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).
Now I'm not saying our city school was still super-white circa 1989, I'm just saying that, for many of us, our first exposure to rap may just well have been MC Skat Kat in erstwhile choreographer/one time cheerleader/occasional singer/future talent show judge Paula Abdul's 'Opposites Attract' song/video. And I think it's fair to say that NONE of us went on, post-graduation, to buy his solo effort ('The Adventures of MC Skat Kat and the Stray Mob') when it came out in '91. Just sayin'.
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 #23:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xweiQukBM_k
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