Did The '90's Have A Feel? Do The 00's??

[Fat_Sunny]

The Complicated Emo Thread Got F_S Thinking About The Various Decades. It Struck Him That He Could Name One Word For Each Decade 50's Through 80's That Would Evoke A Pretty Close Approximation Of The Overall Feel/Personality For The CULTURE Of That Decade (Music/Art/Style/TV/Movies/Clothing/Attitude).

But He Couldn't Come Up With One Word To Evoke The FEEL Of The 1990's OR The 2000's. That Got Him Thinking, Have These Past Two Decades Had A Feel?

Here Are The Words F_S Came Up With For The Earlier Decades, That Do A Pretty Good Job Of Evoking A Whole Bunch Of Images Related To The Culture For That Decade:

1950's......Greaser
1960's......Hippie
1970's......Disco
1980's......Yuppie

A. Feel Free To Critcize/Suggest New Words For The Above Decades.
B. Did The 1990's And Do The 2000's Have A "Feel".
C. What Single Word Or Phrase Can Evoke The Feel Of The 1990's, And 2000's (If You Think They Have A Feel).

[Fallon]

90's was very pop, 00's are r&b.

[mikeyboy]

It becomes easier to characterize a decade the further you are from it, but following in theme and pattern of the decades already names, I'm going to go "grunge".

[LiddyRules]

The 90s definitely had a feel. Early 90s and late 90s seem very different. Late 90s, was a lot more like the 2000s which is very, for lack of a better word gay. I know it's been done before but listen to 90s on 9 and there's a much bigger schism in the music than really any other channel.

Maybe it has to do with me being a ripe old 24 1/2 but the early 90s seemed a lot more, cooly apathetic. You didn't care, you know you didn't care and you didn't give a shit, it seemed like a choice. It seemed a lot more "fuck the system" in a good way. You had the internet but it was 56k, there weren't so many cable channels, not everyone had a fucking cellular phone. It seemed like the last chance for freedom. But if I had to choose a word, "Grunge" fits.

The late 90s, much like the 00s, became a lot more superficial. People began not to realize they were apathetic or, rather, became a lot more self-centered. The dark, hateful substance of the early 90s, gave away to the lack of substance that continues to this day. For a word? "Yuppie 2.0" (LOLS people love that 2.0 stuff)? "Ellisan?" (I really feel that society is becoming more and more like a Bret Easton Ellis book.) It's hard because everything just seems to glossy and fake.

[torker]

The 90's felt like impending AIDS. The 00's, not so much.

[LiddyRules]

The 90's felt like impending AIDS. The 00's, not so much. If the 90s felt like AIDS, the 00s feel like the anal sex that gave you it.

[SatCam]

If the 90s felt like AIDS, the 00s feel like the anal sex that gave you it.

and hopefully the '10s will feel like the soft stroking that occurs while your waiting for the receiver to take off their pants

[torker]

Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

[Don Stugots]

i loved the 90's, hate the 00's.

[JustJon]

Early to mid-90s is definitely grunge.

Late 90's gave way to the superficiality of Britney Spears, Christina Aguillara and the boy bands, and more retro 60s, 70s and a little 80s as the century came to an end.

[TheGameHHH]

the 90's was really my comming of age period, where i really grew into the awesome person i am now. im not sure what word to use to describe it though, maybe "awesomeness"

[RoseBlood]

Late 90's gave way to the superficiality of Britney Spears, Christina Aguillara and the boy bands, and more retro 60s, 70s and a little 80s as the century came to an end.

Don't forget the Latin Explosion!!! (circa '99?) Ha!Ha! When everyone wanted to be Latina? Isn't this when they started airing the Latin Grammy Awards as well?

[Fat_Sunny]

Don't forget the Latin Explosion!!! (circa '99?) Ha!Ha! When everyone wanted to be Latina? Isn't this when they started airing the Latin Grammy Awards as well?

Not To Mention The Macarena Craze In '96 !!!

[RoseBlood]

2000's: Celebreality overload!!!

2000's: Ballin' :laugh:

http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q200/HappenstanceMe/Random/ballin.gif

[conman823]

It becomes easier to characterize a decade the further you are from it, but following in theme and pattern of the decades already names, I'm going to go "grunge".

:thumbup:

[PapaBear]

For me, the early 90's was just an extension of the the 80's. The mid to late 90's meant good music, more money and sex for me, and lots of cocaine. The 00's just seam like the war years, and the decade personal responsibility completely disappeared.

[conman823]

The 90's were def a BIG drug decade.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

The 90s stood out a little with the Grunge Period

But when they moved to boy bands, i the 90s became"just a another decade"

every decade had their Boy Bands

:king:

[JPMNICK]

The 90s stood out a little with the Grunge Period

But when they moved to boy bands, i the 90s became"just a another decade"

every decade had their Boy Bands

:king:

2 me the 90's were 2 parts, grunge and getting over the 80's

and then rap music and the internet becoming huge.

the 00's have nothing, shitty music, no great cinema, and no real identity.

it has however brought us reality television, which looking back in 20 years might be the defining aspect of it. well that and 9-11

[Recyclerz]

'90's - The Soccer Mom Decade
'00's - Blue States v. Red States

[TheMojoPin]

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[cupcakelove]

The 90s for me was big on technology and the internet. The 00s is pretty depressing on the whole. Even though things for me personally have been going great, the world is a complete mess.

