| 1975 |
If you should go skating on the thin ice of modern life, dragging behind you the silent reproach of a million tear-stained eyes, don't be surprised when a crack in the ice appears under your feet. |
Pink Floyd, |
The Thin Ice |
| 1976 |
If you want to find out what's behind these cold eyes, you'll just have to claw your way through this disguise. |
Pink Floyd, |
The Wall |
| 1977 |
If you want to know about the new sex position, you can read it in the Sunday papers. |
Joe Jackson, |
Sunday Papers |
| 1978 |
I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24? |
Coolio, |
Gangsta's Paradise |
| 1979 |
I'm a bitch, I'm a lover, I'm a child, I'm a mother. I'm a sinner, I'm a saint, I do not feel ashamed. |
Meredith Brooks, |
Bitch |
| 1980 |
I'm a displaced person whose culture let me down, I raise my own daughters in a pornographic town. |
The Pretenders, |
Every Mother's Son |
| 1981 |
I'm a soldier at thirteen. |
The Who, |
Slip Kid |
| 1982 |
I'm a teen distortion, survived abortion. |
Marilyn Manson, |
Disposable Teens |
| 1983 |
I'm a tired runner in the human race. |
Huey Lewis, |
I Never Walk Alone |
| 1984 |
I'm carrying the weight of all the useless junk and modern man accumulates. |
Billy Joel, |
Running On Thin Ice |
| 1985 |
I'm empty and aching, and I don't know why. |
Simon and Garfunkel, |
America |
| 1986 |
I'm falling off into a state of regression, the expiration date rapidly coming up. |
Green Day, |
Jaded |
| 1987 |
I'm here without a name, in the palace of my shame. Said love rescue me. |
U2, |
Love Rescue Me |
| 1988 |
I'm hung up on dreams, I'll never see. |
Allman Brothers Band, |
Dreams |
| 1989 |
I'm just tired and bored with myself. |
Bruce Springsteen, |
Dancing In The Dark |
| 1990 |
I'ma make sure the family keep a decent meal, no matter what I got to do or who I got to kill. |
Lil Kim, |
Hold On |
| 1991 |
Imagine for a minute yourself in the same shoes, the same sense of survival and the same nothing to lose. |
Lil Kim, |
Little Drummer Boy |
| 1992 |
In a modern culture, my friend, you must be careful, they've got a million ways to kill you. |
Garbage, |
Breaking Up The Girl |
| 1993 |
In a twisted society, we drown in anxiety. |
Biohazard, |
What Makes Us Tick |
| 1994 |
In a world that what we want is only what we want until it's ours. I'm calling all angels, I'm calling all you angels. |
Train, |
Calling All Angels |