tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post2146839086622526541..comments2024-03-28T21:56:51.675-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Where is the '90s nostalgia?agnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-19706927545900225202011-05-17T07:58:04.187-04:002011-05-17T07:58:04.187-04:00For a preview of what might become the main '9...For a preview of what might become the main '90s nostalgia, check out this link:<br /><br />http://www.inthe00s.com/archive/inthe90s/<br /><br />Because it dates back to 1999, you can get a "feel" for how people viewed the '90s from the time it ended until now. Hundreds of great topics to view (you can do the same for the '70s, '80s, and a lesser degree others). But technology is another thing that was quite different in the '90s (CDs, monochrome cell phones, pagers, CRT monitors, VHS still was big until around 1999). But it usually takes about 15-20 years when you're out of a decade until it REALLY becomes nostalgic. For instance, the '80s feel left altogether in 1991, and now 20 years beyond TRULY feels like a bygone era. But we still see some CDs (though a small section), many "new looking fonts" were actually made in the '90s such as the one here, we're still using Internet Explorer like we first did in the '90s, and rap music is still quite mainstream (though a bit more electro nowadays). Give it another 5-10 years and I'll get more interested in really "going back".Michaelhttp://www.yttm.tvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-24734488138683204712011-03-28T10:28:26.078-04:002011-03-28T10:28:26.078-04:00I just saw the Portlandia bit, and it is very 90s ...I just saw the Portlandia bit, and it is very 90s nostalgia.<br /><br />Bringing Out the Dead, like Big Lebowski, is supposed to be a "period picture" though the early 90s was less than a decade before the film. It focuses much more on the high violence/disorder angle than Lebowski, as should be expected from a Paul Schrader/Martin Scorsese film.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-66485872428675402592011-03-26T20:53:01.211-04:002011-03-26T20:53:01.211-04:00Found on autoadmit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?...Found on autoadmit:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB1D9wWxd2wAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-4467012571340117752011-03-26T13:47:43.192-04:002011-03-26T13:47:43.192-04:00The movie that represents the 90's scene to me...The movie that represents the 90's scene to me is "Hackers. The computer hackers themselves, who were represented as Gen-X party types as well as the House/Techno music in the background. This movie came out in 1995.<br /><br />When I think of the 1993-1999 period, I think of this movie.kurt9https://www.blogger.com/profile/02101147267959016924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-51784568783635718812011-03-25T16:13:31.559-04:002011-03-25T16:13:31.559-04:00That's a sign of the times -- video games have...That's a sign of the times -- video games have had and will have the strongest nostalgia value of '90s culture.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-81826999467604394212011-03-25T15:39:38.978-04:002011-03-25T15:39:38.978-04:00The Wackness is the only 90s nostalgia movie that ...The Wackness is the only 90s nostalgia movie that comes to mind. Not very good I didn't think, but interestingly germane here though as one of the main characters is an old shrink bitching about the boringness of post-Giuliani falling crime rate 1990s New York and trying to connect with the youth culture. I kind of got a 90s nostalgia vibe out of "The Informant", but I don't think many people would've. Not sure if hip-hop biopics based in the early Nineties count as nostalgia movies, I guess Notorious counts, if they do. <br /><br />I see early-90s rave nostalgia in the UK and Europe, and all its neon craziness, but that's arguably a carryover from an phenomenon originating in the 80s. Surprisingly for me a child of the early 90s, a lot of the nostalgic stuff that I associate with the early 90s are continuations of late 80s trends, if not literally from the end of that decade.<br /><br />I think it's more true that 90s nostalgia falls as we get into the late 90s, where it seems pretty absent outside of videogames and/or people young at that time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-25235622560337102642011-03-25T14:39:34.127-04:002011-03-25T14:39:34.127-04:00I admit to having sung along to "Mr. Jones&qu...I admit to having sung along to "Mr. Jones" and "Runaway Train" in the local megamarket recently, although I did have to force it a little, not like when INXS comes in.