I was only seven-years old in 1990.  Surprisingly though, I have many memories of the opening year of the '90s.  Today 1990 is already twenty years ago (hard to believe) and it has a very nostalgic glow for me.  But even by the late '90s I can remember 1990 already seeming very old school because styles and music had changed so much over the course of the decade.  Some of the things I remember from that year:  having a birthday party outside my old trailer when I turned seven.  There are pictures of my cousins and me hitting the pinata, playing chairs, my birthday cake with a Ninja Turtle turtle on it.  There are also pics of my toddler cousins who are now in their early twenties.  That was the year my maternal grandfather died of cancer.  I can remember going to his house and him appearing very frail, ill, and not speaking much.  However, I never knew him that well and don't remember being very sad at his passing.  I remember going trick-or-treating for Halloween as Bart Simpson and in December my family and me going to Florida for my half sister's wedding.  While we were there we went to Disneyworld and Universal Studios.  There is one picture in particular from that vacation that is VINTAGE early '90s.  My sister (then 15) and me standing in the Disney parking lot.  My sister has curly hair and is wearing ripped jeans and an M.C. Hammer t-shirt. 
As far as music, I don't remember any of the songs from that year.  But there are a lot songs from 1990 that I do like:  "Close To You" by Maxi Priest, "Groove is in the heart" by DeeLite, "Poison" by Bell Biv Devoe, and "Around the Way Girl" by LL Cool J are good songs in my opinion.  My TV viewing that year consisted of Tiny Toon Adventures, Tale Spin, Ducktales, Chip N' Dale's Rescue Rangers, The Muppet Babies, The Cosby Show, In Living Color, early episodes of The Simpsons.  I was a HUGE TMNT fan that year and went to see the movie in theaters when it came out in spring.  I also had the comic and cassette that Pizza Hut was giving away.  I also was going through a big dinosaur craze at that age and for Christmas I got some dinosaur pop-up books.  I remember watching a documentary on dinosaurs on TV and being mad that they did not show any live-action dinosaurs, just fossils and drawings.  This was a few years before the movie Jurassic Park came out.  I also remember going to see Home Alone in theaters.  Altogether, a year with lots of good memories.

I was finishing pre-school and was entering kindengarden.  Had loads of fun through travelling from Tampa to Miami often.  I was also in the school play for the winter 1990 playing one of the elves for Santa Claus(Oh innocent times.....).   My brother was 11, and we used to watch him play Baseball in those little league games.  

I remember when we used to still use rotary phones, lol.  Also, we also didn't have the remote for the tv, so we had to change the channel manually.  Luckly, we didn't have cable, so there was only 8 channels to switch too.  We had NES to play with, which was a complete bitch since we had to clean it up all the time with a cotton ball and rubbing alcohol.

As TV watching goes, I used to watch Ducktales(remember the movie?), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ghostubers, The Muppet Babies, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Alf, and a bunch of Knight Rider reuns.  We used to joke whenever we get in the car by saying "Cruise Control, KITT" :)

I was very into MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice(who didn't know the songs to that lyrics then?), Stevie Ray Vaughn, Paula Abdul, Madonna, Michael Jackson, etc...A lot of what was played on the radio was from the 80's and they weren't considered old yet.

You are right about 1990 being really oldschool.  I really don't think the early 90's, or at leastbefore 1992, should be included in the 90's because it still had that good time feel to it.  When I think of the 90's, I think of angst-ridden music, crimes and riots, crash-TV, start of increasing swearing, sex, and vulgarity on tv(like Jerry Springer), political corrrectness, first signs of tv ratings etc...pop culture then was not like that then.

1990 isn't that big of a year for me. I was ten years old, 4th/5th grade. I remember my sister who was 14 at the time was acting out a lot and she was sent away, I spent a lot of time with my parents that summer. And I went on vacation with just the two of them, where we were almost flooded in.

I was born in the fall of 1990, so I consider it a big year for me  :)

July 29th 1990 – George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner Fay Vincent to resign as principal partner of New York Yankees for hiring Howie Spira to "get dirt" on Dave Winfield.

My memories of that year aren't all that clear...I turned 6 and started the 1st grade.

I remember it was still fashionable for men to wear those tightish light denim dad jeans and tuck their t shirts in...along with those white sneakers that are now popular in old folks homes

you saw a lot of neon bathing suits back then. Looking at pictures of me as a kid at the jersey shore my mom and sis had this weird pink neon swim wear, and big hair as a holdover from the 80's. Big hair was def still a thing back then but fading.

Gulf War was big that year, there was a major resurgence in patriotism.

