I was born in 1989 but if I had a choice I'd live the rest of my life in a loop between 1988-1993... That was the peak of The West IMO
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Was 1988 any different??
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I was born in 1968, and I'd choose a slightly wider 1981 - 1995, but I agree with the general period 
I’ll take a loop of 89-93, but in fifteenth century Spain.
One of my nieces has mentioned, more than once, how envious she is of my having been around in the '80s & '90s. "You guys had the best music, the coolest clothes, and all the fun!" 
Being a loving and supportive uncle, I just reply, "Yeah... it was awesome!"
Good times were had, indeed.
Being a loving and supportive uncle, I just reply, "Yeah... it was awesome!"
Good times were had, indeed.
Joe vs. the Volcano came out in 1990. That has to be the peak of Western culture.
50's and 60-s might have been cool to time travel to
1967 had the Miles Davis Quintet with Carter/Williams/Shorter/Hancock, but 1988 was a peak era for The Cocteau Twins. Enough said.
1988 was completely different:
- threat of global destruction was the backdrop
- certain groups targeted by cops, feared by the bourgeois
- some popular music was good, but most was crap
- clueless old people driving the bus
- technology was changing rapidly and unsettling everything
- unwise rich people were ruining the economy for others
- a terrifying diseases ran rampant
- Russia was doing F'd up things to the rest of the world
Pining for an era you didn't live through is kinda silly. There's amazing music from all eras. I will say getting to afford to tour in a van and live in a band house on next to nothing financially was a blast though. The club scene was way more violent/ volatile, which was fun too.
We've come a long way since then
Don't know how old you are, but I assume you think it was nicer because you were young (or not yet born) and didn't have to deal with problems adults deal with at the time. You also now have the certainty of knowing how everything turned out, which nobody had at the time.
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76 - 85
Not because I was young either. Can't explain it to those whom were born in the mid 90s and later. Totally different world.
Not because I was young either. Can't explain it to those whom were born in the mid 90s and later. Totally different world.
Ha ha this seems coded to get into some schizzle we're not supposed to talk about here
As for music, that period was when I was playing a bunch, and it was better in some ways and worse in others. DIY releases meant live mix board tapes and hand-duped cassettes, for example, and PR meant postering the town and doing radio spots if you were lucky. For road gigs, it was up to the club/promoter to do those things, and they often just... didn't.
On a bright note, people at shows weren't distracted by their phones because they were attached to the wall at home.
As for music, that period was when I was playing a bunch, and it was better in some ways and worse in others. DIY releases meant live mix board tapes and hand-duped cassettes, for example, and PR meant postering the town and doing radio spots if you were lucky. For road gigs, it was up to the club/promoter to do those things, and they often just... didn't.
On a bright note, people at shows weren't distracted by their phones because they were attached to the wall at home.
Might’ve been NEAR the top. Question is, was it going up or coming down?
I was born in '55 and worked on a job with a young man who was super enamored with the 60's which to him was the 'Summer of Love', the hippies, that whole thing.
I explained to him that between 1960 and 1970 the whole world turned inside out in so many ways past his being so enamored with his idea of the flowers in your hair he had no idea.
He still doesn't.
Having lived a while, I can tell you EVERY era had great things and at the same time things you hope to never see again, and that times change far easier than people.
I explained to him that between 1960 and 1970 the whole world turned inside out in so many ways past his being so enamored with his idea of the flowers in your hair he had no idea.
He still doesn't.
Having lived a while, I can tell you EVERY era had great things and at the same time things you hope to never see again, and that times change far easier than people.
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I mark 2012 as the turning point when it all started going downhill. The Mayans were right.
