Why I miss the 90's...

You might not agree, in fact you could even come with very strong arguments as to why you would miss the 80's better and the 70's and the 60's and so on. I guess it all depends on which decade you grew up in and the influences that were going through this decade that gave you the best memories of your life. Everything is up to discussion, like global events, music, styles, marking moments and key figures.

I for one, entered my teen years in 2000, so I could say that I really grew up in the present decade, but I was so into everything from the 90's that I continue to be influenced by this decade even to this day. That's a strong statement considering all the craze that goes on nowadays and how everything is so open-ended (internet, acceptability and all).

So what is it that I really miss from the 90's? Well, pretty much everything. The first thing that comes to mind is the music. I am eastern-European and we are renowned to be party-oriented to the max. So the explosion of eurodance in the early 90's alone does it for me. No matter which decade you look at, you will see that music has been THE main influence. In the 50's and 60's it was classic rock, the 70's belonged to the father of pop, disco and the 80's fronted pop-rock. Eurodance, whether you agree with me or not, is unlike anything before it and after it. the beats and melodies which were ultra fast-tempo moved people without them noticing it. Some of the more prominent artists are: Haddaway, Dr. Alban and Culture Club. It's true that musical tastes are not debatable, and although the eurodance era ended in the late 90's a handful of underground clubs (here in Canada) still remain faithful and are amongst the more popular in terms of young adults.

Moving along, everything that kids are into nowadays appeared or was made popular in the 90's. For one, the internet was not born in the 90's. But it was born in the 90's as we know it. I dare anyone to name me someone they knew personally that had internet at home in the 80's. Next in line are video games. Yes they were born in the 70's. Yes everyone had a Nintendo in the 80's but you have to admit that things weren't moving forward. You need competition in order to need a reason to research into advancements. In comes Sega Genesis in the 90's in direct competition with the Super Nintendo. there was more games, they were better both companies were really trying at each other's throats which is good for the customer. In the mid-90's Sony with it's venerable Playstation comes in. Then Sega automatically responds with the Saturn! 1 year later Nintendo jumps on the ship with the legendary N64. So if you follow what I'm saying is that the video games industry really did become prominent in the 90's.

Yeah, I did not name any real meaningful events. And my perspective of the 90's might be only from an entertainment point of view. But could you blame a then-kid for not giving a crap about political intricacies and other stuff that he shouldn't worry about for the moment and just enjoy his childhood? No.