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'88 and '89 lead to 1990. 1990 is made up of stuff like Super Mario Bros. 3 (The second game was released in 1988), the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie (The action figures were first on store shelves in the summer of '88), and Home Alone (Macaulay Culkin starred in Uncle Buck).
That is probably why they said that '88 and '89 were part of the "prelude".
I really think 9/11/01 was a pretty big deal in defining different times. Much more of daily life was defined by security after this date than before. The choices the Bush II administration made constrain Obama's scope of action, much more than Clinton era choices constrained Bush II. Perhaps the "oughts" began with 9/11, and ended or at least moved into a different phase with the Great Recession.
I really think 9/11/01 was a pretty big deal in defining different times. Much more of daily life was defined by security after this date than before. The choices the Bush II administration made constrain Obama's scope of action, much more than Clinton era choices constrained Bush II. Perhaps the "oughts" began with 9/11, and ended or at least moved into a different phase with the Great Recession.
You nailed it. The cultural 00s was from 2001-2007.
^ I meant to say "societal 00s". But 2008 started a new era for pop culture too I think. I think "Poker Face" was the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" that changed the music landscape.
Absolute duration: The period of time from when a decade's culture is first observed to when it's last observed.
Prelude: The period of time during which a decade's culture is first observed before it becomes ubiquitous.
Zeitgeist: The period of time during which a decade's culture is the norm.
Echo: The period of time during which a decade's culture steadily loses its influence.
Quintessential year: The year that best defines a decade's culture.
1992 was the last year of the very early 1990's (the modern 80's). 1993 was when the 1990's officially came into its own. The real 1990's (1993-1999) were very dry, raw, and urban. At the earliest, things started to change in mid-1992. 1992 still feels like a post '89 pre '93 year. Think of the group "Kris Kross" as the last part of the Milli Vanilli/Kid N Play era. There wasn't anymore groups like that after 1992. I can, also, remember when "In Utero" was released in 1993, everyone knew who Nirvana was.
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That is probably why they said that '88 and '89 were part of the "prelude".
Those were still the 1980's. They did not feel like a prelude to the 1990's. They were the late 80's. The late 80's were late '87 to mid 1990. From late 1990 (post Operation Desert Storm) to the beginning of 1993 were the early 1990's. The early 1990's were all about George HW Bush slipping with each passing year leading to Bill being in office. Shows that were new in the late 1980's (Married With Children, Roseanne, and Full House) all had their "jump the shark" moments in the early 1990's. Gnutella was probably looking at the facts of each year on the Internet. You cannot go by everything listed on those history sites. I was there! The late 80's early 90's were the best times of my life!!! Those were the days of hard partying (house parties and club partying), the last days of great TV shows, and filmmakers still knew how to make a movie.
The 2000's were a light version of late 90's. There were lots of reality shows on MTV. Most people discovered sites like Facebook in 2006. The urban vibe of the mid to late 1990's stayed around well into the 2000's. Beyonce was the Madonna of the 2000s. The 00's still weren't as urban as the mid 90's. The 10's are a very cyber era. Everything looks like an Apple iPad in this time. The music, TV, and movies are quite lifeless and minimalist in the 2010s so far. Commercials have the Apple iPad white background in them. This started in 2010 around the time the third Twilight film was in theaters. The 10's will be remembered for the Flo commercials that are constantly played on TV. Everything looks like that in the 2010s. People were on the Internet and their cell phones way more in the 2000's for those times to be like the 90's. The 2000's had their own distinct feeling to them. I don't care for them. I still question how people like Paris Hilton became celebrities in the 2000s. They were the "stupid decade". Dubyah was the President of the United States until 2009. That tells you all you need to know about the decade. The colors were different from what you would find in the 90's and the 2010's. There were lots of army red, blue, and green colored shirts in the 2000's. The 2000's were the "Hot Topic(the store)" decade. Hot Topic had the most graphic shirts with 80's cartoon characters. Generation X was very nostalgic for the 80's in the earliest part of the 00's. "I Love the 80's" was the best series on TV in the 00's. The 2000s aren't old because most stores still sell licensed graphic t-shirts. In the late 10's and 2020s, the 00's will start to look a little more dated. The "Sudoku" decade was horribly boring.
From an American perspective, they went like this:
80s
The 70's 80's : 1979-1984 (Rainbow Suspenders and Rubik Cube)
The 80's 80's: 1984- mid 1987 (Pastel Blues and Pinks)
The Baby Boomer Late 80's (We didn't know that shows like Full House would have last well into the actual 90's. It was a pure 80's type show to us at the time. Shows like it, My Two Dads, and Just the Ten of Us were for the family.) : Late 1987-Mid 1990.
90s
The "Very Early 90's" (Modern/Raw/Hip 80's) : Late 1990-1993 (Way too many black and eye blinding Neon shirts and baggy cargo Acid Wash/Girbaud jeans, these were the Sears Photo Center/ Laser Background photo days. Parker Lewis, Fresh Prince, and Blossom were brand new shows that teens watched. This was the last time late 70's babies, like myself, felt young. It was our time.)
90's 90's: 1993-1996 (Flannel, a white shirt, and Gangsta c-rap, bleh!)
The pre-00's 90's: 1996-1999 (People start using the Internet more. Web pages start looking more like they do today.)
00s
The Leftover 90's 00's: 1999-2002 (Judd Apatow shows, early Family Guy, and Futurama)
The 00's 00's: 2002-2005 (Graphic t-shirts were worn by everybody, especially the Che Guevara shirts.)
The pre-10's 00's: 2005-2008 (MySpace, Facebook and YouTube are brand new)
The 10's so far
The early 10's: 2008-2011 (Vampires, Zombies, iPad, and Angry Birds)
10's 10's : 2011-2014? (Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Beats by Dr. Dre, and early Macklemore)
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I do think the 2000s are probably more alike the 90s than they are different. Technology seems to be the biggest difference. The 2000s was defined by computers, and (now dated) cellphones, while the 2010s is the era of smart phones. We look at the 2000s and 1990s like they're so different now, because they're so recent, but I think in like 20 years people will look at them within the same sort of time scope. I think the 2000s are sort of like the "90s part II".. Just like the 70s are "60s part II".. Obviously has it's own identity and all, but overwhelming influence from the previous decade. The 80s is the odd one out, disco died off and a synth pop/hair metal culture arose, which then died off when grunge came out (speaking of, Lithium by Nirvana just started playing on my Pandora) the 80s seemed the most distinct on it's own from the 60s to now.
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