathanson. I thought to myself, “No one else knows this song so I’m gonna be cool.” Kirstin.
7. "I changed it all the time. But probably something by Lil Wayne.” Cathleen.
8. "No Rain’ by Blind Melon.” Cameron.
9. "Good Life” by Kanye West. I hope he remembers his true fans when he’s prez.” Anna.
10. “I remember one of them being “Buy You a Drank” by T- Pain.” D’Eja.
11. "The General” by Dispatch.” Harrison.
12. "Photoshoot by Gucci Mane…. Then “Hos” by Pepper.” Megan.
13. "I honestly couldn’t remember. I know at one point it was ‘Hollaback Girl’ by Gwen Stefani.” Rachel.
14. “Probably something by Fergie….” Sammie.
15. "I used random ghetto songs from rappers in my hometown tbh.” Lexi.
16. (Doesn’t bat an eye) “Candy Shop.” Bryn.
17. "Show Stopper” by Danity Kane.” Destiny.
18. "Summer Love” by Justin Timberlake. "Me and my best friend fought over it cause she wanted to make it her MySpace song but I told her she wasn’t allowed to copy me.” Cristina.
19. "Lips of an Angel by Hinder.” Wes.
20. "Misery Business by Paramore.” Tanya.
21. "All Summer Long by Kid Rock.” Erin.
