old school rundown
Man, I can’t help but get nostalgic every now and again for the good ole days. Callin’ up the girlfriends, gettin’ ready, goin’ out to the club. If it wasn’t a weekend, we were at some local joint, but if it was a weekend…look out. Tearing through each other’s closets to put a new spin on an old outfit–man, we came up with some winners. I remember when we thought it was cool to go and see Rick James (some kid named Prince opened for him) dressed in high heels and red-striped socks. The coolest was dancin’ all night, til our feet were sore and our fingers were blistered from all that snappin’.
Cheech & Chong were golden before I even thought about hitting the clubs, with Sister Mary Elephant screaming, “Claaaaasss!” But, best of all was gettin’ a Bas-etball Jones, oh baby, ooo-oo-ooo.
The first two rap songs I remember hearing were Kurtis Blow “The Breaks” and Kool Moe Dee’s “Wild Wild West”. Bought ‘em both on vinyl. And can’t forget “This is How We Do It’ by Montell Jordan.
Michael Cooper’s “The Quickness” was one of those songs that didn’t do very well on the charts, but became an obsession from the first time I heard it. I’d run around the house carrying the boom box with a fresh blank cassette inside, finger on the ready to press Record/Play when I heard the first notes, just to get a copy.
Ready for the World’s “Oh Sheila” was another fav, as was Pebbles’ “Mercedes Boy”. All my girls wished they had that Mercedes Benz they could pick up boys in.
Omigosh, I love this stuff so much, I’m gonna post another couple lists in a day or two.
Jungle Love….o-e-o-e-o! What Time is it?
