Do you sometimes find yourself longing for the days gone by? When all you had to worry about was catching the next episode of
Jace and the Wheeled Warriors or
Bravestar? If so, then you're part of the group demographers like to call the
MTV Generation. This is the generation that falls in between
Generation X and
Y. We weren't around to witness the advent of
Pong and we just don't get the fascination with the
Backstreet Boys. In our teen years, not many Hollywood films were aimed toward our demographic with the exception of
Pump up the Volume. Thus, with an aim to add some knowledge to the subject of the
MTV Generation, I've compiled a list of things that members of this generation in particular will remember enjoying. Lemme know if I've missed anything!
You are a member of the
MTV Generation if:
- Saturday morning cartoons were something to look forward to. They were always preceded by Kids Incorporated and started with the Snorks.
- Movies such as the Goonies, Gremlins, and ET still hold a special place in your heart.
- You and your friends would always wonder if in Michael Jackson's Beat It, the word "Funky" was allowed to say.
- Roller Skating on Friday nights with your friends was the coolest thing to do.
- For the girls, Jelly anything. Bracelets, shoes, belts, you name it; jelly was the way to go.
- For the boys, rat tails, rolled up sleeves, and the ear ring in the left ear.
- Stonewashed/Acid Washed jeans with the strategically placed hole over the knee...and they sold for $30.
- Reebok high tops.
- LA Gear
- The Simpsons, In Living Color, and SNL when Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, and Adam Sandler were still relative unknowns.
- If you lived in the inner city, or ghetto, then the Color Purple, Lean on Me, Coming to America, New Edition, Fab 5 Freddy, JJ Fad, DJ Magic Mike, and Miami Bass were all your thang. Some of your top jams were most likely LL Cool J's "I Need Love", Bobby Brown's "My Prerogative", and Public Enemy's "Fight the Power".
- the Trapper Keeper
- Anyone remember Fraggle Rock?
- Atari 2600, ColecoVision, and Nintendo occupied hours of your time.
- PogoBall is what they call it...
- My Buddy, My Buddy, wherever I go, He Goes!
- LiteBrite, LiteBrite, turn on the magical colored lights!
- For the girls, Strawberry Shortcake, The Easy Bake Oven, My Little Pony, JEM, Shee-Ra, and Cut N Gro.
- For the Boys, GI Joe, He-Man, the Transformers, StarWars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Lego's, and Slime Time.
- the Sit N Spin
- The Big Wheel
- Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, New Kids on the Block, Milli Vanilli, Guns N Roses, The Beastie Boys, Prince, Michael Jackson, The Thompson Twins, Madonna, and Poison were part of your music collection...on cassettes!
- Our Favorite Movies: The Last Unicorn, Annie, The Princess Bride, The Lost Boys, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Transformers The Movie, Summer Camp Nightmare, Children of the Corn, Adventures in Babysitting, Airplane, and Back to the Future to name a few.
- Poltergeist scared the living hell out of you and you could never sleep with your closet door open ever again after seeing it.
- Michael Jackson's Thriller was the scariest video you'd ever seen.
- You never knew the real meaning of Cyndi Lauper's She Bop until you were older.
- Madonna's Like a Virgin made parents face the annoying question from their 7 year old's; "What's a virgin?"
- Never Talk to Strangers
- Just Say No!
- We were the prototypes for DARE, Middle School, and block scheduling.
- We witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall in our 11th grade History class.
- We witnessed the birth of New Wave, Hip Hop, Grunge, and we remember when Alternative music was just that; ALTERNATIVE.
- We never thought Green Day would last this long.
- The Cold War and all those Doomsday movies that came with it such as Red Dawn, The Day After, and WarGames.
- We witnessed the rise of the computer, the VCR, the microwave oven, cellphones, the remote control and now don't know how we'd ever live without them.
My Girl, WC, will simply LOATHE this news...rumors abound that JT recently approached BiBi to record a single with her to help put the spark back into her falling career...okay...first, is JT DESPERATE or is he simply just the sweetest guy out there? I mean, this is the same guy who made 'Cry Me a river' and 'What goes around comes around' and now he's ready to forgive? I guess he decided BiBi has been through enuf already...
