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Born in '75. I liked the 90's as it's when I went through high school and college and early adulthood, and it was a fun decade. I feel like the 90's ended with the advent of the cell phone. Life has never been the same.
I think there was some movie about the 80s, I think it was "American Psycho" or some Wallstreet movie where they were using cellphones. They were like big bricks with an antenna on them, so that would've made the 80s actually the advent of the cellphone. I remember in the early 90s, like '93, when only wealthy people had them, and they looked bulky. Then pagers were common, and then, next thing I knew, it seemed like even those on welfare and food stamps had cell phones. By 2001, people went around like their cellphones were surgically attached to their ears, and that continues to this day. I can't go shopping anywhere without someone yapping on their phone down every aisle. Only difference now is that the younger generation is more keen on texting.
That's your opinion, but for me, Aside from a few, the great majority of the 90's alternative rock era just plain sucked, because it set the stage for an even worse rock era in music history (Pop Punk, Emo, Nu Metal)
it is just as bad as the manufactured pop and hip-hop itself and I'm still suffering.
I Personally blame nirvana for ruining rock music and the entire metal scene (not just hair bands, but also inadvertently ruined careers of Iron maiden and others) like this and because of that I Will never forgive them
just like the real world and jerry springer set the stage for crappy television of the 90's to today.
and we are still suffering as a result.
In the 80s, I liked metal. I was unpopular, because my classmates were mostly into new wave and Michael Jackson and shtuff and the rest of them were into trite shtuff like Journey, REO Speedwagon, Styx etc. But once the 80s ended, I got tired of the metal from that decade and to me it sounded trite by then. I loved - and still love - 90s grunge and alt rock because IMO it had a longer shelf life. I have yet to get tired of it.
I have to agree with you though, where TV is concerned. I think 80s TV and movies are better than everything that's followed, for the most part.
Born in the early 70s and I would have to pick the 80s hand down. Come on, that's easy. I was in school in those days and my only responsibilities then were to stay awake in class, the occasional house chores, eat, sleep, play Atari games, hang out with friends, perfect my break dancing moves, mischief, play ball at the local basketball courts, throw deep Nerf football bombs, skateboarding, Pac-Man at the local arcade, MTV, and be home in time to watch the Knight Rider on tv. Life was bliss then. I like the 1990s too. Who doesn't enjoy being in their 20s and being independent from their parents?
Oddly enough, many of todays 20somethings live with their parents. Yuck.
Who doesn't enjoy being in their 20s and being independent from their parents?
Actually, I'm 27 and I've spent a few stints living with my parents(lived with my parents from August 2005-February 2007, August 2008-July 2009, and August 2012-now). I'm living with my parents now. To be honest, most of my 20s have been spent battling alot of things.
90s for sure! The 80s were a terrible time for me. I hated Reagan, "greed is good", moral majority, the androgynous look and especially New Wave. Ugh.
I loved the grunge music scene! Clothes - not really, but still better, IMO, than 80s. My money went further than now for sure. Cheap gasoline.
I want to get on a time machine to the 90s and never come back - yeah, even if that means before the world wide web existed.
The 90's were even worse, yeah they were some good music back then, but it also paved the way for more garbage pathetic fake rock like nu metal and other insulting trends and clinton was no better, he was a puppet like the rest of them, NAFTA and other stuff, Nirvana aka nerdvana ruined music for the last 23 years almost, they allowed whiny rock to happen and I Will never forgiven.
I'll listen to the reagan era than the crap they have now, grunge (aside from a few) paved the way for nu metal, emo, pop punk, tokyo music and metalcore, all of them are and still are garbage.
The richard nixon/gerald ford/jimmy carter era was pathetic, ever since that pathetic nixon got us off the gold standard, it's all been downhill from here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRzr1QU6K1o
and you know what really killed hair metal and it's not nirvana, it's Guns N Roses, thanks to the song welcome to the jungle.
In the 80s, I liked metal. I was unpopular, because my classmates were mostly into new wave and Michael Jackson and shtuff and the rest of them were into trite shtuff like Journey, REO Speedwagon, Styx etc. But once the 80s ended, I got tired of the metal from that decade and to me it sounded trite by then. I loved - and still love - 90s grunge and alt rock because IMO it had a longer shelf life. I have yet to get tired of it.
I have to agree with you though, where TV is concerned. I think 80s TV and movies are better than everything that's followed, for the most part.
and Sadly I got tired of the grunge crap of the 90's (except alice in chains) I Got tired of whiny bands and stuff, it set the stage for even worse rock genres to come, I Never liked nirvana, I Thought their music was a joke except for dave grohl.
I was born in 1972 and remember both the 80s and 90s vividly. I remember the 90s as being both much better and much worse than the 80s:
In my own town an almost second hippie movement took hold where some of the young people adopted many of the styles and ideals of the 1960s and early 70s. They grouped together, camped out, and tried to get back to nature as much as they possibly could. I never tried this, but always admired the ones who did. It was nice to see people thumbing their noses at 80s materialism and corporate culture in favor of simpler, deeper things like community and friendship. I think these new hippies kind of symbolized what the 90s really felt like to me; there was just a very Zen, come-as-you-are feeling that was very refreshing, especially when compared to the hustle and greed of the 80s.
Yet, the economy was good; around here, lower-paying service-type jobs were so easy to find that you could walk out of a job at lunchtime and have another by the end of the day. Employers knew it, too, and as a result, seemed nicer and more flexible than they seem to be today.
I was just starting out, trying college, and living on my own for the first time. I did a fair bit of traveling within my part of the country. I spent my share of good times in bars and clubs. I made some of the best friends of my life, friends that remain with me to this day.
