Which decade do/did you like best? (greatest, influence, general)

[Pappy&Me]

Originally Posted by 6 FOOT 3

Well spoken as i couldn't have stated that any better myself

I voted for the 80's too . But only because of equal rights, otherwise I'd voted for the 50's .

[Time and Space]

Originally Posted by majoun

The Stray Cats were from Long Island not Britain. And their music was quite good but a throwback to the 1950s and early 1960s, no funk or disco elements...

Which brings up another intersting thought...

When did we, as a nation, start looking backwards for inspiration...

In other words, in the 40,50, and half of the 60's, it seems the population always looked to the future decades for hope and inspiration, as reflected in all those sci-fi movies, and how they always ended...with such terms as 'It's a dawn of a new age'....

But sometime between the mid 60's and 1980, we started looking 'back'...for inspiration....

In other words...in the 1990's the chic retro decade was the 70's...remember that...it was all about the 'Bradies' again, or 'Afro's' making a comeback, or 'bell bottoms'...all this was reflected in style and music videos...
and in the 1980's...it was all about the 50's...or 40's or roaring 20's...that to was being reflected in pop culture and videos...with such movies as 'The Outsiders'...or the hit song 'Sitting on the Ritz'....

It seems once we reached 2000...the future no longer presented it'self as this bright uphoric new age...and instead was ushered in by the Y2K scare...and apocaliptic radio shows like Coast to Coast thrived...

Now it's as if people don't know where to look anymore for inspiration...
When we look ahead now...it's know longer with the vision they had in the 1950's, of super space cities...
It's more like, 'ok, whens all this going to end'....that just seems to be the mood of the nation.(at least the older generation)

Developing nation populations and societies may have a different outlook. Seeing as we kinda 'peeked' before everyone else...

It would be interesting to hear the prospective of those who are college aged with regards to how do they see the future; what does the future look like to them?
Does it seem like a bright place or a dim place...
But that's probably for a different thread...
Unless you could somehow make it relevant to 'which decade do you like the best'...

[Thyra]

Originally Posted by Time and Space

Which brings up another intersting thought...

When did we, as a nation, start looking backwards for inspiration...

In other words, in the 40,50, and half of the 60's, it seems the population always looked to the future decades for hope and inspiration, as reflected in all those sci-fi movies, and how they always ended...with such terms as 'It's a dawn of a new age'....

But sometime between the mid 60's and 1980, we started looking 'back'...for inspiration....

In other words...in the 1990's the chic retro decade was the 70's...remember that...it was all about the 'Bradies' again, or 'Afro's' making a comeback, or 'bell bottoms'...all this was reflected in style and music videos...
and in the 1980's...it was all about the 50's...or 40's or roaring 20's...that to was being reflected in pop culture and videos...with such movies as 'The Outsiders'...or the hit song 'Sitting on the Ritz'....

It seems once we reached 2000...the future no longer presented it'self as this bright uphoric new age...and instead was ushered in by the Y2K scare...and apocaliptic radio shows like Coast to Coast thrived...

Now it's as if people don't know where to look anymore for inspiration...When we look ahead now...it's know longer with the vision they had in the 1950's, of super space cities...
It's more like, 'ok, whens all this going to end'....that just seems to be the mood of the nation.(at least the older generation)

Developing nation populations and societies may have a different outlook. Seeing as we kinda 'peeked' before everyone else...

It would be interesting to hear the prospective of those who are college aged with regards to how do they see the future; what does the future look like to them?
Does it seem like a bright place or a dim place...
But that's probably for a different thread...
Unless you could somehow make it relevant to 'which decade do you like the best'...

That would be an interesting Thread...I would like to know who young people look to for inspiration...I'm not young, so I can't answer
Why don't you start that Thread

[Capt. Dan]

I just dont know how you can top the experimenting. The tension. The change in attitude. The rebellion. The music. The transition of the 1960's. The 1960's were so liberating. Especially on the heels of such a whitebread,Cold War defined,Father Knows Best,anal retentive decade like the 1950's.

[Time and Space]

Originally Posted by Trudy Rose

That would be an interesting Thread...I would like to know who young people look to for inspiration...I'm not young, so I can't answer
Why don't you start that Thread

Yes, maybe I'll do that in the future...

It would be interesting to see if times were really better 'back then'...or if just being younger makes any time your living in 'seem better'...

Let's say if I were 5 today...(I've been accused of acting as such)...would this be the wonderful decade for me that the past was?

Or would the apocolyptic view of the future have a trickle down effect?
Does being young and resilant go hand in hand? Or can the young get depressed over pressing issues as well?

I just know when I was 10 or 15 or even 20, I never worried about the economy...I never even knew what a dem or rep was until I was 23 or so...where I worked with a grizzly adams looking plumber who always kept his radio on Rush Limbaugh...and that was my introduction to politics and national issues...
Another plumber I worked with, that resembled Gandoff on lord of the rings (The wizard guy) use to chain smoke, and the cab of the truck was so thick with smoke I would get light headed and start seeing stars...
(This was back before all the stuff came out about second hand smoke...)

Anyhow...ye, maybe I'll start a thread about that in the future, if someone else hasn't already...

[Thyra]

As you get older, and the world has changed so much, I think people tend to look back to what the think were simpler times...actually things were not really simpler.. it's just that we wer younger and could deal with the changes easier Start the Thread before we get off topic

[majoun]

Originally Posted by Time and Space

Which brings up another intersting thought...

When did we, as a nation, start looking backwards for inspiration...

In other words, in the 40,50, and half of the 60's, it seems the population always looked to the future decades for hope and inspiration, as reflected in all those sci-fi movies, and how they always ended...with such terms as 'It's a dawn of a new age'....

But sometime between the mid 60's and 1980, we started looking 'back'...for inspiration...

There was a pretty big wave of '20s nostalgia in the '60s

[Time and Space]

Originally Posted by majoun

There was a pretty big wave of '20s nostalgia in the '60s

You know, your right...I may not get the name right...but they were like post hippies...'beech nick' I think...and I think their flavor was kinda retro 20's or renaissance era...

I remember always looking back on people born in 1890 and living through 1900 and 1920....

And now others will look at us the same way....

When 2060 comes around (if the world is still here) I wonder if it will repeat it'self...like a 2069 version of wood stock...and a 2060's version of hippies...
a 2050's version of a new civil rights era...
Or will a new singer come out with a song like prince...Instead of 'we're gonna party like it's 1999...it will be We're gonna party like it's 2999...but that's like a 1000 years from now...

I wonder if we will seem as 'dated' to those in 2070 as people in the 1920's appeared to me years ago?

[Thyra]

Originally Posted by Time and Space

You know, your right...I may not get the name right...but they were like post hippies...'beech nick' I think...and I think their flavor was kinda retro 20's or renaissance era...

I remember always looking back on people born in 1890 and living through 1900 and 1920....

And now others will look at us the same way....

When 2060 comes around (if the world is still here) I wonder if it will repeat it'self...like a 2069 version of wood stock...and a 2060's version of hippies...
a 2050's version of a new civil rights era...
Or will a new singer come out with a song like prince...Instead of 'we're gonna party like it's 1999...it will be We're gonna party like it's 2999...but that's like a 1000 years from now...

I wonder if we will seem as 'dated' to those in 2070 as people in the 1920's appeared to me years ago?

That's "Beatnicks" The "Beat Generation"

[Time and Space]

Originally Posted by Trudy Rose

That's "Beatnicks" The "Beat Generation"

A hundred years ago on this day...the biggest headline was that Barney Oldfield set a land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona....

So I guess Nascar fans would be happy...