Well, times change and if you get nostalgic about it then you feel like you've been left behind. But you haven't, you've adapted, survived and thrived.
I was 20 and living in Greenwich Village NYC in 1991. With no cell phones back then, the sight of the twin towers would often orient me in the right direction walking home after I'd had one too many. Wish I could go back. (sigh)
@jamies6781 Whenever I'm in that part of Manhattan I always try to remind myself that those towers would of dominated the view. Must of been a sight. I was born in 91, so I grew up watching the 90s sitcoms set in NYC, it looks so idealistic compared to the era of my young adulthood. You experienced a special time.
Yeah wtf exactly! I had no freedoms as a kid, I could only look around longingly saying when I grow up and become a yuppie or an inner city HVAC guy I'm going to be living in this fun gritty post-WW2 world. I will inherit what my grandparents and parents built. And when I grew up, great recession, unemployment, inflation, and the world I was promised, is getting demolished and forgotten.
@@hufficag I hear you, man. It's tough when the world we thought we'd grow up in isn’t what we expected. It’s like everything we were supposed to look forward to is just falling apart. I’ve felt that way too. Hoping you're doing well.
I can practically smell that air. That blue, dusk, misty air rolling over the Hudson with a touch of exhaust fumes, coffee, and the garlic from all the pots of tomato sauce that were boiling all day………. I can taste it and hear it now.
@@Nick_Barone I was 5, in minneola queens Sept. 11, mother moved us immediately after in a panic to the west Coast, I couldn't remember yet your description resonates so deep...I swear its imprinted
The 90s was something else man. I miss not having smartphones, living in the moment and playing outside with friends. Even though I'm older now, i think about this moment in time more often than I'd like to admit.
@@jasonwynnart you could just get rid of your cell phone and not have one of you really wanted tbh. like yeah, it would be considered an odd thing to do and might make life slightly less convenient on a daily basis, but no one's telling you that you NEED a cell phone. you could get rid of it right now and just have a land line/home phone instead if that's what you want. literally nothing is stopping you.
There was absoloutely tension, you were just too young to percieve it. You are obsessing over the landscape you saw, not realizing it was your own incompleteness which you crave. Nostalgia imagines a world which didn't exist. It will kill you.
I think it's smelling your uncle and grandfather's 1984 Versace L'Homme cologne, the metal links on the liquid crystal display digital watch beeping every hour, the fancy VCR and giant TV, the Armani suits in the closet, the constant car repairs, pouring sulfuric acid starting up a new car battery, the weathered wood outside, insects in the compost pile, climbing trees, reading a book all day long as a kid.
After reading a bunch of the comments, this video seems to be a better therapist than most actual people. Keep dreamin' people, thank you for sharing your memories. I'm glad to live in an age where I get to look back and enjoy the past.
I was 11 in '91. Wish I could go back. I miss my dad. I miss the thoughts and dreams of the future. I miss not having information overload. Thank you for the music and the nostalgia trip :)
@@AlexVictory Brings back memories of previous time, even the title of the music piece prior to clicking it mentioned '1991' and yes, I too would have been 11 :D
I was 4 years old in 1991. I loved the 90’s. Such a great mix of tech entering our lives yet we still played outdoors, talked to people and didn’t feel such a divide in society.
I was 8, in an Eastern European country. The Soviet era was over and we finally had the cool stuff we only saw on crappy VHS movies that has been narrated by one person. Life was good and seemed promising back then! I thought from that point everything just going be better and better. Yeah, I miss the childhood optimism.
reading all these comments about people and their lives is so heartwarming. were all just existing on this silly little sphere in the middle of nowhere and we're sharing our memories of nostalgia. so poignant and beautiful
That's for sure, I was in the 1st Grade when the towers fell. There was an innocence that everyone lost that day, but I think us kids took it the worst. Old enough to understand what's happening, but not old enough to grasp it properly.
As a kid in the 90's only thought things will get even better in the future. The only thing that got better was computer tech, a lot more has gotten worse.
1991, working at State Street bank in Boston. Saving money for university. Playing in a band. Studying classical piano. Happy at home with my family. Some of the best years before it all fell apart. RIP mom, grammy and grampy and my beloved uncle Steve.
Old millennials like me (41 years old) got the best of it, I remember an entire childhood without the internet or smartphones and got to experience the consumer internet when it was new and amazing
Well said. I can't imagine going through middle- and high-school with social media. I remember junior and senior year when my friends and I first discovered AOL instant messenger. All downhill from there...
Yep, born in 82. Got to experience computing at a young age, but the Internet wasn't really a big thing just yet. I remember dicovering a local(ish) BBS and dialing it up! When the internet DID become a big thing, it was a while before I was able to access it and really immerse myself in it. I remember playing outside, riding bikes through canal ways, busy traffic, into the next towns, buying chips & icecream with pocket money and jumping fences to go swim in private backyard pools when people were at work!
I turned 27 in 1991. I was living in Pasadena, listening to KTWV. Up late studying at night, dreaming of the future. Life lay ahead, wide open, anything possible. Best time of my life...
In 91 I was 15 years old and living in Florida and just starting high school. I did a summer program in New York in 92. It was magical. The world was more immediate and vibrant back then. I try to bring that vibe with me now, but it's like everybody's forgotten how to be present and live.
You have no idea how jealous I am. I was born in 2008, the same year when smarthphones became popular and the internet was not just a small funny thing anymore . I cannot explain how much I want to experience the 80s and 90s. Those years were the peak of western civilisation. Soon you will become one of the few who experienced this because your generation is the last to have experienced life before the internet.
@@PeemantheSigma You're wise for a 16 year old my friend. I fear you may be correct in your pinpointing of the 90s as the zenith of western civilization (for now, perhaps). I wasn't around to experience them either.
@@PeemantheSigma Hey pal, I was born 89, germany. I didnt experience the 90s as a teenager, but I was still born soon enough to feel this time. It was indeed golden, but not necessarily just because there was no internet. For example, I experienced an early youth in which my peers already owned cellphones. They werent smartphones, but this didnt stop them from looking at them A LOT. Playing silly games like snake or space invaders, writing and reading SMS. Lots of social interaction in my early teens already happened on cellphone, believe it or not! My peers often lamented about being out of money because they wasted like 50 dollars/euros on SMS. Unbelievable. Also, while we didnt own Ipods or Iphones, people were still using discmans or some old fashioned walkmans (minority). There already were means for being socially reclusive via then modern media. And it was widespread. I felt that a lot because I didnt want to own a cellphone until I was almost 17. I didnt have much money and I found it to be a waste of money and time as well. Alcohol abuse by young teenagers btw. was a real issue in my time. Nowadays, Gen Z is doing a alcohol a lot more responsible than my generation. I was an early millennial, and late Gen X "started" flatrate drinking and the like, which my generation adopted. The nineties also invented alcopops, those mixed drinks which were so sweet you didnt taste the alcohol. My peers often went drinking alcohol when they were below the age of 14 still. Well, but lets stop the whining. What was so great to being born into the nineties (rather than experiencing them in my prime)? while we already had the full buffet of technology from the 20th century at hand (gaming consoles, widespread cable TV in colour, desktop PC at home, almost every family owned a car and the like) the leap towards nowadays economics was still in the making. While profit was and has always been a major driver of productivity, quality and longevity of a product was still a very important aspect companies had to adhere to if they wanted to sell their stuff. This is true both for the "boring" stuff like dish washers and the "fun" stuff like movies, tv shows, videogames or games in general. Videogames were usually meticulously crafted by pixel artists or talented 3d animators who had to manually do the shading for level design. Great examples: Silver, Desperados, Robin Hood the legend of sherwood, Roller Coaster Tycoon (programmed in ASSEMBLER, legend to this day), Starcraft or the most popular SNES or N64 games like super mario world, super mario 64, Banjo kazooie or Donkey Kong 64. Let me also throw in stronghold, since it is the very last, true representative of the bygone era of 2D games. TV-Shows. Oh my gosh dont get me started on this. You see, there were some shows I loved which just disappeared from screen in the late ninties/early 2000s. Nowadays I can rewatch them thanks to the internet and some money in my pocket. Overall, these TV-Shows were almost entirely hand drawn and often had great animation quality ESPECIALLY compared to nowadays TV shows. Examples: Dreamstone, The smurfs (original animation from the 80s), Thundercats, Captain N, Captain Future (very old), Saber Rider, Sailor Moon (OG Animation), Sonic the hedgehog (SATm). Damn even the trashy power rangers were great since they used very little special effects and a lot of practical effects instead. Further examples for older audiences: Friends, Stargate, Mortal Kombat (quite niche, but the best the mortal kombat franchise should ever bring forth xD) Movies: What can I say, Hollywood was still Hollywood, with actual stuff and not just CGI. Also, Disney renaissance was at its peak. Examples:Aladdin (OG Animation), Arielle (OG Animation), The beauty and the beast (OG Animation), The Lion King (OG Animation), Mulan (OG Animation, back in the day rather innovative) Home Alone 1 and 2, Jurrasic Park 1, Gladiator, American Psycho, and somehow LOTR as well even though it was early 2000s, the production phase started in the very last moments of the 90s.). Let me also throw in "The land before time" by Don Bloom, even though it was made 1988. Don Bloom was a great man of animation, and his movies are a great diversion from the disney tone. They are sometimes also a bit more challenging for younger audiences. Yeah, I think that should be it for now xD A bit more text than intended. It is very hard to convey in words what bygone times were like. Its easier to point at single aspects and try to show the differences, but the whole picture can indeed only be truly experienced. The 90s, for the time they lasted, simply felt more alive and more optimistic (and I think both aspects are dependent on each other, because without optimism its hard to enjoy life). Things had a price tag which was negotiated only so far. We still allowed great things to be costly. The things I listed above required huge amounts of workforce. Practical effects also are more risky, since they can break down and then they are harder to repair or replace than some CGI Glitch. Modern economy doesnt want to pay for workforce anymore. There probably is also some relation towards our shrinking demographic, which means less available workforce. But this process already started 25 years ago, and boomer retirement was still far away. Its (corporate) greed which brought us here. I could go on how the industry destroyed franchises from the 90s over the years with either cheap imitations or laughable sequels. But I dont think this is necessary. Id advise you to enjoy stuff from the past century :) Old Movies, videogames and TV shows are, in my eyes, a lot better and often more enjoyable than the stuff that came out the past 15 years. They are also, I think, more inspiring. If you want to enjoy old PC games, I recommend PCem: pcem-emulator.co.uk/ Its a fantastic tool that lets you EMULATE old hardware, which is necessary for many older games like those I mentioned above. They wont run on modern systems. If you need some help in getting it to run, just ask for help here and I can help you :)
Reflecting on the past from where we stand now makes clear that those of us that were young kids in the 90s will be the last generation to have experienced another world, never to come back. Ironically more "connected" to reality and friends, more likely to just flow with unsought experiences and less rules, more free in some sense. Somehow that world is gone but at the same time has never left us and whenever we, that last generation, pause and disconnect from our daily distractions to search where we belong, we know we are still there.
