Oh man oh man. What a glorious time it was.
I wasn't quite as much a fan of the early 90's though because I couldn't stand a lot of things happening at the time (grunge overtaking feel-good party rock, gangsta rap overtaking feel-good party rap, the culture here in America becoming more coarse, etc.)
BUT....that said, I do have some great memories of the early 90's as well. I clearly remember watching the prime time debut of Black or White.
It was broadcast on several channels. We watched it on Fox. If I recall correctly, it was right after The Simpsons on a Sunday night. And I remember actually being shocked by the controversial end to the video.
And finally getting Dangerous on cassette tape. I wanted it so bad, but my parents told me not to get it, basically hinting that they already bought it for me for Christmas. So I didn't pick it up and I waited for what felt like an eternity until that Christmas morning, when lo and behold...DANGEROUS! Whoo! That entire Christmas day and night I listened to that tape on my walkman over and over and over again. That was my MJ Dangerous Christmas.
Besides that, I also loved watching Saturday Night Live in the early 90's with such a great cast like Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Chris Farley, Rob Schneider, Kevin Nealon, Adam Sandler, etc.
And I'll never forget watching Terminator 2 by myself in an empty movie theater in the middle of the day.
So yeah, there were a lot of great things I liked about the early 90's, but I really preferred the late 80's. THAT was an awesome time. Actually the entire decade was great and sometimes I'm not sure which I liked better, the early 80's or the late 80's. The whole time was so much fun.
When I think of the late 80's though, I think about all the great times at the roller skating rink while listening to the new songs from Guns N Roses, Def Leppard, Van Halen, Tone Loc, Eddie Money, etc.
And I think about going to Wal-Mart to buy Michael Jackson's brand new Bad album on LP (vinyl).
And I think about sitting on my front porch, playing with my GI Joes with my buddy.
And I think about those two girls in my class who I had crushes on in 1988.
And going to church with my family and those great Sunday afternoons after church.
And staying up late on Saturday nights to watch SNL or WWF wrestling.
Playing Nintendo games at my neighbor's house (or playing my old Atari 2600 at my house because we couldn't afford a NES lol)
Proudly wearing my brand new Lee denim jacket to school along with my blue jeans with the holes I made in the knees using my Mom's seam ripper!
Man...those were GREAT times. And the tv shows like Night Court, Cheers, Alf....they just don't make 'em like they used to.
