Post by salparadise on Jun 25, 2006 3:27:26 GMT -5
Here are the top ten hits of the year 1989:
10. Giving You The Best That I Got, Anita Baker
I kinda remember this song, but not really. Anyway, there was nothing significant about it.
9. Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird, Will To Power
I made out with this really cute girl to this song, so I kinda liked it a lot. Later I learned all about Peter Framton and Lynard Skynard. Today I know the TRUE source of my low self-worth...and it ain't my parents.
8. Girl You Know Its True, Milli Vanilli
Don't lie! We all liked 'em.
7. Wind Beneath My Wings, Bette Midler
TRUE STORY!!!!
When I was in the army, one of my sergeants once made me call cadence while my whole company was running (about 130 guys).
I was fairly heated about that fucking asshole calling me out like that. I think he was trying to motivate me or something.
So instead of singing something like "I dunno what I been TOLD..." crap blah blah, I sang:
Me : "Did you ever KNOW!"
130 idiot army guys: "Did you ever KNOW!!"
Me: "Yer mah HEROHHH"
response: "Yer mah herohhh!"
Me: "Yer everything AHHHH"
(Less people responding now....)
Me: "Wish ah could BEEEE!"
(Now there are sergeants trying to stop me...)
Me: "AND I COULD FLY HIGHHHHer"
(now some guys are laughing and not running anymore, but my CO is PISSED!)
Me: "Than AN EAGLE"
(Now I'm calling cadence faster cause one of the lieutentants is actually physically attempting to make me stop)
Me: "CUZ YOU ARE THE WIND!!!!"
(Total chaos)
Me: "BENEATH MY WINGS!!!!"
(I don't get any breakfast for a month, and never, ever have to call cadence again. Totally worth it).
6. Cold Hearted Snake, Paula Abdul
Ummm. Well, the video certainly taught my 13 year-old body many things. When I was alone.
Hey, I was 13.
5. Miss You Much, Janet Jackson
Is this song Pre- or Post HOT Janet Jackson? I can't remember. I remember the song, but I cannot recall if this came out BEFORE or AFTER JJ's HOTNESS. Remember when she got all HOT out of nowhere? That was cool. Before her HOT phase she was, well, not hot. She was not much more than MJ's sister.
4. Straight Up, Paula Abdul
If you are too young to remember Paula's pre-American Idol / Post Laker-Girl Career, it's ok. Just think J-Lo. Same thing.
3. Every Rose Has Its Thorn, Poison
The sappier the better. White suburban 14 year old stoner girls simply could not get enough of this crap. And the worst part was just how many of them compromised their innocence with a pimply acid-washed jacket-wearing loser in order to feel a few inches closer to Brett Michaels' horrendous swooning. Ich.
I was one of those girls.
2. My Prerogative, Bobby Brown
Now that guy had a fresh do. I always thought that one part in the song went:
"Eagle Treats is not my thiiiing".
I always thought that was a dumb lyric, but I guess that's not what the guy sang.
At least he has his own TV show now. Television is truly the bastion of the marginally talented.
1. Look Away, Chicago
Don't remember it. At all.
-Sal
10. Giving You The Best That I Got, Anita Baker
I kinda remember this song, but not really. Anyway, there was nothing significant about it.
9. Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird, Will To Power
I made out with this really cute girl to this song, so I kinda liked it a lot. Later I learned all about Peter Framton and Lynard Skynard. Today I know the TRUE source of my low self-worth...and it ain't my parents.
8. Girl You Know Its True, Milli Vanilli
Don't lie! We all liked 'em.
7. Wind Beneath My Wings, Bette Midler
TRUE STORY!!!!
When I was in the army, one of my sergeants once made me call cadence while my whole company was running (about 130 guys).
I was fairly heated about that fucking asshole calling me out like that. I think he was trying to motivate me or something.
So instead of singing something like "I dunno what I been TOLD..." crap blah blah, I sang:
Me : "Did you ever KNOW!"
130 idiot army guys: "Did you ever KNOW!!"
Me: "Yer mah HEROHHH"
response: "Yer mah herohhh!"
Me: "Yer everything AHHHH"
(Less people responding now....)
Me: "Wish ah could BEEEE!"
(Now there are sergeants trying to stop me...)
Me: "AND I COULD FLY HIGHHHHer"
(now some guys are laughing and not running anymore, but my CO is PISSED!)
Me: "Than AN EAGLE"
(Now I'm calling cadence faster cause one of the lieutentants is actually physically attempting to make me stop)
Me: "CUZ YOU ARE THE WIND!!!!"
(Total chaos)
Me: "BENEATH MY WINGS!!!!"
(I don't get any breakfast for a month, and never, ever have to call cadence again. Totally worth it).
6. Cold Hearted Snake, Paula Abdul
Ummm. Well, the video certainly taught my 13 year-old body many things. When I was alone.
Hey, I was 13.
5. Miss You Much, Janet Jackson
Is this song Pre- or Post HOT Janet Jackson? I can't remember. I remember the song, but I cannot recall if this came out BEFORE or AFTER JJ's HOTNESS. Remember when she got all HOT out of nowhere? That was cool. Before her HOT phase she was, well, not hot. She was not much more than MJ's sister.
4. Straight Up, Paula Abdul
If you are too young to remember Paula's pre-American Idol / Post Laker-Girl Career, it's ok. Just think J-Lo. Same thing.
3. Every Rose Has Its Thorn, Poison
The sappier the better. White suburban 14 year old stoner girls simply could not get enough of this crap. And the worst part was just how many of them compromised their innocence with a pimply acid-washed jacket-wearing loser in order to feel a few inches closer to Brett Michaels' horrendous swooning. Ich.
I was one of those girls.
2. My Prerogative, Bobby Brown
Now that guy had a fresh do. I always thought that one part in the song went:
"Eagle Treats is not my thiiiing".
I always thought that was a dumb lyric, but I guess that's not what the guy sang.
At least he has his own TV show now. Television is truly the bastion of the marginally talented.
1. Look Away, Chicago
Don't remember it. At all.
-Sal
