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Post by marty on Sept 25, 2018 5:06:37 GMT 10
Not to me. 1999 seems 19 years old to me and not modern. Maybe 2001 is the first year that has sprinkles of modernity because of 9/11 and how the world seemed to change after that. But 1999 and 2000 look so retro now. It's time for that time to come back.
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Post by marty on Sept 25, 2018 5:18:51 GMT 10
I'm not sure if anyone else feels the same way, but considering that most of the '90s are well over 20 years old, it's surprising how modern and fresh a lot of '90s pop culture still feels. I wonder why this is the case? Disco would have seemed incredibly outdated in the '90s and I remember the '80s felt distinctively removed from the present time during the 2000s. I mean, I think it's incredible that songs such as "Dammit" by Blink-182 and "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve are twenty years old. They just don't sound that old. What are your thoughts on this? Do the '90s still seem modern to you? But with that comparison '90s hip hop and grunge does seem ancient to me. It seems the same case as disco was in the '90s. And the 2000s feel really removed from now too, like the '80s felt in the '90s. You don't hear anymore R&B music and rap like Nelly or even rock and punk music that was popular in the 2000s. The fashion was a lot baggier back then too so a person who usually wears medium sized pants today would be wearing extra large in the '90s.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Sept 25, 2018 16:17:24 GMT 10
Not to me. 1999 seems 19 years old to me and not modern. Maybe 2001 is the first year that has sprinkles of modernity because of 9/11 and how the world seemed to change after that. But 1999 and 2000 look so retro now. It's time for that time to come back. I think someone's age can have a significant influence on how they perceive certain years. Speaking as someone born in 1999, the Late '90s feel quite dated for me personally, but not to the extent where I would consider them to be outright retro. I can remember thinking as a kid that 1999 was only 5-6 years ago. I guess I may still subconsciously perceive the year as being recent, as to me, the era still feels as though it has connections to the present day, even if it may not seem to be the case on face value. Someone who was born after 1999 would likely perceive the year quite differently, as they were never alive during 1999 and they would have no connections with the year. It all comes down to perspectives. Just out of curiosity, what year were you born in? To be honest, I think '90s hip-hop and Grunge have generally aged a lot better than what Disco has. Disco likely would have felt ancient even as early as the Late '80s/Early '90s, IMO.
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Post by mikeyraven99 on Sept 26, 2018 5:32:30 GMT 10
To be honest, the 90s (up to early 1998) is what seems to be modern in terms of music, movies, and TV shows. It felt like you were in a different world compared to the very late 90s, 2000s, and 2010s (1998-2001 being politically old and 1998-2008 being technologically old [2007-2011 being the early iPhone era]). Even when I was little, I thought the late 80s/early 90s were pretty old compared to stuff since the mid 90s. Especially since stuff from the mid 90s had that DVD feel, even though that feel has now been replaced with the HD feel since the very late 2000s (late 2008/2009).
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Post by Telso on Sept 26, 2018 6:16:09 GMT 10
To be honest, I think '90s hip-hop and Grunge have generally aged a lot better than what Disco has. Disco likely would have felt ancient even as early as the Late '80s/Early '90s, IMO. I don't think Disco was that badly aged in the 90s, more in a "pretty outdated but still nice for a nostalgic throwback" way as it was influencial to a lot of 90s Pop, and that genre + Funk were heavily sampled by Hip Hop, Pop, New Jack Swing and EDM acts. "French House" was for instance a very popular genre in the late 90s and it's basically a loveletter to Disco (and early 80s' Post-Disco)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2018 7:15:20 GMT 10
Not to me. 1999 seems 19 years old to me and not modern. Maybe 2001 is the first year that has sprinkles of modernity because of 9/11 and how the world seemed to change after that. But 1999 and 2000 look so retro now. It's time for that time to come back. Not sure if you mind me asking, but are you Marty McFly from inthe00s many years ago?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2018 12:55:50 GMT 10
I always thought that Eurodance died out sometime in 1997. Nope, with the advent of "Barbie Girl" the genre sure got a lot more bubblegummy afterwards, but it still was prevalent enough throughout the late 90s and early 2000s with acts like Toy-Box and Vengaboys. I would say the last big hoorah of the genre would be the "Dragostea Din Tei" which ended up being a massive hit in Europe. NUMA NUMA
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Post by SharksFan99 on Nov 17, 2018 15:14:04 GMT 10
I don't think Disco was that badly aged in the 90s, more in a "pretty outdated but still nice for a nostalgic throwback" way as it was influencial to a lot of 90s Pop, and that genre + Funk were heavily sampled by Hip Hop, Pop, New Jack Swing and EDM acts. "French House" was for instance a very popular genre in the late 90s and it's basically a loveletter to Disco (and early 80s' Post-Disco) It's hard to say. The aesthetics of Disco from the Mid-Late '70s would have looked noticeably outdated for sure, but you're right though, there were several pop songs from the '90s (e.g "Canned Heat" by Jamiroquai) that were stylistically influenced by the Disco scene. I also agree that people would have perceived Mid-Late '70s Disco as a "nice throwback" rather than something that looked hideously out of fashion.
