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The 90s

Did someone ever flashy-thing you?
Well, you´ve had enough of the 90s when the following signs fit to you:
- You try to enter your password on the microwave.
- You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.
- Cleaning up the dining area means getting the fast food bags out of the back seat of your car.
- Your idea of being organized is multiple colored post-it notes.
- You find you really need PowerPoint to explain what you do for a living.
- You normally eat out of vending machines and at the most expensive restaurant in town within the same week.
- The concept of using real money, instead of credit or debit, to make a purchase is foreign to you.
- You e-mail your son in his room to tell him that dinner is ready, and he emails you back “What’s for dinner?”
- You haven’t played solitaire with a real deck of cards in years.

The 90s were marked by rapid progression of globalization following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Key forces shaping the decade were the recession of the ’80s, and the advent of PCs in middle-class homes, resulting in the rise to prominence of the internet. The Internet would go on to revolutionize modern culture, and has served as a major medium for the integration and the spread of popular culture in the entire world.

Youth culture in the 1990s was characterized by environmentalism and entrepreneurship. Fashions were often individualistic, tattoos and body piercing gained popularity, and “retro” styles inspired by fashions of the 1960s and 1970s were also prevalent. Some young people became increasingly involved in outdoor activities that combined embracing athletics with the appreciation of nature (such as kayaking, rock climbing and snowboarding).

In 1990, the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from its list of diseases (!!!). US TV shows like Will and Grace, Friends, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Ellen featured gay characters. Movies like The Birdcage, In and Out and Kiss Me Guido saw mainstream success, and celebrities like k.d. lang, Rob Halford, Elton John, Melissa Etheridge, Amanda Bearse and George Michael all spoke openly about their sexuality. U.S. President Bill Clinton generally held a pro-gay rights viewpoint.

The Grunge trend exploded due to the success of grunge bands such as Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. It was characterized by wearing flannel shirts, torn jeans, Doc Martens, Converse high top sneakers and long, straight hair. The fashion hit an ironic point in 1993, when the flannel clothing these bands wore (because it was cheap and warm and most of these musicians were very poor) became high fashion accessories. Post Grunge bands would later gain widespread popularity by bands such as Foo Fighters and Creed.

A ban was lifted on anti apartheid parties and Nelson Mandela walked free after 27 years in prison.

Homer Simpson arrived on our TV sets, along with his wife and children and Supermodels refused to get out of bed for less than $10,000.

The UN stepped in to intervene when Iraq invaded Kuwait. The Gulf War was the first televised war and more than ever before was fought from a distance - using remote-controlled missiles as a part of a strategic bombing campaign.

The world was mystified by ‘crop circles’, which first appeared in Britain but were soon reported across the world. Explanations ranged from human hoaxers and freak weather conditions to messages from an alien intelligence.

Film star River Phoenix died, and John Wayne Bobbit gained a new acting career after his partner performed a little home surgery that left him needing stitches in a rather tender area.

American Football and movie star OJ Simpson was pursued live on TV by police trying to arrest him for the suspected murder of his wife. He was later acquitted on live TV.

A car accident in Paris killed Diana, Princess of Wales. Nineteen million viewers watched the funeral coverage on TV.

The birth of Dolly the sheep, the World’s first cloned mammal became the most memorable scientific event of 1997.

Tiger Woods became the youngest winner of the Masters Tournament, aged 21 and Tyson began biting off earlobes.

Bill Clinton became the centre of a sex scandal. His affair with Monica Lewinsky became public knowledge after a friend of Lewinsky, Linda Tripp, secretly recorded conversations in which Lewinsky spoke of sexual encounters in the White House.

Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra, died at the age of 82 in 1998.

Viagra promised a cure for sexual impotence which affects one man in ten…

… and the first Harry Potter books were published. WOO!

The 90s were the decade in which I turned 18 - wearing a wonderbra and drinking alco-pops. I so wished someone would find a possiblility to transfer some fat from my behind to my boobs =)
So I tried to dance my a$ of in the discos:

Coffee2go´s Top 50 Songs of the 90s:

1. Losing My Religion ~ REM
2. Every You Every Me ~ Placebo
3. When I Come Around ~ Green Day
4. One of Us ~ Joan Osborne
5. You Ought to Know ~ Alanis Morrisette
6. Iris ~ Goo Goo Dolls
7. Self Esteem ~ Offspring
8. Black Hole Sun ~ Soundgarden
9. More Than Words ~ Extreme
10. 1979 ~ Smashing Pumpkins
11. Groove Is In The Heart ~ Dee Lite
12. Vogue ~ Madonna
13. Tom’s Diner ~ Suzanne Vega feat D.N.A.
14. I Can’t Make You Love Me ~ Bonnie Raitt
15. Lithium ~ Nirvana
16. One ~ U2
17. Jeremy ~ Pearl Jam
18. Rockafeller Skank ~ Fatboy Slim
19. Mr. Wendal ~ Arrested Developement
20. Wonder Wall ~ Oasis
21. Song 2 ~ Blur
22. Janie’s Got A Gun ~ Aerosmith
23. (Everything I Do) I Do It For You ~ Bryan Adams
24. Tears in Heaven ~ Eric Clapton
25. Give It Away ~ Red Hot Chili Peppers
26. Ironic ~ Alanis Morrisette
27. Sexy M.F. ~ Prince & The New Power Generation
28. Killing Me Softly ~ Fugees
29. I Wanna Sex You Up ~ Color Me Badd
30. Hear The Drummer Get Wicked ~ Chad Jackson
31. Under The Bridge ~ Red Hot Chili Peppers
32. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) ~ US3
33. It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over ~ Lenny Kravitz
34. Jump Around ~ House Of Pain
35. No Rain ~ Blind Melon
36. Wicked Game ~ Chris Isaak
37. Can’t Help Falling In Love ~ UB40
38. Into The Great Wide Open v Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
39. Don’t Speak ~ No Doubt
40. Missing You ~ Puff Daddy & Faith Evans
41. Canned Heat ~ Jamiroquai
42. Buddy Holly ~ Weezer
43. Nookie ~ Limp Bizkit
44. Why Don’t You Get A Job? ~ The Offspring
45. Insane In The Brain ~ Cypress Hill
46. Cowboy ~ Kid Rock
47. Firestarter ~ Prodigy
48. Bed of Roses ~ Bon Jovi
49. Bitter Sweet Symphony ~ The Verve
50. Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover ~ Sophie B. Hawkins

Please cast your vote and let me know which is your favorie 90s “invention”!

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Bonus: Eureka - ages later I found the answer:
This one´s for Chrissie =) NIEPI!

Have a great day - stay away from that baby-blue unless you´re 1 out of 10 =)

See ya’all soon!!!
~xoXOxo~

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Duff book of records: Springfield is now the fattest city in the U.S.
Homer: Woo Hoo. In your face Milwaukee.