[AJDELAWARE]

I think the 2000s have way to much going on to establish an actual feel for them yet. Its really a matter of getting into the next decade or 2, and then looking back and see what really sticks out.

[Fat_Sunny]

'90's - The Soccer Mom Decade
'00's - Blue States v. Red States

Not Bad!

F_S Is Still Struggling With The 90's, But He Thinks When People Look Back At The 2000's Culture, That Decade Might Best Be Represented By Teenage Girls Travelling In Gaggles, Dressed The Way They Do, And Always On Their Cell Phones Or Texting. Whatever Name There Is For That, Is What The 00's Are CULTURALLY.

http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/csk/csk426/teenage-girls-using-cell-phone-~-ks110327.jpg

[JustJon]

I think the 00's will be the decade of the amateur. Bloggers, YouTube, sex tapes, myspace, etc.

[JPMNICK]

I think the 00's will be the decade of the amateur. Bloggers, YouTube, sex tapes, myspace, etc.

wow that is a great call. it is def going to be looked back at the time when average people became stars.

[Leticia]

I always thought that 80s were punk.. or rock


I agree that the 90s were grunge.

[JPMNICK]

I always thought that 80s were punk.. or rock


I agree that the 90s were grunge.

for some reason i feel like the 90's grunge was so much shorter than people remember, like 3-4 years of the decade. the i really feel like rap took over from 95 on.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

for some reason i feel like the 90's grunge was so much shorter than people remember, like 3-4 years of the decade. the i really feel like rap took over from 95 on.

Grunge Died with Kurt Cobain

May have lasted a drop longer with him alive

:king:

[donnie_darko]

grunge?
that's funny, what grunge bands sold more albums then boys to men?
mariah carey?

we'd like to think the 90's were cooler then they actually were...but honestly... it wasnt.

and lets not consider the rise of Puffy Combs.

I'd love to say that nirvana, rage, soundgarden were the sounds of our age...but honestly... yeah.

we've gone to the end of the road......

[ralphbxny]

would the 90s be captured by saying it was alternative...tho the alternative became main stream.

[Fat_Sunny]

grunge?
that's funny, what grunge bands sold more albums then boys to men?
mariah carey?

we'd like to think the 90's were cooler then they actually were...but honestly... it wasnt.

and lets not consider the rise of Puffy Combs.

I'd love to say that nirvana, rage, soundgarden were the sounds of our age...but honestly... yeah.

we've gone to the end of the road......

Music Is A Part Of The Culture, But This Thread Is About The Overall CULTURE Of A Decade, Not Just The Music.

For Example, The Choice Of The Word "Hippie" For The 60's Implies Not Only A Certain Kind Of Music That Predominated, But Also Dress, And A Political Outlook And The Overall "Feel" Of The Main Current Of That Decade.

In The 80's, The Term "Valley Girl" Would Conjure Up A Whole Bunch Of Images Related To It, But It Was Not The Predominate Thing In The 80's. The Term "Yuppie" Better Reflects The Feel Of That Decade (Reagan/Business Focus/LaCoste Clothing/Etc).

F_S Is Still Baffled As To What The 90's Were About. After Grunge Died, It Was Really Just Lite Everything. Lite Politics/Lite Music/Blah Dress.

Maybe The 90's Were Just The "Lite" Decade.

[IMSlacker]

I'm pretty sure the 00's will be known for people putting captions on pictures of cats.

[Don Stugots]

I'm pretty sure the 00's will be known for people putting captions on pictures of cats.

and post whoring.

[IMSlacker]

and post whoring.

While they're supposed to be working.

[Leticia]

I feel like after the mid nineties, we started imitating other eras

like we started wearing bell bottoms again, and using a lot of 70s like clothes and stuff. and then we started dressing like the 80s (which actually is still around now)

Well i'm not too sure about when the dressing like the 80s started, but i do know that the 70s were revisited for a while.

Like everyone ran out of Ideas.

And remember liking cartoons was cool again? I always liked cartoons but thwey started making a lot more for adults..

It's sorta like the late 90s just recycled everything.

[JPMNICK]

also wrestling got huge again

[IMSlacker]

The 90's will be known as the decade of the "shrug".

http://photos9.flickr.com/17011587_0b39b3268a.jpg

[ralphbxny]

While they're supposed to be working.

:smoke:

[LiddyRules]

then we started dressing like the 80s (which actually is still around now) Did we really start dressing like the 80s or did we start dressing in shirts with iron on images of 80s Icons that were made last week because the 80s were just so silly and goofy and look, Willis is on my shirt and I'm being ironic because I'm wearing Willis but that shirt isn't on TV anymore!!!

[Gvac]

What year is it again?

[TheMojoPin]

How does the Scrunchie fit into all of this?

And I feel strongly about the Slap-Wrap, dammit!

[TheMojoPin]

What year is it again?

19-clickety-3.

[TheMojoPin]

I think the 00's will be the decade of the amateur. Bloggers, YouTube, sex tapes, myspace, etc.

Hmmmmm, I think I read your book...

http://andrewkeen.typepad.com/the_great_seduction/images/9780385520805.jpg