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Post by longaotian on Jan 30, 2018 17:08:40 GMT 10
Im not sure if this is just me, but one thing I've really been starting to notice is people's perspective of the 90s. Its that when many people think 90s, they always first or only think of the Late 90s. Especially in terms of music, people think the 90s were all about Teen pop, Britney Spears, NSYNC etc even though that's not really the case. The other week my sister and her friend were over and they told me to find a 90s playlist on spotify and I loooked through about 10 different playlist and I would estimate about 80% of the songs were released in 1997-2000, even some 01-03 songs were in there  . Like the other day I was in the car with my mum and "Pure Shores" by All Saints came on the radio and she was saying how 90s the song was, even though it was released in 2000. I just find it strange that a lot of the time people seem to forget about the stuff that really defined the core 90s (1993-1997) and just focus on the stuff which wasn't really relevant then. Maybe it's just becasue that era was more recent so more people remember it?
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jan 30, 2018 18:35:32 GMT 10
I'm not sure what the reason for it is, but it's definitely something I have noticed over the past few years as well. I think it might be because the Late '90s have strong links with 2000s pop culture, which means that people who were kids/teens during the 2000s can identify with some of the trends of the Late '90s. For instance, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera both emerged onto the scene in 1999 and as you would know, they were popular for a good proportion of the 2000s.
It's probably why people regard the Early 2000s as being an "extension" of the '90s. Y2K-Era pop culture generally spanned from 1999-2001 and a lot of Late '90s bands/artists remained very popular well into the 2000s. It's pretty annoying that people think of it like that though, because it's not a true reflection of what '90s pop culture was like.
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Post by prodanny288 on Feb 1, 2018 7:50:01 GMT 10
Those damn ‘90s kids who overestimate how amazing the ‘90s were, mostly because they were young and didn’t fully grasp the culture from then.
Thankfully, it’s not as bad as it used to be.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Feb 1, 2018 7:54:40 GMT 10
Those damn ‘90s kids who overestimate how amazing the ‘90s were, mostly because they were young and didn’t fully grasp the culture from then. Thankfully, it’s not as bad as it used to be. I agree. Most of the people who were responsible for it, have more than likely grown up and moved on from it. For instance, Early '90s babies are all in their Mid-Late 20s now.
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Post by #Infinity on Feb 3, 2018 13:35:30 GMT 10
I feel like people overestimate how much the grunge genre in particular dominated the decade. While the big 4 from Seattle and Stone Temple Pilots were certainly enormous, the rest of the really big rock bands throughout the '90s were merely influenced by grunge, not actual grunge themselves. Even the Smashing Pumpkins, whose grunge influence was overwhelmingly apparent on Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, were not technically grunge.
The other really big misconception that springs to my mind is how confined everybody thinks new jack swing was to only the Bush '41 years of the decade. Not only were several songs from well beyond the early '90s full-on new jack swing, but plenty others were, at the very least, evidently influenced by the genre.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Feb 4, 2018 14:05:09 GMT 10
I feel like people overestimate how much the grunge genre in particular dominated the decade. While the big 4 from Seattle and Stone Temple Pilots were certainly enormous, the rest of the really big rock bands throughout the '90s were merely influenced by grunge, not actual grunge themselves. Even the Smashing Pumpkins, whose grunge influence was overwhelmingly apparent on Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, were not technically grunge. I think it's simply because of how influential Grunge was to the music industry. The remnants of Grunge could still be felt as recently as 2010, the last year for post-grunge.