<br /><br />If they ever play "Hey Jealousy," I'd get more into it since it's more of a straight-ahead rock song (and the video is a throwback to when guys still wore long hair, went cruising around in a classic car, and toilet-papered houses).<br /><br />As for alternative, yeah "What's Up" might do it. I'd put my money on Smashing Pumpkins -- they were a lot more melodic and less emo than the other alternative groups.<br /><br />Once you get to '96, not much there. I'd rather slit my wrists than hear "Fly" by Sugar Ray one more time. Still, "...Baby One More Time" is all right, if somewhat plodding. At least it wasn't exaggerated or self-conscious like most music has been over the past 15 years.<br /><br />I remember the metalheads in middle school getting pissed when Green Jello had to change their name to Green Jelly, another indication of the greater loyalty of metal culture.<br /><br />Heh, I had to check Wikipedia to see if 98 Rock was still around, ever since the chestburster of Latin music ripped through the corpse of HFS.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-42216399416730764872011-03-25T14:15:53.018-04:002011-03-25T14:15:53.018-04:00The Teen Nick thing doesn't seem like a broade...The Teen Nick thing doesn't seem like a broader interest in the '90s, just some of the TV shows that were on, like the '90s music channel on FiOS.<br /><br />I haven't seen Portlandia, but the description does sound like '90s nostalgia. Although it's on IFC, didn't draw a huge mainstream audience (like The Wedding Singer, etc.), and there are only 227 votes at the IMDb entry.<br /><br />Are they setting the show in Portland because of the brief influence that the Pacific Northwest had in '90s culture, or is there a local '90s revival there right now?agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-18950428618523707132011-03-25T13:27:38.562-04:002011-03-25T13:27:38.562-04:0090s songs that will probably trigger nostalgia:
-...90s songs that will probably trigger nostalgia:<br /><br />- Verve "Bittersweet Symphony"<br />- 4Non Blondes "What's Up"<br />- Faith No More "Epic"<br />- Ricky Martin "La Vida Loca"<br />- Candlebox "Far Behind"<br />- Alanic Morisette "You ought to Know"<br />- Oasis "Champagne Supernova"<br />- Concrete Blonde "Joey"<br />- Live "Lightning Crashes"<br />- Soul Asylum "Runaway Train"<br />- Collective Soul "The world I know"<br />- Hole "Doll Parts"<br />- Mazzy Star "Fade into you"<br />- Radiohead "Creep"<br /><br />... a few of those songs are of timeles quality, others capture the zeitgeist. <br /><br />Grunge? a few songs transcend the genre, but most lack long-term appeal, I think. In my opinion many are too monotone and dull-sounding. <br /><br />As a joke, "Macarena" and Alanis Morisette "Ironc" will get airplay, akin to 80s over the top "Don't you want me." Also, check out Green Jello's "Three Little Piggies" which was heavilly played on Baltimore's 98 Rock in 1992.<br /><br />I could include awesome rock songs like Guns and Roses "November Rain" or many one-hit wonders like Hardline with "Hot Cherie" or Steelheart's "I'll Never Let you Go." <br /><br />However, in spirit they really are tail-end of 80s heavy metal hariband music, and they have nothing to do with the 90s. Same for bands like Bon Jovi, Cinderella and Kix. <br /><br />Same with Sinnead Oconnor, REM and U2: they are more 80s alt/college rock than 90s music.PAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-67674505613449367032011-03-25T09:54:29.662-04:002011-03-25T09:54:29.662-04:00portlandia is arguably 90s nostalgia--the opening ...portlandia is arguably 90s nostalgia--the opening bit for the series is a song that goes something like, 'the dream of the nineties is alive in portland'Mike Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12076721303612820935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-44205333772512988672011-03-25T09:16:02.462-04:002011-03-25T09:16:02.462-04:0090's comeback? http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/03/...90's comeback? http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/03/10/teennick-goes-retro-with-90s-programming-exclusive/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com