kidglov3s
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Post by kidglov3s on Feb 12, 2013 22:07:16 GMT -5
I say yes! When talking to someone about The Rock's hit music video It Doesn't Matter with Wyclef last night, I started going on about how it was always on The Box, along with Vitamin C's classic hit "Graduation (Friends Forever)". They said they hadn't heard of it, and I assured them they would become familiar when they graduated high school, assuming that it's become an international standard for this occasion. Am I misguided? I'm already kind of sad because I'm like wow I can't believe it's been 13 years since that song came out.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2013 22:09:37 GMT -5
oh it's timeless alright
Once you hear that song once it is stuck with you for YEARS.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Feb 12, 2013 22:13:54 GMT -5
Honestly legit thought this was bout the Zack Attack classic
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Feb 12, 2013 22:14:56 GMT -5
Granted, I graduated 17 years ago
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Feb 12, 2013 22:24:57 GMT -5
Don't feel bad. The Zack Attack were huge.
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Post by Talent Name on Feb 12, 2013 23:24:47 GMT -5
This song, Eve 6 Here's to the Night and Green Day's Good Riddance will always be identified with graduation time
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Post by edgestar on Feb 12, 2013 23:34:25 GMT -5
They played that at my middle school graduation. And time of your life at my high school graduation.
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Post by Gopher Mod on Feb 12, 2013 23:39:25 GMT -5
They played that at my middle school graduation. And time of your life at my high school graduation. They played both in the video package during our senior assembly.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Feb 12, 2013 23:40:51 GMT -5
I have legitimately never heard of this song and I graduated 12 years ago.
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Post by turkeysandwich on Feb 13, 2013 0:12:20 GMT -5
I graduated in 2000, the song had just come and out and I still remember it came on the radio as I was driving to the church where my graduation was and I admit I teared up a little bit.
But I wouldn't expect later generations to know about it.
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Post by Orange on Feb 13, 2013 0:25:36 GMT -5
Ah-ha! I went and listened to the actual song and knew I had heard it from somewhere.
This was it. I somehow hadn't ever heard the song before, even when it was popular. Gotta love that chord progression, though. That's timeless.
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Post by chazraps on Feb 13, 2013 0:31:27 GMT -5
I've taught a high school music class in Harlem for the past five years, and the vast vast vast majority of my student's are familiar with it. I think because of its particular non-offensive super-friendliness (unless your name is Heather) it's the song for 8th grade/middle school graduations.
I've yet to hear of it at a high school graduation though.
It's one of those songs associated with a certain time that has become a staple of a season. It's almost a rite of passage to stumble on it, like Adam Sandler's "Chanukah Song" or Outkast's "Happy Valentine's Day."
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Post by The OP on Feb 13, 2013 2:27:01 GMT -5
They didn't play it at my actual high school graduation, but it was played at an after party sponsored by the school. I doubt it will be around forever, there have probably been songs like this we don't know about that have came and went. It could last a while longer though, another ten years easy.
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kidglov3s
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Post by kidglov3s on Feb 13, 2013 14:51:59 GMT -5
A lot of people are like oh this thread can be forgotten but I was like, as we go on, we remember, all the times we, had together.
I wonder if I exaggerate the cultural impact of this. Thank you for everyone that posted, keeping Vitamin C's legacy afloat one click at a time.
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Post by Shy Guy on Feb 13, 2013 16:42:44 GMT -5
i graduated from grade 8 maybe a year after this song came out (2001) but i remember hearing when i graduated high school (2005).
it is a timeless piece of music and is actually appropriate to play at grads lol
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Feb 13, 2013 18:34:25 GMT -5
Yes it is timeless. It will remain a terrible song for generations to come.
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Post by Lila on Feb 13, 2013 20:08:49 GMT -5
Heard of it before, but it wasn't my graduation song. Michael Jackson's You Are Not Alone was.
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Post by Orange on Feb 13, 2013 20:10:47 GMT -5
I don't even remember what they played at my High School graduation. It was only a few years ago, but I can't remember.
I do, however, remember my graduation song from Kindergarten.
Best graduation song EVER!! ;D
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 13, 2013 21:34:36 GMT -5
dude, f*** that song. if I never have to hear it at a graduation ceremony again it'll be too soon.
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Post by kidglov3s on Feb 13, 2013 21:37:42 GMT -5
I wasn't thinking so much the ceremony, though you can imagine where I stand on that (global enforcement), as the experience. Like by the time someone born since the song came out graduates high school in America, will they have heard the melodious tones of a vocalist named after ascorbic acid? I sure hope so.
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