DAY TWELVE: Song from My Preteen Years
So,
I couldn’t pick just one song for this one.
Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
I
immediately thought of riding in the car with my dad and listening to the Backstreet
Boys. It was a shock for me because my dad was an avid oldies guy, his ideal
playlist included the Temptations and only came as recent as Arrested
Development (at that time). When ‘Everybody’ came blaring through the speakers,
my entire musical identity began to morph into a new phenomenon. I liked pop
music and boy bands from then on.
B2K - Uh Huh
Name one black girl in their preteen years who did not have
a poster ripped from a magazine of B2K or their favorite B2K member plastered
to their wall. You can’t do it because we were obsessed! They took over our
lives for at least a good 3 years with albums and movies (You Got Served), and it all started with this song. As embarrassing
as it may be, I think this song goes HARD, not as hard as the trap music of
today, but it served its own purpose during its tenure.
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