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Post by #Infinity on Feb 4, 2018 15:06:19 GMT 10
I feel like people overestimate how much the grunge genre in particular dominated the decade. While the big 4 from Seattle and Stone Temple Pilots were certainly enormous, the rest of the really big rock bands throughout the '90s were merely influenced by grunge, not actual grunge themselves. Even the Smashing Pumpkins, whose grunge influence was overwhelmingly apparent on Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, were not technically grunge. I think it's simply because of how influential Grunge was to the music industry. The remnants of Grunge could still be felt as recently as 2010, the last year for post-grunge. It's probably also because Nirvana in particular was such an enormous band. The other four huge grunge bands didn't necessarily tower over most other top alternative acts of the '90s like Alanis Morissette, Smashing Pumpkins, Beck, Hootie & The Blowfish, Dave Matthews Band, Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox 20, and so on in popularity. Other regular grunge bands, such as Mudhoney and Screaming Trees, only ever achieved marginal success.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Feb 4, 2018 15:15:32 GMT 10
I think it's simply because of how influential Grunge was to the music industry. The remnants of Grunge could still be felt as recently as 2010, the last year for post-grunge. It's probably also because Nirvana in particular was such an enormous band. The other four huge grunge bands didn't necessarily tower over most other top alternative acts of the '90s like Alanis Morissette, Smashing Pumpkins, Beck, Hootie & The Blowfish, Dave Matthews Band, Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox 20, and so on in popularity. Other regular grunge bands, such as Mudhoney and Screaming Trees, only ever achieved marginal success. I agree. It's ironic in a way that Nirvana were the most popular and influential Grunge/alternative-rock band, despite the fact that they were so staunchly against their fame and celebrity status. It would be interesting to see how rock music would have played out in the Mid/Late '90s, had Kurt Cobain not committed suicide in Early 1994. I know not much would have changed, but I personally think that alternative-rock may have lasted a bit longer, especially if Nirvana had released a 4th album sometime in the Mid '90s (which likely would have been a massive success).
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Post by #Infinity on Feb 4, 2018 15:50:06 GMT 10
It's probably also because Nirvana in particular was such an enormous band. The other four huge grunge bands didn't necessarily tower over most other top alternative acts of the '90s like Alanis Morissette, Smashing Pumpkins, Beck, Hootie & The Blowfish, Dave Matthews Band, Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox 20, and so on in popularity. Other regular grunge bands, such as Mudhoney and Screaming Trees, only ever achieved marginal success. I agree. It's ironic in a way that Nirvana were the most popular and influential Grunge/alternative-rock band, despite the fact that they were so staunchly against their fame and celebrity status. It would be interesting to see how rock music would have played out in the Mid/Late '90s, had Kurt Cobain not committed suicide in Early 1994. I know not much would have changed, but I personally think that alternative-rock may have lasted a bit longer, especially if Nirvana had released a 4th album sometime in the Mid '90s (which likely would have been a massive success). Well, the main things I'd assume are, firstly, that Foo Fighters never would've existed, and second, that "You Know You're Right" would've been included on Nirvana's fourth album, since it was recorded right before Kurt Cobain took his own life and was eventually a hit rock song in late 2002. Based on that song's sound, Nirvana's mid-90s album probably would've been an even further progression of the dark angriness that pervaded In Utero.
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Post by X2M on Mar 2, 2018 8:08:06 GMT 10
That gangsta rap was the only sub-genre of hip-hop during that time. There were genuinely tons of rappers who didn't associate themselves with the gangsta themes in the 90s.
That teen pop was the only genre dominating in the late 90s. There were other genres popular during that time as well.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Aug 25, 2018 20:54:14 GMT 10
Not to get into decadeology, but I think a lot of people misconceive the extent to which '80s culture had an influence on the Early '90s. There are some people who genuinely believe that 1990 was an '80s cultural year, despite the fact that there is a lot of evidence to suggest otherwise.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2018 22:50:37 GMT 10
Not to get into decadeology, but I think a lot of people misconceive the extent to which '80s culture had an influence on the Early '90s. T here are some people who genuinely believe that 1990 was an '80s cultural year, despite the fact that there is a lot of evidence to suggest otherwise. And I'll admit it; I'm one of them.
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. Like the other day I was in the car with my mum and "Pure Shores" by All Saints came on the radio and she was saying how 90s the song was, even though it was released in 2000. I just find it strange that a lot of the time people seem to forget about the stuff that really defined the core 90s (1993-1997) and just focus on the stuff which wasn't really relevant then. Maybe it's just becasue that era was more recent so more people remember it? 