It was a very big year for movies with now legendary films Home Alone, Ghost, Dances with Wolves, Pretty Woman coming out.

Some interesting things happened, but for the most part it was sort of a transitional year. The 80's were over but they weren't dead and buried yet until the musical/pop culture revolution the following autumn with the breakout of grunge.

1990 and 1999 seem polar opposites. Like they could be 25 years apart. But it's not the first time that's happened. 1960 and 1969 are the same way

You had a lot of good dance music too.

My family was still together. My mom got pregnant in May that year. I remember my parents being "hush hush" about it.

We went to Edaville Railroad that December on the way to visit my grandfather in Wakefield,MA.

I distinctly remember Christmas of 1990. I got a Brio train set.

a lot of good movies premiered that year.

My memories of that year aren't all that clear...I turned 6 and started the 1st grade.

I remember it was still fashionable for men to wear those tightish light denim dad jeans and tuck their t shirts in...along with those white sneakers that are now popular in old folks homes

you saw a lot of neon bathing suits back then. Looking at pictures of me as a kid at the jersey shore my mom and sis had this weird pink neon swim wear, and big hair as a holdover from the 80's. Big hair was def still a thing back then but fading.

Gulf War was big that year, there was a major resurgence in patriotism.

It was a very big year for movies with now legendary films Home Alone, Ghost, Dances with Wolves, Pretty Woman coming out.

Some interesting things happened, but for the most part it was sort of a transitional year. The 80's were over but they weren't dead and buried yet until the musical/pop culture revolution the following autumn with the breakout of grunge.

1990 and 1999 seem polar opposites. Like they could be 25 years apart. But it's not the first time that's happened. 1960 and 1969 are the same way


Aw come on now they weren't THAT different in the same way 1962 is from 1969, all that happened was the more outrageous '80s fashions gradually disappeared and music became more splintered, the '90s is just a toned down, minimalist version of the '80s(especially in terms of fashion). The biggest divider between 1990 and 1999 is definitely the internet but stylistically the '90s didn't bring much at all.

I consider the '80s and '90s(and the earlier '00s) to be part of the same era, the same way the '60s and '70s are part of the same era.

a lot of good movies premiered that year.
Top grossing films

1. Ghost
2. Home Alone
3. Pretty Woman
4. Dances with Wolves
5. Total Recall
6. Back to the Future Part III
7. Die Hard 2: Die Harder
8. Presumed Innocent
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
10 Kindergarten Cop

I remember very little about this era expect my parents getting divorced.

Top grossing films

1. Ghost
2. Home Alone
3. Pretty Woman
4. Dances with Wolves
5. Total Recall
6. Back to the Future Part III
7. Die Hard 2: Die Harder
8. Presumed Innocent
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
10 Kindergarten Cop


and I saw 6 out of the 10 films.

Starting Kindergarten
Seeing Home Alone at the Movies
Going to Chicago over Thanksgiving Break
Visiting Mount Rushmore that Summer

In 1990, I recorded my first song in accapella. It was made into a 7 inch record.

Last month, I converted the audio from the record onto mp3 format. It was accapella so my studio added the music. I made various mistakes singing but I was just 10 years old! Still sounds great. I even went ahead and posted it on Instagram.

Here it is on YouTube.

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1990, I was 13/14, my teenage music obsession was Wilson Phillips, their voices really struck me somehow.

Yes the Gulf War. Our principal also taught 1 class, 9th grade earth science, and he got called to Desert Storm shortly into the year. So they brought in this real doofus of a teacher to sub for him. This guy would let you take a test as many times as you wanted till you got the grade you wanted. Most of the time we didn’t even work. We went for walks around town, calling them “earth walks” to pass it off as class related. After a teacher conference my mom said he was “dense”. The principal came back just in time to see that year’s seniors graduate. So my class was the only one who almost totally got out of earth science.

1990 was actually one of my least favorite years of the 90's, after 1998. It was the first time I experienced a ditf, my grandfather on my mother's side who we were close to. At the same time with the uncertain economy we couldn't take any fun road trips, and there was the brewing Persian Gulf situation. The music and movies seemed to leave a lot to be desired compared to the late 80's years. Most of the good music were actually 1989 holdovers like Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation" album and Technotronic. At the time I liked the TMNT movie, but that was just for our age at the time. There were some movies that are still classics I can enjoy today, like Total Recall, Ghost, Goodfellas, and of course Home Alone.

