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).
Remember the other day when I mentioned teenage angst and teenage relationship drama in a space where teenagers congregated daily for lunch? (If not, it was #22 in the countdown, so you can search/find it on the blog by typing Brenda in the search bar ... or keywords 'piano' or 'dark'.) Well, eventually, those crazy kids had to move *past* their break-ups ... and luckily Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam were there to take them through the pain to help them stay strong after they were 'All Cried Out' in order to turn away anyone that tried to come crawling back. (Bonus: me and mine got to see Lisa Lisa here in the SoFlo our first year after moving in 2014 ... although she was Cult-Jam-less at the time.)
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 #16:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rErBPw7pk2o
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