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Originally Posted by tore
It would be stuff like Best of Cat Stevens, Lisa Ekdahl's self-titled debut (swedish singer/songwriter), Eels' Daisies of the Galaxy or the music from Hair (the musical) which I have a difficult relationship with even today. I never thought it made for good cafè music!
There was also Beastie Boys (The Sounds of Science Anthology), The Cult, The Cure and various norwegian rock like Gartnerlosjen in the rotation, some of it played at high volume after closing hours when we were doing dishes and cleaning the place.
Stuff like Eels' Daisies of the Galaxy is basically music that I like, but it feels like I've heard it enough to last me a lifetime and I'm still tired of it!
One of my GF's favourite albums was Massive Attack's Mezzanine. We used to listen to it while .. you know. It was pretty sweet to have a GF at 18 as a 16 year old 
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Heh. Well you certainly had a way cooler soundtrack to your experience than I had for mine! It would have been pretty sweet to skate around to Massive Attack, though of course they hadn't even put out any albums yet in 1988.
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Originally Posted by Thom Yorke
Terrific read. Even though I was a 90s kid, this is very relatable for me. I don't know if it's still a popular thing to do nowadays (the roller rink I went to closed a while ago, anyways), but it's interesting that some things were still the same over a decade apart.
Any birthday party was always at a roller rink called Wheelies, and it was always a time where the boys and girls tried to push cooties aside and mingle a bit. Still awkward as hell though.
This song will forever be ingrained in my brain in relation to Wheelies:
[Cardigans' "Lovefool"]
I swear it was the only song they played. I still love that song though.
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I've always liked that song too, though I didn't realize it was popular enough to be played at roller skating rinks. Or maybe your rink was just a lot more hip mine was.
It's funny, I actually saw the Cardigans in concert when that song was new but I remember next to nothing about the show.