watch: remembering 1990

You KNOW I love these Remember videos... so it's time for another one! Let's holler at the year that started it all. Sweet, sweet 1990.


So... I'm not going to pretend like I remember 1990, cuz I was 3 years old, and I'm not a superhuman capable of remembering things that early in life. BUT! I do remember a lot of these things pictured, so it's still freakin' awesome.

Something kinda funny: It's more weird for me to see NKOTB look like that than how they do now. I've seen them in concert 3 times in the past 5 years, and really didn't know anything about them until they were long into their hiatus. What cuties they were, huh?!

What to know about this fab year:

• Wilson Phillips’ “Hold On ” was No.1 on Billboard’s Year-End Hot 100.
• Other big songs that year include: MC Hammer’s “U Can’t Touch This,” Madonna’s “Vogue,” Paula Abdul’s “Opposites Attract,” New Kids on the Block’s “Step by Step,” Bell Biv DeVoe’s “Poison,” and Roxette’s “It Must Have Been Love.”
• Janet Jackson’s Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 is the biggest selling album of the year.
• Mariah Carey, En Vogue, Wilson Phillips, and Bell Biv DeVoe release their debut albums.
• Ghost is the highest grossing film of the year.
• Other big film releases that year include: Home Alone, Back to the Future Part III, Pretty Woman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Kindergarten Cop.
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Beverly Hills, 90210, In Living Color, TaleSpin, and Tiny Toon Adventures premiere.
• Chris Farley, Tim Meadows, Chris Rock, and Adam Sandler join the cast of Saturday Night Live.

23 years ago, y'all. Twenty freakin' three. 

love,

elizabethany

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watch: remembering 2002

We've already lived through 1999 again, but now it's time to fast forward 3 years to 2002, when everything was beginning to change forever:

• Technology is now real: Small Nokia phones and iPods are introduced
• Reality TV starts to take over
• Boy bands have faded out
• A white rapper has the highest selling album of the year
• Movies are all about sequels, trilogies, and beyond

Just the thumbnail itself aggravates me. I'm team Barbie. Bratz are stupid. 2002 is when the world officially went downhill and started getting rid of the 90s.

Some more facts:

• Nickelback’s "How You Remind Me" is No.1 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles. 
• Justin Timberlake, 30 Seconds to Mars, Norah Jones, N.E.R.D., Cee-Lo Green and Avril Lavigne, release their debut albums. 
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is the highest grossing film of the year. 
• Other big films released that year include: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Spider-Man, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Ice Age and My Big Fat Greek Wedding. 
• The Osbournes, The Shield, Made, The Nick Cannon Show, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Crank Yankers, 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter and Kim Possible, were among the television shows that premiered. 
• Jackass, Daria, The X-Files, Roswell, The Amanda Show, The Rosie O'Donnell Show and Ally McBeal, all ended their series run. 
• TLC’s Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes dies in a car accident in Honduras. 
• Fergie joins The Black Eyed Peas during the recording of their album Elephunk. 
• The first Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is held in Tennessee. Performers include that year include, Jack Johnson, Widespread Panic, Gov't Mule and Norah Jones.

RIP, 1990s.

love,
elizabethany

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watch: "remember 1999" makes me think it was the best year ever

I always thought 1996 was my most favorite year. One reason: The Magnificent 7.

After watching this here video of everything 1999 included, I'm wondering if I was lying to myself my whole life.

• Pop princesses really took off
• "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" debuted
• Big Daddy and Toy Story came out
• Napster made getting music so much easier
• Robin Williams was still effing great
• Macy Gray, Creed, Lenny Kravitz, and S Club 7 all hit the charts
• There was an extra girl in Destiny's Child whose name I don't even remember.
• Saying "so let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel" was totally acceptable

It's a long video, but every second is a nostalgia mind-eff.


And just for fun, some more fun facts about 1999:

• Cher’s "Believe" is No.1 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles. 
• Backstreet Boys’ Millennium is the biggest selling album of the year.
• Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez and Eminem release their debut albums.
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is the highest grossing film of the year (also, the first new Star Wars film since 1983) 
• The Nanny, Home Improvement, Sister, Sister, Mad About You and Melrose Place, all ended their series run. 
• The first Coachella is held. The musical line-up includes Beck, Rage Against the Machine, Tool, The Chemical Brothers, Jurassic 5 and Morrissey.

Ohh, here's to the good ol' days.

love,
elizabethany

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