I have been meme-ed??

My good friend at Intrepid Flame tagged me for a meme (I still don't know what that means!) about music. He has great taste in music, I respect his taste and we agree on most hip-hop. So, I have agreed to do it and goes a little something like this:

1. Go to www.popculturemadness.com
2. Pick the year you turned 18.
3. Get yourself nostalgic over the 'Songs of the Year'.
4. Write something about how the song affected you.
5. Pass it on to five more friends.

As I was growing up in New Zealand, I don't remember some of these songs hitting our shores. NZ has its own excellent music scene so some of these were probably knocked off the Top 10 by good old Kiwi music. However, here goes:

December 8, 1990 - January 4, 1991: Because I Love You (The Postman Song) - Stevie B
LOVE STEVIE WONDER BUT AT THIS STAGE IN MY LIFE, HAD RESIGNED THIS TO A CLASSIFICATION KNOWN AS "MUM AND DAD MUSIC".

January 5 - January 18: Justify My Love - Madonna
AS A NEAR GROWN UP ABOUT TO MOVE INTO MY FIRST FLAT AND START UNI, WAS NOT REALLY INTO THE WHITE GIRL STUFF. TRYING TO FIND MY ROOTS MORE AND BEGAN EXPLORING MORE HIP HOP.

January 19 January 25: Love Will Never Do (Without You) - Janet Jackson
TURN IT UP!

January 26 - February 8: The First Time - Surface
LIKE MANY 18 YEAR OLD GIRLS, THIS WAS A LOVE SONG THAT YOU HAD TO LISTEN TO, DREAM FOR, LONG FOR......THANK GOODNESS I AM NO LONGER 18.

February 9 - February 22: Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) - C&C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams
RIGHT UP THERE WITH KID AND PLAY!

February 23 - March 8: All the Man That I Need - Whitney Houston
PREFERRED HER DANCE MUSIC. DID OWN THE ALBUM THOUGH. SHAME ON YOU SHOE DIVA.

March 9 - March 23: Someday - Mariah Carey
DEFINITELY LISTENED TO IT. WOULD NOT LISTEN TO IT NOW.

March 23 - March 29: One More Try - Timmy T.
WHAT? NOT SO SURE THIS WAS A HIT IN NEW ZEALAND.

March 30 - April 12: Coming out of the Dark - Gloria Estefan
NOT INTO IT.

April 13 - April 19: I've Been Thinking About You - Londonbeat
WHO?

April 20 - April 26: You're in Love - Wilson Phillips
HMMMMM. NOT REALLY SOMETHING MY MATES AND I LISTENED TO.

April 27 - May 10: Baby Baby - Amy Grant
DITTO.

May 11 - May 17: Joyride - Roxette
PLAYED IT IF IT WAS ON THE RADIO.

May 18 - May 24: I Like the Way (The Kissing Game) - Hi-Five
THANK YOU! I REMEMBER BUYING THE ALBUM THIS SONG IS ON AT REAL GROOVY RECORDS ON QUEEN STREET. ALONG WITH GOING TO GIGS BY THE SEMI-MC'S WHO PERFORMED MANY OF THEIR HITS, HI-FIVE WAS WELL UP THERE!

May 25 - June 7: I Don't Wanna Cry - Mariah Carey
I ADMIT IT, LOVED IT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WENT WELL WITH ONE OF THE MANY BROKEN HEARTS I NURSED IN MY 18 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

June 8 - June 14: More Than Words - Extreme
LOVED IT, LOVED IT, LOVED IT. SENT IT ON A MIX TAPE TO MY BOYFRIEND AT THE TIME WHO WAS STUDYING AT LINCOLN UNI IN CHRISTCHURCH. NOT SO INTO THE BOYS LONG LOCKS BUT LOVED THE ACOUSTIC VERSION OF THE SONG. SUE ME.

June 15 - July 19: Rush, Rush - Paula Abdul
NOT SO MUCH.

July 20 - July 26: Unbelievable - EMF
REMEMBER THE CONCERT - WAS MOST EXCELLENT. ALSO, WORE THE LONG SLEEVED TEE FROM THE CONCERT FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS WHILE AT UNI.

July 27 - September 23: (Everything I Do) I Do It for You - Bryan Adams
LIKED THE SONG.

September 14 - September 20: The Promise of a New Day - Paula Abdul
NO. NO. NO.

September 21 - October 4: I Adore Mi Amor - Color Me Badd
NOT MY FAVOURITE SONG BUT PLAYED THE ALBUM CONSTANTLY. STILL HAVE IT. IN A RECENT GARAGE SALE, COULDN'T EVEN BEAR TO SELL IT. SENTIMENTAL IN MY OLD AGE.

October 5 - October 11: Good Vibrations - Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch featuring Loleatta Holloway
GOOD AT A PARTY ALONG THERE WITH C & C MUSIC FACTORY. WHAT WAS I THINKING?

October 12 - November 1: Emotions - Mariah Carey
I DIDN'T LIKE THIS MARIAH SONG AS MUCH AS I DID THE OTHERS.

November 2 - November 8: Romantic - Karyn White
AGAIN, WHO?

November 9 - November 22: Cream - Prince & the New Power Generation
COOL.

November 23 - November 29: When a Man Loves a Woman - Michael Bolton
AARRGGHH. NO, NO, COVER YOUR EARS!

November 30 - December 6: Set Adrift on Memory Bliss - PM Dawn
EXCELLENT. REMEMBER BLASTING THIS ON MY CAR TAPE DECK. I WAS WAY COOL BACK THEN IN MY FOUR DOOR.

December 7, 1991- January 24, 1992: Black Or White - Michael Jackson
OK.........WELL..............I LIKED THE VIDEO.

I actually turned 18 at the end of 1991 so was mainly 18 in 1992. But like a true teacher geek, thought I better follow the instructions or I might not get an A grade.

Here are my picks for what were my favourite songs for the time I was eighteen years of age:

Summertime - DJ JAZZY JEFF AND THE FRESH PRINCE
More than Words - EXTREME
OPP - NAUGHTY BY NATURE
Boys II Men - IT'S SO HARD TO SAY GOODBYE
Boys II Men - MOTOWHPHILLY
Luther Vandross - POWER OF LOVE
Salt'N'Pepa - LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX (could rap the whole song - achievement or what?)
LL Cool J - AROUND THE WAY GIRL
EMF - UNBELIEVEABLE
Jesus Jones - RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW

Let's not forget NZ music and my all-time favourites "The Exponents" - three concerts in my summer of being 18. Driving down to the Esplanade, two dollar pints and dancing your arse off!



In my defence as an 18 year old back in 1991, this was in fashion at that time and may explain my musical errors:







Man, do I feel old.....