Do you think it's something especially about the early 90's, or does anyone, no matter what decade they grew up in, always have these bitter sweet feelings?

I know I was only a child during the early 90's (i was born in 86), but something about that time still appeals to me. I love everything about it, the music, the clothes, the down-to-earth attitude. Is it me, or does it seem like everyone now-a-days acts like their so smart and have such a sophisticated taste in music and movies. I mean, comedies today arent like they used to be with Waynes World or Billy Madison. Today, comedies have to be dark and edgy, and overly complicated while everyone claims its so brilliant!

Everyone acts like theyre so smart and avant garde, but I just miss that easy-going attitude that it seemed like early 90 rockers had. I mean, I was only a kid in the 90's, so I didn't know many college students, lol, but it seemed like they had personalities similar to people like Dave Ghrol. Down to earth and not so concieted that they cant act silly or dumb.

And the clothes, while I understand that most people wore grunge because it was a trend, I still have this love for it. I mean, I know this sounds kind of strange, but I always have this attraction to guys that wear flannel shirts and look grungy. I don't know why, but I just like those type of guys without even trying. Which, let me tell you, it's kind of hard to find guys like that now-a-days. (And no, this isn't a dating advertisement, lol)

Its just so strange, the way I feel. I have this longing for the apathetic, stoner, easy-going attitude of the early 90's, even though I never truly experienced it. I guess that I could be building the early 90's up in my head, making it something that it probably wasnt. I mean, I'm sure that there were shallow parts of the 90's, just like there are today. And I know it wasnt all similar to the attitude from a Nirvana video. But, I really wish I could live in an environment that has all of the characteristics I've written about. I guess it's similar to how a lot of kids my age wished they lived in the 70's. Even though I did live in the 90's, I wish I could go back and live the years 90-94, but being my current age.

I'm the same exact way. I was also Born in 1986 and I just loved the Mid 90's and I always wish that I could just go back in time and relive it all over again.  Everytime I hear a song that I remember from the 90's so well, I go into a Depression almost, it's like, I remember hearing that song when it was brand new and now it's 10 years old and people don't even remember it anymore. I guess it's like they say, "You never know what you have, untill it's gone"

You know, when it was around 1994, 1995, or 1996, most of us probably thought there was nothing special at all about the year and it was just any ordinary year and we took it for granted, but now 10 years later you realize how much you miss it and how popular that year really was for so many reasons

^ I second - or "third" that. Much of that is what I would have said. :)

I was born in late 1981 so I feel almost the same way. I think people are "shaped" by the pop culture they first get into, regardless of what year it's from or how old they were. In my case I heard ALOT of 80's music, thanks to my parents, as a child -- mixed in with alot of Beatles and 60s/70s stuff too.

Same case with movies - in the early 90s, we commonly rented them, and much of my picks were comedies from the late 70s and 80s. Ditto for NES games.

When you're 5, you don't care if something is trendy or cool, you pay attention to one thing--if you like it or not. It's like the purest form of being a fan - that's exactly why it always bugged me when people's only excuse for disliking something (eg: a song) was, "It's old" or "My parents like it" etc. ::)

Overall, I think things we liked from, say before high school (for me, 1996) we miss even more later on, since it's a bygone era in our lives, as well as the world. Also factor in that 1996 to '97 was a HUGE pop culture shift - the last big one we've ever had IMO.

(1996 still felt very "old-school-ish" but 1997 was in many ways an earlier version of today. The Internet, teen pop and South Park made it more "2000s" IMHO. 1995 and 1997 were more different than 1997 and 2005 are.)

The 90s was a real mixed time - I never was a fan at all of the "gangsta/ghetto" culture, but at the same time, I think pieces of the innocent/happy 80's did make their way well into that decade (even if the 80's were very uncool past '92) such as the Wayne's World-esque movies you mentioned. I do get pretty nostalgic whenever I watch Beavis & Butthead.

I wasn't that into the alternative rock movement much when it was new, but I actually have found myself far more fond of it now than I did at the time!). Don't mistake me, in the 90's I did like some of the pop culture, but I spent just as much time missing the 80's. I was probably one of the few 13 year old kids in history who was nostalgic for the time he was 4. ;D

Do you think it's something especially about the early 90's, or does anyone, no matter what decade they grew up in, always have these bitter sweet feelings?


It doesn't matter about the decade, Jessica. It can be a natural feeling from whenever.  :)

I feel the way you do about the 80s (I was born in 1979).

I second what Bobby just said.  It has to do with whenever you grew up.  I was born in 1975.  In 1995, people my age were saying the EXACT SAME about the 80s.  We missed our childhood, especially the early and mid 80s.   Hell, check this message board and see for yourself.  Chucky created the board in '95.

Things may get a lot worse in 10 years, and some kid born in 1995 will talk about how he misses the "innocent '00s" compared to the more complicated life of 2015.  In reality, life doesn't necessarily get that much more complicated, but we feel it does.  To me, not a whole lot has changed.  Every group of kids thinks they are the coolest ones that ever existed, and living in the most gritty complicated world there ever was....then a new group of kids comes along and makes what they thought of as cool old and outdated.  Enjoy being under 23 while it's still here for you though.  When you see that kid born in 1995 driving cars and going to college, that is when your reality gets turned upside down.

