I was talking this over with the Wifey last night on the way home from dinner: remember those albums that EVERYONE owned growing up? There were only a few that you just KNEW everyone owned and listened to until the CD became so scratched that you had to throw it away because you could only hear about three tracks without it skipping. This was when bands were still MAKING CDs and before Backstreet Boys made it popular to only put ONE good song on a CD and fill up the rest with crap, then release your next single on ANOTHER CD so they could fleece the crap out of you.
But the list we compiled was....
Green Day's Dookie
Nirvana's Nevermind
Pearl Jam's Vs.
Weezer's blue album
I went on to say that EVERYONE in Virginia owned DMB's Under the Table and Dreaming, but AMERICA really first bought DMB's Crash.
She said that in Texas, everyone owned the Toadies, but you know what they say about Texas....
She was telling me that studies have been done that say people remember music from teenage years for the rest of their lives because of your hormones or something like that. I don't know if THAT is why, but her theory was that you reach SO MANY milestones in your teenage years that OF COURSE music will be involved.
First kiss (Hootie and the Blowfish's Hold my Hand. IT WAS ON THE RADIO!)
First song while driving (Ironic)
Graduation song (Time of your Life)
Prom song (NOT Wonderful Tonight, but instead Mission Bells by Fighting Gravity)
Songs were a big part of growing up and yeah, I WILL probably remember all of those songs instead of Fallout Boy in five years. But that is ALSO because those bands back then were just better than the CRAP that is out now. I honestly feel bad for those kids growing up now that have to consider Panic! at the disco as their Pearl Jam. What a shame. No wonder kids are going retro.
But I am sure the older generations thought that about my music too.
But THEY WERE WRONG! 90s music was FANTASTIC! Way better than 80s and 70s. Not as good as 60s or 50s, but still pretty GOOD!
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