Nights like this are half the reason I keep a blog. Because, let's face it, I wouldn't call or email all my friends individually to tell them that I heard LFO's Summer Girls on the radio. But thanks to the magic of the interwebs, I can skip the ten minute tangent about the spectacular cheesiness of the pop song that is Summer Girls.
And instead I can just post the lyrics and the video...my own thoughts couldn't possibly do it justice.
Once you read / watch the whole thing, feel free to share with the rest of the readership your favorite line from the song. For me personally, it's
When you take a sip you buzz like a hornet / Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets
Any who, thank you late 90's and the glut of boy bands you flooded the music market with. And dear readership, you are more than welcome (in advance) for getting this song stuck in your head all day.
Enjoy!
(spoken intro)
Yeah, I like it when the girls stop by
in the summer
Do you remember?
Do you remember? When we met? Last summer...
(chorus)
New Kids on the Block had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick
And I think it's fly when the girls stop by for the summer,
for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch
I'd take her if I got one wish
But she's been gone since that summer,
since that summer
Hip hop marmalade, spic and span
Met you one summer and it all began
You're the best girl that I ever did see
The great Larry Bird jersey, thirty-three
When you take a sip you buzz like a hornet
Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets
Call me Willy Whistle 'cause I can't speak baby
Something in your eyes went and drove me crazy
Now I can't forget you and it makes me mad
Left one day and never came back
Stayed all summer then went back home
Macauley Culkin was at Home Alone
Fell deep in love, but now we ain't speakin'
Michael J. Fox was Alex P. Keaton
When I met you, I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch
(chorus)
Cherry Pez, Cold Crush, rock star boogie
Used to hate school so I had to play hookie
Always been hip to the b-boy style
Known to act wild and make the girls smile
Love New Edition and the Candy Girl
Reminds me of you 'cause you rocked my world
You come from Georgia where the peaches grow
They drink lemonade and speak real slow
You love hip hop and rock 'n roll
Dad took off when you were four years old
There was a good man named Paul Revere
I feel much better, baby, when you're near
You love Fun Dip and Cherry Coke
I like the way you laugh when I tell a joke
When I met you I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch
(chorus)
In the summer time girls got it goin' on
Shake and wiggle to a hip hop song
Summer time girls are the kind I like
I'll steal your honey like I stole your bike
Boogaloo shrimp and pogo sticks
My mind takes me back there, oh so quick
Let you off the hook like my man, Mr. Lipit
Think about that summer and I bug 'cause I miss it
Like the color purple, macaroni and cheese
Ruby red slippers and a bunch of trees
Call you up but what's the use
I like Kevin Bacon but I hate Footloose
Came in the door, said it before
Think I'm over you but I'm really not sure
When I met you I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch
(chorus)
'Cause summer girls come and summer girls go
Some are worthwhile and some are so-so
'Cause summer girls come and summer girls go
Some are worthwhile and some are so-so
(chorus)
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