To Think the 90's Were The Best Decade We've Had?

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Certainly from a personal point of view;

Real music with guitars and drums and everything.

The emergence of dance music.

Mobile phones hit the market place (it made it so much easier to meet people you met previously - instead of having to ring their house number and speak to their Dad)

We were even allowed to choose our own email address. [email protected]!

TV was great, as were the Films

The 80's were just depressing and the 00's were a non event.

I thought the 90s were pretty weak for films. But otherwise I agree. Mainly because I was young then, obviously.

Nice one, OtP.

I was a teenager in the 90's but I hated it. Hated the stupid grungy and oatmeal coloured clothes, lived in a really small boring place.
Music in the 80's was loads better.

Lmao @£15 for a dove mate 😂😂😂

I am going to have to show my dp this thread. We reminisce a lot but drugs, sex, music, work, repeat was our life. I often wonder how we survived!

Used to go to clubs like the manor, rhythm station, opera house, raves in random places.

Earnt minimum wage which seemed to go much further, or maybe thats because dp drove everywhere and as a girl you could blag into places for free, etc.

Sunny summers. Oasis on the stereo. Getting high. Parked up until the dawn.

I suppose I'm lucky enough that I experienced this all with my dp so we can hit the nostalgia button with the start of one song.

Weak, no way! House party, boyz in the hood, my cousin vinnie, Friday, waiting to exhale, with honors etc. Not criticaly acclaimed but always makes me feel good.

Rhythm station - Do you mean the one in Aldershot?

if you are then you're one of the lucky people as that was one of the best places in the entire universe.

Yes A4. Twas bloody brilliant, as was The Manor. FML I miss those days.

I loved the 90s although maybe abit young at the time to appreciate the going out side of things
Film wise i really love some 90s films The Crow for one i think is an amazing film
Terminator 2
The Matrix
But i have to say the 80s nailed it for films for me

Ha ha ha Plan, I wonder if we ever shared a bottle of water.

The rise of the 'me me ' culture 'I can do anything' has led to them producing a bunch of 'want want kids'

Might well have done A4!

I disagree Tessa. I am 40. Every person I know of my generation is a worker. Very few 'want want' without working for, and earning it. My childrens generation is a completely different matter!

Omfg Spotify is alive with the 90s sound of The Prodigy Charly album. I love I can do this whilst pretending to work and doing the one fingered dance ... pmsl

The 90s were great, I lived through my teen years then. The charts were so eclectic, and women in music videos on the whole wore actual clothes and not the skimpiest thing imaginable. You had the ladette culture and the Girlie Show (remember that?), even the Spice Girls and girl power, maybe it's just how I remember it but women seemed more empowered to say fuck what people want me to be I'm being myself.

Nowadays it's all identikit airbrush/contouring/thigh gap/Instagram duckface, women comparing themselves to impossible images and their esteem, based purely on looks and lifestyle, going down the toilet.

Rant aside, the music was great, I went from chart radio to the discovery of rock, the summers of 97 and 98 were such a carefree time for me, enjoying the sun with some friends and drinks, no cares at all. Gigs you could go to on a whim, no hitting f5 at 9am before finding all the tickets 3 times the price elsewhere (grrr). Fond memories of seeing Foo Fighters in Newport, I couldn't get that close to them now they only pay massive stadiums!

Right now I have a 10 week old clamped to my breast, after an afternoon of having an accident in her pram while out and having a good old wail, watching all the mummies out in groups chatting while I'm on my own as yet another attempt to meet up with my friends has gone to pot when life got in the way and they had to cancel

But, the 10 week old is amazing, wouldn't be without her. And DH is also great, we have a good life. And I wouldn't want to be a teenager living in today's world - eurgh.

the one fingered dance

:)

Absolutely!

I think social media has ruined things now, too much obsession with how things look than having fun.

(I'm guessing everybody on this thread is in their 40s smile)

Nope. Mid-50s.

Yes, @iamtheresurrection - agreed, so much is put through a filter or even just filtering through which image of yourself looks the best because it's the one you put out there for all to see, all Instagram worthy ready. Less about having fun and more looking like you're having fun!

Agree Iam

The clothes were good too. Sergio Tacchini, Chipie, Replay, Ocean Pacific etc. Sergio Tacchini seems to be making a reappearance in Urban Outfitters at the minute.

God I loved Chipie jeans.

By god the 90s were magnificent

I’ve never left really ... 😁

I was 15 in 1990 and 25 in 2000. That decade was my era. Finished school, went to college, met my now Dh. He was away studying in Manchester. He used to go to the Hacienda. Now that was a club. We used to go to the Waterfront in Norwich at the weekends and dance to Britpop all night. The music then was so fantastic. Still got a lot of it on my playlist. Pub nights with friends, beach parties, drunk from too much vodka in a field somewhere, house parties when peoples parents were away. So much fun. Happy days!

I think people had to communicate more, for real. Face to face. For at least the early to mid 90s, nobody had a mobile, computer (to themselves), there was no social media... you had to SPEAK to people, write to people, make an arrangement and stick to it as there was no way to let them know if you didn't fancy it after that. God knows how I found my extended bunch of mates at Glastonbury '96 without the help of mobiles and emails and all that but... I did and I have a nice bunch of real photos from there which did not end up shared all over social media to haunt me forever.

90s were really good. The country felt refreshed after the rececssion at the start of the decade and then boom there was Britpop and New Labour and Euro 96 and grunge mixed with dance, you could be anything, you could wear anything you wanted genuinely without it being somehow a defiant statement against an army of cloned, extended haired, bizarre eyebrowed, pouting contoured creatures. I mean each to their own etc and I'm not saying it doesn't look good in some cases, it can do, but it's such a conformist "look" of today which just feels so repressive to me having grown up in a far more relaxed fashion decade.

The 90s was an awesome decade. Loved it. Loved Britpop. Tarantino. Music from Reservoir Dogs. Clothes. Slow sets. Youth on my side.

Sadly not for everyone.... the early 90's recession destroyed our business we lost our home and the pressures tore apart our relationship....I spent my pregnancy in a hostel and spent years paying back money to the Official Receiver for the business debts that were foolishly in my name.
Like many other caught up in that recession it took years to recover
On a plus side I had my daughter that decade and had the joy of watching her grow up