RKJCNE said:

rialb said:

And thats the 90s in a nutshell Sorry, no love for the 90s here, the 80s were the best decade hands down (how can you not love the decade that gave us MTV, Atari and Jem & the Holograms? ). Actually I think the best and most interesting and exciting decades were the 60s, 70s and 80s. Even tho those decades were before my time, I find myself enjoying the music, TV shows and movies from the 60s, 70s and especially the 80s moreso than the 90s and especially the 00s.

The 90s had some good stuff but overall was mostly wack for me. The best TV shows during then imo were Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Family Matters. Beverly Hills 90210 was kinda cool too. Oh yeah, Twin Peaks was great too. There was some good music during then, but most of it wasnt, and the R&B/Hip-hop music videos from 95-on were nothing but uninspired mess.

Of course this is only my opinion. The 90s werent completely horrible I guess, but I find that decade to be boring and just bland, blue and blah...and the fashion trends sucked too. I know that in about 5 years there will probably be a I miss the Early 00s thread posted here as well!

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How could you say things about a decade that has this:

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I watch THAT^ awesomely bad film for the first and only time last year on YouTube. I simply cannot believe that film critics took it too seriously.

But screw the film critics, I like some of their tracks!:

vainandy said:

Timmy84 said:

^ Hater.

That damn word came out in the 1990s too.

CORRECTION: It was "playahata"!

Arbwyth said:

alphastreet said:

Also Maxx, Snap and Captain Hollywood! They did so much for dance music and were Euro-based, but aren't talked about enough.

OMG! I'm so glad someone mentioned Captain Hollywood! He was sooooo insanely underrated. How about Culture Beat? They shared a songwriter with Captain Hollywood, I believe. And I remember Snap changing their sound so much with Welcome To Tomorrow, yet still really loving it. That album still holds up well today IMO. How about Ya Kid K? She put out an absolutely BOMB album on her own, without Technotronic. Qkumba Zoo had an album I loved, Wake Up and Dream, that had gorgeous album art. As for radio, I also remember obsessively listening to B96 in Chicago, which seemed to be one of the only stations where dance and hip-hop co-existed happily, until that cruel, cruel day when they switched formats...

Did anybody here do Usenet? I used to lurk in alt.music.dance all the damn time.

Captain Hollywood did so much for later 90's acts too, which I think overshadowed his own work. I loved Culture Beat as well, I think I put down Culture Shock but I meant Culture Beat cause it's been so long. I have Mr. Vain and also loved Inside Out. LOVED Snap, Rhythm Is a Dancer, The Power.

TonyVanDam said:

RKJCNE said:

How could you say things about a decade that has this:

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I watch THAT^ awesomely bad film for the first and only time last year on YouTube. I simply cannot believe that film critics took it too seriously.

But screw the film critics, I like some of their tracks!:

So silly and unserious, but I saw that movie on my first "date" ever, though it wasn't real dating. He loved the Spice Girls, and that year, Janet and the Spice Girls were doing it for me (still into MJ but things were so quiet so I wasn't listening to him much)

TonyVanDam said:

RKJCNE said:

How could you say things about a decade that has this:

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I watch THAT^ awesomely bad film for the first and only time last year on YouTube. I simply cannot believe that film critics took it too seriously.

But screw the film critics, I like some of their tracks!:

that song is fruckin' great! Clearly their best song!

formallypickles said:

The 90's was the real beginning of the Tech revolution.

Personal home computers and the internet! come on

Laptops started in this decade.

Cell phones were smaller and what about beepers! ( ok nevermind beepers)

CDs were king and were quickly replacing tapes and vinyl.

The VCR was huge and home entertainment was taken seriously in the 90s.

By the mid 90s animation and film took a big turn into CGI.

Yes the 80s had computers and such but noone took them seriously.

However at the beginning of the decade, 1990/1991 cell phones were still pretty big but they got smaller thru out the decade But you're right the 90s was the real beginning of the Tech revolution.

I remember when the internet first became available to the mainstream around 95 I think and I remember when email was first introduced. People were like, That internet--its so addicting! I was online for over 4 hours! OR...I just got my first email, I feel so cool!

Home entertainment was definitely taken seriously. Wasnt in the 90s that the movie studios started copy-protecting VHS tapes? (or was that the late 80s?) The VCR was still pretty big then, I remember having one of those dual-deck VCRs that were made just for copying VHS tapes. Yep VCR/VHS was still pretty popular until the next big thing they brought which was...

The Laserdisk! But then the late 90s brought us the much smaller and better DVDs!

The late 90s also introduced the MP3 and Napster. And the CD burner--did anyone have one of those? I remember a friend of mine making money on the side by burning CDs for people. He had a list of MP3's he'd downloaded from Napster and people would go thru, pick the songs they wanted and he'd burn them a CD.

Bad TV in the 90s? SAY WHAT?

My So-Called Life

Will & Grace

Seinfield

ER

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Fresh Prince of Bel Air

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Freaks and Geeks

NYPD Blue

Friends

etc.

JoeTyler said:

TonyVanDam said:

I watch THAT^ awesomely bad film for the first and only time last year on YouTube. I simply cannot believe that film critics took it too seriously.

But screw the film critics, I like some of their tracks!:

that song is fruckin' great! Clearly their best song!

I agree, one of my favorite songs too.

TonyVanDam said:

Oh man

Loved them back then... couldn't tell me nuthing

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RKJCNE said:

Bad TV in the 90s? SAY WHAT?

My So-Called Life

Will & Grace

Seinfield

ER

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Fresh Prince of Bel Air

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Freaks and Geeks

NYPD Blue

Friends

etc.

Tell them.

Dawson's Creek

Party of Five

Spin City

Ally Mcbeal

Beverly Hill 90210 (The Original)

The Practice

Beavis and Butthead

Once and Again

Twin Peaks

Melrose Place

South Park

Law and Order

X- Files

The Simpsons

shows I miss from then

Full House

Ghostwriter

Tiny Toon Adventures

Peter Pan and the Pirates

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Beavis & Butthead

Ready or Not

Sabrina The Teenage Witch

Teen Angel

When Muchmusic was not Much, and BET was great and still played shows like Planet Groove and Midnight Love.

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Yeah the '90s had some tight shit.

Beavis & Butt-Head is coming back though!

uhuhuh cool uhuhuh I need some TP

I'm a 90's kid..so of course I loved it.

Anyone else loved this show?

PYTDee said:

I'm a 90's kid..so of course I loved it.

Anyone else loved this show?

Yea I loved this too.

Had a huge crush on Michael De Lorenzo. At the time I didn't even realize that he and Yoba were the first people of color to have a starring role in an American police drama on TV.

lavender1983 said:

PYTDee said:

I'm a 90's kid..so of course I loved it.

Anyone else loved this show?

Yea I loved this too.

Had a huge crush on Michael De Lorenzo. At the time I didn't even realize that he and Yoba were the first people of color to have a starring role in an American police drama on TV.

This was also a time before yoba's lips became severely chapped and de lorenzo was hot.

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formallypickles said:

lavender1983 said:

Yea I loved this too.

Had a huge crush on Michael De Lorenzo. At the time I didn't even realize that he and Yoba were the first people of color to have a starring role in an American police drama on TV.

This was also a time before yoba's lips became severely chapped and de lorenzo was .

Ha! Right. Yoba and them lips man...