@@JuanCash89 I was born in 1987 and live in Russia, and what you wrote coincides with my worldview - that time has gone somewhere, although there was a crisis in Russia in the 90s, in my memories this time was the best and all the bad things passed by - the lack of the Internet , mobile phones and computers, I think it has gone well. I don’t know, but I have thoughts that the best part of my life passed in the 90s and it will be better.
As a boy scout in the early ‘80s we ‘camped’ on the top floor of the Empire State Bldg. I can still remember looking out from my sleeping bag at the twin towers as we went to sleep. We did lots of camp outs in the woods, but this one ranks up there with the other good ones. And thanks to the dads who volunteered their time so we could go on all those trips.
To people copeing and saying "I'm sure people in the 90's pined for the 70's" or "I'm sure we'll pine for the 20's in the 40's" no. We won't. This is different. Whether you like the 90's the 2000's or even the 2010's, this is the first time since WW2 where people of all ages agree this is the worst. It's not just the people born in the 90's.
@@thomasolson8417 , I don`t know. It looks like a sharpening filter was added (among others). Photo was probably low-res, hence image looks distorted. Everything is possible, tho.
@@thomasolson8417 "Look closely at the windows" lol, it's obviously a filter as someone pointed out. You can even see someone cropped out the background by hand, it's not very clean as an AI would have done.
I was 13 in 91. What a time to be an individual and soaking up everything life had to offer you. Outside all day and at night watching TV until channels went off the air. Much simpler time. A lot of friends and family are now gone.
Just turned 13 that Sept... OMG!! I cry for that time , if any time travel were possible, that is the year I would choose🫶...My family I have lost, would be alive.. How I took for granted.
I feel that a decade reaches it's peak in the first year of the next decade, like 1951 was peak 50s aesthetics, 1971 was peak 1960s aesthetics and so on.
This music, in tandem with this comment section, just filled my cup with so much hope. I was born in 91, and while I may not be from NYC, I can absolutely feel what this music is trying to convey. To the creator, sincerely, thank you
I was born in 89 and lately I'm getting back to those times in my head more and more often. I miss so many things about that era, moments, friends, places, feelings, dreams, the innocence and the naivity, the optimism, and having your whole life in front of you with nothing being given but everything being possible... A lot changed since then and despite I'm living a great life, there's this weird void inside of me that keeps bringing me back again and again. I'm glad I'm not alone...
89 here too Wouldn't say my life is great currently. To say I had higher asperations of myself in the 90's would be putting it lightly. But I can totally relate. Today's world just seems so, bleak.
@@ParallelSyntax I'm 1981, so a few more years than both of you. You know what, I don't remember a time back then when we thought life was that bad. Sure, there were hard times too, but there was always optimism. Today I feel, we have lost even that. But at the very least, in this dark world, we can hear each other's voices.....I'm not alone. And neither are you.
may 89 here, german. Its pretty much the same for me. I often wonder if its just because it was my childhood, but theres a lot of people from all ages saying pretty much the same about the 80s and 90s. We as a species were in a better place back then. I think and also hope that nowadays children will also look at their childhood later in the way we look at our past lives, but maybe with the outlook at a future thats more like the 90s again. Its probably not gonna happen, at least the 2nd part. But we definitely need to move away from where we are to some place better.
Born in early 1989. I've lived a happy, good life. I've seen and experienced some amazing things. Seen growth, change, and pain. Love and loss. I've seen my children's eyes open for the first time. I've felt love and anger. I've laughed, and I've cried. Just know you're not alone. And remember, you gotta catch em all!
born in may 1989. jealous at your "I've seen my children's eyes open for the first time". wish me luck for me for being a first time dad this year. beautiful comment by the way.
@raemontargaryen3005 Thank you, good sir! I had twins, boy/girl. Just be a dad and show good values, morals, and love. I promise, it'll all be alright. My biggest advice is to soak it all in.
I was married in 1997 on a yacht at NYC’s World Financial Center. Powerful photo. Thought provoking, strong feelings of sadness and longing to go back.
I was 12 in 1991. Just coming of age. Such a powerful time of life and such a good decade to teenage in. Just made it through high school without the internet being any sort of thing. Dreamy.
1991 my parents bought their first house. My youngest brother was born, and we had BBQ every Saturday afternoon. Me and my buddies in grade school would ride our bikes to the park, get into trouble, go on adventures. I miss those days with every fiber of my being.
1993 Born, 6 of April in Czech Republic, still wanna go back to the times with no smart phones, computers, watching TV after coming back from school, spending evening around TV with my family :) oh boy ... 31 year old now and i feel like i live only on 25% from what i use to.
I'm 36 and graduated highschool in 06 but I miss the 90s way fkn more than the 00s. In the 90s everyone had an identity now everyone wants to be included with the rest.
@@hufficag That's been a thing since human beings existed, man. I'm not trying to be a buzzkill, but being ostracized and seen as 'other' by one group while being accepted by a totally different group has always been there and always will be - that's life. It's human nature.
@@sirmarshall9521 Speaking of that, in Canada/USA, and in Asia we mostly hang out with Brits, Aussies, Canadians, all British ancestry. And British education focuses on communication, being fake, controlling people through words. And then I hung out with Germans and Dutch speaking South Africans recently. And it's a totally different world. For the first time in my life I feel at home with these people. No Anglo bullshit, just straight up communication, direct, simple. I have German ancestry.
Don't be sad because it's gone, be happy because it happened. The world is always changing, always evolving, all that you love can return to you one day, and even better than before! 8)
Beautiful, serene, ethereal. Not really early 90s sounding (maybe a bit late 90s) but perfect to chill out to after work. Whats funny/ironic is that the 90s were great in part because we were excited about the future. Now we ARE in the future, we can see that actually, technology isn't the panacea we all believed it would be and we want to go back to those simpler times. Ah, the beauty of hindsight, and the trap of nostalgia!
I turned 3 years old in '91. Memories of everything then were just a beginning. I remember standing in the garden with my granpa playing with insects. The neighborhood had way more trees and less houses then. I miss my time with both him and my dad watching them getting work done. A family needs generations to help each other and support. I continue to take care of the home they put together.
This music gives me a weird nostalgia for a time when the future seemed like it would be so cool and right around the corner although I was born long after the 80s and 90s.
I was 16 in 1991, mom had just died in the spring. I got my drivers license and a car. I was off to see the world, Lol. Looking back i had so much learn. I been through a lot since then. I wear my battle scars proudly
Oh man, we're the same age. I too was 15, 16 in 1991. I can't imagine losing both my parents at such a young age, even though I know there have been kids even younger than that age that lost parents, like children instead of teens. Was it car accident? Off to see the world? At 16? Did you drop out of high school and lie about your age to join the military? Even back then, that was hard to do, it was 1991, not 1891, LOL.
@John-ct9zs I basically dropped out of school. I rarely attended. I was like any other 16 year old. Young and dumb. I thought life was a playground. Ruined my credit, reputation, just like any other young person, Lol. I got my CDL license and made a career for myself. Got married eventually, bought a house, got into broadcasting for a while. Got back into playing bass and drums. Our youth is gone, it's gone with the wind. I learned to quiet my mind from all the trauma and torment. Stay away from haters, fakers, and toxic people. Live quietly and enjoy life. Oh yeah, dads still alive 🙌🏻
@@midnighttrucker19 life happens to all of us. Nobody is perfect, we just live the best we can at the moment. Create good moments throughout your day and enjoy life your way. All will be well at the end. Wish you all well.
Oof. Man. What a picture. Going along with the music, it takes you to places, reminds you of a more "innocent" era, or at least perceived as such, calm and optimistic and it also brings back memores of how it all came down to a crashing end. The optimism of the 90s is truly dead in 2024. Absolutely dead i'd say. In any case, i hope for the best in life for everyone reading this comment and listening to these tracks. Good luck.
