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Bleach dropped in August of 1989. Pretty Hate Machine was released in October of '89.
Believe it or not, teens were already making fun of Mötley Crüe and all of the other hair bands of that year. We just wanted the 80's to be over by the end of 1989. "Headed for the 90's" we were.
Ehh, now we make fun of the nasty grunge kids who thought it was cool to not use shampoo, ever.
Yeah I'd basically agree with that. There is a pretty vast difference between music from 1989 and music from 1993. 1989 was still all synth pop, glam rock and gated drums with a couple popular rap songs. Only a few songs really hinted at what was to come in the 90s, like "What I Am" by Edie Brickell and the proto-trip hop "Buffalo Stance". By the end of that year and into 1990 EDM became a huge thing and the High-NRG sound was starting to die out.
1991-92 is when gangsta rap and alternative rock really started to explode and most 80s stars either stopped making hits or changed their style. I'd say that was really the major turning point and music styles actually stayed broadly similar from that point up to about the late 2000s.
However ,politically and culturally 9/11 changed much if our world. that's why I feel that the 1990s ended in 2001 and late 2001-2003 was a transitional period going form the 90s to the 2000s. Late 01-03 was its own period basically while 1997-2001 was its own period. Now the 80s (overall)we can definitely say ended in 1992. the 90s were short lived in my opinion(1993-2001). I've got the 2000s (musically, politically, and culturally) going from 2002-2008 and 2009-2012 was another transitional period going from the 2000s to the 10s.
However ,politically and culturally 9/11 changed much if our world. that's why I feel that the 1990s ended in 2001 and late 2001-2003 was a transitional period going form the 90s to the 2000s. Late 01-03 was its own period basically while 1997-2001 was its own period. Now the 80s (overall)we can definitely say ended in 1992. the 90s were short lived in my opinion(1993-2001). I've got the 2000s (musically, politically, and culturally) going from 2002-2008 and 2009-2012 was another transitional period going from the 2000s to the 10s.
Debatable. I see what you are saying, but there were some major changes happening in the late 80's and early 90's. Music especially, the onset of grunge and rap in those days was VERY different from what was big in the 80's. Movies like Terminator 2 in 1991 showed that the 80's really were dead in terms of special effects. Those awful hair styles from the 80's did take longer to get rid of, wasn't until 94 or 95 that they began to improve.
Debatable. I see what you are saying, but there were some major changes happening in the late 80's and early 90's. Music especially, the onset of grunge and rap in those days was VERY different from what was big in the 80's. Movies like Terminator 2 in 1991 showed that the 80's really were dead in terms of special effects. Those awful hair styles from the 80's did take longer to get rid of, wasn't until 94 or 95 that they began to improve.
Really? I don't find the effects in Terminator 2 all that impressive. i mean, maybe for the time but by today's standards they are pretty basic. Grunge didn't really take off until 1992 and rap was already fairly big in the late 80s and didn't enter its gangsta phase until around the same time. I consider Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer old school.
Really? I don't find the effects in Terminator 2 all that impressive. i mean, maybe for the time but by today's standards they are pretty basic. Grunge didn't really take off until 1992 and rap was already fairly big in the late 80s and didn't enter its gangsta phase until around the same time. I consider Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer old school.
It's very rare to find a 20 year old movie that still stands up to present time.
Debatable. I see what you are saying, but there were some major changes happening in the late 80's and early 90's. Music especially, the onset of grunge and rap in those days was VERY different from what was big in the 80's. Movies like Terminator 2 in 1991 showed that the 80's really were dead in terms of special effects. Those awful hair styles from the 80's did take longer to get rid of, wasn't until 94 or 95 that they began to improve.
I understand what you are saying but I've ALWAYS viewed the years (1990-1992/93) as it's own period or era. A little transition itself.
To me, the 2000s seemed like the 2010s to me. Cell phones were big then and now, the music between these two decades seems similar in a lot of ways so far.
Debatable. I see what you are saying, but there were some major changes happening in the late 80's and early 90's. Music especially, the onset of grunge and rap in those days was VERY different from what was big in the 80's. Movies like Terminator 2 in 1991 showed that the 80's really were dead in terms of special effects. Those awful hair styles from the 80's did take longer to get rid of, wasn't until 94 or 95 that they began to improve.
And you could really say the 80s era lasted a LONG time. And you know what you could make a strong argument that the 80s kind of started when STAR WARS was first released. And the 80s had 3 presidents instead of just one. Anyways I believe the 80s absolute dariation was from 1978-1992. Finally ending with Clinton becoming president. Musically it ended when Smells Like Team Spirit came out.
I just recently flipped through some of my siblings yearbooks from the early-mid 2000s and was reminded how different not even ten years can make. I was in high school in the latter part of the 2000s which is more like today. However, 2000-2006 seems to be more like the 90s and afterwards is more modern. The music, fashion, and overall feel of the first six years of the 2000s were very reminiscent of the late 90s and internet was popular but still wasn't as popular as now and it was obviously not advanced (No Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, etc.)
Facebook was out in early 2004. Felt like a different site back then, though, better in many ways. I feel like the two biggest breaks of the internet was when:
1) Broadband became the norm (over dial-up)
2) Google came out and reached mass use. Prior search engines were nowhere as good, and finding things was a chore.
Both around 2001-2002. Before that, the internet wasn't as useful. It took a few years for the internet to catch up, but the necessary stuff was there.
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