Which decades do you believe are culturally similar?
Aug 28, 2018 22:09:42 GMT 10
Post by SharksFan99 on Aug 28, 2018 22:09:42 GMT 10
I personally wouldn't deem this as being decadeology. Even though this thread is based on comparing decades, the topic itself is strictly speaking about the overall pop culture of decades, not arbritrary cut-offs and "vibes". Also, I think this could lead to an interesting, constructive discussion and i'm intrigued to hear other people's opinions on this topic.
I'd personally say that the 1990s and the 2000s are the most culturally similar decades, at least in recent history. In a general sense, I feel as though the 2000s were really just a glossy, over-commercialized progression of Late '90s pop culture. I went into detail in this thread about how I personally believe that 1991-2008 can be regarded as the "transition" between the analogue age and the digital age. While there are a lot of differences between the two decades (not just in terms of aesthetics, but also what was popular/relevant), of course, however there are a lot of similarities as well.
I think people tend to overestimate the pop cultural/societal similarities between the 2000s and 2010s. While the 2000s may have laid the groundwork for the 2010s through the development of social media among other things, there's a significant contrast in the way people lived through the two decades. In the 2000s, people were still largely reliant on physical media to consume entertainment. For instance, I had a portable CD player to listen to music back when I was a kid and we would often go to the video store to rent out a movie. Those activities have been made redundant through the advent of streaming services, which were for the most part, non-existent through the noughties.
The differences also extend into the pop culture of the two decades. Although the 2000s saw the rise of auto-tune and an increased emphasis on image, there was undeniably a lot more diversity on the Top-40 charts. This is an aspect that the 2010s have severely lacked and the music scene has become too reliant on EDM and to a lesser extent, Trap music to drive the mainstream music industry forward. In contrast, genres such as bubblegum-pop, Nu-Metal, pop-punk, post-grunge, electropop, crunk and snap all achieved success on the Top-40 charts throughout parts of the 2000s.
I'd personally say that the 1990s and the 2000s are the most culturally similar decades, at least in recent history. In a general sense, I feel as though the 2000s were really just a glossy, over-commercialized progression of Late '90s pop culture. I went into detail in this thread about how I personally believe that 1991-2008 can be regarded as the "transition" between the analogue age and the digital age. While there are a lot of differences between the two decades (not just in terms of aesthetics, but also what was popular/relevant), of course, however there are a lot of similarities as well.
I think people tend to overestimate the pop cultural/societal similarities between the 2000s and 2010s. While the 2000s may have laid the groundwork for the 2010s through the development of social media among other things, there's a significant contrast in the way people lived through the two decades. In the 2000s, people were still largely reliant on physical media to consume entertainment. For instance, I had a portable CD player to listen to music back when I was a kid and we would often go to the video store to rent out a movie. Those activities have been made redundant through the advent of streaming services, which were for the most part, non-existent through the noughties.
The differences also extend into the pop culture of the two decades. Although the 2000s saw the rise of auto-tune and an increased emphasis on image, there was undeniably a lot more diversity on the Top-40 charts. This is an aspect that the 2010s have severely lacked and the music scene has become too reliant on EDM and to a lesser extent, Trap music to drive the mainstream music industry forward. In contrast, genres such as bubblegum-pop, Nu-Metal, pop-punk, post-grunge, electropop, crunk and snap all achieved success on the Top-40 charts throughout parts of the 2000s.