Americans have way too much faith in markets in the 80s and 90s. Neoliberal propaganda worked tremendously well through popular culture. 2008 proved that it was nothing but an illusion. Today you wake up and realize your pensions had been taken away when you were asleep and you're one medical bill away from losing your home.
I remember being 16 in 1991 on a HS class trip to Ellis Island and looking over at the Twins and noticing how stately and mighty they looked, yet peaceful and serene.
I was born at the end of the 90s. There was a bookstore at the World Trade Center where every few days they'd read to us little kids. I remember once they had someone dressed up as Clifford the Big Red Dog read. It was awesome. I still walk by the memorial to this day, it's a grave not only to the people who died that day, but to the fun and simplicity that was.
I was 14 in 1991... best years in my life. Love de computer games, metal of those years, play rpg with friends, wargaming, movies... and learning in the school. I miss those moments, my father, mother, friends and pets. I want to build magical moments like those today. Here we go! Thanks to all of you for your vibes! 😊
I was born in 1991. I’ve seen a lot of amazing things in this life and have experienced incredible moments… but nothing will beat my childhood growing up in the 90’s and early 2000’s. I feel so calm listening to this. I wish I could go back to simpler times. Life was a lot more quiet.
What are you talking about.... Literally EVERYONE is excited about the future and what it holds .... You nostalgia hippie dorks are the only ones that wanna go backwards....... Screw tht ... We wanna keep progressing and seeing new things.... Take ur comment down... It's lieing on behalf of alotta people
@@randomlyentertaining8287no they didn’t The 20s were generally great but economy and life sucked in so Manx levels The 90s were objectively the best decade to be alive
@@commanderwyro4204 You must be gen alpha to say something like that. Back then wasn't perfect but it definitely was better than the crap of a mess we in now
I mean, I was good up to around 2022, then I discover the woman of my life was a tv extra in an old tv series filmed in LA in 1993 and I'm really torn inside. I'm constantly asking mysefl where she is now
And I thought I was the only one! The first seven years was so awesome! But I miss 1-12. I can practically smell the clean air from that time period. At least where I stayed at. I miss all of my grand mothers and fathers. Uncles and aunts too who have all long since passed away.
I was born in 1991 too. I always find vaporwave to listen to when I play super Mario Bros 3 after work In an effort to recreate these times for this generation I ended up making ROM hack patches for SMB3 If you ever wanna play it's super Mario Bros 3.75 Torva, 3.67 fae earrings and 3.87 heartless. They're all free.! Long live the 90s! ❤
I was also born in 1991 and I spent the first 7 years of my life in a different district. Now I live on the opposite end of my city but that place is very nostalgic to me to this day. It feels like a different world, a different life...
This transports me back to when I was 10. It was somehow a much brighter, much more hopeful time, and everything was wide open. People were not afraid of their own shadows and there was not such a gaping chasm right through society. I wish I could go back, with all the knowledge and experience that I have today. To a world with no cell phones, and where everything was just....easier. Back then, we looked forward to the future. Today, we dread it. I certainly do. The future of the past was certainly more positive than today's future.
I was born in 1990, to this day I still believe that the 90s were the best years of my life, I still long to those days and wish there was a way to come back, a way to magically restore that world. The 90s was the sweet spot of human-machine interaction; we had Tech but it wasn't invading our lives, it wasn't watching us, it wasn't programming us, we were free. I do not know if my memories of those times are biased or distorted, if it is just nostalgia speaking, maybe... But I genuinely believe that world was a much better place. If this world were to have a time machine or some sort of a time slider hidden somewhere I'd dial it back to the 90s and break it...
There is something really mesmerizing in this kind of music... They evoke in you a kind of nostalgia for a period that you did not know if like me you were born at the beginning of 2000. Listening to this and closing your eyes, you feel both serenity and melancholy with sometimes a few tears, it is really special and pleasant.
Born in 05. I never knew a world where those towers still stood, but I can hear the stories and see the footage of that time. Every part of it seemed so much better. All my life ive just watched as things continued to get worse, until now, where Im only just now getting out into the world, at one of the worst times to start going out on your own. Its crazy how much things have declined in just 30 years, but I'll never stop having nostalgia for this time period I never knew. As sad as it might be for you all to know that that time is gone, many of us never lived to see it at all. Maybe its better that way. I wont miss it as badly as those of you who did see that time. I look at all this media from the 80's and 90's about the future, and when I was little I laughed at how naive I thought it was, but as ive grown up I started to understand why you were so optimistic back then. It really looked like we were headed into some golden age in the coming millennium. It was just hard for me to realize, since for as long as I can remember, the future was never anything to be optimistic about. So even though I never knew the life you all are reminiscing about, It's heartwarming to hear all of your accounts, and imagine what it would have been like to live in age where people had hope, where we still had common culture.
1991 is a year I will never forget/always remember. That year for me was far from easy, but it was also GREATLY ENRICHING (especially during the Christmas Season). The experience of 91 helped shaped me into a stronger, wiser, more realistic and a more creative person. I am glad that year happened! THE 1990's NOW AND FOREVER!! 💯
Wow. That very early morning vibe, going downtown for work/school. There's nothing quite like it and you don't realize it at the time but those throwaway moments that seem mundane in the moment will end up the most memorable down the line. At least I'm glad I'm not the only one nostalgic for the 90's.
I was 24 in 1991, and had just moved down to LA. The previous fall, I had finally achieved my dream of going to USC Film School, after years of rejections. I was having the time of my life making student films and graduating into a career in the film industry. The 90's were a decade of change for me, because by the end of 1999, I was happily married and a new father, ah, good times. My wife and I are still very happy together and our beautiful and hard working daughter is making her way in this world.
What if in 2054, people say "Man remember back in 2024 life was so much simpler and easier. People were more connected. They used to touch and go places. What a time!" I know it can be tough because we knew the 90's and 00's era and all the wonder and memories, but I'm telling you LIVE RIGHT NOW! This is your time!
I can assure you man, that won't happen. We're in the 1910s and 1940s right now. Things are going to get worse before they get better. The 2030s though? That might be a different story.
No. This timeline will likely go down as the tipping point in the fall of Mankind. Only Russia and Orthordox Christianity stands left to save us from Annihilation.
Just before the end of a moonlighting shift on the top of the east tower (on the left), thinking about all the hard work I've done so far, listening to this wonderful vibe music.... My boss, Mrs Bass, will be here soon, 6.15 sharp! She'll be glad to see a good progress. My promotion depends on her decision and if I make it, I'll take a full summer off for driving all around the States. Wish me luck.
Born 91. I didn't get to enjoy it so much as I got to watch the older kids enjoying it. Kinda thought this is what life was about. Just chilling with your friends, making jokes and tunes. Feel like I spent a lot of my early teens and adulthood waiting for this like season of good times, and it never came. Watching instead as social media took over. Jokes were traded for memes, and now everyone's too scared to be caught out to loo incorrect about even uncommon information, as if that being recorded is now the end of your life. I remember growing up, everything I'd hear or see was about your friends being important and that kinda stuff, but I don't see it anymore.
back when life was a little simpler and the future was exciting, no social media, actual human interactions, endless possibilities and happy livable lives. perhaps love also existed for the final time.
Happy to report I graduated as part of the “smoke free” class of 2000. Man I miss the 90s, the world has changed a lot. I’m buying one of my first cars, a red 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX and cruising it on the weekends blasting some nostalgic 90s tunes.
not just being alive but graduating at the turn of the century mustve been really neat, as for me i was the cursed class graduating in 2020 during plague times lol. i sure wasnt around in the 90s, but to my eyes its like there was a whole different outlook on life pre 9-11
@@Spottedclaws Life post-9/11 feels more and more like a Black Mirror episode with each passing year. In the 90s, it was a family sitcom. From the average middle class American perspective, anyway. Yes, obviously the country still had problems. It was never perfect. However, I can tell you that at no point my life have I ever seen the level of extreme divisiveness as we have now. Blatant hate. Outwardly disrespecting your neighbor. Extraordinary levels of discontent across all age groups. I hate it and I want to go back. I truly wish you had gotten to see what life was like back then. Please don't take this as me trying to blackpill you; I mean just the opposite. We need to do what we can to make things better again. And OP, the Eclipse GSX was a sweet car. I never owned a DSM, but always kinda wanted one. Although I can remember all the crankwalk horror stories from back in the day haha
I was in high school; geez, where has the time gone? I'm 50 now and astonished that I even made it this far. I'd love to go back though, life was far better then.
People felt so optimistic back then with the end of the cold war. They were calling it "The End of History". An era of global peace and technological-human advancement, with the internet bringing us all together from all corners of the globe. That's what they said. That was the dream. How naïve we all were, living in that dream we now think of as the 90s. I remember the day in late 2001 that we all woke up and the nightmare began. Thus the haunting picture in the video is fitting to the end when it all came crashing down. So I'm still waiting all these years for the nightmare to end so I can drift back into the dream again. Hopefully this time it'll be a beautiful lucid one with wild vivid colors, tastes , sounds and scents far beyond anything I could have imagined back in the 90s. Have an exceptional night. 🌃
i like the comments you guys shared here.its nearly made me go to your life once.its almost feels like im standing by you guys that time. its like i steal your moment and live one time.
corners stones of eternity .. teleporting me to places I've never been, realms I never was. Yet it feels so close and so real. The world was better place indeed.
