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Decade nostalgia is nostalgia for certain aspects of a past decade within contemporary popular culture. In the 1920s through the 1940s, filmmakers had a nostalgic interest in the 1890s (known as the "Gay Nineties"). The Fifties are often imagined by United States writers and filmmakers in simplified fashion, by both proponents and detractors. During the 1970s, some people started viewing the Fifties as a calmer, more innocent time, a time devoid of the scandals, wars, assassinations, riots, and racial strife. During the 1980s, the Fifties were featured in the Porky's teenage sex comedy trilogy, and in the music and fashion of the rockabilly revivalist band Stray Cats. Filmmakers in the 2000s have tended to avoid releasing American Graffiti-style fantasies or Pee-wee Hermanesque campiness, instead examining Fifties racism, sexism, and sexual and political repression in a realistic manner. These films include Todd Haynes's Far from Heaven (2002); George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck (2005); and Mary Harron's The Notorious Bettie Page (2005). The 1960s are often called the "Swingin' Sixties", and they have been an object of nostalgia since the 1980s, with the cannabis-smoking long-haired hippie as the stereotypical image. Image File history File links Globe_important. ... Look up nostalgia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other senses of this word, see decade (disambiguation). ... Popular culture (or pop culture) is the widespread cultural elements in any given society that are perpetuated through that societys vernacular language or lingua franca. ... Gay Nineties is an American term that refers to the decade of the 1890s. ... Porkys is a comedy film about the escapades of teenagers at the fictional Angel Beach high school in Florida in 1954. ... Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, and emerged in the early-1950s. ... The Stray Cats are a rockabilly band formed in 1979 by guitarist/vocalist Brian Setzer (Bloodless Pharaohs/Brian Setzer Orchestra) with school friends Lee Rocker (born Leon Drucker) and Slim Jim Phantom (born James McDonnell) in the Long Island town of Massapequa, New York. ... Maverick, onetime New Queer Cinema director Todd Haynes was born on January 2, 1961, in Encino, California, and has had a controversial career. ... Far from Heaven is a 2002, Academy Award-nominated film written and directed by Todd Haynes and starring Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Ryan Ward, Dennis Haysbert, and Patricia Clarkson. ... George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe award-winning American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. ... Good Night, and Good Luck is a 2005 film by George Clooney about the conflict between journalist Edward R. Murrow and anti-communist Senator Joseph McCarthy and the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. ... Mary Harron (born 1953) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter most well known for her films I Shot Andy Warhol, American Psycho and The Notorious Bettie Page. ... The Notorious Bettie Page is a biographical film about pinup and bondage model Bettie Page, who is portrayed by Gretchen Mol. ... For the British TV show, see Hippies (TV series). ...

The 1970s are sometimes called the Disco era, in reference to the popular dance style and music which dominated the pop charts in the later part of the decade. In the 1980s, the US Presidency of Ronald Reagan spanned almost the entire decade, and the era is called the "Decade of Decadence" or the "Big Eighties" because of the obsession with wealth and materialistic pursuits. In the United Kingdom, phenomena associated with the 1990s include Britpop and Trip hop music, the Rave scene, and lad culture. In America, grunge, alternative rock, gangsta rap and boy bands are most emblematic of the first half of the decade. The 1990s is the decade in which the Internet became more widely accessible and popular. Discothèque redirects here. ... The United States Presidency of Ronald Reagan, also known as the Reagan Administration, lasted from 1981 until 1989 and was conservative, steadfastly anti-communist, employed a foreign policy of “peace through strength,” and favored tax cuts and smaller government. ... Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. ... Trip hop (also known as the Bristol sound) is a term coined by United Kingdom dance magazine Mixmag, to describe a musical trend in the mid-1990s; trip hop is downtempo electronic music that grew out of Englands hip hop and house scenes. ... For other uses, see Rave (disambiguation). ... Lad culture also Laddish culture is a subculture commonly associated with Britpop music of the 1990s and the BBC TV sitcom, Men Behaving Badly. ... Grunge redirects here. ... Alternative music redirects here. ... For the Ice T album, see Gangsta Rap (album). ... Boyband redirects here. ...

