I know as soon as 1997 hit it didn't just start feeling late 90s so there has to be an area of 1997 were things started feeling more y2k than mid 90s.

1997 didn't feel like the late 90s to me. It was more mid 90s-ish. Even the music was different than it was in 1998 or 99. 1998 felt more like the later 1990s.

I know as soon as 1997 hit it didn't just start feeling late 90s so there has to be an area of 1997 were things started feeling more y2k than mid 90s.


Jan 97 when the Spice girls first song debuted on MTV in the usa,  but if you want the  "REAL"
answer  September 97 when everything was in place

By September 97


- Playstation was more popular than n64
- Spice Girls were a house hold name
- 98 Degrees were on the radio
- Late 90s fashions were solidified
- Backstreet boys were a house hold name
- TRL had debuted on MTV as MTV live  (it would change to Total Request Live in 98)
- First year of 5th gen systems that overtook 16 bit gen
- Grunge was seen as washed up
- Disney channel debuted on Cable tv with no cost
- WWF debuted the Attitude era with RAW is WAr

Notes:

Britney Spears's album baby one more time was recorded during this time, the 97-98 school year she did mini mall tours

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September 1997

whos alt is 1997 lol

Around May 1997, when Puff Daddy, The Spice Girls, Hanson and the Backstreet Boys were taking over the charts.

February 14th since the world has never been a better place before that.

Around May 1997, when Puff Daddy, The Spice Girls, Hanson and the Backstreet Boys were taking over the charts.


thats also a good point as well, I was going say June 97

id say late 97, atleast thats when i remember the late 90s fashion started to appear
early-mid 97 still felt very mid 90s (atleast here in europe)

Omg if an actual argument comes about over whether it started in May 1997 or September 1997 ;D

All of 1997 is late '90s to me. Really fun year!


id say late 97, atleast thats when i remember the late 90s fashion started to appear
early-mid 97 still felt very mid 90s (atleast here in europe)


I went to Amsterdam in the summer of 1997! :D

For me...somewhere in the summer. Is it me or were the pop culture changes during summers way more vivid and intense in the 90s?

1997 definitely did not feel y2k to me. I definitely think the y2k era truly kicked off this year but I think it wasn't really cemented and noticeable to most people until 1998.

For me...somewhere in the summer. Is it me or were the pop culture changes during summers way more vivid and intense in the 90s?

1997 definitely did not feel y2k to me. I definitely think the y2k era truly kicked off this year but I think it wasn't really cemented and noticeable to most people until 1998.


Men in Black had a heavy y2k feel to it and that was in the Summer
I will say the whole y2k fashion started trickling more in late 97.

At the time I had no idea what y2k was, I thought it was the same 90s with some new changes, later in hindsight we can see that is where the y2k era started.

Around mid-1997 I guess? The song “Show Me Love” by Robyn sounds almost identical to “Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears.

Around mid-1997 I guess? The song “Show Me Love” by Robyn sounds almost identical to “Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears.


Refer to my June 97 thread

None of 97 really felt like your typical late 90s year, the start of that wouldve been 98

None of 97 really felt like your typical late 90s year, the start of that wouldve been 98




http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=fac3f45a077341f8cc841bb0e6bfad7c&topic=59419.0

For me, when Shania Twain's 'You're Still The One' started getting airplay around November of 1997 was when it felt like the late 90's was in full gear.

Not factually correct, but my own anecdote. Harry Potter was released in June of 1997, but wasn't big, at least in the US until 1999 and 2000.

7:24 PM on May 14.

I remember it well and thinking to myself, "Wow, the mid 90s are so five minutes ago", as I sat in a McDonald's in Schenectady.

7:24 PM on May 14.

I remember it well and thinking to myself, "Wow, the mid 90s are so five minutes ago", as I sat in a McDonald's in Schenectady.


Which timezone was this? Was DST in effect?

It felt like the late 90s before 1997. Look at everything that came out towards the end of 1995 to 1996 and compare it to what was going on from 1990 to mid 1995 and you will see how much closer to today that we were at that point in the 90s.

To me it didn't feel like the late 90s until late in 1998. 1997 felt a lot like 1996. Maybe it's because I experienced the decade on point?

late 97

1997 was actually late 90s from the very start of the year. We were far out from 1990 and even 1994.  :o

-With my magic powers, I'm bringing this dead thread back to life!-

Transition from the Mid 90s to the Late 90s: September 1996 to June 1997

Transition from Late 90s to Y2K era: September 1997 to September 1998.

Late 90s and the Y2K era aren't identical by the way, the late 90s are basically a mixture of Mid 90s and Y2K culture, while the Y2K era is, well... Y2K!  ;)

I also noticed that in Billboard Hot 100 around November 1997, the charts were filled with LOTS of slow R&B/Soul, midway from the New Jack Swing to Pop-R&B transition. Usher, Boyz II men, Aaliyah, etc. Along with Post-Grunge, East Coast Rap, and Teen Pop.