I remember being a kid back in 1997, enjoying upper east side, going to school near central park, playing ff7 with my friend on the PlayStation. Good times :_)
I believe that same year Godzilla the movie came out and I was fascinated about the NYC street style of everything moving fast. Shoutout from Texas, 1997 was a great year!
was born in 91. I remember as a kid in the 90s the future was always this super optimistic high technology utopia. Now as a man in the future i think things turned out bittersweet.
13 in '91. It was a great time to be a kid. We lived such a slow, observant life. We explored and investigated. Spelunking a ¼ mile into a cave with my sibs and friends. Walking to the river and being truly free. I remember being 16 and walking home close to midnight after work through dark woods listening to the 1 or 2 cassettes I took on my Sony Walkman (still have it to this day, and it still works). We were pretty poor, so our lives were simple but good. We were lucky when we had a Nintendo and maybe 2 tv stations we could pick up. Otherwise, it was car rides with the radio, lots of book reading, or walks in the woods for entertainment. We learned how to not be bored.
I was born in 89. What I remember most was being able to interact with older people on their level. They didn't spurn me, and they didn't baby me, they just spoke to me as an equal. And all the stuff they said that I was too young to get, I got there in the end.
best decade of all time. Everything human civilization had ever done led up to the time when modern technology/the internet was in it’s crawling stage while we still played outside and remained unplugged.
I was 13 in 1991. It is so strange how memory works sometimes. Being a kid in a little town in Southamerica, I had no clue the Twin Towers even exists, and certainly haven't heard to Vaporwave. Yet, listening to this brought all the memories and sensations attached to that era. Later in my life I got to know all those things and even walked the streets of NY. I guess memories are a continuum of events that pass through each step of our lives and we picked and stack pretty much the same parts and stores them in our hearts as an assembly of things we've experience in a range of time, ready to be triggered by the sounds, the colors and the symbols when they are well curated, like here. I do miss the 90's, I miss my innocence and the innocence of the world. I miss the calmness.
Damn, well done on this music! Definitely puts me in the headspace of being in the 90s and late night car rides to friends, family, vacations. I miss those years so much.
I was 18 in 1991. This music and image evoke an overwhelming sense of nostalgia for the '90s. The world seemed so bright back then. Unlike now, where we seem to head for dark times.
There's a cool band called Modeling that made an entire record 'Somewhere Before' around this vibe, more focused on the 80's though. It also combines legit nostalgia with the "fantasy" in your mind that kind of takes place for a time that never really existed. Maybe a take on rose-colored glasses although the band might explain that differently. This reminded me of it. Good dudes, three brothers in the band, and they were originally part of PM Today, a 2000's emo / post hardcore outfit.
The Twins weren't just iconic for you americans but for the whole world. In the 90s when i was a kid i saw them everywhere as an eastern European. Tv, magazines, pictures you name it. So sorry for what happened.
As I once heard it put, they were so iconic because they symbolized American power. NYC was the heart of the global economy. The US economy itself was doing good. By the end of the 90s, the Nasdaq was higher than it ever was (and at a point that it wouldn't return to for another 15 years) After the crushing military victory in 1991, it seemed like America was untouchable. Of course, we know what gave that idea the punch right to the gut.
I can't remember ever hearing of those towers before that attack. I was 13 when that happened, actually watched it live as I was sick that day and sat in front of the TV instead of being in school.
![ＶＩＢＥ [ Synthwave - Chillwave - Retrowave Mix ]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/x9eAxWQYiek/mqdefault.jpg)
The 90s were a great balance between good technology and spending free time outside with friends. We've long since crossed that line.
and great music :)
well put
Well, times change and if you get nostalgic about it then you feel like you've been left behind. But you haven't, you've adapted, survived and thrived.
@@xiondFirstI and many others have survived, adapted and thrived, but it's only normal to get nostalgic at times.
@@xiondFirst Adapted, yes. Don't know about thriving.
I was 20 and living in Greenwich Village NYC in 1991. With no cell phones back then, the sight of the twin towers would often orient me in the right direction walking home after I'd had one too many. Wish I could go back. (sigh)
Same. I lived in Jersey City, the towers guided me to the Path train station....after Limelight or Area ❤️
@@loganlark I’m also Jersey. Loved the Limelight! … The towers guided me, too.
@@loganlark Used to go to The Fun House, too.
@jamies6781 Whenever I'm in that part of Manhattan I always try to remind myself that those towers would of dominated the view. Must of been a sight. I was born in 91, so I grew up watching the 90s sitcoms set in NYC, it looks so idealistic compared to the era of my young adulthood. You experienced a special time.
I was born on September 11 1991
“The world you were raised to live in no longer exists”
Nope that's so true
Yeah wtf exactly! I had no freedoms as a kid, I could only look around longingly saying when I grow up and become a yuppie or an inner city HVAC guy I'm going to be living in this fun gritty post-WW2 world. I will inherit what my grandparents and parents built. And when I grew up, great recession, unemployment, inflation, and the world I was promised, is getting demolished and forgotten.
@@hufficagWhere did you live?
@@hufficag I hear you, man. It's tough when the world we thought we'd grow up in isn’t what we expected. It’s like everything we were supposed to look forward to is just falling apart. I’ve felt that way too. Hoping you're doing well.
S shut up i am not crying.
I can practically smell that air. That blue, dusk, misty air rolling over the Hudson with a touch of exhaust fumes, coffee, and the garlic from all the pots of tomato sauce that were boiling all day………. I can taste it and hear it now.
@@Nick_Barone I was 5, in minneola queens Sept. 11, mother moved us immediately after in a panic to the west Coast, I couldn't remember yet your description resonates so deep...I swear its imprinted
Incredible description.. I felt like a New Yorker momentarily lol thank you
makes me want to cry
Loving this feeling
That just gave me chills
The 90s was something else man. I miss not having smartphones, living in the moment and playing outside with friends. Even though I'm older now, i think about this moment in time more often than I'd like to admit.
Someone told me once the 1990s were "peak humanity". I still think about that.
you're not the only one.
i miss the 90s.
@@jasonwynnart yeah I still had a family in the 90s....
@@jasonwynnart we can all still do this. We just have to try.
@@jasonwynnart you could just get rid of your cell phone and not have one of you really wanted tbh. like yeah, it would be considered an odd thing to do and might make life slightly less convenient on a daily basis, but no one's telling you that you NEED a cell phone. you could get rid of it right now and just have a land line/home phone instead if that's what you want. literally nothing is stopping you.
I love how all the comments here are super cool... no tension, just like back in those beautiful days.
Has a peaceful feeling to it
We didn't know how good we had it.
@@Ray_2097 yeah, well, listen here, bub.
...I hope you have an awesome day, internet stranger! Keep on keepin' on 🤘
The 90s were a different time period to grow up than today.
There was absoloutely tension, you were just too young to percieve it. You are obsessing over the landscape you saw, not realizing it was your own incompleteness which you crave. Nostalgia imagines a world which didn't exist. It will kill you.
11 in '91. What a time. Ninja Turtles, Nintendo, good TV sitcoms and Saturday morning cartoons. Honeysuckle summers at the soccer fields.
envy you
Was 5, but late 90's was peak for me. Everything feels different now, partly because aging and partly because the world
I think it's smelling your uncle and grandfather's 1984 Versace L'Homme cologne, the metal links on the liquid crystal display digital watch beeping every hour, the fancy VCR and giant TV, the Armani suits in the closet, the constant car repairs, pouring sulfuric acid starting up a new car battery, the weathered wood outside, insects in the compost pile, climbing trees, reading a book all day long as a kid.
Me, 7 in 91.
not to mention creative commercials that targeted kids lol
I remember my friend saying, "The 80s and 90s were the closest to the future we ever got." That always stuck with me. 😔
damn. that is real.
especially after we didn't get the 50's atomic age that post-war pop culture promised us
It’s here now and coming. Only problem is I think this might be the last time.
wOw
In 80s and 90s everybody seems happy and not afraid to live. I say that based in videos from the past and in my childhood
reading comments whilst listening to this in background hits different...
@@Schadenfreude596 damn ikr!
After reading a bunch of the comments, this video seems to be a better therapist than most actual people. Keep dreamin' people, thank you for sharing your memories. I'm glad to live in an age where I get to look back and enjoy the past.
I was 11 in '91. Wish I could go back. I miss my dad. I miss the thoughts and dreams of the future. I miss not having information overload. Thank you for the music and the nostalgia trip :)
godspeed brother
💙
why is everyone commenting "i was (x) in 1991"?
Just curious what it has to do with the music/video?
@@AlexVictory Brings back memories of previous time, even the title of the music piece prior to clicking it mentioned '1991' and yes, I too would have been 11 :D
Same and ditto ❤.
I was 4 years old in 1991. I loved the 90’s. Such a great mix of tech entering our lives yet we still played outdoors, talked to people and didn’t feel such a divide in society.
I was 6. It was a grand time to be a kid, that's for sure.
@@rylandvance5304 Same, the 90s were an awesome time.
Those who push the status quo are responsible for this division we see today.
you earned my sub for having the same birth year.
That's because we didn't have these cursed smartphones and the Internet.
