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Chase M
02-21-2004, 01:48 AM
I'm sure many of you have seen the VH1 specials, 'I Love the 70's' and the two versions of, 'I Love the 80's.' I really hope they do an 'I Love the 90's' show, although it would be weird. With that said..

What would you include in the 'I Love the 90's' show?

Well, I'm nineteen, and had a chance (like many of you) to see the evolution of technology. It's just astounding how far it has evolved. I remember, back in the 1980's, how TV's looked so "wooden" and brown. I mean, every other TV I saw on the shelves had that wood grain-type plastic on it. Then from those dial TV's (I had one), it evolved into plain ol' black TV with buttons and a remote, then into this and that, and now it's all about Plasma and LCD-Panel Televisions.

Still on the topic of Tech, there's the Audio Industry. Hell, many of my cousin's are like, "What are cassette's?" I remember my first CD player, I thought that was pretty cool.

Then there are computers, which have evolved greatly. In kindergarten, we used to use the old Mac's to do simple coordinate programming. Then I got my first PC in about 1992-1993. I believe it had a 200 mhz processor, and was a Packard Bell I think. Ach, that wasn't very kosher. lol. Now with my 3 ghz selfbuilt monster, I can look back on how far I've come (haha).

There's the internet as well. I started off with Prodigy internet, at 14.4k, I think, around 1996. Then I went to MSN internet at 56k. A few years later I was on broadband with Roadrunner. THANK GOD. Downloading was a *****, even with 56k, but at 14.4, I could barely load webpages.

Betamax. Yep, I had it. Then we dumped it for VHS, which we were all raving about until DVD's came into play. I remember when we used to tape with Betamax. Oh the horror!

Ahh, there's so much that happened technologically in the 1990's. I mean, I remember my old fridge (circa 1990). Compared with the new one, it's like "Wow." Same goes for our washer and dryer, and even dishwasher and ceiling fans.

And this is just tech!

There's also Trends, which is a very large topic to cover, TV Shows, Movies, Politics .. a whole Trivia Pursuit of things.

Oh! That reminds me. On how Video Games began to dominate Board Games. A lot of kids are growing up in this techno-age and will never know what it's like to NOT have this technology.

Man, do I feel dated. :o :D

blitzschlange
02-21-2004, 03:15 AM
We all do, man.

reddevil
02-21-2004, 04:27 AM
the 90's has been a productive decade but i do love the 80's

the panther
02-21-2004, 05:41 AM
I love those VH1 specials!

Here's a '90s trend: BEANIE BABIES.

Oh, god, I have over a hundred of them! It's been ten years since they came out. I can remember how it was THE coolest thing to get those little ones from McDonald's. Panther sighs. Oh, those were the days.

Mr Boejangles
02-21-2004, 10:27 AM
they ARE doing a I love the 90's !

what would be funny is if they did "I LOVE THE 30's" !

hot_for_chloe
02-21-2004, 10:45 AM
the nintes were great. so many different styles of life were expressed in the nintes...

no one can put a exact label on the nintes because of its such diversity.

the 70's were disco and hippies, the 80's were mostly punk, and the ninties.....well i just cant my finger on it.

ManiacalLaughter
02-21-2004, 10:51 AM
We can't forget the boy bands and girl pop that evolved in the late 90s! Oh, and they have to mention virtual pets!!!

(oh, my dearest tamagotchi...)

Mr Boejangles
02-21-2004, 10:56 AM
Originally posted by hot_for_chloe

the 70's were disco and hippies, the 80's were mostly punk, and the ninties.....well i just cant my finger on it.

how can you forget... the 90's were grunge decade... sure others like boy bands developed late, but grunge was the breakout star..
boy bands have been around for along time.

Chase M
02-21-2004, 12:39 PM
Originally posted by Mr Boejangles
they ARE doing a I love the 90's !

what would be funny is if they did "I LOVE THE 30's" !

They are?!:eek:

Oh my!

Originally posted by ManiacalLaughter
We can't forget the boy bands and girl pop that evolved in the late 90s! Oh, and they have to mention virtual pets!!!

(oh, my dearest tamagotchi...)

Muaha, I had those Tamagotchi's.

Other Trends?

-Pokemon
-Baggy Clothes
-Air Jordan [shoes]
-Pump Shoes
-those LA Gear (I think) shoes that had the lights that flashed when you walk

:D

i luv tom welling
02-21-2004, 12:52 PM
Yeah, you can't forget all the anime shows and games that came out (Pokemon, Digimon, Dragon Ball Z, etc)

There were also Devil Sticks, Furby's, portable CD players(?), Harry Potter, Lois & Clark, Friends.... so many great things. :D I grew up through the '90s so the evolution of technology seemed somewhat normal (born in '87 so there's not much to compare to). The funniest stuff though, is when I go through old albums and see pics of my family around the time my brother and I were born.

blitzschlange
02-21-2004, 01:57 PM
Yeah, I just had a thought . . . as someone who came of age in the early nineties, if they've done an 'I Love the 70's' and TWO 'I Love the 80's', then they've pretty much already DONE the 'I Love the 90's' haven't they? If the 90's were about anythng, it was bringing stuff back. Punk, disco, folk, piercings, tattoos, unnatural hair colors . . . al of this was recycled, which is environmentally friendly.

reddevil
02-21-2004, 02:06 PM
i wonder what 2020 will be like, will we say i remember 2010? I still like the 80's and 90's i would love to see vh1 do i love the 90's it would rock.

shirkie
02-21-2004, 03:56 PM
FLANNEL.... Lots of FLANNEL (remember "My So-Called Life"?) GigaPets, as someone mentioned, the birth of AOL, the many different new video game systems (SNES, N64, GameCube, Sega Genesis, Turbo Grafx 16, PlayStation), pogs (anyone remember those? Hee!)...
shirkie

i luv tom welling
02-21-2004, 03:56 PM
It's kind of scary to think we'll be living in the '20s and '30s :p

blitzschlange
02-21-2004, 04:06 PM
I remember 'My So-Called Life'. I loved that show. I even watched it again when it reran on MTV.

Mr Boejangles
02-21-2004, 04:10 PM
We are the future... so lets bring back Pogs !!!!

haha , i was NEVER into those, but i knew people who were, MAN were those a fad.... they are so dead.

i luv tom welling
02-21-2004, 04:40 PM
I had hundreds of those!! Then my mom gave them away without telling/asking me. She seems to like doing that to me.

There were Crazy Bones too, but I wasn't really into those.

blitzschlange
02-21-2004, 04:43 PM
'Twin Peaks'. 'nuff said.

Chase M
02-21-2004, 11:02 PM
Originally posted by Mr Boejangles
We are the future... so lets bring back Pogs !!!!

haha , i was NEVER into those, but i knew people who were, MAN were those a fad.... they are so dead.

Hah, POGS! I used to have a thick leather Pog as my "Slammer." I think that's the name of it.

Oh, and what about that whole "Highlight Phase" in the late nineties? Everyone just started highlighting their hair, supposedly blonde, but most people just had an ugly orange mess. I know I did!

:D

Mr Boejangles
02-22-2004, 09:43 AM
heheheheheh i tried highlighting my hair... maybe in 99... 2000, that was dumb.

dexterfan
01-05-2006, 12:31 PM
i was so happy when the finally talked about buffy and dawsons creek...it made me smile

NYC300Z
01-07-2006, 04:47 AM
The 1990's were the best decade ever!;)