Entertainmentwise, there was a lot I liked at this time. Northern Exposure (early 90s) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (late 90s) were my two favorite TV shows ever. I'm an animation buff and really enjoyed the 1990s Disney Renaissance: Beauty and the Beast (1991) and The Lion King (1994) were their two best pictures ever, in my opinion (although this year's delightful Frozen comes close!). Tons of great console RPGs came out at that time; my favorites were Final Fantasy 6 and 7 and Suikoden/Suikoden 2. Goldeneye and MarioKart (both for N64) were both great party games; a few friends and I would get together, grab a 12-pack and a couple of pizzas, fire up the Nintendo 64, and an evening of raucous fun would be had by all.
Finally, the early 1990s were the first years I really began to relate to my mom as more of a fellow adult and cherished friend. We had always gotten along rather well prior to that, but it was as parent and child and not in the same spirit of camaraderie that we had in the early 90s. I would not trade the wonderful memories I have from that time with my mom for anything. She died in 1993.
The 80s sucked for me in a lot of ways, but at least my mom was still here. That in itself is enough to redeem the entire decade for me.
Oh, and I liked the music of the 80s a little bit more, too. Give me some Cyndi Lauper hiccuping her way through Girls Just Wanna Have Fun or Madonna scandalizing Pepsi and the Catholic Church with Like A Prayer... and I'm a happy camper.
I was there when he hit #597 in the Cubs series in April of 1987. A homerun into the leftfield bull pen. I can still see it today. We were sitting on the foulside of leftfield in the 300 hundred level at the Vet. I looked right down at thw ball as it left the field. I was a low "line drive" homerun. Obviously I saw 500 on T.V. as did most boys and people in general in the area. I still remember the posters eveyone seemed to have of the swing and a frame by frame on the left side of the poster of the full swing. Everyone who sees highlights or watches MLB network probably does not realize that Andy Musser, who recently passed away, made the T.V. call. Harry did the radio call but when you see the highlight today you would not get that impression unless you knew that Harry did the radio call and they merged his call with the T.V. later on.
I was at the last, or one of the last, games Lefty pitched in 1986 against the Cardinals. We sat in leftcenter field in the 600 level. He got roughed up by the Redbirds and was gone by the 4th. Still remember that "thud" sound of a double hitting off the wall right below us. There was no padding on the walls yet so you could hear the ball hitting the wood. Later that week or soon after he was gone. He was done. Then to watch him go to the Giants and Twins and get roughep up as a shell of his former self was sad.
Greatest show ever. I used to watch "This Week in Baseball" and "The Baseball Bunch" with Johnny Bench every Saturday in the summer. Good T.V.!! "This Week in Baseball" is a mockery of what it was then! But I still might watch it once in a great while. I could not find the opening of the shows, which is a shame.
Say what you want in hindsight but in the 80's most people thought President Reagan was mostly good. He had a way with him when he spoke. I remember wayching this speech with my parents. In the 80's more of the nation would see things like this because there was not as many channels on the T.V. I bet 75% of the country watched this. I remember President Reagan was like a grandfather figure and he had a way of making you feel good about the country and better in times like this.
Movies in the 80's: Star Wars, Back To The Future, Ghost Busters 1 & 2, The Goonies, Ferris Bueler's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, Space Balls, Neverending Story, Major League, Eight Men Out, Rodney Dangerfield movies, Crocodile Dundee, Chevy Chase National Lampoon movies, Ernest movies etc.. etc..
80 times better than any decadse since.
80's music I still listen to and love. Though the 90's is good too.
80's T.V.: Family Ties, The A-Team, He-Man, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood, Wonderful World of Disney, The Muppet Show,Cheers, Gimme A Break, The Cosby Show, The Fall Guy etc... In short better.
In short the 80's were the best decade I've ever lived in. The 90's were pretty great too but it's different when the pressure of getting into and going to college begins. But the 90's were great. I was an athlete in H.S. & had a lot of great times and good friends. College was crazy in more ways than one. But by the end of the 90's I was bar hopping in Sea Isle City, N.J. and no longer going to Wildwood and going on rides like a kid on Hunt's pier.
I guess what these threads show is for a lot of people childhood is a lot more memorable and fun or carefree than adulthood.
Baseball in the 80's rocked compared to post 1994 strike baseball and the Wild Card era.
Baseball is still great and I love it but the 80's were different. The stadiums, the uniforms, the turf...
By the way if you don't remember those 80's 49'ers teams they were hella good. The early 90's Cowboy's might give them a run or even beat them but I don't know?
Y'all are too young to be acting like these were classic times, I mean some one born in 1980 is only in their early 30s, that's still young in my book. I would agree with you when you made that comment about pedophilia if you were a kid from the 40s or 50s, I'm a kid of the 50s, but definitely not the 80s or 90s! Things started to get more sinful and dangerous in the 60s, but in the 80s the phrase "sex sells" that Madonna stated changed the music into something truly vulgar, I mean have you seen her 1990 music video justify my love with topless women, at least Miley covered up! Plus about pedophilia, don't you remember the accusations about Michael jackson, not saying they were true but it was disturbing for sure, espicially since I grew up in a time when something like that was unheard of! The 60s is when people became paranoid and that's when our neighbors started to keep doors locked! Plus vulgar shows like family guy are the result of kids who grew in that era! Point is yes I'm sure the 80s and 90s provided great childhoods, all childhoods are great, but the 80s and 90s were defintely not safe times were everyone trusted each other, plus most pop stars today were born then, so in my opinion anyone born between 1980 until today are the laziest ever, you kids of the 80s and 90s enjoyed MTV, video games, mindless entertainment, and early Internet, usenet, remember that!
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