1890s–1940s

In the 1920s through the 1940s, filmmakers had a nostalgic interest in the 1890s (known as the "Gay Nineties"), as can be seen in the films The Naughty Nineties, She Done Him Wrong, Belle of the Nineties and The Nifty Nineties. Since the 2000s, the term "nineties" is now used to refer to the 1990s. A nostalgia of the 1930s took place in the 1970s with shows such as The Waltons. Nostalgia for the 1930s may have been tempered by memories of The Great Depression, which coincided with that decade. There have been a number of neo-noir films set in the 1940s, such as The Black Dahlia and The Man Who Wasn't There. Gay Nineties is an American term that refers to the decade of the 1890s. ... The Naughty Nineties (1945) is the fifteenth feature film made by Abbott and Costello, and is significant for containing what is considered to be the best recorded rendition of the teams classic Whos On First? routine. ... She Done Him Wrong is a Pre-Code 1933 Paramount Pictures comedy/romance motion picture starring Mae West and Cary Grant. ... Belle of the Nineties was Mae Wests fourth motion picture. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see The Waltons (disambiguation). ... The Great Depression was a global economic slump that began in 1929 and bottomed in 1933. ... Neo-noir (from the Greek neo, new; and the French noir, black) is a type of motion picture that prominently utilizes elements of film noir, but with updated themes, content, style or visual elements that were absent in films noir of the 1940s and 1950s. ... The Black Dahlia in common usage may refer to: Black Dahlia - Pertaining to 1940s Hollywood murder victim Elizabeth Short The Black Dahlia (novel) - The novel by James Ellroy, based on the murder The Black Dahlia (film) - The film by Brian De Palma based upon James Ellroys novel The... For other uses, see The Man Who Wasnt There (disambiguation). ...

1950s

The Fifties are often imagined by United States writers and filmmakers in simplified fashion, by both proponents and detractors. Nicknames for the decade include the "Fabulous Fifties" and the "Nifty Fifties". Underground cartoonist Robert Crumb satirized Fifties middle-class culture, and Frank Zappa's 1968 album Cruising with Ruben & the Jets spoofed 1950s doo-wop.^[1] Robert Dennis Crumb (born August 30, 1943), often credited simply as R. Crumb, is an American artist and illustrator recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream. ... Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, musician, and film director. ... Cruising With Ruben And The Jets The Story of Ruben & the Jets. ... Doo-wop is a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music popular in the mid-1950s to the early 1960s in America. ...

During the 1970s, some people started viewing the Fifties as a calmer, more innocent time, a time devoid of the scandals, wars, assassinations, riots, and racial strife that had marked American life during the 1960s and early 1970s.^[2][3], thus the success of Fifties-themed entertainment such as the movies American Graffiti and Grease, and the TV series Happy Days and its spinoff Laverne & Shirley. Fifties nostalgia also appeared in popular music. 1970s songs such as Don McLean's "American Pie", Elton John's "Crocodile Rock", and Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll" reflected the early years of rock and roll and how popular music had changed since then. For the music soundtrack based on the film, see 41 Original Hits from the Soundtrack of American Graffiti. ... For the original stage musical of the same name, see Grease (musical). ... For other uses, see Happy Days (disambiguation). ... Laverne & Shirley is a popular American television situation comedy which ran on ABC from 1976 to 1983. ... For the music genre, see Pop music. ... For other people with similar names see Don MacLean. ... For other uses, see American Pie (disambiguation). ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... Crocodile Rock is a song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. ... Robert Clark Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American rock and roll singer-songwriter and musician. ... Old Time Rock and Roll is a song by Bob Seger featured in the 1978 album Stranger in Town. It is a nostalgic look at the music of a previous generation. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...

During the 1980s, the Fifties were featured in the Porky's teenage sex comedy trilogy, and in the music and fashion of the rockabilly revivalist band Stray Cats. The science fiction film boom of the 1980s echoed the sci-fi boom of the 1950s, and frequently referenced that period. John Carpenter remade the 1951 film The Thing from Another World as The Thing in 1982. There was a resurgence of monster movies set in small towns, and often these films would place televisions airing 1950s sci-fi movies in the background. Results of this revisionism include the 1982 Cold War/nuclear documentary The Atomic Cafe; David Lynch's 1986 movie Blue Velvet--which, as with Pink Flamingos, uses clothes, music, and decor from the Fifties as an ironic counterpoint to crime and degeneracy; Daniel Clowes's proto-lounge comic book Lloyd Llewellyn;^[4] and the character Pee-wee Herman. Donna Deitch's 1986 movie Desert Hearts, a lesbian love story set in the 1950s, examined the sexuality and homophobia of that decade. Porkys is a comedy film about the escapades of teenagers at the fictional Angel Beach high school in Florida in 1954. ... Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, and emerged in the early-1950s. ... The Stray Cats are a rockabilly band formed in 1979 by guitarist/vocalist Brian Setzer (Bloodless Pharaohs/Brian Setzer Orchestra) with school friends Lee Rocker (born Leon Drucker) and Slim Jim Phantom (born James McDonnell) in the Long Island town of Massapequa, New York. ... For other persons named John Carpenter, see John Carpenter (disambiguation). ... The Thing from Another World is a 1951 science fiction film which tells the story of an Air Force crew and scientists at a remote Arctic research outpost who fight a malevolent alien being. ... John Carpenters The Thing is a 1982 science fiction film directed by John Carpenter. ... The Atomic Café is an acclaimed documentary film created from a broad range of archival of film from the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s - including newsreel clips, television news footage, U.S. government-produced films (including military training films), advertisements, television and radio programs. ... For other persons named David Lynch, see David Lynch (disambiguation). ... This article is about the David Lynch film. ... Daniel Gillespie Clowes (born April 14, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award-nominated American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books, most notably Eightball (1989-present), an anthology of self-contained narratives and serialized graphic novels (one of which, Ghost World, was published separately in 1997. ... Lloyd Llewellyn is the name of the 50s detective appearing in Daniel Clowes underground comic by the same name. ... Paul Reubens (born Paul Rubenfeld on August 27, 1952) is an American actor, writer, and comedian, known professionally for his character Pee-wee Herman. ... Donna Deitch is an American film director best known for her 1986 film Desert Hearts. ... Desert Hearts is a 1985 lesbian-themed romantic drama film loosely based on the Jane Rule novel Desert of the Heart. ...

