Top 5 Worst Trends of the 90’s
Top 5 Worst Trends of the 90’s
I was a youngster during the 1990’s and what a great time is was for pointless t-shirt sayings and bad album art graphics. I feel that you could level with me on this, that the 90’s were a much simpler time. Remember knowing your top five best friends home phone number? Do you remember having any phone numbers memorized? I have to say, I don’t know my girlfriends phone number by heart, but i remember my best buddies home phone number from when we were twelve which have probably been expired for at least 6 years now. But it simplicity, the simplicity to throw on an ugly white Bush shirt and a flannel over it and head out for the say with your hair parted perfectly in the middle and a quarter in your left shoe just in case you had to call some one. Ah…reminising, it’s great thinking about all these great trends about the 90’s, but remember some of those not-so-great trends? Here we go.
1. Beanie Babies: Oh what a phenomenon that we all now wish we had nothing to do with. Why where they just so darn lovable. For the sake of our dignity, i’ll reference from asking how many many beanie’s were in your collection. But if you remember, not all beanie babies during the 90’s were created equally, we only like beanie babies made by “Ty,” why? who knows. Despite how much you think your 1000+ collection of beanie babies being stored in your basement next to your old Pearl Jam cassettes are worth, hate to break it to break the bad news, but you can now buy Ty beanie babies at your local drug store for about $4 bucks a pop.
2. Power Rangers: We’ll, when something is truly amazing, what can you do but obsess over getting your hands on a real power ranger action figure. I remember being in first grade when power rangers was the hippest trend for a little kid to be a part of. It was fun for everyone, even for the girls, they had their choice of an American pink or an Asian yellow. I remember pretending to be a power ranger during recess, I seemed to always be the blue one, Billy, the color seemed to have stuck with me since.
3. Tie-Dye: The temporary return! Going back to the clothing trends, I was one of those kids who looked like a miniature Kurt Cobain. I dug the tie-dye shirt with the plaid pullover, and of course, some doc martin’s for some trendy footwear. It probably had to do with the fact that I got so into rock music so early and at the time, it was Nirvana, Bush, Pearl Jam, Local H, and Green Day back then, of course, played punk rock music. Also, music was allot more straight forward then, a couple quick chords, some tie-dye shirts and a cynical “Ghost World-like” title and you set and signed to a major and on your way to being a one hit wonder like the New Radicals.
4. Pogs: I was there, I had them, I got it, but I really just didn’t think that Pogs were that cool. I never really knew exactly how you were supposed to play, and as far as I’m convinced, no one really did. I think that they were more of a social way to show that your were an indie, crunchy granola type by keeping them humbly displayed on your desk. Upon buying their cassette, I remember receiving a free Gwar pog, lucky duck I was hu?
5. Boy Bands: The absolute worst trend of the 90’s was the age of boy bands. Let’s take a look, Backstreet Boys, N*SYNC, 98 degrees, 5ive, LFO, West Life, and so many more pointless forgotten once “talented music artists” part of the boy band trend. The hype was catastrophic, and record labels soon found that the formula was simple. Like their early 1980’s pioneers New Kids on the Block, the Backstreet Boys and N*SYNC found that the formula was five guys with this description, The young blond one, The heart throb, the wild one, the the heart throb with some foreign decent, and the older fatherly one. This pattern was repeated for years and many bands following until the turn of the century realized once again that a music act needs to actually be talented at singing or playing music, leaving most of these has-beens to reality shows and/or rehab.
Hope these were good for a laugh!
Jeremiahcity
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