That’s right kiddies it’s back to school time. I’m sure you’re avoiding work as you read this right now and I fully support your decision, this is far more important than anything else you could be learning. No, they don’t teach important things like the top 5 bus tunes in school, you’ve got to come to Review the World, so take a seat, spit out your gum and get ready to take some notes.
5. Kris Kross/ Skankin Pickle-
I Missed the Buss
You know at one time you thought
it might be a good idea to wear your clothes backwards, maybe we could
bring it back? Over the course of this song our young heroes Kris and Kross
tell the harrowing tales of going to bed late and sleeping in causing them
to miss the bus. Like any good story though there’s a strong moral message,
they learn never to miss the bus again. I think that’s a message we all
need to hear. It really gets back to the heart of rap, social activism.
There’s also a song by Skankin’ Pickle called I Missed the Buss. I haven’t
heard it but the lyrics are strangely similar to the Kris Kross song, except
they added a line about doing their hair which they lose points for and
something about toenail puss which they gain points for. They therefore
cancel each other out and tie for 5th on RTW’s top bus songs of all time.
4. Vengaboys- We Like
to Party
Can I tell you a secret? The
first time I heard this song I dug it a lot. I could try and justify it
by saying I was like 13 at the time, but is that really an excuse? Unfortunately,
you’re probably saying to yourself, “Sometimes this song gets stuck in
my head and I don’t really mind.” At least I’m hoping you’re saying that
because if not I might have just lost any music credibility I once had.
But seriously people, who wouldn’t want an intercity disco?!?
3. The Who- Magic Bus
This song is about drugs, I
don’t really know how but I’m sure of it. I’m hoping it was the inspiration
for the book series The Magic School Bus, the timing of it seems right.
Think about it, some kid grows up listening to The Who and eventually gets
around to writing a book loosely based on the title. Bam, spin off TV series
and dude(tte)’s swimming in cashmoney. Now they can finally graduate to
coke like the high rollers of their generation. Hooray for children’s literature!
2. Violent Femmes- Waiting
for the Bus
One time I was listening to
my ipod *pause to show ipod to camera* and I was waiting for a bus. Utilizing
the wonderful shuffle feature (I’ll be checking my mailbox daily Mac, don’t
be cheap) this song started playing and I thought to myself “Wow, this
song just fits” I don’t know what it was exactly but it was just like in
that moment it was the perfect song. Plus they’re from Canada, eh?
1. OutKast- Rosa Parks
Ok, let me get this through
your head and I’m only going to explain it once: OutKast is tite. Yes,
the type of tite that is spelled wrong on purpose just like all those kool
bands you used to listen to (and probably play in) that called themselves
punx. They even got sued by Rosa Parks for this song, that’s how tite they
are. They got sued by a civil rights activist that they in many ways owe
their career to. And I would like to point out that this song uses the
term crunk, I doubt it was the first to use it but I just thought I should
remind people that Lil’ Jon is not the originator of the term. And I’m
not even going to get into the proper usage of the word cause that’s a
whole new topic. Oh yeah, I’m down, don’t let my skin color fool you, it’s
just a big birfmark…
- Brian B.