Saturday, June 07, 2008

We feel older than we normally do.

Now, then. We don't get the Rolling Stone anymore, mainly because it, like most things these days, isn't what it used to be. But at the doctor's office the other day, we mentioned that we're all about the singing and the songwriting and the strumming, so the overly talkative, not so much with the eye contact receptionist handed us the June issue with Mayer, Buddy Guy, Eddie Van Halen and others on the cover.

"Here," she said. "You'll like this."

So one of our favorite things from when we did get the Rolling Stone is on the back page: From the Fault Top 10 Singles. This issue presented the Top 10 from June 10, 1993. This was the day of our dinner dance/prom. This was also two days before we got in our "Lush Mobile," a 1977 Chevy Caprice *Classic* and sped around Newtown, Pa. with Van Halen's "Top of the World" cranked.

Cheesy, yes. But so undeniably hip, as well. So we'll give you the Top 5...

1. Janet Jackson's "That's the Way Love Goes." Remember when Janet was toned and abs and moving her hips to what amounts to the ultimate foreplay song? Yeah. We don't. Mainly because not so much with the foreplay when we were 18 with mushroom 90s hair.


2. Silk's "Freak Me." Let us lick you up and down. 'Til you say stop. We loved this song back then.


3. H-Town's "Knockin' Da Boots." Perhaps our all-time favorite high school memory song, right up there with "Rumpshaker." Right about now we on the information tip, so ladies go get your towels... Pure lyrical genius, the H-Town.


4. SWV's "Weak." Who doesn't love the S, double-double-u to the V?


5. Robin S's "Show Me Love." If there was ever a 90210 go-to artist, oh with the Robin S.


We might know every word to every song listed. We don't know how we feel about this, though.

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