2007
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" became the unofficial anthem for "Gen Xers." Combining a punk sensibility with hard rock to create a unique sound that would come to be known as "grunge", the three-man group would soon find themselves the voice and obsession of the disenfranchised youth of the early '90s that the media would soon dub "Generation X."
2007
"Stayin' Alive" launched a boogie-down fever which has endured in various guises through the last quarter of the 20th century and into the new millennium. The movie Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta, released in the mid-70's and the accompanying soundtrack was dominated by the songs of The Bee Gees, including the number one hit "Stayin' Alive."
2007
"I Wanna Be Sedated" was a new simplified music unlike the disco music of the mid 70's. The punk movement instigated by the Ramones helped to launch a new musical and aesthetic style known as New Wave, which couldn't have been more opposite from the stripped-down, back-to-basics approach of the fathers of punk. By the early '90s, the original punk style of the Ramones would break in the mainstream.