The 1992 book CAD: A Handbook for Heels and the 1996 movie Swingers portray lounge culture. Daniel Clowes satirizes Fifties nostalgia in his 1990s comic book Eightball by contrasting the Eighties version (Stray Cats) with that of the 1970s-era (Happy Days). Filmmakers in the 2000s have tended to avoid releasing American Graffiti-style fantasies or Pee-wee Hermanesque campiness, instead examining Fifties racism, sexism, and sexual and political repression in a realistic manner. These films include Todd Haynes's Far from Heaven (2002); George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck (2005); and Mary Harron's The Notorious Bettie Page (2005). For the sexual lifestyle, see swinging. ... Eightball is an alternative comic book series written and drawn by Daniel Clowes. ... Maverick, onetime New Queer Cinema director Todd Haynes was born on January 2, 1961, in Encino, California, and has had a controversial career. ... Far from Heaven is a 2002, Academy Award-nominated film written and directed by Todd Haynes and starring Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Ryan Ward, Dennis Haysbert, and Patricia Clarkson. ... George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe award-winning American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. ... Good Night, and Good Luck is a 2005 film by George Clooney about the conflict between journalist Edward R. Murrow and anti-communist Senator Joseph McCarthy and the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. ... Mary Harron (born 1953) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter most well known for her films I Shot Andy Warhol, American Psycho and The Notorious Bettie Page. ... The Notorious Bettie Page is a biographical film about pinup and bondage model Bettie Page, who is portrayed by Gretchen Mol. ...

Cultural touchstones

Diners were common during the 1950's.

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Bo Diddley (born December 30, 1928) aka The Originator, is an influential American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... For the Weezer song, see Buddy Holly (song). ... Coonskin cap A coonskin cap is a cap fashioned from the skin and fur of a raccoon. ... Charles Edward Anderson Chuck Berry (born October 18, 1926 in St. ... Doo-wop is a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music popular in the mid-1950s to the early 1960s in America. ... Look up diner in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Note the curled feathers The Ducks Ass was a haircut style popular during the 1950s. ... Dwight David Eisenhower, born David Dwight Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), nicknamed Ike, was a five-star General in the United States Army and U.S. politician, who served as the thirty-fourth President of the United States (1953–1961). ... Hulls Drive In Theatre, outside Lexington, Virginia A drive-in theater is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large screen, a projection booth, a concession stand and a large parking area for automobiles. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... For other persons named Elizabeth Taylor, see Elizabeth Taylor (disambiguation). ... Elvis redirects here. ... The Space Needle, built for Seattles 1962 Worlds Fair GoogIe (with a capital i) redirects here. ... For other uses of the term, see Greaser This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Howdy Doody was a childrens television program (with a decidedly frontier/western theme, although other themes also colored the show) that aired on NBC in the United States from 1947 until 1960. ... Children playing with hula hoops. ... I Love Lucy is a popular American situation comedy, starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley. ... For the film, see James Dean (film). ... Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933—29 June 1967) was an American actress working both on Broadway and in Hollywood. ... This article is about the U.S. senator from Wisconsin (1947-1957). ... A Zodiac jukebox A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that can play specially selected songs from self-contained media. ... 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Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson;[1] baptised Norma Jeane Baker June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), was a Golden Globe-winning,[2] critically-acclaimed[3][4][5] American actress, singer, model, Hollywood icon,[6] cultural icon, fashion icon,[7] pop icon,[8] film executive[9] and sex symbol. ... Hand-made marbles from West Africa Different glass marbles from a glass-mill For other uses, see Marble (disambiguation). ... The Nelson family The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet was an American radio and television series. ... A petticoat is an article of clothing for women; specifically an undergarment to be worn under a skirt (also known as underskirt) or dress. ... Phonebooth stuffing was a cultural phenomenon that began during the 1950s. ... For other uses, see Playboy (disambiguation). ... A poodle skirt is a wide swing skirt worn with layers of petticoats underneath, often on its own (worn with a cardigan) or sometimes as part of a dress. ... Tonearm redirects here. ... For Ray Charles, the composer and conductor of the Ray Charles Singers, see Ray Charles (composer). ... Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, and emerged in the early-1950s. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Rock Around the Clock is a rock n roll song from 1952, written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter under the pseudonym Jimmy De Knight). Although first recorded by Sonny Dae & the Knights, the more famous version by Bill Haley & His Comets is not, strictly speaking... Rocker jackets. ... A lime spider The ice cream soda is a treat made, typically, by mixing ice cream with either a soft drink (commonly root beer) or flavored syrup and carbonated water, often with some special technique to encourage the partial slushing of the ice cream itself. ... Saddle shoes are formal two-toned leather footwear, the normal coloration is white and black, although other colorations are frequently sold. ... A look popularised in Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s by actresses such as Lana Turner and Jane Russell, basically the wearing of a tight sweater in order to emphasis the bustline. ... The height of the tailfin era; the 1959 Cadillac Another view of the 1959 Cadillac tailfin Not fintails, but sight lines on a Mercedes 190D A British finned car, the Vauxhall Cresta PA Late 1950s Dodge Coronet For the tail fin of an aircraft, see vertical stabilizer. ... // The Teddy boy youth culture first emerged in Britain (starting in London, and rapidly spreading across the country) during the early 1950s, and soon after became strongly associated with American rock and roll music of the period. ...

