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I think the 80's era ended with the first Gulf War. When Grunge hit the scene and the Hair Bands and British Invasion went extinct and people moved out from under the shadow of the Cold War, the 80's were over.
You got to also thank Guns N Roses for also putting an end to the hair bands.
and Nerdvana set the stage for crappy nu metal, emo and pop punk of the 90's to today.
You have no idea how glad I am to read this post. I will be 36 in March, and I thought I was the only person of my age group who thought Nirvana was as overrated as you could get. I truly never understood why they held the prestige they did.
I could not agree more that they were a huge influence on some of the "my life sucks" music success of the late 90s-early 2000s (see Third Eye Blind, Staind, etc.).
Politically, the Clinton election and inauguration (Nov 3, 1992 - Jan 20, 1993) is a good boundary point. The breakup of the Soviet Union is equally valid.
Economically, I'd say the 1980s ended at the end of the 1990-1991 recession (mid 1991).
Musically, 1991/1992 saw the rise of '90s music. By 1993, most music sounded much different than 1990 or so.
Fashion has nothing to do with it. Clothing doesn't define an era.
I was born Dec. 25, 1992 and feel as if I was born "almost in the '80s", but still the early '90s era.
You have no idea how glad I am to read this post. I will be 36 in March, and I thought I was the only person of my age group who thought Nirvana was as overrated as you could get. I truly never understood why they held the prestige they did.
I could not agree more that they were a huge influence on some of the "my life sucks" music success of the late 90s-early 2000s (see Third Eye Blind, Staind, etc.).
and continues to have a bad influence in music today, all thanks to this emo crap.
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You have no idea how glad I am to read this post. I will be 36 in March, and I thought I was the only person of my age group who thought Nirvana was as overrated as you could get. I truly never understood why they held the prestige they did.
I could not agree more that they were a huge influence on some of the "my life sucks" music success of the late 90s-early 2000s (see Third Eye Blind, Staind, etc.).
Yes!!
I know we're getting a little off the subject here, but I too grew-up a serious Classic Rock junkie, but just totally did not "get" the whole Seattle Grunge thing in the 90s. Maybe you needed to be a drugged-out 19 y.o. kid on the Seattle streets to get it.
Oh, I guess some of Pearl Jam's or Alice in Chains' stuff was OK, but I was always baffled by the popularity of Nirvana. The audio mix on their CDs was awful: way too muddy; Cobain was about as good a vocalist as drunken Jim Morrison, but wthout any of the passion. Maybe cuz he was in a heroin nod all the time, who knows?
I'm trying to think of a more over-rated musician and songwriter over the last 30 or so years than Cobain, but I can't. (I reckon I'd have to go back a bit further for Janis Joplin,whom I don't even consider a musician, really.)
I defy anyone to tell me the lyrics to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" without looking them up.
Prelude- Where one forthcoming decade's culture is forming.
Zeitgeist- Where the cultural influence of a decade is the norm.
Echo- Where one decade's cultural influence is fizzling off.
Quintessential years- Years which best represent the decade.
Prelude- Where one forthcoming decade's culture is forming.
Zeitgeist- Where the cultural influence of a decade is the norm.
Echo- Where one decade's cultural influence is fizzling off.
Quintessential years- Years which best represent the decade.
Feel free to ask any questions.
Like it, very well thought out.
Not sure if I agree that the 50s started in 1946....possibly ...after the war
start of the Baby boomer generation, so maybe.
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