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submitted 10 hours ago by FenrirIII@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 hour ago
[-] jode@pawb.social 2 points 2 hours ago

Entombment of a Machine, job for a cowboy

https://youtu.be/nOJHbpijw3o

That'll wake em up for sure...

[-] fubarx@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

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.

[-] Archimedes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago

The main theme from the Lion King

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I had 'Thunderbirds Are Coming Out' by TISM as my alarm for a few years. Those opening horns certainly get the blood pumping.

[-] Don_alForno@feddit.org 3 points 2 hours ago
[-] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 hour ago

You Give Love a Bad Name. Very loud.

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

This is my wake-up playlist

[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 2 points 2 hours ago

Firestarter by The Prodigy

Wipe Out by The Surfaris

Mars from Holst's Planet's Suite

[-] gergolippai@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

it has 1 song: paradigm shift by liquid tension experiment

https://youtu.be/Vi2IQNs8hlE?is=dNjKIzntyy-X7wHx

[-] notabot@piefed.social 3 points 3 hours ago
  • The 1812 overture. If that's too long, just focus on the section with the cannons.

  • Crazy frog

  • The macarena (I was struggling to think of a third song, but I would hope the first two would do the job)

[-] SuperEars@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

AC/VC by Neil Cicierega

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Stress by Justice, at extremely high volume.

Shouldn't even need anything else. The stress the song gives should be enough to cause someone to vacate the premises.

[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Sabbath - Mob Rules

(Starts off tinkly)

--///--

Sepultura - Arise

[-] smeg@infosec.pub 2 points 3 hours ago

Ride of the Valkyries by Wagner

Elephant Talk by King Crimson

Hocus Pocus by Focus

[-] EisFrei@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Current value - Tremor

[-] Aaron@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 hours ago

Wake up song improvised by Marc Rebillet Good morning sunshine by the narcissist cookbook Happy morning - The song from the folgers coffee ad

[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Just start playing Pantera's Cowboys From Hell album from the beginning and I guarantee he'll get up. If you want to spice it up just start it on a different song each morning.

[-] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Burning heart - Survivor

Eye of the tiger - Survivor

No need for third

[-] Dookieman12@piefed.social 6 points 5 hours ago

All Star - Smash Mouth (Kid's Bop version)

The Pokérap

DK Rap

[-] soaringbirdie@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 hours ago
[-] noxypaws@pawb.social 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Aphex Twin - Rhubarb (#3 on Selected Ambient Works Volume II)

Tycho - Awake

Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters

Gentle come-up, gentle rhythm introduction, followed by unresistable urge to dance

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 hours ago

make your own song entirely out of gen alpha memes and slang that you don't even understand and make it as wrong as possible

[-] trebach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago
[-] HobbitFoot 4 points 5 hours ago

Bodies - Drowning Pool

It gives nice quiet and loud so that it isn't easy to tune out

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 28 points 9 hours ago

What's New Pussycat 7 times, followed by It's Not Unusual, then more of the first.

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

Same shit as always

[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)
[-] otacon239@lemmy.world 30 points 9 hours ago

WAKE UP

^wake^ ^up^

Grab a bush and put a little makeup

[-] grranibal@lemmy.zip 13 points 7 hours ago

Chop Suey! - System of a Down

I love SoaD so much :D I was looking for this comment

[-] BorgDrone@feddit.nl 2 points 5 hours ago
[-] theedqueen@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago
[-] HobbitFoot 3 points 5 hours ago
[-] Ciryamo@feddit.org 9 points 8 hours ago
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[-] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 9 hours ago

Nyan cat 24 hour loop

[-] Broadfern@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago

Pick three three of their favorite songs and start singing terribly. I’m talking off-key, purposely wrong lyrics. As loud as you can.

Even better if you can improv the lyrics to customize it just for them.

If they wish to preserve the sanctity of their media they’ll wake up sooner rather than later.

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 7 hours ago

Pick three three of their favorite songs and start singing terribly

no. just their favorite songs in general.

I once had the briht idea of using my favorite songs as my alarm sound.

It just lead to me absolutely hating the songs, because my brain associated them with waking up

[-] theedqueen@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Can also mix it up and play those songs on one of those recorders they teach you to play in elementary school.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2yptujSQMY

(Yeah, it's only one song, but play it loud enough and hopefully you'll only need the one song.)

[-] moondoggie@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Cranked as loud as the stereo will go:

  • Hank Williams - Your Cheatin’ Heart
  • The Carpenters - (They Long to be) Close to You
  • Christopher Cross - Sailing
  • Anything by Conway Twitty.

If necessary, find covers by the easiest of easy listening orchestras. If you want to have one album rather than individual songs, make it a Christmas album. I would recommend Loretta Lynn’s Country Christmas.

[-] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago
  1. Cbat - Hudson Hawke

  2. Gangnam Style - Psy

  3. Burning Down the House - Tom Jones/The Cardigans

Start off confusing them with a cacophony of sound, followed by high energy, into Tom Jones shouting. Should be pretty hard to sleep through all of that

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[-] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 4 points 7 hours ago

AC/DC — “Thunderstruck” or “For Those About to Rock”

And—please don’t hate me for this, everybody—that horrible Kars for Kids jingle. Play it on something he has to physically get out of bed to shut off.

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