The Best of the 90’s

Culturally, the 90’s was one of the greatest modern decades that ever happened.  It was a period which hinted at and laid the premise for the changes and the new order of things that would emerge in the 21^st century. The transition to the digital information culture happened and gave us our new home – the internet. We, as the Millennial generation got to live in that spectacular era and now we reminisce all things from happiest decade of our lifetime.

1.       We got Titanic-ed!

‘Titanic’ broke a million hearts and you cannot remember this movie without singing ‘My Heart Will Go On’…well, at least in your head. This movie had a massive impact on pop culture and we’ve all tried the iconic pose of Jack & Rose.

2.       Danced to the Macarena

Haven’t we all been infected by the music of the English-Spanish song ‘Macarena’ and don’t we still remember the moves? Dale a tu cuerpo alegria, Macarena. Heyyyy Macarena!

3.       The Boy band phase

Nope. One Direction wasn’t the first teenage boy band sensation. Boy bands shot to fame in the 90’s and were all people were listened to then. Remember that boy band Justin Timberlake was a part of? Bands like NSync, Backstreet Boys, Westlife- to name just a few- ruled those days.

4.       F.R.I.E.N.D.S

This sitcom is never getting old and we still can’t stop the F.R.I.E.N.D.S references. We all absolutely loved (and still love) Monica, Rachel, Phoebe, Chandler, Joey and Ross. This show gives us all sorts of life goals and lessons. While F.R.I.E.N.D.S still continues to be a pop culture phenomenon, ‘The Rachel Haircut’ was marked as the 90’s fad with everyone trying to mimic it.

5.       Did you get Goosebumps?

Yeah, those books we sneaked under our blankets with a torch just for the thrill of it. They don’t seem so scary now, do they? But thanks to them we are now much braver adults who can’t fetch a glass of water for ourselves in the dark.

6.       The wise anima(l)tion film

The 90’s gave us ‘The Lion King’, that bitter-sweet film which taught us that ‘The past can hurt. But, we can either run from it or, learn from it.’ Hakuna Matata was our motto even before YOLO was born. Who would’ve thought that a bunch of talking animals would teach us so many life lessons? We’ll always have a soft spot for this film in a way that no other generation would understand.

7.       Daily dose of Comic

We loved our Archie Comics, Garfield and Calvin & Hobbes. We loved Garfield for his humor, related a little too much to Calvin & Hobbes and Riverdale was our dream town.

8.       How do you remember the rainy days?

The rainy days were marked by tests of friendship when board games like Ludo, Snakes & Ladders and UNO came out of the cupboard. Those friendships that survived managed to endure.

9.       TV time

W e remember the 90’s for its cartoons and shows like Spongebob Squarepants, Dragon Ball Z, Pokemon, Power Rangers, That 70s Show, Full House et al. If the 90’s hadn’t produced this pop culture gold, our childhood wouldn’t have been quite so entertaining.

10.   Movie Mania

This decade made its contribution to pop culture with films like Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, The Matrix, Forest Gump, Toy Story , Jurassic Park, Home Alone to name a few.

And then the millennium changed, leaving the best of the 90’s behind…….