coolhandgopher
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I recently lamented that I wasn't born about 10-15 years younger, because then I would have been able to enjoy the glory years of bands like Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, The Who, etc etc and attend concerts for (relatively) dirt cheap costs. Which got me thinking, what have I been able to enjoy during my lifetime when it was happening?
* Must See TV on NBC Thursday nights. Back in the day, Channel 11 and then Channel 10 from Rochester were the channels with the best signal, so prior to a life of cable, most of my nights were spent watching NBC. This meant watching Cheers, Family Ties, Night Court and Hill Street Blues when they were getting dusted in the rankings and under constant threat of cancellation before The Cosby Show came along and provided a lift which eventually brought the likes of LA Law, Seinfeld, Friends, and ER into the rotation. Do people even watch broadcast shows anymore, much less celebrate a night, like back in these days?
* Smells Like Teen Spirit became a massive hit in the fall of my sophomore year of college and spawned the takeover of MTV by the grunge purveyors such as Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and the posers like Candlebox. There's a strong argument that the grunge era hasn't aged very well, but in that period of time, along with the offshoots of rock/power pop bands that weren't exactly grunge but were getting MTV play, it seems like the end of an era (or at least an era that's been dormant for some time) of actual bands getting airplay and selling records/CD's.
* In my eyes, college basketball experienced its golden age during the mid '80s to mid '90s. The advent of The Big East, the 64 team NCAA field, players staying around at least until junior year, and wonderfully colorful and talented teams, players, coaches, champions of the sport existed during that time that started to evaporate once KG made the leap from high school to the NBA.
* Drinking pop. Everyone was on a sugar rush back in the day, when you could buy Shasta rip-off brands for 33 cents a can and 12 packs would fly off the shelf, 2 for $5 (I worked at a grocery store in high school). Nowadays, I can't get through a 12 oz. can without my teeth hurting and my stomach churling. I'm quite happy for the days of the 7-11 Big Gulp (or whatever the Kwik Trip equivalent was) to be a distant memory.
* Must See TV on NBC Thursday nights. Back in the day, Channel 11 and then Channel 10 from Rochester were the channels with the best signal, so prior to a life of cable, most of my nights were spent watching NBC. This meant watching Cheers, Family Ties, Night Court and Hill Street Blues when they were getting dusted in the rankings and under constant threat of cancellation before The Cosby Show came along and provided a lift which eventually brought the likes of LA Law, Seinfeld, Friends, and ER into the rotation. Do people even watch broadcast shows anymore, much less celebrate a night, like back in these days?
* Smells Like Teen Spirit became a massive hit in the fall of my sophomore year of college and spawned the takeover of MTV by the grunge purveyors such as Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and the posers like Candlebox. There's a strong argument that the grunge era hasn't aged very well, but in that period of time, along with the offshoots of rock/power pop bands that weren't exactly grunge but were getting MTV play, it seems like the end of an era (or at least an era that's been dormant for some time) of actual bands getting airplay and selling records/CD's.
* In my eyes, college basketball experienced its golden age during the mid '80s to mid '90s. The advent of The Big East, the 64 team NCAA field, players staying around at least until junior year, and wonderfully colorful and talented teams, players, coaches, champions of the sport existed during that time that started to evaporate once KG made the leap from high school to the NBA.
* Drinking pop. Everyone was on a sugar rush back in the day, when you could buy Shasta rip-off brands for 33 cents a can and 12 packs would fly off the shelf, 2 for $5 (I worked at a grocery store in high school). Nowadays, I can't get through a 12 oz. can without my teeth hurting and my stomach churling. I'm quite happy for the days of the 7-11 Big Gulp (or whatever the Kwik Trip equivalent was) to be a distant memory.
