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).
Did we really appreciate the pedigree of the singer behind the #18 song in the countdown? Probably not. I mean sure -- there might be some who knew the connection that Steve Winwood had to super-groups like Traffic and Blind Faith, but probably not the bulk of our class. Did we know that Chaka Khan was singing along in the background? Again -- probably not. Did we understand that a plea for something greater to address the ills of a world gone crazy would still resonate some three decades later? I'm thinking not. Let's face it -- all we were doing back in the late 80's was appreciating that, when "things look so bad everywhere", we were not alone and that others were out there too ... waiting for the 'Higher Love'.
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 #18:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bcSoHoJh0c
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