music makes the world go 'round

No, I don't want your number.

No, I don't wanna give you mine.

And no, I don't wanna meet you nowhere.

No, don't want none of your time.

No, I don't want no scrub. A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me. Hanging out the passenger side of his best friend's ride, trying to holler at me.

Oh yes. I went there. Seriously? Who doesn't love listening to the music that you grew up on? I mean, ok, I didn't literally grow up on TLC's No Scrubs, but it was popular during the 90s, which is when I was going through puberty, experimenting with my first boyfriends, breaking up and making up with my best friends, entering college and drinking myself silly at frat parties. The 90s were my coming-of-age years.

And thanks to a tip from a good friend of mine, I can now transport myself back to that period in my life every time I'm in the car. How, you ask? Sirius Satellite Radio's 90s on 9 channel. And for the love of all things good, this station is the proverbial motherload when it comes to your favorite 90s tunes.

In my short commute home yesterday, I heard Jeremy by Pearl Jam, Just a Girl by No Doubt, Gonna Make You Sweat by C&C Music Factory, This is How We Do It by Montell Jordan, Hypnotize by the Notorious B.I.G., and The Boy is Mine by Brandy and Monica. Insanity. Sheer insanity. I'm now completely hooked on this station, to the point of wanting to take completely unnecessary trips to the store in order to listen some more. I have yet to hit a song I don't know by heart and desperately want to belt at the top of my lungs.

Some favorites that I'm waiting to hear (and trust me, I will hear these songs eventually if I keep listening): I Love Your Smile by Shanice, Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O'Connor, More than Words by Extreme, Rush Rush by Paula Abdul (and Opposites Attract, for that matter), Everything I Do (I Do It For You) by Bryan Adams, Save the Best for Last by Vanessa Williams, I'll Be There by Mariah Carey, and The Sign by Ace of Base.

If you appreciate good music...wait, I guess I should say if you appreciate old music, right? Because let's face it, these will be considered "oldies" to my kids. But if you are 30-something and looking for a permagrin to get your day started, then you owe it to yourself to check this station out. It's like your favorite mix tape without the predictability of what comes next.

I think Tevin Campbell says it best. We go round and round and round. And what we're looking for still isn't found. Round and round we go. Round and round we go. Round and round and round and round and round and round we go.

Ok, maybe it's a circular argument and doesn't really explain anything, but damn I love that song. And now I can't help feeling like I should be driving to the nearest roller rink and strapping on some brown skates with four, neon orange wheels. Sweet youth!