I was 8, in an Eastern European country. The Soviet era was over and we finally had the cool stuff we only saw on crappy VHS movies that has been narrated by one person. Life was good and seemed promising back then! I thought from that point everything just going be better and better. Yeah, I miss the childhood optimism.
reading all these comments about people and their lives is so heartwarming. were all just existing on this silly little sphere in the middle of nowhere and we're sharing our memories of nostalgia. so poignant and beautiful
Space is fake, the Earth isn’t a sphere, God is real, and He loves you and has put you into existence for a reason. Christ is King.
@@ArgonNoble Shut it.
@@TheNocturnalLogician No.
Periodt! You tell them.
Did that make u feel like the main character or something? Dork
After 9/11 the world was never the same and still isn't. Appreciate the things you have before they are gone, they go when you least expect it.
That's for sure, I was in the 1st Grade when the towers fell. There was an innocence that everyone lost that day, but I think us kids took it the worst. Old enough to understand what's happening, but not old enough to grasp it properly.
“I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.”
- Andy, The Office
@@quententrollipart1985 hey fellow "people person's paper people" fan!
@@manishmishraji how are you?! Will I see you later today in Dwight’s meeting? And it’s DONUT DAY as well! 🤣🤣
whts the first song dude thats what ia sked you
There is a perfect quote that describes this feeling which is "You can never go home."
The 90's was the best decade, cost of living was reasonable, technology didnt destroy us yet, movies were great. We all had a sort of innocence.
@@abcdefghi9 how old were u in 91. . By your comment sounds like my age
@@blackzetsu466 Definitely. But not in Yugoslavia unfortunately😶
@@abcdefghi9 so you were a kid in the 90s
@@Bucksouse or in Ruanda
As a kid I thought 2024 would be a utopia of peace and easier living. Wow was I wrong. The 90s were great ❤
The timeline shifted to darker days .
As a kid in the 90's only thought things will get even better in the future. The only thing that got better was computer tech, a lot more has gotten worse.
We were really looking forward to carrying the torch of advancements huh? Now? Not so much. I feel like I was robbed of all my dreams and promises.
Out of curiosity, when were you born?
More like a dystopia
1991, working at State Street bank in Boston. Saving money for university. Playing in a band. Studying classical piano. Happy at home with my family. Some of the best years before it all fell apart. RIP mom, grammy and grampy and my beloved uncle Steve.
good times, same for me, RIP family
You're not alone.
they will always be with u
i can feel the love & that love from your post! their love is always with you and IN you!
@@mouseandryforever6848 I just moved to Boston 2 years ago. I can't imagine how it felt like in the 90s. Such a beautiful city, people.
Old millennials like me (41 years old) got the best of it, I remember an entire childhood without the internet or smartphones and got to experience the consumer internet when it was new and amazing
Well said. I can't imagine going through middle- and high-school with social media. I remember junior and senior year when my friends and I first discovered AOL instant messenger. All downhill from there...
I got about half in and half out. Didnt really get hit hard with heavy internet and pc usage until I was at the end of middle school.
Born in 84, somehow our Generation is the middle child that nobody pays attention to.
Yep, born in 82. Got to experience computing at a young age, but the Internet wasn't really a big thing just yet. I remember dicovering a local(ish) BBS and dialing it up! When the internet DID become a big thing, it was a while before I was able to access it and really immerse myself in it. I remember playing outside, riding bikes through canal ways, busy traffic, into the next towns, buying chips & icecream with pocket money and jumping fences to go swim in private backyard pools when people were at work!
@@MistaCreepz there’s a name for us: Xennials. We are in the “in-between” of Gen-X and Millennial. We were in a pretty sweet spot.
I turned 27 in 1991. I was living in Pasadena, listening to KTWV. Up late studying at night, dreaming of the future. Life lay ahead, wide open, anything possible. Best time of my life...
I am glad I found your comment. I will turn 27 this year. It is good to be reminded that life can feel this way.
and then "future" happened?
I wish we’d gotten whatever future you were so excited about.
We’re in the future.
This is where I'm at in life now. I'm 33.
In 91 I was 15 years old and living in Florida and just starting high school. I did a summer program in New York in 92. It was magical. The world was more immediate and vibrant back then. I try to bring that vibe with me now, but it's like everybody's forgotten how to be present and live.
You have no idea how jealous I am. I was born in 2008, the same year when smarthphones became popular and the internet was not just a small funny thing anymore . I cannot explain how much I want to experience the 80s and 90s. Those years were the peak of western civilisation. Soon you will become one of the few who experienced this because your generation is the last to have experienced life before the internet.
@@PeemantheSigma You're wise for a 16 year old my friend. I fear you may be correct in your pinpointing of the 90s as the zenith of western civilization (for now, perhaps). I wasn't around to experience them either.
@@user-fo9lm4dx6y Now is all bell and whistles for China
@@PeemantheSigma Hey pal,
I was born 89, germany.
I didnt experience the 90s as a teenager, but I was still born soon enough to feel this time.
It was indeed golden, but not necessarily just because there was no internet.
For example, I experienced an early youth in which my peers already owned cellphones. They werent smartphones, but this didnt stop them from looking at them A LOT. Playing silly games like snake or space invaders, writing and reading SMS. Lots of social interaction in my early teens already happened on cellphone, believe it or not! My peers often lamented about being out of money because they wasted like 50 dollars/euros on SMS. Unbelievable.
Also, while we didnt own Ipods or Iphones, people were still using discmans or some old fashioned walkmans (minority).
There already were means for being socially reclusive via then modern media. And it was widespread. I felt that a lot because I didnt want to own a cellphone until I was almost 17. I didnt have much money and I found it to be a waste of money and time as well.
Alcohol abuse by young teenagers btw. was a real issue in my time. Nowadays, Gen Z is doing a alcohol a lot more responsible than my generation. I was an early millennial, and late Gen X "started" flatrate drinking and the like, which my generation adopted. The nineties also invented alcopops, those mixed drinks which were so sweet you didnt taste the alcohol. My peers often went drinking alcohol when they were below the age of 14 still.
Well, but lets stop the whining. What was so great to being born into the nineties (rather than experiencing them in my prime)?
while we already had the full buffet of technology from the 20th century at hand (gaming consoles, widespread cable TV in colour, desktop PC at home, almost every family owned a car and the like) the leap towards nowadays economics was still in the making.
While profit was and has always been a major driver of productivity, quality and longevity of a product was still a very important aspect companies had to adhere to if they wanted to sell their stuff.
This is true both for the "boring" stuff like dish washers and the "fun" stuff like movies, tv shows, videogames or games in general.
Videogames were usually meticulously crafted by pixel artists or talented 3d animators who had to manually do the shading for level design.
Great examples: Silver, Desperados, Robin Hood the legend of sherwood, Roller Coaster Tycoon (programmed in ASSEMBLER, legend to this day), Starcraft or the most popular SNES or N64 games like super mario world, super mario 64, Banjo kazooie or Donkey Kong 64. Let me also throw in stronghold, since it is the very last, true representative of the bygone era of 2D games.
TV-Shows. Oh my gosh dont get me started on this. You see, there were some shows I loved which just disappeared from screen in the late ninties/early 2000s. Nowadays I can rewatch them thanks to the internet and some money in my pocket.
Overall, these TV-Shows were almost entirely hand drawn and often had great animation quality ESPECIALLY compared to nowadays TV shows.
Examples: Dreamstone, The smurfs (original animation from the 80s), Thundercats, Captain N, Captain Future (very old), Saber Rider, Sailor Moon (OG Animation), Sonic the hedgehog (SATm). Damn even the trashy power rangers were great since they used very little special effects and a lot of practical effects instead.
Further examples for older audiences: Friends, Stargate, Mortal Kombat (quite niche, but the best the mortal kombat franchise should ever bring forth xD)
Movies: What can I say, Hollywood was still Hollywood, with actual stuff and not just CGI. Also, Disney renaissance was at its peak.
Examples:Aladdin (OG Animation), Arielle (OG Animation), The beauty and the beast (OG Animation), The Lion King (OG Animation), Mulan (OG Animation, back in the day rather innovative) Home Alone 1 and 2, Jurrasic Park 1, Gladiator, American Psycho, and somehow LOTR as well even though it was early 2000s, the production phase started in the very last moments of the 90s.). Let me also throw in "The land before time" by Don Bloom, even though it was made 1988. Don Bloom was a great man of animation, and his movies are a great diversion from the disney tone. They are sometimes also a bit more challenging for younger audiences.
Yeah, I think that should be it for now xD A bit more text than intended. It is very hard to convey in words what bygone times were like.
Its easier to point at single aspects and try to show the differences, but the whole picture can indeed only be truly experienced.
The 90s, for the time they lasted, simply felt more alive and more optimistic (and I think both aspects are dependent on each other, because without optimism its hard to enjoy life).
Things had a price tag which was negotiated only so far. We still allowed great things to be costly. The things I listed above required huge amounts of workforce. Practical effects also are more risky, since they can break down and then they are harder to repair or replace than some CGI Glitch.
Modern economy doesnt want to pay for workforce anymore. There probably is also some relation towards our shrinking demographic, which means less available workforce. But this process already started 25 years ago, and boomer retirement was still far away.
Its (corporate) greed which brought us here. I could go on how the industry destroyed franchises from the 90s over the years with either cheap imitations or laughable sequels. But I dont think this is necessary.
Id advise you to enjoy stuff from the past century :) Old Movies, videogames and TV shows are, in my eyes, a lot better and often more enjoyable than the stuff that came out the past 15 years. They are also, I think, more inspiring.
