Most generations tend to relate to a certain decade, usually the phrase starts with, “Oh I’m a child of the…” By stating this, you can easily identify yourself with the music and ideologies of the ten years you associate with. Case in point:
“I’m a child of the 60s” - I loved me some acid, being hairy is awesome, the a noodle-y electric guitar is my THANG, war is stupid, and I’m hella old… with a tiny earring.
“I’m a child of the 70s”- COCAINE!!!!!, I miss it when pants were incredibly tight and high waisted, I know how to do a dance that comes with a specific name, and I’m still secretly harbor my radical urgings to wield a semi automatic and a beret.
“I’m a child of the 80s”- COCAINE… still…, I sported a really awful and complicated hairdo, roller skating was my JAM, and I’m still trying to block out the politics of this decade by focusing on the ridiculous pop culture… Reag-NO-Rubix CUBE!
Now- here is where I hit my speed bump… some people don’t have it so neat and simple ahem* late twenties I’m totally talking to you…
I’m going to use me as an example, because… this is my blog.
I was literally a child of the 80s- but that doesn’t really count, all I recall of the 1980s was wanting a Kid Sister, wearing Oshkosh B’gosh overalls… and taping Michael Jackson videos off MTV. Simply put, when you use the phrase, “I’m a child of the…” you’re a talking about being a teenage/early 20s- Basically when you discover who you are.
Coming of age bullshit.
I was a teenager in the 90s- but here’s the jig… it was the late 90s.
le sigh.
What’s the difference you ask? Well… let’s do a journey through a visual recap:
Early 90s
Late 90s
see…
Let’s do another one!
Early 90s
Late 90s
… this is depressing…
Early 90s
Late 90s
That’s just the music…
Early 90s
Late 90s
Early 90s
Late 90s
So in a nutshell… shit got stupid by the end of the 90s…