Last night, Jeopardy! had a category called "Books From 1990". The responses were: What is V is for Vendetta?, What is The Bourne Ultimatum?, What is Nabisco? (about "Barbarians at the Gate"), What is Circle of Friends?", and What is Scarpetta?, about Patricia Cornwell's Postmortem. It seems like the books/authors aspects are pretty underrepresented on this boards, unlike the very overrepresented music field. I'll bet most of you probably wouldn't answer more than two of the answers. But I was awash in kids' books at the time and sometimes grow fond of the simple to read, even though there's lots of great books from back then.

Happy 2022 everyone! The other throwback year of this year is 1990, as it is now 32 years ago. Here are 2 songs that scream 1990:

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I've been making decades playlists (with fake home made album covers) and I'm working on 1990.  I browse the charts week by week mostly for Canada, the United States and United Kingdom (among a few other countries) and get whatever looks good.  I'm currently at 612 songs!

https://i.ibb.co/Pcyhv88/1990-PLAYLIST.jpg

Going through the charts, at least for the US and Canada, is bringing back a lot of memories for me of songs I listened to back in the day, and some I forgot about.  The internet helped me remember this one that I don't think was a hit outside of Canada.  It's called Lead Me On by Boulevard and peaked at #21.  I remember this one very well and it's still so much fun to sing along with ...

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I've been making decades playlists (with fake home made album covers) and I'm working on 1990.  I browse the charts week by week mostly for Canada, the United States and United Kingdom (among a few other countries) and get whatever looks good.  I'm currently at 612 songs!

https://i.ibb.co/Pcyhv88/1990-PLAYLIST.jpg


Which songs by these artists did you use? Here are my guesses

Whitney Houston - I’m Your Baby Tonight
Mariah Carey - Vision of Love
Go West - King of Wishful Thinking
Heart - All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You
Celine Dion - Where Does My Heart Beat Now
Roxette - It Must Have Been Love
Tom Petty - Free Fallin’
Stevie B - Because I Love You (The Postman Song)
Rod Stewart - Downtown Train
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence

Less familiar with the others!

Which songs by these artists did you use? Here are my guesses

Whitney Houston - I’m Your Baby Tonight
Mariah Carey - Vision of Love
Go West - King of Wishful Thinking
Heart - All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You
Celine Dion - Where Does My Heart Beat Now
Roxette - It Must Have Been Love
Tom Petty - Free Fallin’
Stevie B - Because I Love You (The Postman Song)
Rod Stewart - Downtown Train
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence

Less familiar with the others!


All of those except for Because I Love You by Stevie B as that did not peak until 1991, but for those artists, I also included these hits that peaked in 1990 ...

Mariah Carey - Love Takes Time
Heart - I Didn't Want to Need You
Heart - Stranded
Celine Dion - (If There Was) Any Other Way
Celine Dion - Unison
Roxette - Dangerous
Tom Petty - A Face in the Crowd
Tom Petty - Yer So Bad
Stevie B - Love and Emotion
Stevie B - Love Me For Life
Rod Stewart - I Don't Want to Talk About It
Rod Stewart and Tina Turner - It Takes Two
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth
Depeche Mode - World in My Eyes

My goal was originally to get every single song that charted during 1990 for Canada, The US and the UK, but it's turning out to be more difficult than I thought lol

1990 was the year when in wrestling we saw Hulk Hogan vs.The Ultimate Warrior at Wrestlemania 6.

Ah, the year my sad sorry butt came into existence…I now am at an age I gotta worry about my cholesterol and blood sugar. I thought that was still far into the future! :o  Also my year of birth seems to be the dead center of millennials. I’m either one of the last of the “good ones” or the first of the “bad ones.”  ::)

Ah, the year my sad sorry butt came into existence…I now am at an age I gotta worry about my cholesterol and blood sugar. I thought that was still far into the future! :o  Also my year of birth seems to be the dead center of millennials. I’m either one of the last of the “good ones” or the first of the “bad ones.”  ::)

How does it feel to be 32?

How does it feel to be 32?


I’m not there for another 2 months, it’s fine. Weird to think I’m gonna be twice the age I was when I joined this board! :o

2006 me would hate to say this but I really miss the early/mid 2000s! :D

How does it feel to be 32?
I know how it feels to be twice that age!  :)

I’m not there for another 2 months, it’s fine. Weird to think I’m gonna be twice the age I was when I joined this board! :o

2006 me would hate to say this but I really miss the early/mid 2000s! :D

I was 32 in 2006.

Superbowl XXIV was held at the New Orleans Superdome, in which the SF 49ers defeated the Denver Broncos.

