Thank You, LFO

The other day, I decided to just put my iPod on shuffle. Not on a specific playlist, just the whole thing. This may not seem like that big of a deal, but see, a while ago my friends and I were being very nostalgic about 90s music. Not good 90s music. The boy band, bubblegum pop kind of 90s music. And somehow, I ended up downloading some...interesting songs.

Like Summer Girls by LFO.

Do you remember that song? It was THE summer song (since we were all still pretty sad that Will Smith's Summertime was getting old), and all the girls just loved it. I was in high school, so I blame bad judgment. I also wore those tattoo necklaces and regularly put glittery butterfly clips in my hair. Anyway, at some point in high school I actually bought the cassette. Did you know that Summer Girls is BY FAR their best song? Even in high school I quickly realized the rest of the music on that tape really, really sucked.

(By the way, can you remember those lyrics? I remembered some, but I looked them up. Here's the full song. What we really need to discuss is how horrifically bad they are. "Hip hop marmalade spic and span." Hip hop marmalade? Like the jam? I mean, jelly? WAS THAT WHAT YOU WERE GOING FOR? That this is a hip hop JAM? OMG. Also, what's with the random pop culture references? "Macauley Culkin wasn't home alone" and "Michael J Fox was Alex P Keaton" aren't necessarily romantic.)

Anyway, this song came on my iPod while I was driving to work, and I literally lost vision for awhile because I was laughing so hard I was crying. And then I got really excited to go home and watch the video (which was MUCH worse than I remembered--I had totally forgotten about Big Teeth Man who mostly just looks like he's going to assault you), and while I did that, the list of videos on the side were just calling my name.

For example: Do you remember 3LW (which apparently stands for 3 Little Women. Which is better than what LFO stands for. Lyte Funkie Ones. You can't make this stuff up.) and their song?

Or O-Town? Specifically, Ashley Angel (for those of you who had better taste in high school, or are not of the generation, that's a dude)?

But guys. I remember all these mostly with disdain. This is not good music. Though, neither is most of what gets played on the radio today. HOWEVER, I was then confronted with something special. Magical, even.

2gether.

Ah, yes. The MTV mockumentary band. Now that, dear friends, is good music.

"I know my calculus. It says you + me = us..."

Next week, I'll do something to restore your faith in my judgment. For now, let's just all laugh.