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the 90s were the first decade where you basically could buy into a subculture. not only were these subcultures now broadcasted via mtv and other things, the 90s were the decade that brought you chain stores selling punk, goth, and skate stuff. then towards the end of the 90s the internet accelerated that process even more. it was the start of commercialization and never before seen availability of goods that were traded only amongst dedicated communities before. with bad outcomes like hypercommercialization and a lot of fake shit coming up, and good outcomes like showing people alternative lifestyles and music.
i feel like 90s nostalgia is fueled mainly by two things: the feeling that all the cool shit we like now was already done by then, which is typically coming up every twenty years or so. in the 90s people said the 70s were the last really good decade, in the 00s people were trying to emulate the 80s aesthetic and said man, the 90s were wack as fuck. and now those who were babies in the 90s or early 00s are interested in what they missed. naturally the nostalgia would be the strongest from those groups who were either in their adolescence, kid or teen years or those that barely missed it but sort of see themselves as "90s kids" because they were born 98 or something.
i personally don't miss the 90s that much.
getting all this 90’s nostalgia wave pushed into my feeds 2-3 years ago before I nuked my social media accounts really showed my some interesting things, mostly design and aesthetics; my family is heavy on 90’s music so that was covered. I developed this weird obsession with 90’s fleece patterns and graphic designs for instance, but id love to get to experience life back then, going to a record store or a blockbuster store, going thrifting before it became the kook filled scheme it is today, go to an underground show etc. Just one chance to enjoy that. And I’m a bit dense because the 90’s are a special spot right before the internet, arguably the most significant thing to happen in recent history (aka 20-30 years) and it took me time to realise this
anyhow what’s the consensus on tame impala in this board? Kook or not kook? I dig their music (their love shows are awesome) but it does feel completely overblown and pretentious sometimes.
I had never heard of TheWeeknd until yesterday when my sister played a song while we were doing the dishes and holy molly, i feel like an idiot for not listening to his music sooner.
Started to go through Bon Jovi too and also dig it.
haha, i don't know man, i don't miss video rentals too much. those places could be black holes for money. you come out with 3 movies, an xbox game and 2 pints of ben & jerries which you were overcharged for. but it used to be sick when my friend worked at one and hooked us up with all the free stuff possible. basically never charging for rentals and bringing back whole backpacks of snacks home for free. we still had to buy games and movies though when they put them on sale at some point. dude used to straight up take one of their rental ps3s and left it in his place for over a year until it broke. needless to say he was fired at some point due to snitching.
on topic reply tho: not into tame impala, but i don't hate it. it's pretty random radio indie to me.
not really into the weeknd either, although he got a nice voice. again, this is radio music for me. i don't find it horrible, it's just there.
i used fuck heavily with bon jovi when i was like 8 or so. i liked every band that had a music video and around 92 or 93 a lot of bon jovi and guns n roses was on tv, some metallica, too. i thought bon jovi and gnr were super bad ass. even had posters of them and stuff. i also still listened to ridiculous kids techno at the same time. i was around 11 years old when some older friend of a friend gave us tapes with pantera, nwa, and some other pretty raw stuff when i started to become interested in rap, punk and metal and from that point on bon jovi and guns were cut lol.
there is this small documentary about bon jovis hey days and their feud with guns, some pretty wild stories and hair metal drama. i'm not even sure they might have feuded with motley crue too, i can't tell these bands even apart anymore. anyways, bon jovi are certified legends for that young guns 2 soundtrack song alone, fucking epic shit.
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