90's Guilty Pleasures #12: L.F.O. (Lyte Funky Ones) "Summer Girls" (1999)

The Guilt:: There's a strong possibility this song may have been associated with a surprisingly effective viral marketing campaign for Aberchrombie & Fitch. And the boy-band image itself, often portrayed as rich kids driving around in Daddy's new SUV, was never anything that offered much sense of pride.

The Pleasure:: "Summer Girls" is so retardedly absurd that there's almost no way to not appreciate it in some form, ironic or otherwise. Let's examine these lyrics...

You're the best girl that I ever did see / The great Larry Bird Jersey 33
When you take a sip you buzz like a hornet / Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets...

So here, they rhymed "hornet" with "sonnets," which in itself is nothing short of lyrical genius. Moving on...

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 / Macauly Culkin wasn't Home Alone

After moving past the random-as-fuck pop culture references having practically nothing to do with the song's narrative (which I'm sure fans of Family Guy should be able to appreciate), this turns out simply as a sad song of love and loss...

You love hip hop and rock n roll / Dad took off when you were 4 years old
There was a good man named Paul Revere / I feel much better baby when you're near

The "dad took off" part reveals some unexpected undertones of darkness, followed immediately by the WTF "Paul Revere" line... I shouldn't need to go further. There's almost no other song more worthy of a "WTF" tag from this entire decade...