This month ... it's all about the top 30 jukebox memories (see rules below) -- relevant because it was *our* class who got a jukebox installed in the cafeteria (along with Coke machines and one of those electronic message boards).
Drumroll please (followed by any random noises you might make in the style of the Australian Pintupi aboriginals). We have reached the end of our second 30for30 series (rest assured that a new one in a different theme will start tomorrow), and the number 1 cafeteria jukebox memory is an Australian protest song that was played over and over and over again -- Midnight Oil's 'Beds are Burning'. To the best of my knowledge, there were no activists in our school focused on the issue covered in the lyrics ... but there must have been a few people who got into the song for other reasons. Note: the wiki says a reworked version was released in 2009 to focus on climate change ... so maybe we were all so much smarter than we realized back then.
RULES FOR THIS TOP 30 LIST: Songs are as remembered from when they were being played loudly in the cafeteria, making us all raise our voices at mealtimes in order to hear each other. All memories are believed to be accurate and will be fact checked on the interwebs to make sure that featured songs were actually released prior to June of 1989 (but since these memories are thirty years old, there is not a guarantee of 100% accuracy.) Also note that an appearance on this list is not necessarily an endorsement of the song or the artist. And if anyone out there wants to make a mixtape that we can all make copies of at the reunion, now is the time to start working on that task.
JUKEBOX MEMORY TRACK #1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejorQVy3m8E
THE REWORKED SONG FROM 2009:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBTZOg6l6cA
NEWS FROM OUR CLASS ON THE FACEBOOK (IF YOU ARE A MEMBER):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/189980661939188/
