For people 25 and above the 1990s represents the very pinnacle of popular culture. Too young to own fond memories of the neon glitz and glamour of the 80s, in the 90s today’s twentysomethings did their growing up alongside Bart Simpson and spent the formative years on the Sony Playstation and listening to Brit Pop.
It no particular order, and with no claims to greatness, here are five of the things that made the 90s memorable.
Pogs
The PlayStation was the 
must have games system of the decade but the console couldn’t match the sheer collectability of pogs. The game, which consisted on stacking up and knocking over discs of card, became popular enough to become the scourge of teachers up and down the country. It was banned at least twice at my school for causing fights. Walker’s crisps Tazos are often considered their poor relation but were equally as good.
See also: Merlin football stickers
Sister Sister
For kids In t
he 90s Nickelodeon was the home of good TV and there were dozens of shows that were amazing. Sister Sister sticks out because, even for a programme aimed at young folk, the plot was crazy. Twin sisters separated at birth meet up again at a department store and then move into one big house with their foster parents. And it had a young Marquez Houston in it. Go home Roger!
See also: Clarissa Explains it all, Are you Afraid of the Dark?, Moesha, Saved by the Bell and Galaxy High, Keenan and Kel.
Wham Bars
Apart from pricing, the world of sweets has rarely changed radically in the last twenty years but chew bars in the 10p bracket were king in the 1990s. Who knows what a Wham bar was made of, it was pink and green and pulled teeth out, but my God was it tasty.
See also: Quarterback crisps, Tangy Toms, Refresher bars, Mr Freeze Ice pops.
UK Garage
Every decade has at its music scene and in the late 90s it was garage. Just a few years before Blur, Pulp and Oasis ruled the charts and the best acts are still remembered today. Garage, an interesting hybrid of rap, dance and RnB, was diverse with some God awful songs but also some brilliant music. Sorry by Monsta Boy sticks out as one of the best. Buddha Finger by Reservoir Dogs was probably the worst.
See also: So Solid Crew, Wookie, Sia, DJ Luck and MC Neat.
Spliffy Jeans
Just one of many odd clothing trends in the 90s were Spliffy Jeans. Anyone who was anyone wore them and they were the unofficial uniform of the school disco (at might school anyway!). They were baggy, they were black and they had a blonde rasta throwing up a gang sign on the pocket. Classy!
See also: backward baseball caps, round sunglasses, Global Hypercolour and Ton Sur Ton.
3 comments:
I really feel your trip down memory lane to the unforgettable 90's.
I still remember kids getting mugged for their pogs on the play ground.
And sister sister was awsome!
I still remember Ray, Lisa and Roger. Particularly Lisa she was really funny, I remember her line whilst she was watching a movie "that aint yo mama, yo mama dead run fool" hahaha.
Good stuff man.
Ken.
Whole heartfelt agree the 90s were amazing. Find myself listening to absolutely radio 90s quite a bit these days. Sister sister was amazing...the ray rendition of under the boardwalk was class.
POGS!!! And SISTER SISTER!! Yes! The best part about our 90s culture is reliving it. We all read posts such as this one, and are instantly transported back to our tween years, watching Nickelodeon and eating silly candy. Good times.
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