Prepare to feel old.
A recent conversation with a friend has left me feeling slightly depressed about my own age. He correctly remarked that any child that was born during World Cup ’98 would now be legally allowed to drink in a bar.
While the years wait for nobody, this got me thinking about some of those songs that could now be classified as ‘fully grown adults’, you know, if they were actually people.
Save Tonight – Eagle-Eye Cherry
Huh?: Let’s delay our misery at feeling old.
Clip via –EagleEyeCherryVEVO
Brimful of Asha (Remix) – Cornershop
Huh?: Remember when nobody knew what the actual lyrics to this pop-gem were?
Clip via – Cornershop
Push It – Garbage
Huh?: We still don’t have a notion about what the video is about. It’s still an absolute tune.
Clip via – GarbageVEVO
C’est La Vie – B*witched
Huh?: Uh-oh, say it’s not true. Ah feck it. c’est la vie.
Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz
Huh?: Witchcraft. We can still remember hearing it from that Peugeot 206 advert.
Clip via – virginrecords
Got the Feelin’ – Five
Huh?: That debut album from Five is now 18 years old. Let that sink in.
Clip via – FiveVEVO
Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) – Backstreet Boys
Huh?: Still an absolute jam.
Clip via – BackstreetBoysVEVO
Freak on a Leash – Korn
Huh?: GO!
Clip via – KornVEVO
Intergalactic – Beastie Boys
Huh?: We find this hard to believe. Not that we don’t remember it, it’s just because the track still sounds like it was recorded yesterday.
Clip via – emimusic
Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) – Pras feat O.D.B and Mya
Huh?: Anyone know the name of the film that this featured in? It was Bullworth. It was awful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtIGCGu9L90
Clip via – BVMUndergroundHipHop
He Got Game – Public Enemy
Huh? F**k the game if it ain’t saying something after 18 years.
Doo Wop (That Thing) – Lauryn Hill
Huh?: Come again?
Clip via – laurynhillvevo
Iris – Goo Goo Dolls
Huh?: You can’t fight the tears that ain’t coming after realising how old you are.
Clip via – Goo Goo Dolls
The Rockafeller Skank– Fatboy Slim
Huh?: Be honest, you first heard this from FIFA.
Clip via – Fatboy Slim
Angel- Massive Attack
Huh?: Thought we were going to opt for Teardrop didn’t you? ‘That’ beat though.
Clip via – lol you read this? xD
Whippin’ Piccadilly – Gomez
Huh?: Effortlessly playful and inventive. Still one of the most memorable videos that we’ve seen and yes, that is Toby Jones.
Clip via – emimusic
Closing Time – Semisonic
Huh?: Seems apt to finish on. Excuse us while we we try and desperately reclaim our youth.
Clip via – SemisonicVEVO
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