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Post by slashpop on Aug 11, 2020 19:20:25 GMT 10
What are some things; tech,gaming, fashion, music etc
Filesharing/Napster/Mp3s haven't made an enough of an impact or replaced Cds yet like later in 99
Curtained hair still quite visible even spiky hair was popular
People to some extent were still wearing some clothes from 1996-1998 ( light blue wranger jeans, flannel shirts, beavis and butthead t-shirts etc)
Some pop hits have semi late 90s vibes, much more than late 1999-2001
Tiny bits of alternative rock and post-grunge traces and influences
Nu-Metal hasn't reached pop status
JNCOs style baggy pants
Pokemania hasn't hit yet, even if it is really popular
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Post by aja675 on Aug 11, 2020 19:24:01 GMT 10
My birthday pic from May 1999 looks like it's from maybe 1996 or 1997.
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Post by jaydawg89 on Aug 12, 2020 0:18:06 GMT 10
I always thought that early 1999 still had a late/core 90s feeling still there and it's obvious when you look at the Billboard Hot 100 from the earlier months of the year, early 1999 still had plenty of ballads and a lot of 90s sounding R&B. "I'm Your Angel" by Celine Dion & R. Kelly hit number one in January 1999 and still sounds quite core 90s. Here's a good example: www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1999-01-02Also Pokémon still wasn't a huge phenomenon in the first couple months of 1999 either. Cell Phones also didn't really become common until the Nokia 3210 came out. Also, it was before the release of 'The Matrix', 'Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace' and 'American Pie', three films that would really shape up the film industry for the early 2000s. These two things kind of apply for the whole of 1999 but, reality TV still wasn't very big and the original Playstation was the best selling Game Console of the year. There is also plenty of things that early 1999 had connected to the early 2000s though such as, the Internet being very common place, the fashion was already mostly 2000s, online gaming on the PC was sort of established with StarCraft and Half-Life, Teen Pop Idols were a thing (even though, plenty of their music sounded quite 90s still), Nu Metal was popular, Hip Hop already sounded '2000s' (despite Hip Hop not being very popular in 1999 anyway) and TRL was around.
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Post by #Infinity on Aug 12, 2020 18:11:42 GMT 10
Bad Boy and No Limit were still major players in hip hop, and the Spice Girls had their last big American hit "Goodbye". Will Smith's "Miami", though from a 1997 album, was also a pretty big hit at the time and sounds very pre-2000s. The rock scene was still largely the domain of alternative songs such as "You Get What You Give", "Father of Mine", and "Special", even though nu-metal was just entering the height of its popularity with the success of Follow the Leader and Three Dollar Bill Y'all.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Aug 12, 2020 22:13:37 GMT 10
This has always been of huge intrigue for me. When you think of 1999 as a cultural year, frosted tips, teen-pop and Pokemania are probably some of the first things that would pop into your head, but all of those things were either only just starting to take off or not even in existence yet when I was born in March of that year. In some ways, it actually feels as though early 1999 has more cultural similarities with 1996/1997 than what it does with the second-half of 1999. It was kind of strange at first learning about the popular trends and releases from around the time I was born. I went into it thinking that it would be the bright and bubbly, teen-pop orientated culture that defined the turn of the millennium, but after I had really delved into what was trending during early 1999, it occurred to me that the era was still very much caught in that dark and cynical '90s aesthetic that defined the middle years of the decade.
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Post by slashpop on Aug 13, 2020 5:03:50 GMT 10
I always thought that early 1999 still had a late/core 90s feeling still there and it's obvious when you look at the Billboard Hot 100 from the earlier months of the year, early 1999 still had plenty of ballads and a lot of 90s sounding R&B. "I'm Your Angel" by Celine Dion & R. Kelly hit number one in January 1999 and still sounds quite core 90s. Here's a good example: www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1999-01-02Also Pokémon still wasn't a huge phenomenon in the first couple months of 1999 either. Cell Phones also didn't really become common until the Nokia 3210 came out. Also, it was before the release of 'The Matrix', 'Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace' and 'American Pie', three films that would really shape up the film industry for the early 2000s. These two things kind of apply for the whole of 1999 but, reality TV still wasn't very big and the original Playstation was the best selling Game Console of the year. There is also plenty of things that early 1999 had connected to the early 2000s though such as, the Internet being very common place, the fashion was already mostly 2000s, online gaming on the PC was sort of established with StarCraft and Half-Life, Teen Pop Idols were a thing (even though, plenty of their music sounded quite 90s still), Nu Metal was popular, Hip Hop already sounded '2000s' (despite Hip Hop not being very popular in 1999 anyway) and TRL was around. Yeah thats true, it's hard to ignore a lot of the core Y2k stuff but also it's good to point the late 90s holdovers that are often overlooked. A lot of movies filmed earlier in 1999 like American Movie and Detroit Rock City have a mid to late 90s feel. Even some advertisements have a slightly late 90s vibe that is a bit different from stuff from stuff 2000-2001. April 2001: March 1999:
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Post by slashpop on Aug 13, 2020 5:28:00 GMT 10
Bad Boy and No Limit were still major players in hip hop, and the Spice Girls had their last big American hit "Goodbye". Will Smith's "Miami", though from a 1997 album, was also a pretty big hit at the time and sounds very pre-2000s. The rock scene was still largely the domain of alternative songs such as "You Get What You Give", "Father of Mine", and "Special", even though nu-metal was just entering the height of its popularity with the success of Follow the Leader and Three Dollar Bill Y'all. Yeah good points. Wanted to the rock and pop music videos had something a bit more organic compared to the rest of the Y2K period . I could be wrong but I remember early 1999 being a bit more tolerant and slightly less cookie cutter, in certain aspects, then the remaining Y2K period as well. One could argue it was a bit more lively than than late 1997-1998 era as well. You also had metallica putting out music videos: This one premiered in march 1999: Rob Zombie - Living Dead Girl : First half of 1999: Marilyn Manson - Rock is dead early 1999 Honestly I prefer this period compared to the culture of 2000/2001. Also the music seems more tolerable than endless replays of pink, eminem, crazy town and linkin park.