If you want to enjoy old PC games, I recommend PCem: pcem-emulator.co.uk/
Its a fantastic tool that lets you EMULATE old hardware, which is necessary for many older games like those I mentioned above. They wont run on modern systems. If you need some help in getting it to run, just ask for help here and I can help you :)
@PeemantheSigma I was born 2003 and I'm lucky I got to experienc it alittle we would go out alot see kids and now I don't anymore it really is sad
Reflecting on the past from where we stand now makes clear that those of us that were young kids in the 90s will be the last generation to have experienced another world, never to come back. Ironically more "connected" to reality and friends, more likely to just flow with unsought experiences and less rules, more free in some sense. Somehow that world is gone but at the same time has never left us and whenever we, that last generation, pause and disconnect from our daily distractions to search where we belong, we know we are still there.
@@JuanCash89 😢
Вы отлично формулируете мысли, начните писать книги.
@@JuanCash89 I was born in 1987 and live in Russia, and what you wrote coincides with my worldview - that time has gone somewhere, although there was a crisis in Russia in the 90s, in my memories this time was the best and all the bad things passed by - the lack of the Internet , mobile phones and computers, I think it has gone well. I don’t know, but I have thoughts that the best part of my life passed in the 90s and it will be better.
@@JuanCash89 that was actually beautifully written.
fking beautifully said mate 🥲
As a boy scout in the early ‘80s we ‘camped’ on the top floor of the Empire State Bldg. I can still remember looking out from my sleeping bag at the twin towers as we went to sleep. We did lots of camp outs in the woods, but this one ranks up there with the other good ones. And thanks to the dads who volunteered their time so we could go on all those trips.
@@ericj6043 dam that must of been nice
To people copeing and saying "I'm sure people in the 90's pined for the 70's" or "I'm sure we'll pine for the 20's in the 40's" no. We won't. This is different. Whether you like the 90's the 2000's or even the 2010's, this is the first time since WW2 where people of all ages agree this is the worst. It's not just the people born in the 90's.
Ah, Twin Towers in the dusk/dawn on a cloudy day! The perfect picture for that soundtrack. Sadly that era exists only in our memories.
It's not THE twin towers though. This is AI generated. 😂
@@thomasolson8417 you think with millions of photo material there needs to be AI involved? 😄
@@T0m0zuki no, but this one is definitely AI generated. Look closely at the windows.
@@thomasolson8417 , I don`t know. It looks like a sharpening filter was added (among others). Photo was probably low-res, hence image looks distorted. Everything is possible, tho.
@@thomasolson8417 "Look closely at the windows"
lol, it's obviously a filter as someone pointed out. You can even see someone cropped out the background by hand, it's not very clean as an AI would have done.
I was 13 in 91. What a time to be an individual and soaking up everything life had to offer you. Outside all day and at night watching TV until channels went off the air. Much simpler time. A lot of friends and family are now gone.
I was the same age. I know exactly what you mean. The 90s were the best.
Just turned 13 that Sept... OMG!! I cry for that time , if any time travel were possible, that is the year I would choose🫶...My family I have lost, would be alive.. How I took for granted.
You can still feel the 80's influence lingering
I feel that a decade reaches it's peak in the first year of the next decade, like 1951 was peak 50s aesthetics, 1971 was peak 1960s aesthetics and so on.
@nobudgetshortfilms5510 yeah totally that quarantine, 2021 vibe is what its at 🙄
@@3twibles4sweetrevenge 2021 did shape the year decade though.
It's always like that. Until 1995 it still felt like the late 80s. And until 2006 it still felt like the late 90s. Those were the best times
This music, in tandem with this comment section, just filled my cup with so much hope.
I was born in 91, and while I may not be from NYC, I can absolutely feel what this music is trying to convey.
To the creator, sincerely, thank you
Same here man , good old 90's I miss them dearly ❤ born in 91 myself
amen!! 1990 baby here!
I had the same thought. I was 17 in 1991. I do know we see things with rose coloured glasses but most of the day to day memories are spot on.
@@MilkshakeSkunkette Me too!
@@adamdavis1648 heck yeah!! \@o@/
I was born in 89 and lately I'm getting back to those times in my head more and more often. I miss so many things about that era, moments, friends, places, feelings, dreams, the innocence and the naivity, the optimism, and having your whole life in front of you with nothing being given but everything being possible... A lot changed since then and despite I'm living a great life, there's this weird void inside of me that keeps bringing me back again and again.
I'm glad I'm not alone...
89 here too Wouldn't say my life is great currently. To say I had higher asperations of myself in the 90's would be putting it lightly. But I can totally relate. Today's world just seems so, bleak.
@@ParallelSyntax I'm 1981, so a few more years than both of you. You know what, I don't remember a time back then when we thought life was that bad. Sure, there were hard times too, but there was always optimism. Today I feel, we have lost even that. But at the very least, in this dark world, we can hear each other's voices.....I'm not alone. And neither are you.
may 89 here, german.
Its pretty much the same for me.
I often wonder if its just because it was my childhood, but theres a lot of people from all ages saying pretty much the same about the 80s and 90s.
We as a species were in a better place back then. I think and also hope that nowadays children will also look at their childhood later in the way we look at our past lives, but maybe with the outlook at a future thats more like the 90s again.
Its probably not gonna happen, at least the 2nd part.
But we definitely need to move away from where we are to some place better.
Born in early 1989. I've lived a happy, good life. I've seen and experienced some amazing things. Seen growth, change, and pain. Love and loss. I've seen my children's eyes open for the first time. I've felt love and anger. I've laughed, and I've cried. Just know you're not alone. And remember, you gotta catch em all!
born in may 1989. jealous at your "I've seen my children's eyes open for the first time". wish me luck for me for being a first time dad this year. beautiful comment by the way.
@raemontargaryen3005 Thank you, good sir! I had twins, boy/girl. Just be a dad and show good values, morals, and love. I promise, it'll all be alright. My biggest advice is to soak it all in.
@@whalehands 1989 gang 🙏
@@sirdimitrescu3671november of'89✊🏿
Born in March 1989 myself
I was married in 1997 on a yacht at NYC’s World Financial Center.
Powerful photo. Thought provoking, strong feelings of sadness and longing to go back.
Que nivel
I agree, it’s a very haunting beautiful photo
Whats the first song ?
never mind the marriage, how'd the photo turn out?
@@evansgate he means the image on the video. lol
What a time to be alive it was.
What a time to become alive it was.
According to Agent Smith, the 1990s were the peak of human civilization.
90-2000 It was best century. Cinema, Sport, Technology, Games. Every year was something new.
I was 12 in 1991. Just coming of age. Such a powerful time of life and such a good decade to teenage in. Just made it through high school without the internet being any sort of thing. Dreamy.
1991 my parents bought their first house. My youngest brother was born, and we had BBQ every Saturday afternoon. Me and my buddies in grade school would ride our bikes to the park, get into trouble, go on adventures. I miss those days with every fiber of my being.
What kinds of adventures?
1993 Born, 6 of April in Czech Republic, still wanna go back to the times with no smart phones, computers, watching TV after coming back from school, spending evening around TV with my family :) oh boy ... 31 year old now and i feel like i live only on 25% from what i use to.
1991 here, Hungary. I have the same feeling man! Sad what we have become in this world...
I hear ya brother, same exact feelings Ive got when I look back and see how easy everything was ....
I really like that everyone shares my opinion about wanting to go back to those beautiful times. Greetings from former Yugoslavia ❤️
I can listen to this at night with a beer, sit back and think about how good the 80's & 90's were.
I'm 36 and graduated highschool in 06 but I miss the 90s way fkn more than the 00s. In the 90s everyone had an identity now everyone wants to be included with the rest.
And if you stand out people ostracize you as creepy
yes this bro. graduated 05. N64 with friends was the best
@@hufficag That's been a thing since human beings existed, man. I'm not trying to be a buzzkill, but being ostracized and seen as 'other' by one group while being accepted by a totally different group has always been there and always will be - that's life. It's human nature.
@@sirmarshall9521 Speaking of that, in Canada/USA, and in Asia we mostly hang out with Brits, Aussies, Canadians, all British ancestry. And British education focuses on communication, being fake, controlling people through words. And then I hung out with Germans and Dutch speaking South Africans recently. And it's a totally different world. For the first time in my life I feel at home with these people. No Anglo bullshit, just straight up communication, direct, simple. I have German ancestry.
@@hufficag That's awesome, I would really love to travel more.
Don't be sad because it's gone, be happy because it happened. The world is always changing, always evolving, all that you love can return to you one day, and even better than before! 8)
Those two towers looked over the city like guardians, guiding people through the concrete jungle
whats the first song? Can you tell me sir
lol Exactly
Yup same here 205 W 188th St
Beautiful, serene, ethereal. Not really early 90s sounding (maybe a bit late 90s) but perfect to chill out to after work.
Whats funny/ironic is that the 90s were great in part because we were excited about the future. Now we ARE in the future, we can see that actually, technology isn't the panacea we all believed it would be and we want to go back to those simpler times. Ah, the beauty of hindsight, and the trap of nostalgia!
Couldn't have said it better
Really well said
I turned 3 years old in '91. Memories of everything then were just a beginning. I remember standing in the garden with my granpa playing with insects. The neighborhood had way more trees and less houses then. I miss my time with both him and my dad watching them getting work done. A family needs generations to help each other and support. I continue to take care of the home they put together.
