This may be a lesser known fact about me, but I love 90's music.
It's kinda funny because even though I was alive in the 90's, I wasn't old enough to appreciate the music or culture yet, so why, I often ask myself, do I like 90's music so much?
I guess I should clarfiy, when I say 90's music I'm referring to mostly Brit-pop/rock and Japanese rock:, bands like The Cure, The Cranberries, L'Arc en Ciel, Raphael, Penicillin... etc. As I was getting back into the jrock and visual kei scene a few years ago, I noticed that I didn't really like a lot of the newer bands like I did the 90's bands (with the HUGE exception of Versailles). Even though the 90's bands were plagued by pixelly and blurry video footage, poor audio quality recordings, and oftentimes looked like tacky drag queens with 80's style bangs, I just loved the melodic, reverby and dream-like sound of their music.
And the other day as I was the listening to the Cure, I realized that it's not just something specific to Jrock, but that all the 90's rock bands I like have a similar sound. And I can't help but wonder, do you think the 90's will ever be a "thing"? Like right now some 80's trends are coming back, but will we ever see the 90's come back? Or more specifically, the part of the 90's that I loved?
Just some musings on a Thursday morning.
2 comments:
I feel the exact same way- I don't know why, but something about music in the 90's was really good. I was alive enough to notice and like some songs on the radio back then, but I've never been able to explain why Japanese 90's music is also so appealing to me.
Thanks, I'm glad I'm not the only one! It makes me sad when I see 90's jrock CD's going out of print and fansites going inactive and shutting down - I just hope 90's jrock doesn't get forgotten or lost in oblivion anytime soon, that would be such a shame. We gotta keep the legacy alive! :)
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