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Post by Early2010sGuy on Aug 13, 2020 5:58:48 GMT 10
Shows like Friends, Frasier, and Boy Meets World were on their last days of being in their golden age during this time, correct me if Im wrong...
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Post by slashpop on Aug 13, 2020 6:02:38 GMT 10
This has always been of huge intrigue for me. When you think of 1999 as a cultural year, frosted tips, teen-pop and Pokemania are probably some of the first things that would pop into your head, but all of those things were either only just starting to take off or not even in existence yet when I was born in March of that year. In some ways, it actually feels as though early 1999 has more cultural similarities with 1996/1997 than what it does with the second-half of 1999. It was kind of strange at first learning about the popular trends and releases from around the time I was born. I went into it thinking that it would be the bright and bubbly, teen-pop orientated culture that defined the turn of the millennium, but after I had really delved into what was trending during early 1999, it occurred to me that the era was still very much caught in that dark and cynical '90s aesthetic that defined the middle years of the decade. I felt at the time the Y2K vibe was firmly in place for sure obviously, but it hadn't entirely shifted into exactly what we knew it yet and I do think the we underestimate the late/core holdovers which were existing but also in the midst of fizzling out very fast. A lot of vague late/core 90s elements make late 1998/early 1999 stick out a a bit more than the entire era. I think columbine also played a role to some extent, with the other factors, in the division between the first half and the rest. Summer felt like a mix of both divisions of 1999 imo. Summer had a very unique and exciting vibe that was different than the fall/winter of 1999. Peak of pokemania, nu metal, bubblegum pop, star wars hype and essential Y2K movies premiering. I don't remember the rest of the era having that exciting vibe.
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Post by mc98 on Aug 13, 2020 6:39:12 GMT 10
These songs give off core 90s vibe in early 99.
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Post by slashpop on Aug 13, 2020 7:34:51 GMT 10
These songs give off core 90s vibe in early 99. I dunno, to me the first song is as y2k as it gets. Some parts of the song have a slight core 90s sound but it’s minor. Video as well. The auto tune says it all. Era defining song. Second song has that y2k light pop rock vibe, but some clear core 90s aspects.
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Post by slashpop on Aug 13, 2020 16:11:10 GMT 10
Hole’s last single and music video released in April 1999 from celebrity skin. This is the bands last release until the 2010s:
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Post by mc98 on Aug 14, 2020 2:24:14 GMT 10
These songs give off core 90s vibe in early 99. I dunno, to me the first song is as y2k as it gets. Some parts of the song have a slight core 90s sound but it’s minor. Video as well. The auto tune says it all. Era defining song. Second song has that y2k light pop rock vibe, but some clear core 90s aspects. What about these other alternative rock songs?
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Post by Early2010sGuy on Aug 15, 2020 16:15:18 GMT 10
I dunno, to me the first song is as y2k as it gets. Some parts of the song have a slight core 90s sound but it’s minor. Video as well. The auto tune says it all. Era defining song. Second song has that y2k light pop rock vibe, but some clear core 90s aspects. What about these other alternative rock songs? Well I'd say they sound more Y2K judging by the sound and how different their older albums were. Compare the very 90s sounding Semi-Charmed Life to the one you showed, completely different flow and vibe.
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Post by slashpop on Aug 15, 2020 18:06:08 GMT 10
I dunno, to me the first song is as y2k as it gets. Some parts of the song have a slight core 90s sound but it’s minor. Video as well. The auto tune says it all. Era defining song. Second song has that y2k light pop rock vibe, but some clear core 90s aspects. What about these other alternative rock songs? These examples lean towards the y2k side, you could maybe say very slightly more core 90s traces then the rest of the y2k era but not that much if anything, I’m sure there are other examples that I haven’t thought of. Honestly songs like these are what separates the late 90s from the y2k a lot of this light pop rock alternative formula carried into hits like Reamonn’s supergirl, 3 doors down and smash mouth in late 99-2001 starting with bands like fuel, third eye blind, matchbox 20 and the Dave Matthews band, where that sound more was more late 90s in late 97-mid 98 when this genre took off.
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