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28th December 2011, 07:32 #1
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The decade of choice
What decade of the current or the past century had the biggest influence on you guys in terms you think, dress, run your business, vote etc.? I think this might be an interesting conversation.
I was born in 1974. My first memories date back to circa 1978, when Argentina won the World Cup. Despite being a toddler, I think I was influenced a lot by what what was going on back then. I listen to a lot of music from that time. At one point I grew huge sideburns '70s style. I inherited some hippie idealism from my parents. With that, I am an Xer from the '80s in my heart, pragmatic, cynical, suspicious, relying solely on myself. I'm into heavy metal and synth pop gives me some warm memories. I think Maggie and Ronald were pretty cool as politicians although I don't trust politicians at all and despise politics. The fall of the Iron Curtain and the independence of my country were huge events to me. I never really bought into the '90s after that. Nirvana was crap and Sugar Bubba Billie wasn't too much of a leader. The '00s were not bad at all, but by that time my tastes and preferences were pretty much formed.
What about you (poining the finger the way Ronnie Van Zant did)?Llibertat
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28th December 2011, 17:25 #2
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Nice post Rudy. I will get into it later. Let's idealistically hope that this doesn't degenerate into "your decade sucked!"
But now that we are at it - my fave 60's rocked!!!!!!Without sharing there can be no justice,
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28th December 2011, 19:20 #3
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The 80's.
There is no debate
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28th December 2011, 20:59 #4
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Originally Posted by Rudy Tamasz
All this changed in the '60s, accompanied by an economic recovery after WW2 that improved living standards massively. Much of what we take for granted started to become acceptable in this decade.
When it comes to geopolitics I'd agree with anthony that the '80s was probably the most important but it didn't influence my everyday life anywhere near as much.
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28th December 2011, 21:50 #5
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30th December 2011, 01:09 #6
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1980s
I was born in 1980 so probably just at the right time though I do wish I was born a bit earlier - more likely to have a huge vinyl collection rather than CDs and old enough to go raving in early 90s.
Young Ones had a massive effect on me. Strange as this may sound it still feels wrong to vote Conservatives.
Hip hop culture was breaking into the mainstream its four pillars: MCs, DJ, graffitti, break dancing
'88 AKA the summer of love. Oh yes, I was fully aware that something exciting was breaking through and the possibility that there was more than what the pop charts had to offer. Tunes like Pump up the Volume by MARRS and Beat Dis were like Charley/Prodigy and had crossover appeal. I raided my sister's limited music collection for this new form of electronic music dubbed acid house.
90s run pretty close. I can't think why it would be a bad decade unless you had a bad drug habit.The world according to Taki Inoue: https://mobile.twitter.com/takiinoue/st ... 7249326080
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30th December 2011, 03:38 #7
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In India, it has to be the 90s, India got totally globalised and there is no looking back since
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30th December 2011, 06:22 #8
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Originally Posted by Rudy Tamasz
The Business Shirt, the idea of the office and the beginning of electric light and the telephone in people's houses and businesses all tend to combine in the period from 1910-20.
It was the beginning of proper thinking about how to deliver government services such as education and really the beginning of mass motoring and ideas like Time and Motion studies in the workplace.The Old Republic was a stupidly run organisation which deserved to be taken over. All Hail Palpatine!
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30th December 2011, 14:42 #9
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Dang! Rollo you're old!!!
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30th December 2011, 16:11 #10
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Good question.
I'm going to go completely leftfield - and while not a decade, the period that saw Britain go from a rural economy, to an industrial economy....thanks to the Industrial Revolution.
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