I jacked up my back, just muscle strain, so nothing very serious, but because of it I’m home watching the World Series, chilling with some Bourbon County Stout, and giving myself some real nice e-stim on the back in front of the fireplace while I surf Spotify. Really a great combination to be honest.
Spotify has taken me down the rabbit hole though which is dangerous. The 1980’s, and then into the early 90’s, is when music truly becane diversified. So many sounds and styles. There were fewer and more narrow genres previously. The 60’s started it, it expanded in the 70’s, but it exploded in the 80’s and into the early 90’s.
So many genres and so much greatness in the 80’s. I think we are all biased by the time we grew up in because that’s when music meant the most to us and had the biggest impact on us, but the 80’s and into the early 90’s were truly great.
For reference I was 6-14yo in the 80’s, was in HS 1988-92, and was in college 1992-1997 (Masters in 5 years, not a Bluto Blutarski situation). That’s my music prime.
80’s- late disco, punk/europunk, birth of alternative, stadium tour rock, hair band, heavy metal, birth (probably more late 70’s) or at least emergence of rap, country started to be more than twang, pop completely changed (the king of pop became a thing, literally)
early 90’s- grunge rock (underrated), country explosion, East Coast/West Coast rap war
Growing up in that time has made me like almost every type of music still today.
What music era defined you or do you identify with, and what do you still listen to like it was just released yesterday?
Spotify has taken me down the rabbit hole though which is dangerous. The 1980’s, and then into the early 90’s, is when music truly becane diversified. So many sounds and styles. There were fewer and more narrow genres previously. The 60’s started it, it expanded in the 70’s, but it exploded in the 80’s and into the early 90’s.
So many genres and so much greatness in the 80’s. I think we are all biased by the time we grew up in because that’s when music meant the most to us and had the biggest impact on us, but the 80’s and into the early 90’s were truly great.
For reference I was 6-14yo in the 80’s, was in HS 1988-92, and was in college 1992-1997 (Masters in 5 years, not a Bluto Blutarski situation). That’s my music prime.
80’s- late disco, punk/europunk, birth of alternative, stadium tour rock, hair band, heavy metal, birth (probably more late 70’s) or at least emergence of rap, country started to be more than twang, pop completely changed (the king of pop became a thing, literally)
early 90’s- grunge rock (underrated), country explosion, East Coast/West Coast rap war
Growing up in that time has made me like almost every type of music still today.
What music era defined you or do you identify with, and what do you still listen to like it was just released yesterday?
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