Sure they are. Think about it: In the early 1970s, Fifties nostalgia was rampant. "Happy Days" premiered in 1974. An even more compressed time-frame: "American Graffiti" came out in 1973, and it's about 1962. Since cultural cycles are increasingly sped up nowadays, thanks largely to technology. the Nineties seem astonishingly old-fashioned from the perspective of young people in 2015.
I was there, an adult, 45 years old (in 1990) and I don't even know what most of these things are, and I'm pretty sure I didn't miss a thing by not knowing.
Sure is--between 15 and 25 years ago. But I think the real division between "then" and "now" is the point at which cell phones became ubiquitous. Anything prior to that seems like ancient history to young people today.
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Sure they are. Think about it: In the early 1970s, Fifties nostalgia was rampant. "Happy Days" premiered in 1974. An even more compressed time-frame: "American Graffiti" came out in 1973, and it's about 1962. Since cultural cycles are increasingly sped up nowadays, thanks largely to technology. the Nineties seem astonishingly old-fashioned from the perspective of young people in 2015.
The phrase "young people" is the key, all right. No danger of me being in that category.
I was there, an adult, 45 years old (in 1990) and I don't even know what most of these things are, and I'm pretty sure I didn't miss a thing by not knowing.
That Gap add to "Jump Jive 'n Wail" (#20) is a timeless classic. But the 90s were my decade, and I still can't identify some of these.
Sure is--between 15 and 25 years ago. But I think the real division between "then" and "now" is the point at which cell phones became ubiquitous. Anything prior to that seems like ancient history to young people today.
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