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).
Warning -- the accompanying link for tonight's tune is to the original uncensored version of the video that apparently includes blackface. So, you know, don't click through if you don't want to see that. But do click through (or google a censored version), if you want to hear one of the great one-hit wonders of the 80's: Taco's synthesizer heavy pop version of Irving Berlin's 'Puttin' on the Ritz'. Note that the reference to one-hit wonders is US-biased, as Taco did have other success in Germany (even though he was an Indonesian born Dutchman).
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 #20:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG3PnQ3tgzY
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