Gen X, were there 70s nostalgia during the 90s?
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Yep, can confirm, especially around music.
I never understood it and still don't.
I never understood it and still don't.
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I vaguely remember that the main nostalgia was for things associated with the 60s, which was in fact late 60's early 70's as generational styles go, ususally the iconic parts are referring to the late part of the decade spilling over to the next. I remember the 70's were considered kinda lame/gross at the time, browns and avacado greens, silly cheesy fake rock music and a lot of disco hatred.
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Hey, that's just what I remember from the time. Don't old me accountable to my past hate of Abba and The Captain and Tenille I've changed and become a better person.
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It depends.
I was totally into dylan, the doors, Pink Floyd, and certainly Zep and all the laser light shows at the local planetarium. It wasn't just me, all my friends were into this music, 90 to 93, while grunge raged. Nobody ever said wait, that's that 60's stuff... or that's that 70's stuff. Maybe it was a renaissance in a way.... getting back to where you might belong. And we tripped acid! It was the best time of my life, hands down...
I was totally into dylan, the doors, Pink Floyd, and certainly Zep and all the laser light shows at the local planetarium. It wasn't just me, all my friends were into this music, 90 to 93, while grunge raged. Nobody ever said wait, that's that 60's stuff... or that's that 70's stuff. Maybe it was a renaissance in a way.... getting back to where you might belong. And we tripped acid! It was the best time of my life, hands down...
it was more of the 60s, I even dressed it , like in the ninth grade (mid 90s) ….I have a yearbook picture of me somewhere on here, where I got the whole hippie thing going on but only for teens who listen to a lot of alternative/ grunge /rock genres…. People identify with the music a lot more back then…. I can’t see the other genres like R&B, rap, country, easy listening, pop…etc. weren’t into the 60s or 70s…. Only the rock genre was and I believe that’s important to point out …and All genres were strong in the 90s….very Diverse.
Disco was never really popular in the 90s…. But we had some swing music/bands which was from the 50s that was kind of popular…. Like the Cherry Poppin Daddies… it was a smaller niche… again mostly in the rock genre, may be a little pop…
To me all of the 2000s have been a throwback of the 80s…pop music and more pop music and let’s add more pop music… the worst music in the 80s not the cool stuff…the 80s had a bit more variety of types of music.
ppl were into music more than the shows as teens in the 90s.
as for shows… dazed and confused, was very popular and that was set in the 70s (but 60s 70s it was the same as long as it was rock music..and hippies=drugs, sex and rock n roll) … and at the very end of the 90s or early 2000 I think they had to that 70s show… but by then the 90s was over…
Disco was never really popular in the 90s…. But we had some swing music/bands which was from the 50s that was kind of popular…. Like the Cherry Poppin Daddies… it was a smaller niche… again mostly in the rock genre, may be a little pop…
To me all of the 2000s have been a throwback of the 80s…pop music and more pop music and let’s add more pop music… the worst music in the 80s not the cool stuff…the 80s had a bit more variety of types of music.
ppl were into music more than the shows as teens in the 90s.
as for shows… dazed and confused, was very popular and that was set in the 70s (but 60s 70s it was the same as long as it was rock music..and hippies=drugs, sex and rock n roll) … and at the very end of the 90s or early 2000 I think they had to that 70s show… but by then the 90s was over…
I mean maybe? Or at least in my own world att. But like I remember being in Junior High and kids thinking I was weird because I liked Led Zeppelin when they liked stuff like MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice.
Edit: I also got picked on for having long hair when boys in my school just didn't have long hair.
Edit: I also got picked on for having long hair when boys in my school just didn't have long hair.
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I can rap this song
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Probably!
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I tend to agree here... now, obviously I'm a little older than you but I guess that's why I said 'it depends'.
Being a child of both the 70's and 80's, later and entirely, respectively, the diversity that you reference there, it really was like that. It depended on where you were, some parts of the country (um, US) were perhaps a little more identified with different genres, who you were (some kids were into different things), and what you were doing.
For me it was little bit of a dance bc I always seemed to have at least two different sets of friends. There were the easy people to hang out with bc they were just there. We called them 'burn-outs', since they smoked cigs, had the best 'mullets' and pbly smoked pot too. We know what they liked... Ozzy, Motley Crue, Metallica, and various other hard rock acts.
And then there were the 'skaters'... had a couple friends here as well. As you might imagine, this was harder and more punk-like. For example, in 8th grade class (86?) there was a kid whose daily uniform was an old Viet era army jacket painted with a skull that had spikes coming out it, and below that was emblemized C.O.C. Oh, and they shaved their heads and wore combat boots. He wasn't alone though, the best friend of this kid is actually a successful tattoo artist in Germany now. No names and not drawing any parallels.
And there were girls who were gaga over the Beastie Boys, kick it, and then there were other kids just looking for a fight, no idea what they were into. And this was just the 8th grade! Perhaps kids have always been a little dark and/or violent. We didn't bring guns to school though, I can at least say that. Kids sure did like to paint on their clothes however. Or write on their pants with an ink pen.
The reason I say all this though is my way of agreeing that kids and identification with music was really pronounced back in this era, depending on who and where you were. It wasn't until high school where the kids became even a little more diverse and not so 'hard'... I liked 'paradise city' AND the 'violent femmes'. I liked it if I could identify with it, perhaps that's how us white kids drew our differences. In a 'breakfast club' sort of way.
I have to say though, there is a window during the aughts where some genres finally collided and I have to admit I did like it. What do ppl call that... Emo Pop? Or something? To me it kinda felt like a revival of the Femmes, or the Cures. Coinciding.... this was also the era where everyone was worried that copyright infringement would ruin music, and looking back it seems like it was the opposite. It exploded into a million different directions. Not just radio 'pop'... but practically everything else too
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I find it interesting you ask gen x this
The reason is because my mother is cusp boomer and X and was born in 64. Meaning she as a younger boomer remembers the 70s
Now my stepdad who is 10 years my moms junior even though born in the 70s his predominant childhood memories are more so of the 80s. His memories of the 70s are limited and minimal as he was a young child for most of it. My elder sis 7 years my senior is gen X and she also has limited memory of 70s because she was only a young child.
I myself was born in dec 83 and my predominant memory was as a 90s kid even if I was 6 in 1990 there are not many significant memories for me in the 80s in nostalgia is my point.
Anyways as someone who was a teen when the 70s came back yes my mother a BOOMER often referenced the nostalgia to her childhood.
Id say very similarly to myself now seeing my own daughters wear throw back clothes to the 90s. I am gen Y.
Again my parent who was straight outta late 70s nostalgia think depiction of that 70s show and Dazed & Confused time era my mom is young boomer.
The reason is because my mother is cusp boomer and X and was born in 64. Meaning she as a younger boomer remembers the 70s
Now my stepdad who is 10 years my moms junior even though born in the 70s his predominant childhood memories are more so of the 80s. His memories of the 70s are limited and minimal as he was a young child for most of it. My elder sis 7 years my senior is gen X and she also has limited memory of 70s because she was only a young child.
I myself was born in dec 83 and my predominant memory was as a 90s kid even if I was 6 in 1990 there are not many significant memories for me in the 80s in nostalgia is my point.
Anyways as someone who was a teen when the 70s came back yes my mother a BOOMER often referenced the nostalgia to her childhood.
Id say very similarly to myself now seeing my own daughters wear throw back clothes to the 90s. I am gen Y.
Again my parent who was straight outta late 70s nostalgia think depiction of that 70s show and Dazed & Confused time era my mom is young boomer.
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