^ Hey Chris, glad to see you back around - I always enjoyed chatting with you, especially about stuff of this nature! :)

I pretty much do agree with that. It's the same thing in my case, I just "missed my childhood" a bit faster than average, LOL! I never thought of myself as the "coolest generation" etc (in fact, mindsets like that were sometimes why I DIDN'T relate to some of my peers at the time).

However to corroborate what you said about life seeming easier in the past -- I was talking with my parents about this not long ago (they know how I feel on this more than anyone!) and my dad said that no matter what year I was born in, I would always feel attached to the pop culture of my first 10 or 12 years.

I realized how right he probably is. :D

Both my folks like things from the 80's too, but they're not attached to them the way I am. My theory for this is, because they were already adults by then, they only liked things back then for what they were, so it was also easier for them to leave it.

My mom is not as into 80s music today NEARLY as much as in my childhood years.

Does this sound accurate for the most part?

ya i wish i had a time machine to go back to 94 95 i remember soo much i just wanna live there at my older age

I'm nostalgic for the times before 9/11. The future didn't seem quite so ominous back then. 

The "good old days" are NOW.

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Yeah I get totally nostalgic about the 90s (especially the early 90s) also, even though I was born in 1989. I have a great memory, and I remember like everything starting when I was about three. I just loved TV back then, when cartoons were good, and the toys, and the styles, and just even the way things looked!

Do you think it's something especially about the early 90's, or does anyone, no matter what decade they grew up in, always have these bitter sweet feelings?

I know I was only a child during the early 90's (i was born in 86), but something about that time still appeals to me. I love everything about it, the music, the clothes, the down-to-earth attitude. Is it me, or does it seem like everyone now-a-days acts like their so smart and have such a sophisticated taste in music and movies. I mean, comedies today arent like they used to be with Waynes World or Billy Madison. Today, comedies have to be dark and edgy, and overly complicated while everyone claims its so brilliant!

Everyone acts like theyre so smart and avant garde, but I just miss that easy-going attitude that it seemed like early 90 rockers had. I mean, I was only a kid in the 90's, so I didn't know many college students, lol, but it seemed like they had personalities similar to people like Dave Ghrol. Down to earth and not so concieted that they cant act silly or dumb.

And the clothes, while I understand that most people wore grunge because it was a trend, I still have this love for it. I mean, I know this sounds kind of strange, but I always have this attraction to guys that wear flannel shirts and look grungy. I don't know why, but I just like those type of guys without even trying. Which, let me tell you, it's kind of hard to find guys like that now-a-days. (And no, this isn't a dating advertisement, lol)

Its just so strange, the way I feel. I have this longing for the apathetic, stoner, easy-going attitude of the early 90's, even though I never truly experienced it. I guess that I could be building the early 90's up in my head, making it something that it probably wasnt. I mean, I'm sure that there were shallow parts of the 90's, just like there are today. And I know it wasnt all similar to the attitude from a Nirvana video. But, I really wish I could live in an environment that has all of the characteristics I've written about. I guess it's similar to how a lot of kids my age wished they lived in the 70's. Even though I did live in the 90's, I wish I could go back and live the years 90-94, but being my current age.
Ya know, Jessica, I'm into the past too. I get sad alot and want to go back in time to certain times. I'm nostalgic too!

You know, when it was around 1994, 1995, or 1996, most of us probably thought there was nothing special at all about the year and it was just any ordinary year and we took it for granted, but now 10 years later you realize how much you miss it and how popular that year really was for so many reasons
Yeah me too I listen to songs from the mid 90's and at the time they don't seem like anything special. Than as time goes by like 10 years later your like I remember that song when I was in school. I guess we are noglastic because of how time passes by and things change. Back in 1996 rap music was not as big as it is now. The Alternative Rock era was on its last legs in 1996. Now "true rock music" has been basically left behind by hip-hop. Whatever happened to dance music? The early to mid 90's was huge for club music. I think you realize too that looking back on the mid 90's period you basically remember how carefree things were in just that you went to school and that was it. Now you have to work in the corperate world, have a car and fill it up with gas, and also when you get im your mid 20's you are thinking about someday getting married and having kids.

Everyone acts like theyre so smart and avant garde, but I just miss that easy-going attitude that it seemed like early 90 rockers had. I mean, I was only a kid in the 90's, so I didn't know many college students, lol, but it seemed like they had personalities similar to people like Dave Ghrol. Down to earth and not so concieted that they cant act silly or dumb.

And the clothes, while I understand that most people wore grunge because it was a trend, I still have this love for it. I mean, I know this sounds kind of strange, but I always have this attraction to guys that wear flannel shirts and look grungy. I don't know why, but I just like those type of guys without even trying. Which, let me tell you, it's kind of hard to find guys like that now-a-days. (And no, this isn't a dating advertisement, lol)

Its just so strange, the way I feel. I have this longing for the apathetic, stoner, easy-going attitude of the early 90's, even though I never truly experienced it. I guess that I could be building the early 90's up in my head, making it something that it probably wasnt.

wow,how right you are,Jessica!
It's true,today's attitude really is pathetic and I can understand why people complain about how dumb todays youth is becoming(not all of course but the majority)
That easy-going attitude is something I really miss,then again there was a lot of angst etc..
but hey,unfortunately you just can't turn back time so the best thing is to hang about with people who have the same attitude as you!

Oh and keep listening to the music too!!