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Is the 80s the best decade?
The 80s were and always will be the best decade ever, fact. It was a magic combination of economic success, laid-back tunes, perms, mullets and shoulder pads. If you could graph modern progress with the psychological impact on happiness, the 80s is where it peaked. The 90s is proof.
When did the 90s stop feeling like the 80s?
The 80s ended when the Berlin Wall was torn down which brought the alternative era into the world by the year 1991. Hard rock was vastly different in the 90s than in the 80s.
What is the 80 decade known for?
The “eighties” are also well known for their extreme fashions, such as “big hair”, New Wave, punk rock, funk, or preppies. Rap music first started to get big in the 80s, and often went with breakdancing in what is now called the “old school” days.
What era was 80s?
The 1980s (pronounced “nineteen-eighties”, shortened to “the ’80s”) was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1980, and ended on December 31, 1989….1980s.
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Did the 80s end in 1992?
The 80s ended in 1992. In 1990 and 1991, we knew it wasn’t the 80s, but we were casting around looking for what we were… it wasn’t until Clinton, Nirvana, acoustic music, the re-emergence of bell bottoms (except smaller and now cooler) that we found our groove and realized what the 90s were going to be about.
What is 2010 decade called?
2010s
The 2010s (pronounced “twenty-tens”; shortened to “the ’10s”, also known as the tens or the teens) was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on 1 January 2010, and ended on 31 December 2019.
Why do you like the 90s so much more than the 80s?
It had more variety of styles, and in terms of mainstream, the sounds were better and more memorable, even today. The 90s (although my coming of age decade), has faded to the back of my mind, and while the music like Britpop, and Madchester was great for the time, I find myself rarely going back to it.
What kind of music would you like to hear from the 80’s?
The 80′s had some of the most varied music you could hear. Plenty of it puts today’s music to shame which could be a reason why a generous portion of it is being sampled and/or covered (I.e. Weezer). As far as what music YOU would like, it mostly depends on what music you like now.
What was the art of the 1990s like?
If you want to understand the art of the 1990s, you have to start not with aesthetics but with economics. The 1980s, especially in New York but also in cities from Cologne to Tokyo, was a period of media excess and frenzied stock market speculation, typified by aggressive large-scale painting that sold for lots of money.
Are the 1990s a turning point in history?
The passing of the 1990s into history may feel a little sudden but this wave of 1990s shows marks a welcome effort to impose historical rigour on a period we still sometimes call ‘contemporary’.