Hello again/ January 25, 1991 flashback

Hello again everyone. After a couple of months on hiatus, I have decided to dust off the old blog and write. Hope everyone had a good holiday season, but now it's back to life.

Tomorrow in Tampa is the annual Gasparilla Pirate Fest, or as I call it, DrunkFest 2019. It happens to fall on a significant date in Tampa history too; On January 26, 2003, hell froze over and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the Super Bowl. Yes, the Bucs actually won a Super Bowl. Which is something so unthought of it's like the Boston Red Sox reversing the curse of the Bambino and winning the World Series, or the Chicago Cubs doing the same, or me finding the love of my life...I guess I got carried away.

Also, next week sometime I want to write a blog regarding the ideal place that I want to live going forward. No, I'm not moving anytime soon, just putting it out there.

Anyway without further ado, I made a playlist last night on Spotify that recreates the Top 40 songs (per Radio & Records magazine) on this date in 1991. Personal anecdote here, I had just moved back to Orlando after spending the previous 7 and a half years in North Carolina, right as Desert Storm broke out. I was getting acclimated to my new (old) environment, but may things about Orlando itself had changed between 1983 and 1991, that some places had become unrecognizable. But here were the top 40 songs that week:


40. Does She Really Love That Man  by Breathe (their last top 40 hit)

39. Get Here by Oleta Adams (remember when Greyhound Bus Lines used this in their adverts I the late '90s?)

38. Hold You Tight by Tara Kemp (I had a crush on Tara, unfortunately, she would have one more hit and never to be heard from again)

37. Don't Hold Back Your Love by Hall & Oates (their last Top 40 hit)

36. Miles Away by Winger (power ballad by a hair band to get more album sales)

35. From A Distance by Bette Midler (thank u, next)

34. Love Makes Things Happen by Pebbles and Babyface (the next we'd hear from Pebbles, she tried to screw over TLC)

33. Candy by Iggy Pop (his only Top 40 hit; duet with Kate Pierson of B-52s. A personal favorite of mine)

32. Shelter Me by Cinderella

31. This House by Tracie Spencer (she was only 14 at the time!)

30. Coming Out Of The Dark by Gloria Estefan (her first single after her near-fatal tour bus accident in 1990)

29. Waiting For That Day by George Michael

28. Impulsive by Wilson Phillips

27. Waiting For Love by Alias

26. Moneytalks by AC/DC (Believe it or not, their only top 40 pop hit on R/R)

25. If You Needed Somebody by Bad Company (the new lineup that had a couple of hits in this time period, not the 70s lineup)

24. All This Time by Sting

23. Justify My Love by Madonna (other than the steamy video, did you know backing vocals were performed by Lenny Kravitz?)

22. Because I Love You by Stevie B

21. Wicked Game by Chris Isaak (speaking of steamy videos, holy cow! I almost fell in love with Helena Christiansen)

20. Show Me The Way by Styx

19. Heat of the Moment by After 7

18. One More Try by Timmy T (this actually hit No. 1 on Billboard, which to put it in a sports analogy, is like Loyola Chicago reaching the Final Four last year)

17. Rescue Me by Madonna (never saw the video for this song)

16. I Saw Red by Warrant

15. Do the Bartman by Bart Simpson (yes, from the cartoon. Remember their album "The Simpsons Sing The Blues?" Mind boggling when you think about their longevity)

14. I'll Give All My Love To You by Keith Sweat (I imagine this son closed out many a prom in 1991. I didn't know though because I couldn't go)

13. High Enough by Damn Yankees (their biggest hit by a mile)

12. Play That Funky Music by Vanilla Ice (so he followed up "Ice Ice Baby" who he ripped from Queen with a song he ripped from Wild Cherry. Got it)

11. Disappear by INXS

10. Where Does My Heart Beat Now by Celine Dion (her first of many hits)

 9. Someday by Mariah Carey (remember the kid who was famous for drumming on a bucket in a Levi's jeans ad back then? He was in the video for this song)

 8. Just Another Dream by Cathy Dennis (Rick Astley provided backing vocals for this track)

 7. All The Man That I Need by Whitney Houston (two days after this chart, Houston would perform her iconic version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" before Super Bowl XXV in Tampa.)

 6. Gonna Make You Sweat by C+C Music Factory (Everybody dance now! Now you have that song stuck in your head; you're welcome)

 5. After the Rain by Nelson (Funny story involving what I think was Nelson in Fort Lauderdale in 1997 while I was in the Navy. I'll tell you at a later time)

 4. I'm Not In Love by Will To Power

 3. Sensitivity by Ralph Tresvant (first solo effort since New Edition took a break in the late 80s)

 2. The First Time by Surface

 1. Love Will Never Do (Without You) by Janet Jackson

There they were. I'll spare you the Casey Kasem spiel at the end (God bless his soul). Now I'll put out playlist on Twitter.