On this Monday, when I should be looking at library job postings, I am being endlessly diverted by Facebook, YouTube, blogs, emails, etc. Anyway, I don't really have anything to share lifewise, but I do have a couple of 90s songs stuck in my head, so I thought I'd share. Most of the 90s in my iTunes is devoted to the alt female songwriter ToriSarahAlanisLizAni. The songs I'm sharing are not those. These are the gloriously cheesy pop songs that I grew up listening to on my mom's soft rock radio station.
"I Don't Want to Wait" by Paula Cole
You're welcome! (I only recently found out this was the theme for Dawson's Creek, somehow as a gay teen in the late 90s/early 00s who watched a lot of The WB, I never watched the Creek.)
"Stay (I Missed You)" by Lisa Loeb
I'm not sure the lyrics make sense except in the contradictory senses of love, relationships, and loss. This song's left an indelible impression on my brain.
"Tonight and the Rest of My Life" by Nina Gordon
OK, so it came out in 2000. It haunts me.
One more: "Foolish Games" by Jewel. zomg! That was one of my most favoritest songs in high school.
If that wasn't enough, Garfunkel and Oates skewer these and other songs in their Worst Song Medley.
It's ok if you like some (or all) of these songs in spite of yourself.
Happy Monday.