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Post by mwalker96 on Nov 23, 2018 23:57:52 GMT 10
Not to me. 1999 seems 19 years old to me and not modern. Maybe 2001 is the first year that has sprinkles of modernity because of 9/11 and how the world seemed to change after that. But 1999 and 2000 look so retro now. It's time for that time to come back. I think someone's age can have a significant influence on how they perceive certain years. Speaking as someone born in 1999, the Late '90s feel quite dated for me personally, but not to the extent where I would consider them to be outright retro. I can remember thinking as a kid that 1999 was only 5-6 years ago. I guess I may still subconsciously perceive the year as being recent, as to me, the era still feels as though it has connections to the present day, even if it may not seem to be the case on face value. Someone who was born after 1999 would likely perceive the year quite differently, as they were never alive during 1999 and they would have no connections with the year. It all comes down to perspectives. Just out of curiosity, what year were you born in? To be honest, I think '90s hip-hop and Grunge have generally aged a lot better than what Disco has. Disco likely would have felt ancient even as early as the Late ' the 80s/Early '90s, IMO. Intresting how you perceived 99 that way. As a 96 born, I always felt like 1996 was a long time ago being that my older cousins were in preschool/elementary school at the time and I always remember them being in their double-digits. 1999 did felt modern throughout the 2000s since it was the year Spongebob released, Pokemon broke into the mainstream, Dreamcast released, Eminem dropped his first album, Wwe Smackdown came out. A lot of stuff from 99 was popular throughout 00s.
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Post by Telso on Nov 24, 2018 4:25:08 GMT 10
Well 1999 honestly seems rather retro to me now personally, as well as all of the early 2000s years (2000-2002). Granted all of those years will turn 20 in the next 5 years.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2018 4:28:16 GMT 10
The '90s are really old to me, especially in 2018 where, not just late '90s fashion, but early 2000s fashion is also making a comeback. 
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2018 9:38:17 GMT 10
Not really no. I mean they’re more modern than say the 1970s which is more modern than the 1950s and so on. But things are far different now in a lot of ways than in the 1990s. For example in the ‘90s I got a lot of news from reading the newspaper, today you’re just bombarded with everything on your smartphone. Traditional media dominated in the ‘90s, now because of social media any idiot can set up a site/social media feed and pretend to be a “journalist”.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 0:49:39 GMT 10
I was born in 1990, and I can tell you the ‘90s are beginning to feel rather dated. To the extent I think people generally maintain a connection to that time, I would chalk it up to two things:
1. Lots of Millennials who remember growing up during that time, and their perception is clouded to some extent by that nostalgia of having experienced it firsthand.
2. The 1990s are the first decade in which, among people in the Western World, the Internet was widely available. Web-based works created during that time period are still available to us, and in essentially the same condition as when they were created. As a result, those works feel far less dated because we can establish a much more direct connection to them.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Feb 19, 2019 23:15:42 GMT 10
I was born in 1990, and I can tell you the ‘90s are beginning to feel rather dated. To the extent I think people generally maintain a connection to that time, I would chalk it up to two things: 1. Lots of Millennials who remember growing up during that time, and their perception is clouded to some extent by that nostalgia of having experienced it firsthand. 2. The 1990s are the first decade in which, among people in the Western World, the Internet was widely available. Web-based works created during that time period are still available to us, and in essentially the same condition as when they were created. As a result, those works feel far less dated because we can establish a much more direct connection to them. To be honest, I think the pop culture of the '90s is a factor in this as well. Not only have many of the defining aesthetics/trends aged considerably well (especially when compared to how badly the '80s have aged, for instance), but the '90s continued to have a significant influence well into the 2000s. For instance, Friends and Frasier both remained on air until 2004, post-grunge was a movement until as late as 2010 and artists/bands such as Britney Spears, Green Day, the Foo Fighters etc. continued to achieve a lot of success through the decade. As a result, the '90s continue to feel much more modern than they otherwise would have been.
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Post by John Titor on Feb 23, 2019 11:58:49 GMT 10
no way
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