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I recently started a new feature where I comment on other published Top 10 Lists where I feel a grave error might have been made. Here is a link to my feelings on Premiere's Most Overrated Movies List and Yahoo's 25 Worst Rappers List. These errors could either be an obvious omission from the list or an inclusion on a list that simply does not belong. As I have been coming across other published lists, I am regularly finding those that I take issue with. One that I have been meaning to comment on is the Pop Culture Madness "Ten Songs That Mom and Dad Hated in the 90s." PCM has lots and lots of very cool lists on their website. In particular, this is a very interesting topic for a list and I do agree with some of the selections. You can click on the link above to see it yourself, but here is the list that PCM has published: 1. "Baby Got Back" - Sir Mix-a-Lot 2. "Bump N' Grind" - R. Kelly 3. "The Humpty Dance" - Digital Underground 4. "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)" - The Offspring 5. "Informer" - Snow 6. "Let's Talk About Sex" - Salt-N-Pepa 7. "Booti Call" - BLACKstreet 8. "Come Baby Come" - K7 9. "Justify My Love" - Madonna 10. "Losing My Religion" - R.E.M. You cannot argue too much with "Baby Got Back" being at the top of the list. Can you believe that this song actually hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for 5 straight weeks back in 1992 (July 4th-August 7th)??? There is another song devoted to the same body part that deserves to be on this list and that is "Rumpshaker" by Wreckx-N-Effect. That song should definitely be here, but there are two other songs that I feel are more obvious omissions which I will discuss later. R. Kelly definitely deserves to be on the list, but I would have ranked "Honey Love" as high as "Bump N' Grind" and neither would have been in the top 5. "Informer" would only appear on this list because of how annoying the song is. "The Humpty Dance," "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" and "Let's Talk About Sex" are all fairly innocent songs that are just meant to be fun. Where is "I Wanna Sex You Up" by Color Me Badd? That song should definitely be here, but again there are two other songs that are even more obvious omissions. "Justify My Love" became very controversial because of its music video which was actually banned from MTV. All that being said, there are two songs which should at least appear in the top 5 spots on this list. They are "Do Me!" by Bell Biv Devoe and "Freak Me" by Silk. "Do Me!" was a radio staple back in 1990-1991 and actually hit #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Here is a link to the video for a remix version of this song and the actual lyrics appear below. "Freak Me" actually hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained there for 2 weeks in 1993 (May 1st-14th). Here is a link to the video for that song and the actual lyrics also appear below. "Do Me!" by Bell Biv Devoe (1990) Take a look at me Tell me do you like what you see Do you think you can Do you think you can do me
Kiss me pretty, baby Touch me all over Girl, what makes you think you can do me Do you think you can do me, girl Do me, baby (Ho...ooh...) Do me, baby (Do you think you can) Do me, baby (Do me) Do me, baby Girl, let your hair down Take off your clothes and leave on your shoes Would you mind if I looked at you for a moment Before I make sweet love Backstage, under age, adolescent How ya doin', "Fine," she replied I sighed, "I like to do the wild thing" Action took place Kinda wet, don't forget The J, the I, the M, the M, the Y, y'all I need a body bag Do me, baby (Oh...oh...oh...) Do me, baby (You can do me when you wanna do me) Do me, baby (Yeah...yeah...) Do me, baby (Mmm...ho...ho...ooh...yeah...) Do me, baby (I like it in the morning time, yeah) Do me, baby (Sometimes I love it in the evening, baby, yeah) Do me, baby (Can you do me all over, girl, yeah, yeah) Do me, baby The time was 6 o'clock on the Swatch watch No time to chill, got a date, can't be late Hey, the girl is gonna do me Move to the Jacuzzi, ooh, that booty Smack it up, flip it, rub it down, oh, no Do me, baby (Yeah...) Do me, baby (Oh, baby, I like it just like that) Do me, baby (And I love the way you do it to me, baby, yeah) Do me, baby (Oh, move just a little bit closer) You can do me in the morning You can do me in the night You can do me when you wanna do me "Freak Me" by Silk (1992) Let me lick you up and down Til you say stop Let me play with your body baby Make you real hot Let me do all the things you want me to do Cuz tonight baby I wanna get freaky with you
Baby don't you understand I wanna be your nasty man I wanna make your body scream And you will know just what I (you know what I mean) 24 carat gold To warm the nights when you get cold I wanna lick you up and down And then I wanna lay you down C'mon silk Let me lick you up and down Til you say stop Let me play with your body baby Make you real hot Let me do all the things you want me to do Cuz tonight baby I wanna get freaky with you I love the taste of whipcream Spread it on don't be mean (baby don't be mean) You know I can't resist you girl I'll fly you all around the world (all around the world, oh baby) I wanna make your body drip C'mon let me take a sip (c'mon, c'mon, c'mon) Take off what you cherish most (c'mon,c'mon, come on, come on baby) Cuz when I brag I like to brag and boast Let me lick you up and down Til you say stop Let me play with your body baby Make you real hot Let me do all the things you want me to do Cuz tonight baby I wanna get freaky with you I think after you read those lyrics and watch the videos to actually listen to these songs, you would agree that those are both songs that parents would not approve of back in the 90s. Looking back, I am surprised that the FCC even allowed those songs to get such intense radio airplay. Though they are sexually explicit, I guess that is better than promoting violence. There are probably several other songs like "F--- tha Police" by N.W.A. that could have been considered, but I decided that these obvious sex songs definitely deserved to be near the top of the list. We'll save the gangster rap for another discussion at another time.
I feel the topic of the PCM list is fantastic and the idea of lists is to create some debates. I just feel this particular list is missing some obvious songs. Let me know if you have any other songs from the 90s that come to mind which you hated as a parent yourself or which you feel your parents would have hated. Some of these songs are really pretty phenomenal from a purely musical aspect, but they just have lyrics and subject matter that could be objectionable especially for a younger listener to hear. Fun topic. Hope you enjoyed the discussion and I hope to hear from you. That will wrap up another issue of Kickin' it Old School. Thanks so much for reading and please continue to spread the word. If you know someone who would enjoy reading it, please forward them the link. Please consider subscribing or at least bookmark it in your favorites and come back often. If you missed any past issues, please click on the archive buttons in the upper left hand column. Peace and much love. Check this out: On an unrelated topic, I came across an interesting article about the use of Maple wood for baseball bats. It is about how this type of wood might be better for hitting the ball, but also shatters easier and becomes very dangerous when broken pieces fly through the air. Click on the link and read it for yourself. Whether you are a baseball fan or not, I thought it made some good points about a safety issue for players, coaches and fans that may otherwise go relatively unnoticed. Quote of the day: "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." -Aldous Leonard Huxley Download this: I don't think I can recommend any of the songs discussed above in good faith, so here is my recommendation for this issue... "One Thing" by Finger Eleven
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