School has started and my teen refuses to use an alarm, leaving me to do the wakeup myself. As thr door is locked, I cannot gently awaken them. So, I decided music was great and chose the following 3 songs (played in this order and the reaction):
- Viva La Vida - Coldplay
- [quiet groans from inside, no movement]
- Baby Shark
- [whimpers and the sound of pillows shuffling]
- Welcome to the Jungle - Guns & Roses
- [door flew open, I was forced to flee]
So three songs seems to be the sweet spot. I’d like to keep it fresh and change daily so they can’t adapt. Please give me your 3-song playlist so I can continue to psychologically torture wake my child for school every day.
Either What’s New Pussycat is longer than I remember…
Rawr.
My grandmother would regularly play mariachi music at way too early hours of Saturday as she was cleaning because she liked it. I learned to wake up before the crack of dawn on those days so I could be out of the house in time to avoid it.
Anyways, spice it up with things like yodelling, bagpipes, any cultural music with extremely high pitched instruments or vocals, and particularly emotional songs from popular musicals. And maybe throw in a soundtrack of metal pots falling down the stairs or glass crashing in between songs, just to keep them on their toes.
The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground
Twist - Korn
Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) - The Backstreet Boys
Twist is such a jam, great choice.
Meshuggah - bleed, Marc rebillet morning alarm , Miley Cyrus - party in the USA
Came to make sure this was posted. Has gotten me out of bed for the last 3 years.
GTF out of bed B go
Marc rebillet good morning wake up
Link to it https://youtu.be/enYdAxVcNZA
Marc rebilletTom Cardy - have you checked your butthole
Chord Organ Blues - Daniel Johnston
Sound of Da Police - KRS-One
Frank - Bongwater
Originally I was thinking I’ve Got Drugs by The Frogs to open, but it may not be suitable for your teenager.
Chop suey
Alternatively
Your new morning alarm by Mark Rebillet
- MELT-BANANA - The Hive
- Anna Meredith - Nautilus
- Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy
If they’re not enough for your child to choose an alarm instead, I don’t know what is.
Wake up bitch, get up
As a live cover. With the robe.
Link to Marc’s video instead of a repost https://youtu.be/enYdAxVcNZA
I think you’re going about this the wrong way, You won’t have wake them up if they can never fall asleep listening to every song here all night. Tell them you’ll only turn it of if they set their own alarm.
Right now you’re training them that the obnoxious music will be their alarm.
Also, if your kid has an android I love the alarm app called AMDroid. It is super customizable, (who knew an alarm could have so many options). It can set to do things like send a notification after a few minutes “are you awake?”, if you don’t respond the alarm goes again. You can set various math or word challenges to stop the alarm, you can make it only turn of if you’re close enough to the router, or at a certain light level, and so on.
Also do you have a way to unlock the door? Not from a privacy breaching point, you shouldn’t do that, but as a you just heard bloody murder and need to get in (or you don’t get any response from them). Don’t let a locked door be a 5 minute difference you’ll regret.
I’ve been using this for years and it’s so great
I had a roommate who would play “Burning Down the House” by Talking Heads every morning at top volume.
It starts slow and quiet, then the drums kick in hard, launching you out of bed. By the end of the song we’d be pogo-dancing around the apartment.
It’s opinionated, but anyway here’s my list lol
Toots & the Maytals - Broadway Jungle then The Toasters - I’m Running Right Through The World and finally Reel Big Fish - She Has a Girlfriend Now
Your teenager will feel like new
Ride of the Valkyries by Wagner
Elephant Talk by King Crimson
Hocus Pocus by Focus
You need the live performance of Focus by Hocus Pocus from whatever TV show that was. They play it sped up and the song is just extra bananas that way. What a tune.
Underrated list
in the hall of the mountain king would be a great addition to this list.
I was also going to say Hocus Pocus (there’s pizza on your) Focus
Especially if you sing/scream along at the top of your lungs for the last one. I’m actually not even sure it’s possible not to.
1: Good Morning Vietnam monologue. 2: Whatever march music you find appropriate. I’d recommend the March of the Red Cavalry. 3: Dead Kennedys: Kill The Poor.
What about Hell March from Red Alert 2?
Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls
