Nov 1989, the year the Berlin wall comes down,Nintendo released its popular handheld video game player the 'Game Boy', The Simpsons premier and of course the year that I came into the world. Yes i am technically a child of the 80's well i like to think so anyway.
I grew up however in the 90's where the fashion was as unmemorable and quite frankly as dull as dish water and the music industry was pumping out artificial generic pop music. Artificially put together cleverly marketed boy and girl 'bands'(using that word loosely as I'm sure none of the spice girls truly possess an amazing vocal talent). Even though as a child I did have a slight obsession with Boyzone, which included pj's, bedspreads, stationary and various other memorabilia.
The thing that confuses me is what was the transitional point for music, fashion and the culture in general. How did we go from the mix match subcultures in the 80's to well the 90's?
I first started considering this one evening when discussing music with a housemate, he concluded from this discussion I should of grown up in the 80's and that I'm from the wrong decade. My response to him was "Who wouldn't want to have grown up in the 80's?" I grew up listening to my parents music(as they were teens in the 80's)and hearing stories of concerts and fashions. I grew up listening to my parents play early Madonna, Blondie, UB40 and Micheal Jackson. I still listened to Steps, S-club 7 and A1 (remember them?) of course I did, however now I find myself listening to 80's music again. I'll spend hours you-tubing Blondie, The smiths and The cure. They still hold so much relevance in today's youth culture, there is a sudden trend for all things 80's. And I for one am glad, and very proud to call myself an 80's baby.