I miss the 90's so much.
It was such a cool time.
Watching in 144 p for authenticity.
Lols
🤣
The oversaturation, occasional pops and banding? Yeah I miss VHS too.
Nice:)
Good idea, actually. 😄
There's just something really calming about these 80s/90s evening images of buildings
Almost like it says it's gonna be okay
This music gives me a weird nostalgia for a time when the future seemed like it would be so cool and right around the corner although I was born long after the 80s and 90s.
@@lustlosisbessersowiso7515 ya didn’t miss much homie…. Just a lot of awesome Whites
@@panzerfaust1322 huh?
@@fishmanmenace Guess he's a fan of the many effective laundry detergents advertised during that period
@@fishmanmenace I wasn’t talking to you was I?
Good Lord, be less original, could you?
it is officially vaporwave season again.
I felt this statement. The end of summer/beginning of fall time of year just hits a certain way.
@@ReanimatedYatzi Christmas no longer feels like christmas so we search beyond what we can reach to find what we cannot see
I was 8 in 1991. This music and clip brings back great memories of a simpler and happier time. Thank you for posting this! 🙂
I was 16 in 1991, mom had just died in the spring. I got my drivers license and a car.
I was off to see the world, Lol.
Looking back i had so much learn. I been through a lot since then. I wear my battle scars proudly
Oh man, we're the same age. I too was 15, 16 in 1991. I can't imagine losing both my parents at such a young age, even though I know there have been kids even younger than that age that lost parents, like children instead of teens. Was it car accident? Off to see the world? At 16? Did you drop out of high school and lie about your age to join the military? Even back then, that was hard to do, it was 1991, not 1891, LOL.
@John-ct9zs I basically dropped out of school. I rarely attended. I was like any other 16 year old. Young and dumb. I thought life was a playground. Ruined my credit, reputation, just like any other young person, Lol.
I got my CDL license and made a career for myself.
Got married eventually, bought a house, got into broadcasting for a while. Got back into playing bass and drums.
Our youth is gone, it's gone with the wind. I learned to quiet my mind from all the trauma and torment. Stay away from haters, fakers, and toxic people.
Live quietly and enjoy life.
Oh yeah, dads still alive 🙌🏻
Good for you man, hope all is well.
Nice!
@@midnighttrucker19 life happens to all of us. Nobody is perfect, we just live the best we can at the moment. Create good moments throughout your day and enjoy life your way. All will be well at the end. Wish you all well.
Oof. Man. What a picture. Going along with the music, it takes you to places, reminds you of a more "innocent" era, or at least perceived as such, calm and optimistic and it also brings back memores of how it all came down to a crashing end. The optimism of the 90s is truly dead in 2024. Absolutely dead i'd say. In any case, i hope for the best in life for everyone reading this comment and listening to these tracks. Good luck.
@@SuaveSpyMojo it died on 9/11 ;(
Americans have way too much faith in markets in the 80s and 90s. Neoliberal propaganda worked tremendously well through popular culture. 2008 proved that it was nothing but an illusion. Today you wake up and realize your pensions had been taken away when you were asleep and you're one medical bill away from losing your home.
The best of luck to you too my friend
Thank you sir. You as well.
"the optimism of the 90's"?! how hard up for nostalgia are you, anyway?
I remember being 16 in 1991 on a HS class trip to Ellis Island and looking over at the Twins and noticing how stately and mighty they looked, yet peaceful and serene.
unfortunately, peacefulness and serenity was the complete opposite of what happened to those towers
What a beautiful, liminal portal to the 90s.
I was born at the end of the 90s. There was a bookstore at the World Trade Center where every few days they'd read to us little kids. I remember once they had someone dressed up as Clifford the Big Red Dog read. It was awesome. I still walk by the memorial to this day, it's a grave not only to the people who died that day, but to the fun and simplicity that was.
Today will feel nostalgic in 20 years as well. Love each day for the memories of the moment.
I was 14 in 1991... best years in my life. Love de computer games, metal of those years, play rpg with friends, wargaming, movies... and learning in the school. I miss those moments, my father, mother, friends and pets. I want to build magical moments like those today. Here we go! Thanks to all of you for your vibes! 😊
@@joaquim8498 same man. So fun. Wouldn't I wouldn't do to go back for even a five minutes. It was really nice.
I was born in 1991. I’ve seen a lot of amazing things in this life and have experienced incredible moments… but nothing will beat my childhood growing up in the 90’s and early 2000’s. I feel so calm listening to this. I wish I could go back to simpler times. Life was a lot more quiet.
its really sad how literally everyone dislikes the current day and yearns for the early mid 90s again
I imagine it's how the people of the early 40s thought about the early 20s.
What are you talking about.... Literally EVERYONE is excited about the future and what it holds .... You nostalgia hippie dorks are the only ones that wanna go backwards....... Screw tht ... We wanna keep progressing and seeing new things.... Take ur comment down... It's lieing on behalf of alotta people
@@randomlyentertaining8287no they didn’t
The 20s were generally great but economy and life sucked in so Manx levels
The 90s were objectively the best decade to be alive
@@commanderwyro4204 You must be gen alpha to say something like that. Back then wasn't perfect but it definitely was better than the crap of a mess we in now
I mean, I was good up to around 2022, then I discover the woman of my life was a tv extra in an old tv series filmed in LA in 1993 and I'm really torn inside. I'm constantly asking mysefl where she is now
I turned 5 in 1990. I am so glad I got to be a kid when I did. Feels like a dream now.
I was born in 1991 and loved the first 7 yrs of my life. The living room had so much more sound back then.
And I thought I was the only one! The first seven years was so awesome! But I miss 1-12. I can practically smell the clean air from that time period. At least where I stayed at. I miss all of my grand mothers and fathers. Uncles and aunts too who have all long since passed away.
I was born in 1991 too. I always find vaporwave to listen to when I play super Mario Bros 3 after work
In an effort to recreate these times for this generation I ended up making ROM hack patches for SMB3
If you ever wanna play it's super Mario Bros 3.75 Torva, 3.67 fae earrings and 3.87 heartless. They're all free.! Long live the 90s! ❤
91 babies unite!
1991 overhere as well
I was also born in 1991 and I spent the first 7 years of my life in a different district. Now I live on the opposite end of my city but that place is very nostalgic to me to this day. It feels like a different world, a different life...
This transports me back to when I was 10. It was somehow a much brighter, much more hopeful time, and everything was wide open. People were not afraid of their own shadows and there was not such a gaping chasm right through society. I wish I could go back, with all the knowledge and experience that I have today. To a world with no cell phones, and where everything was just....easier. Back then, we looked forward to the future. Today, we dread it. I certainly do. The future of the past was certainly more positive than today's future.
Are you me?
" wish i could go back with all the experience that i have today". That hit right in the feels.. I often think about that
Yet you have to keep moving.
I was 11 in 1990 - Had just moved to a new city in Colombia - New friends, new school, new everything- The 90's were great.
Its comforting to read everyone's comments and stories, knowing I'm not alone when the nostalgia and longing for the past hits hard. Thank you 🙏
Ты не один!❤
@@deniprokko6712Thank you friend 🤟
I was born in 1990, to this day I still believe that the 90s were the best years of my life, I still long to those days and wish there was a way to come back, a way to magically restore that world. The 90s was the sweet spot of human-machine interaction; we had Tech but it wasn't invading our lives, it wasn't watching us, it wasn't programming us, we were free. I do not know if my memories of those times are biased or distorted, if it is just nostalgia speaking, maybe... But I genuinely believe that world was a much better place. If this world were to have a time machine or some sort of a time slider hidden somewhere I'd dial it back to the 90s and break it...
Very chill vibe perfect for studying. Also miss the 90s
Yes
@@dennj me too.
I'd give ANYTHING to get back there.....
@@spaceatnight yes indeed
@@BLSFL_HAZE me too 🥲
There is something really mesmerizing in this kind of music... They evoke in you a kind of nostalgia for a period that you did not know if like me you were born at the beginning of 2000. Listening to this and closing your eyes, you feel both serenity and melancholy with sometimes a few tears, it is really special and pleasant.
You're goddamn right mate. I wasn't feeling this when I started listening but reading everyone's comments has me on the verge of tears.
Born in 98, glad to see someone in my age range feel the same way I do. Thank you for wording it so nicely
Getting up early in the morning just to eat cereal that actually tasted good, and watch cartoons.
Born in 05. I never knew a world where those towers still stood, but I can hear the stories and see the footage of that time. Every part of it seemed so much better. All my life ive just watched as things continued to get worse, until now, where Im only just now getting out into the world, at one of the worst times to start going out on your own. Its crazy how much things have declined in just 30 years, but I'll never stop having nostalgia for this time period I never knew. As sad as it might be for you all to know that that time is gone, many of us never lived to see it at all. Maybe its better that way. I wont miss it as badly as those of you who did see that time. I look at all this media from the 80's and 90's about the future, and when I was little I laughed at how naive I thought it was, but as ive grown up I started to understand why you were so optimistic back then. It really looked like we were headed into some golden age in the coming millennium. It was just hard for me to realize, since for as long as I can remember, the future was never anything to be optimistic about. So even though I never knew the life you all are reminiscing about, It's heartwarming to hear all of your accounts, and imagine what it would have been like to live in age where people had hope, where we still had common culture.
@HolemsGhee That feeling you are experiencing is called anemoia.
