When I was a kid in the 90s, I absolutely loved 70s music. I wished I’d been alive in the 70s to get to see it live, but of course, having been born in the 80s, there was nothing I could do about it. But then in the 00s I got absolutely madly into 80s music, especially the big 80s rock bands like Def Leppard, Europe, etc. At the time I had a job and was able to save up some money and go to a lot of music festivals where these bands were playing. Lots of 00s bands were playing at these festivals too, and my friends at the time were into nu metal but I ignored all those modern bands and didn’t watch them.
Now it’s the 2020s I find myself getting really into those 00s rock and metal bands and I am so annoyed with myself, watching their videos they look so much fun live, and I had endless opportunities to see them live and just… didn’t bother. What is wrong with me, why am I like this.
There’s been a general trend of nostalgia for about 20 years ago. I’m not sure what it is other than kids finally grew up and had some money to spend so they spent it on the stuff they couldn’t buy when they were little. Same thing applies to music.
The love of 90s music seems to be slowing down and it feels like 00s music is ramping up. Mostly y2k stuff at the moment, but give it 5 more years.
Maybe it’s becaue the world just keeps getting worse, people look back and remember when things were better.