With The Lights Out It’s Less Dangerous
As some of my Facebook friends may already know from my status updates I got sucked into VH1′s 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s countdown the other night.
To be perfectly honest I have a HUGE soft spot in my heart for all things 9os. The songs, the movies, the TV shows, the news items, etc etc.
And I think I know why. Simple really. Because in the decade known as the 90s I was a kid. A naughty adolescent, who developed into a punk teenager and eventually, I like to think, kind of an okay guy.
For people my age, the 90s were our 60s. Like our parents can tell you where they were when the Beatles landed, or for the moon landing or when Woodstock was happening, us 90s kids have similar memories of that decade.
We know where we were the first time we heard Smells Like Teen Spirit. We know where we were when we heard about Kurt Cobain’s suicide. We remember how shocked yet not shocked we were when OJ was found NOT GUILTY.
The first time I heard Teen Spirit was in drafting class my freshmen year of high school. I found out Kurt Cobain died as I walked into our kitchen and it was announced over my grandparents ancient radio. I learned (ahem) Oj was innocent as I washed up in the bathroom at Keene State College….
I felt really attached to the 90s. That decade feels like such a part of me. Even in the days before the cell phone and iPod I felt much more connected with the world back then. Much more a part of it. I understood it more.
Every song on the radio I knew. Every movie in the theater felt like it was made just for me. When a politician spoke he didn’t want my parents vote, he wanted mine.
Memories that will last a lifetime all happened in the 90s. I went to high school, I fell in love, I lost my virginity, I learned how to drive, I experienced death when Grampy died, I got drunk, went to my first concert, all for the first time in the 90s.
Hard to belive the 90s have been GONE for more than 10 years now. So far removed but as I stated, when I hear a song from that decade it takes me right back.
Here are my 10 fav songs of the 90s.
10. Mr Jones by The Counting Crows
9.Man on the Moon by REM
8. Enter Sandman by Metallica
7. Hey Jealousy by The Gin Blossoms
6. No Rain by Blind Melon
5. Alive by Pearl Jam
4. Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
3. Sabotage by The Beasty Boys
2. Walk On The Ocean by Toad
1. One by U2.
My Top Movies of the 90s
10. Scream
9. Amercian Pie
8. As Good As It Gets
7. Saving Private Ryan
6. American Beauty
5. The Fugitive
4. The Matrix
3. Good Will Hunting
2. Forrest Gump
1. Shawshank Redemption
10 Random Things About The 90s
10: Seinfeld
9. Friends
8. Bill Clinton
7. Oj’s White Bronco
6. Michael Jackson the white guy
5. Pearl Jam
4. The Simpsons
3. The Meadows Music Theater
2. Birth of The Internet
1. 1995