@@BrandynRheaume Never knew that term before, but it does fit.
You put it into words so perfectly , thank you
1991 is a year I will never forget/always remember. That year for me was far from easy, but it was also GREATLY ENRICHING (especially during the Christmas Season). The experience of 91 helped shaped me into a stronger, wiser, more realistic and a more creative person. I am glad that year happened!
THE 1990's NOW AND FOREVER!! 💯
first seconds of it ... i already know this whole mix will be amazing. thank you
We thought the internet would help us stay more connected when all it's done is make us more lonely.
Wow. That very early morning vibe, going downtown for work/school. There's nothing quite like it and you don't realize it at the time but those throwaway moments that seem mundane in the moment will end up the most memorable down the line. At least I'm glad I'm not the only one nostalgic for the 90's.
I was 24 in 1991, and had just moved down to LA. The previous fall, I had finally achieved my dream of going to USC Film School, after years of rejections. I was having the time of my life making student films and graduating into a career in the film industry. The 90's were a decade of change for me, because by the end of 1999, I was happily married and a new father, ah, good times. My wife and I are still very happy together and our beautiful and hard working daughter is making her way in this world.
@@cometogetherfilm 🩷
You've had a wonderful and storied life. Long may it continue.
@@laurenrae1542 thank you! Same to you!
I am fortunate.
Great testimony
In a few years from now this video gonna have 1M views great playlist bro
What if in 2054, people say "Man remember back in 2024 life was so much simpler and easier. People were more connected. They used to touch and go places. What a time!" I know it can be tough because we knew the 90's and 00's era and all the wonder and memories, but I'm telling you LIVE RIGHT NOW! This is your time!
I can assure you man, that won't happen. We're in the 1910s and 1940s right now. Things are going to get worse before they get better.
The 2030s though? That might be a different story.
The younger generations will But proably not us
@@AerisVera7 absolutely
Absolutely
No. This timeline will likely go down as the tipping point in the fall of Mankind. Only Russia and Orthordox Christianity stands left to save us from Annihilation.
Just before the end of a moonlighting shift on the top of the east tower (on the left), thinking about all the hard work I've done so far, listening to this wonderful vibe music.... My boss, Mrs Bass, will be here soon, 6.15 sharp!
She'll be glad to see a good progress. My promotion depends on her decision and if I make it, I'll take a full summer off for driving all around the States.
Wish me luck.
Born 91. I didn't get to enjoy it so much as I got to watch the older kids enjoying it. Kinda thought this is what life was about. Just chilling with your friends, making jokes and tunes. Feel like I spent a lot of my early teens and adulthood waiting for this like season of good times, and it never came. Watching instead as social media took over. Jokes were traded for memes, and now everyone's too scared to be caught out to loo incorrect about even uncommon information, as if that being recorded is now the end of your life.
I remember growing up, everything I'd hear or see was about your friends being important and that kinda stuff, but I don't see it anymore.
back when life was a little simpler and the future was exciting, no social media, actual human interactions, endless possibilities and happy livable lives. perhaps love also existed for the final time.
Happy to report I graduated as part of the “smoke free” class of 2000. Man I miss the 90s, the world has changed a lot. I’m buying one of my first cars, a red 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX and cruising it on the weekends blasting some nostalgic 90s tunes.
not just being alive but graduating at the turn of the century mustve been really neat, as for me i was the cursed class graduating in 2020 during plague times lol. i sure wasnt around in the 90s, but to my eyes its like there was a whole different outlook on life pre 9-11
@@Spottedclaws Life post-9/11 feels more and more like a Black Mirror episode with each passing year. In the 90s, it was a family sitcom. From the average middle class American perspective, anyway. Yes, obviously the country still had problems. It was never perfect. However, I can tell you that at no point my life have I ever seen the level of extreme divisiveness as we have now. Blatant hate. Outwardly disrespecting your neighbor. Extraordinary levels of discontent across all age groups.
I hate it and I want to go back. I truly wish you had gotten to see what life was like back then. Please don't take this as me trying to blackpill you; I mean just the opposite. We need to do what we can to make things better again.
And OP, the Eclipse GSX was a sweet car. I never owned a DSM, but always kinda wanted one. Although I can remember all the crankwalk horror stories from back in the day haha
I was in high school; geez, where has the time gone? I'm 50 now and astonished that I even made it this far. I'd love to go back though, life was far better then.
i was only alive for 3 years of the 90s, and i wish i grew up in that time.
People felt so optimistic back then with the end of the cold war. They were calling it "The End of History". An era of global peace and technological-human advancement, with the internet bringing us all together from all corners of the globe. That's what they said. That was the dream. How naïve we all were, living in that dream we now think of as the 90s. I remember the day in late 2001 that we all woke up and the nightmare began. Thus the haunting picture in the video is fitting to the end when it all came crashing down. So I'm still waiting all these years for the nightmare to end so I can drift back into the dream again. Hopefully this time it'll be a beautiful lucid one with wild vivid colors, tastes , sounds and scents far beyond anything I could have imagined back in the 90s.
Have an exceptional night. 🌃
But then all the anti western types got into the west and sold it out
i like the comments you guys shared here.its nearly made me go to your life once.its almost feels like im standing by you guys that time. its like i steal your moment and live one time.
corners stones of eternity .. teleporting me to places I've never been, realms I never was. Yet it feels so close and so real. The world was better place indeed.
I remember being a kid back in 1997, enjoying upper east side, going to school near central park, playing ff7 with my friend on the PlayStation. Good times :_)
I believe that same year Godzilla the movie came out and I was fascinated about the NYC street style of everything moving fast.
Shoutout from Texas, 1997 was a great year!
You mention of FF7 makes this comment great who was your favorite character.
I was born in 91. I miss the 90's so much, such a simple time.
was born in 91. I remember as a kid in the 90s the future was always this super optimistic high technology utopia. Now as a man in the future i think things turned out bittersweet.
13 in '91. It was a great time to be a kid. We lived such a slow, observant life. We explored and investigated. Spelunking a ¼ mile into a cave with my sibs and friends. Walking to the river and being truly free.
I remember being 16 and walking home close to midnight after work through dark woods listening to the 1 or 2 cassettes I took on my Sony Walkman (still have it to this day, and it still works). We were pretty poor, so our lives were simple but good. We were lucky when we had a Nintendo and maybe 2 tv stations we could pick up. Otherwise, it was car rides with the radio, lots of book reading, or walks in the woods for entertainment. We learned how to not be bored.
I was born in 89. What I remember most was being able to interact with older people on their level. They didn't spurn me, and they didn't baby me, they just spoke to me as an equal. And all the stuff they said that I was too young to get, I got there in the end.
@@philiptaylor8223 hey there fellow 80s baby. I relate to this.
The most wonderful thing about the present is the memories of the past.
best decade of all time. Everything human civilization had ever done led up to the time when modern technology/the internet was in it’s crawling stage while we still played outside and remained unplugged.
I was 13 in 1991. It is so strange how memory works sometimes. Being a kid in a little town in Southamerica, I had no clue the Twin Towers even exists, and certainly haven't heard to Vaporwave. Yet, listening to this brought all the memories and sensations attached to that era. Later in my life I got to know all those things and even walked the streets of NY. I guess memories are a continuum of events that pass through each step of our lives and we picked and stack pretty much the same parts and stores them in our hearts as an assembly of things we've experience in a range of time, ready to be triggered by the sounds, the colors and the symbols when they are well curated, like here. I do miss the 90's, I miss my innocence and the innocence of the world. I miss the calmness.
I miss them, it was my core.
@@PlayThroughTheGame me too, very much.
Damn, well done on this music! Definitely puts me in the headspace of being in the 90s and late night car rides to friends, family, vacations. I miss those years so much.
When I listen to this set I am lying on the bed in an embryonic position , I feel safe and happy. Thank you, it,s magical
so so happy you enjoyed it
There there little embryo ♥️
@@Dita1994 💙
I was born in 08’, never go to see the towers but i’ve always wanted to. Something about them is so fascinating to me.
I'm not even american but I think that I understand your fascination. The feeling is a bit strange.
I was 18 in 1991. This music and image evoke an overwhelming sense of nostalgia for the '90s. The world seemed so bright back then. Unlike now, where we seem to head for dark times.
There's a cool band called Modeling that made an entire record 'Somewhere Before' around this vibe, more focused on the 80's though. It also combines legit nostalgia with the "fantasy" in your mind that kind of takes place for a time that never really existed. Maybe a take on rose-colored glasses although the band might explain that differently. This reminded me of it. Good dudes, three brothers in the band, and they were originally part of PM Today, a 2000's emo / post hardcore outfit.
This is doing something to me
The Twins weren't just iconic for you americans but for the whole world. In the 90s when i was a kid i saw them everywhere as an eastern European. Tv, magazines, pictures you name it. So sorry for what happened.
As I once heard it put, they were so iconic because they symbolized American power. NYC was the heart of the global economy. The US economy itself was doing good. By the end of the 90s, the Nasdaq was higher than it ever was (and at a point that it wouldn't return to for another 15 years) After the crushing military victory in 1991, it seemed like America was untouchable.
Of course, we know what gave that idea the punch right to the gut.
You're right. I never been to NY or the States. Still, this photo brings back memories.
I can't remember ever hearing of those towers before that attack. I was 13 when that happened, actually watched it live as I was sick that day and sat in front of the TV instead of being in school.