Songs you forgot you loved.

Radio. It’s amazing. It’s a glimmer into the past. On most days commuting one can hear today’s fresh hits but also yesterdays gems. And we mean gems! Songs so amazing you forgot that you loved them. As a daily commuter (This is Megan talking, I drive an hour to work and an hour and a half home. I know every bay area station, their demographic and when I can expect to hear songs vs. talk vs. contests vs. commercials, what can I say… it’s a skill). Each and everyday I come across a song and think “OMG! I love this song” I turn it up. I jam, I sing, people stare, I get self conscious, I try to look like I wasn’t singing and then when the coast is clear I sing again. The song eventually ends but the smile on my face lasts a few miles longer. And than it’s gone. The feeling of the past, of the memory from that high school prom when that guy you had a crush on asked you to dance and you bought the single of that song just to memorize every word as to remember every moment. Music has that effect on people, and as you can guess it has that effect on me and Barb.

So here it is folks…

Top Ten Songs You Forgot You LOVED!

10. Shoop by Salt ‘N Peppa – How come whenever this song comes on everyone on planet earth knows every single line. Is it just us or when someone calls “Shotgun” do you automatically go into “Bang, what’s up with that thang. I wanna know how does it hang. Straight up, wait up, hold up Mr. Lovah…”

9. Motown Philly by Boyz II Men – Stephanie Tanner was once in an intense dance group, however it was so intense that she missed Aunt Becky’s baby shower (gasp) and when push came to shove she just couldn’t handle it and wanted to be a kid again. But in her final dance show she grooved to ‘Motown Philly’ and it was magic! And please any guy group that wears matching sweater vests, page boy hats and a chain using baritone is fine by us.

8. Informer (I Licky Boom Boom Boom Down) by Snow: First of all, we all know that the sign of a good song is if the title contains perentheses. That lets everyone know that this is not your average song. No-- there is more to it than that. Something--- parenthetical. Informer (I Licky Boom Boom Down) is definitely no exception. On the surface it seems like just another one of those fun party songs that no one can understand the lyrics to, but it's so much fun to sing with your friends what you THINK the lyrics are. But deep down this is actually a protest song about political imprisonment... or something. Take the lyrics: "You know say daddy me snow me-a (gonna) blame, A licky boom-boom down." Um... yeah....

7. This Is How We Do It by Montell Jordan: This one is great because Montell tells you which song it is with the very first line! It's like he is making an announcement: "Attention all party-goers. Let's Kick it." This one is much easier to sing along with than #8, making it one notch better. Somehow it makes us all feel like we too are no longer little G's, but we are Big G's who can "do it" with the best of them.

6. Two Princes by The Spin Doctors: The Spin Doctors deserve some recognition for being one of those rare "Two Hit Wonder" bands. Where does a band like this fit in on the musical spectrum? More popular than that chick who sang 'Hey Mickey', but not quite a Hootie and the Blowfish. So each time this song comes on the radio we sing along and ask ourselves, "Whatever happened to them?" A band that is brilliant enough to rhyme the word maybe with the word baby has to still be around! The answer is they haven't done much. But they DID release a Best Of cd in 2000 entitled Just Go Ahead Now: A Retrospective. And that's not a joke. They actually did.

Tune in next week when we reveal songs 5 – 1 because we believe you are dying to know…