Post by slashpop on Jan 19, 2021 15:08:37 GMT 10
The only one I can think of is the UK and maybe Japan a few other European countries.
1983: Japan was ahead of the US in terms of technology and gaming, with both Sega and Nintendo systems released while North America is close to suffering a video game crash and colecovision and Atari 2600 are on their last legs but are still the go-to systems for gaming.
1988 : British pop culture seems ahead of the US which still seems closer to 1985-1986. Bands like the pixies were first popular during this time than the US, alternative rock was more popular with more diverse genres in the charts in general. More laid back clothing, parted hair, looser clothing, fashion that is closer to 1991-1992 seems to be in full effect by mid 1988, the summer of 1988 which is also when acid house explodes, also called the summer of love, the fashion associated with it seems resemble this and the carefree hedonism and nihilistic attitude related to acid house seems to be first semi mainstream huge subculture to be reflective of the greater 90s youth spirit. You also have Amiga 500 16 bit micro computers in which the majority of big titles were made or exclusively released in the UK and this computer got bigger around this time in the UK compared to the US, where only a limited amount of games were released, people in the US were mostly limited to PC and the nes.
1994-1996: Japan seems ahead of everyone with the PlayStation and Sega Saturn released by late 1994. Also feels ahead of the US with trends like Pokémon, tamagotchi and other tech trends in 1995- early 1997. You can say this extends to 1998-2001.
1996: It’s not just boy bands but electronic music like drum and bass, jungle music ( which both started in the Uk ) and trance and other related genres were bigger in the Uk and would start to overtake 90s eurodance a few years later elsewhere. I get the impression based based on a few airport visits in 1996 and bits of collected info that the late 90s vibe was in full effect or almost there by some point in the first half or middle part of 1996.
1998: Im not sure about the culture overall but it seems like UK and Europe were almost fully Y2K based on pop and electronic music charts and big hits released months earlier than the US. You could say Spring 1998 or around then ( a bit before or after at most) would be the time. Both Y2K and 2000s style electronic music largely originates from there. This could apply to Y2K fashion to some extent. I think France and Germany were also ahead of their time in regards to electronic music compared to the US.
1983: Japan was ahead of the US in terms of technology and gaming, with both Sega and Nintendo systems released while North America is close to suffering a video game crash and colecovision and Atari 2600 are on their last legs but are still the go-to systems for gaming.
1988 : British pop culture seems ahead of the US which still seems closer to 1985-1986. Bands like the pixies were first popular during this time than the US, alternative rock was more popular with more diverse genres in the charts in general. More laid back clothing, parted hair, looser clothing, fashion that is closer to 1991-1992 seems to be in full effect by mid 1988, the summer of 1988 which is also when acid house explodes, also called the summer of love, the fashion associated with it seems resemble this and the carefree hedonism and nihilistic attitude related to acid house seems to be first semi mainstream huge subculture to be reflective of the greater 90s youth spirit. You also have Amiga 500 16 bit micro computers in which the majority of big titles were made or exclusively released in the UK and this computer got bigger around this time in the UK compared to the US, where only a limited amount of games were released, people in the US were mostly limited to PC and the nes.
1994-1996: Japan seems ahead of everyone with the PlayStation and Sega Saturn released by late 1994. Also feels ahead of the US with trends like Pokémon, tamagotchi and other tech trends in 1995- early 1997. You can say this extends to 1998-2001.
1996: It’s not just boy bands but electronic music like drum and bass, jungle music ( which both started in the Uk ) and trance and other related genres were bigger in the Uk and would start to overtake 90s eurodance a few years later elsewhere. I get the impression based based on a few airport visits in 1996 and bits of collected info that the late 90s vibe was in full effect or almost there by some point in the first half or middle part of 1996.
1998: Im not sure about the culture overall but it seems like UK and Europe were almost fully Y2K based on pop and electronic music charts and big hits released months earlier than the US. You could say Spring 1998 or around then ( a bit before or after at most) would be the time. Both Y2K and 2000s style electronic music largely originates from there. This could apply to Y2K fashion to some extent. I think France and Germany were also ahead of their time in regards to electronic music compared to the US.
