First off, we’d like to know who invented this “Prom Pose”. Seriously, as if finding a date to your senior prom wasn’t painful and awkward enough, now you have to stand uncomfortably and you try not to sweat all over your date. But lucky for you those times are long behind you. You’re so much cooler than that night in mid-May back in 1999. Anyone who doubts that obviously is not following you on Twitter or keeping up with your blog.
And even though you’re no longer than oily skinned lanky kid who hadn’t quite figured out a hairstyle that worked, it would be selfish for us to not impart some wisdom on the class of 2009 with a look back on what prom music was like for us. So while they’re getting “low low low low low” to Flo Rida they can have the foresight to know that one day they will look back on this moment and be completely mortified for all eternity. Plus an awkward prom picture to immortalize the moment for all eternity.
So now to bring you a little nostaligia (or to make you feel way old) we bring you 10 Songs Played At Your Prom That Today’s High School Senior Has Probably Never Heard Before
#10 Ricky Martin – Livin’ La Vida Loca
#9 Monica – Angel of Mine. Remember Monica? Us too. Kids today have no idea who Monica is.
#8 Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away. Psst Class of 09, no one from ‘99 will admit it, but at one time they totally dug this song. But then again no one admits to liking anything Lenny Kravitz does.
#7 TLC – No Scrubs. We all know that “A scrub is a guy who thinks he’s fly”. The class of 09 has no idea what a scrub is. A
#6 Backstreet Boys – I Want it That Way. The closest thing this generation has to a boy band is The Jonas Brothers. Which one of us got the shorter end of the music stick? There’s no more TRL, but they ended up with Hannah Montana and a ton of Disney packaged singers. I think Class of 99 wins this one by a nose.
#5 Will Smith – Wild Wild West. ‘Nuff said.
#4 Christina Aguilera – Genie in a Bottle. Could the Class of 09 pick Christina out of a line up, perhaps. But we’re pretty sure they don’t know a single word of this song.
#3 Jennifer Lopez – If You Had My Love. Yup before she was J-Lo and loooong before she was Bennifer she was just an actress trying to crossover in to music. There’s a reason they only play this song in RiteAid nowadays.
#2 Juvenile – Back That Thang Up. Yes, there is a more explicit version and title of this song, but the DJs definitely weren’t playing that at the teacher supervised prom. Class of 09 this is kind of like our version of “Lollipop” . . . we think. We’re still not sure exactly what Juvenile’s singing.
#1 Sarah McLachlan – I Will Remember You (Live). If you graduated in 99 this was probably your graduation song . . . and the theme to your prom. If you’re graduating this May you probably have no idea who Sarah McLachlan is nor do you have any concept of what the Lilith Fair is.
Happy prom kids! Be safe! Just remember half these people will be balding, overweight, or pregnant before you know it. Trust us.
photo via www-personal.umich.edu
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