Does anyone remember this guy?
That’s Shaggy! I never knew he had such a sexy, heavy-lidded look until I Googled him! Erm, no…it’s not this Shaggy:
But the Shaggy of the Mr Bombastic fame! That was the year the discos pulsated with the booming beat of Mr Bombastic, say me fantastic, touch me in my back, she says I’m Mr Ro…mantic…
That was the year the music world reeled in horror when the Latino singer, Selena, was shot by her former PA. Gone was the songbird with the sweet voice who serenaded so many young hopeful lovers with her sweet lyrics of We Could Fall in Love…
That was the year the Rembrandts promised I’ll Be There For You. The song which catapulted to fame when it was made popular by Friends…
That was the year Bryan Adams asked Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? Have you understood her and heard her every thought? Have you ever told she’s really wanted and she’s the one?
 That was the year Mariah Carey was a sweet, sweet Fantasy. So deep in our daydreams that everything is just a sweet fantasy…
That was the year the Blessed Union of Souls sang I Believe love is the answer and begged to Let Me Be The One…
That was the year of the eclipse, not of the sun or the moon but the Total Eclipse of the Heart by Nikki French. Turn around…
That was the year Vanessa William taught us that you can’t own the earth until you can paint with all the Colours of the Wind…
That was the year Alanis Morissette’s Hand in my Pocket reminded us that everything’s gonna be fine, fine, fine…
Ah, what a blast to the past! I never knew so many lovey-dovey songs were hits in that year I turned 18! Darn…I want to relive that year again! This ends my long postponed tag by ParisB!
The Rules
1. Â Go to www.popculturemadness.com
2. Â Select the year you turned 18
3. Â Get all nostalgic over the songs of the year
4. Write about it
5. Pass this tag onto 5 others
Let’s Tag:
Soo Yin – cos she loves tags
Lyrical Lemongrass – I actually owe her a tag, which I’ll do ASAP!
Precious Pea – Let’s see what she and her doggies listened to!
Domestic Rat – to relive her 18th year as record for her little bubs to come
Jemima – hope you haven’t done it!
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When I think of Friends, I think of Central Perk. When I think of The Rembrandts, I think of I’ll Be There For You…
So no one told you life was gonna be this way…
Your job’s a joke, you’re broke, your love life’s DOA…
Wokay, so that’s life according to Friends. So how come we all don’t look as gorgeous as Rachel and Monica and hang out in a cool apartment and have like, nothing else better to do? *grin*
Pinkelle says: Yeah…why can’t life be about swanky apartments, gorgeous friends and gorgeous ourselves (!) and a little sleep-around every now and then
Blessid Union of Souls, you same age as me ar?
Pinkelle asks: Er…you how old ar? You never heard of the age-old warning – never ask a lady her age!
ohhhh, Mr. Bombastic! no wonder that face looked familiar. don’t hear anything about Shaggy these days, must be one of those one hit wonders way back then. and… and… you’re so young!!
Pinkelle giggles: Not that young la! Getting quite old already
But we’re only as old as we want to be, eh?
Good grief! Now I know how people feel when they say they know only about 10% of the songs listed! Duh! Ok, ok, I’ll use my time tested excuse now: I was stuck on a desert island without electricty that time..
Pinkelle bleats: Ahh…HO KWAI FANN wasn’t built yet! No wonder no electricity! Am sure you still had a great time with your slave girls fanning you while feeding you grapes! That’s why don’t know the songs la
This is an interesting tag! Let me reply u tomr?
Pinkelle says: No worries! Have fun doing it!
Aiyoyo! You’re the 3rd one to tag me on this.
I haven’t done my homework yet..
So wait wait wait…
Pinkelle says: Eeps! Third one already? The pressure is on! Hehe..
Wheee….done! =) You really brought me down memory lane with this tag! *grin*
Pinkelle says: Wow, that was fast! Thanks for doing it and glad you enjoyed it!
Sorry, just saw I was being tagged. Wah…we around the same age…let me go dig out my cassette tapes tonite. Hahahaha..no limitation of how many songs rite?
Pinkelle says – My apologies! Was so busy I forgot to let you know on your blog! Same age? Really? Wah you still have casette tapes? Erm..I think the limitation was 5 but I didn’t follow the rules!
When I was eighteen, I was first introduced to jazz, the likes of Earl Klugh, Stanley Jordan, Lee Ritenour, Abraham Laboriel, Dave and Don Grusin and of course, the Rippingtons. Since then, there has been no turning back!
Pinkelle says: You should do this tag then, Orbiter!
oh… soo yin’s your friend…
Pinkelle waves: Welcome Zewt! Erm, just an online friend whose blogs I really enjoy reading!
Finally… I did it.
PE says: Hurrah!