90s Sundays - Aqua

Although perhaps best known for their international hit Barbie Girl, Scandinavian POP geniuses Aqua are so much more than a Matel-lawsuit.  Their 1997 album Aquarium is full of so many obnoxiously happy POP goodies that chosing justone for 90s Sunday is like selecting one flavor at the ice cream store.  But it's settled: Happy Boys & Girls, Aquarium's opening track, encompases the album's uber-upbeat feel pretty damn well.  For those of you who did NOT own this album, I suggest you listen to the song below.  For over 10 years it has cheered me out of my deepest funks.

So get up and DANCE boys & girls!



Unapologetically,

Minna

'90s Sundays

Pony by Ginuwine

This tune takes us right back to 1996! Ginuwine's very first single is overtly sexual, and I love it. (I'll ride his pony anytime. My schedule is officially CLEARED.) One of Timbaland's earlier productions, this song contains all the synthy funkliciousnes we've come to expect from the super-producer. If you listen closely, you can hear various elements (such as the slow, winding, pulsing beat imitating the fantastical ideal of sex) that came into full form on Timbaland's later work with Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake (on the masterpiece that is FutureSex/LoveSounds). This track perfectly fuses hip-hop, R&B, and POP. These genres began to fully blend in the '90s, and Pony is the ideal representation. Listen and enjoy!

Unapologetically,

Gregory