In 1990, I was seven years old. That spring, my family and I took a vacation to the Florida Keyes. We also explored the Everglades. This was when George Bush Sr. Was president. I remember he and the First Lady appearing at the beginning of Cartoon Allstars to The Rescue. At school, our carnival took on a pirate theme. My best friend at school was a boy named Edward. This is also when Full House and AFHV were popular on TV. RIP Mr. Sagat😢

I'd say my favorite show that premiered in 1990 is Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which I still watch today. In Living Color was good too, and I wish that was available for streaming. I also remembered the Simpson-mania as most of the first season first aired in the spring of that year, and all the merch especially t-shirts.

I'd say my favorite show that premiered in 1990 is Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which I still watch today. In Living Color was good too, and I wish that was available for streaming. I also remembered the Simpson-mania as most of the first season first aired in the spring of that year, and all the merch especially t-shirts.


Fresh Prince is in reruns. 

Fresh Prince is in reruns.


Yes, on HBO Max

Yes, on HBO Max

It's also on a different channel here in New York.

I remember seeing this in 1990. It was corny and trying to be the Batman of that year.

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I liked the song in the trailer "House of the Blue Danube" by Malcolm McLaren which wasn't in the soundtrack, but this was:

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I remember this song being popular in the spring of 1990. It's actually from her 1988 album so it had a lot of longevity.

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Also this one. Not as big as "Pump Up the Jam" but it was a popular follow-single.

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I remember this song being popular in the spring of 1990 but was forgotten after that. Anyone else remember this song?

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One of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite movies of 1990. I remember the first time seeing it having no idea that it was Arnold's character in disguise. I also remember when I would get grounded for two weeks, I would suddenly remember this scene and I had to be careful not to laugh, lol

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Another one of my favorite scenes. This is what talking to customer support feels like in the 2020's, lol

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Dance hits I remember from 1990:

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Dance hits I remember from 1990:

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These totally bring me back to my Army days.

These totally bring me back to my Army days.


I didn't know you were in the Army. You must have been in for the Persian Gulf/Desert Storm days.

This is arguably my favorite album of the 1990s, INXS-X
One of the songs from that album
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHlVdayWfOw

I didn't know you were in the Army. You must have been in for the Persian Gulf/Desert Storm days.


I was in during Desert Storm but I was stationed in Germany and my unit didn't get deployed.

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Like a "Top Gun on wheels". Also with the Bruckheimer/Cruise combo.

My favorite movie of Summer 1990. It has similar aesthetics to Tim Burton's Batman (1989).

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This was the year when Hulk Hogan clashed With Ultimate Warrior.

This was the year when Hulk Hogan clashed With Ultimate Warrior.
Who won?

Who won?

Ultimate Warrior.

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This was the year when Hulk Hogan clashed With Ultimate Warrior.

Who won?

Ultimate Warrior.
What was the final score?

What was the final score?

As Hogan was about to attempt his leg drop, Warrior moved out the way and attempted his frog splash and got the win for the 1, 2 and 3, Warrior is the new heavyweight champion.

As Hogan was about to attempt his leg drop, Warrior moved out the way and attempted his frog splash and got the win for the 1, 2 and 3, Warrior is the new heavyweight champion.
Who is the heavyweight champion now?

Who is the heavyweight champion now?


As of 2022, Roman Reigns is the heavyweight champion but he's barely been seen cause he's been taken off TV for no apparent reason.

Here's a list of my favorite video games (NES) of 1990:

- Super Mario Bros. 3
- Mega Man 3
- Castlevania III: Simon's Quest
- Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
- Dr. Mario

Speaking of SMB3, here is the commercial for it:

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And here's a playthrough of the first level:

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You also had The Iraq War.

You also had The Iraq War.


In the fall there was the troop build up (Operation Desert Shield), and then the combat (Operation Desert Storm) started in January 1991 and lasted just over a month.

I remember first hearing the name Sadam Hussein from that time. The then president George H.W. Bush pronounced his name like it rhymed with "madam".

In the fall there was the troop build up (Operation Desert Shield), and then the combat (Operation Desert Storm) started in January 1991 and lasted just over a month.

I remember first hearing the name Sadam Hussein from that time. The then president George H.W. Bush pronounced his name like it rhymed with "madam".


Around this time Sgt.Slaughter had turned heel cause he was an Iraqi sympathizer.

Super Mario 3 was released. Very popular in 1990/1991.

Just finished watching this series (the original 2 seasons, not the more recent return season yet). I really like the intro, it has a very calming effect and it features Snoqualmie Falls in Washington State. I also couldn't help but to notice the fashion in the show. People used to dress nice back then.

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These 2 metal songs were released in September 1990:

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One of my favorite films of 1990. A Martin Scorsese classic. RIP Ray Liotta.

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Although this was released about a month after Halloween, it's a good Halloween movie.

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