I've always been proud to have come of age in the 1990s. I was 4 when they started and 14 when they ended - very critical years in a person's development.
I always look back fondly on that decade, because I had so many great experiences throughout it. But this morning on the way to work I heard "Walking on the Sun" by Smashmouth and was immediately disappointed in my favorite decade's music.
It was an era full of greats: America Online, Friends, the success and demise of Nickelodeon, The Spice Girls, Tamagotchi Pets, Kurt Cobain... the list could go on for days.
But, alas, it was also an era full of crap in hindsight. This was a decade that let Fran Drescher come into the limelight. Songs like the aforementioned "Walking on the Sun" and several bombs by Sugar Ray dominated the airwaves. We dressed like hobos in grunge for a few years, then later adorned our hair with butterfly clips and glitter. Somebody gave Will Smith a recording contract. Kids (including my brace-faced self) flocked to malls around the country to buy Ty Beanie Babies because we wanted to have the biggest collection out of our friends.
I know that every generation feels this way about their childhood years at some point or another, saying "What were we thinking???" but I really think the late 80s and 90s were the worst. I'm sure in 10 years I'll look back to today and think "What's with the side braid and the bronzed cheeks?".
It's just another one of those life's circles I tell ya. There's no stopping 'em.
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I know that every generation feels this way about their childhood years at some point or another, saying "What were we thinking???" but I really think the late 80s and 90s were the worst. I'm sure in 10 years I'll look back to today and think "What's with the side braid and the bronzed cheeks?".
It's just another one of those life's circles I tell ya. There's no stopping 'em.
**All images from Google Images **
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