1960s

Woodstock was attended by many hippies. Here two fashionable young men are seen discussing literature.

What is thought of today as the sixties actually started from about the end of 1963 and lasted through the early 1970s. Much of the early part of the 1960s was similar to the 1950s. The 1960s are often called the "Swingin' Sixties" for the great cultural changes during that decade, and also for the popularity of swinging. The 1960s have been an object of nostalgia since the 1980s. The hippie is the stereotypical image of the 1960s for most Americans. In the United Kingdom, other subcultures, such as mods, rockers and skinheads are also a significant part of 1960s nostalgia. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the subcultural sexual lifestyle. ... For the British TV show, see Hippies (TV series). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Marlon Brando portraying a character similar to a rocker in the film The Wild One. ... Skinheads, named for their close-cropped or shaven heads, are a working-class subculture that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1960s, and then spread to other parts of the world. ...

Cultural touchstones

Andrew Warhola (August 6, 1928 — February 22, 1987), better known as Andy Warhol, was an American artist who was a central figure in the movement known as Pop art. ... Audrey Hepburn (May 4, 1929) – January 20, 1993) was an English Academy Award-, Tony Award-, Grammy Award-, and Emmy Award-winning film and stage actress, fashion icon, and humanitarian. ... A baby boom is defined as a period of increased birth rates relative to surrounding generations. ... Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American folk singer and songwriter known for her highly individual vocal style. ... Barbarella, also known as Barbarella, Queen of the Galaxy is a 1968 erotic science fiction film directed by Roger Vadim, based on the French Barbarella comic book created by Jean-Claude Forest. ... Information Occupation See: Barbies careers Family See: List of Barbies friends and family Created by Ruth Handler Barbie is a best-selling fashion doll launched in 1959. ... A woman wearing her hair in a beehive. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... American Civil Rights Movement redirects here. ... This article is about the recording artist. ... A bouffant (IPA pronunciation: [bu:fa:nt]) is a type of hairstyle characterized by hair piled high on the head and hanging down on the sides. ... For other uses, see British Invasion (disambiguation). ... Bubblegum pop (also known as bubblegum rock, bubblegum music, or simply bubblegum) is a genre of pop music whose classical period ran from 1967 to 1972. ... The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television situation comedy which initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961 to June 1, 1966, created by Carl Reiner and starring Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. ... The Doors were an influential American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles by vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger. ... Wyatt, Mary (Toni Basil), Billy and Karen (Karen Black) wandering the streets of a parade filled New Orleans. ... Edith Minturn Edie Sedgwick (April 20, 1943 – November 16, 1971)[1] was an American actress, socialite, and heiress who starred in several of Andy Warhols short films in the 1960s. ... Bob Dylans folk-rock album, Blonde on Blonde Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... For the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) video game, see The Adventures of Gilligans Island. ... Nancy Sinatra wearing Go-Go boots on the cover of Boots: Nancy Sinatras All-Time Hits Go-Go boots were originally created in the 1960s with the intention that they should be worn while dancing. ... For the novel of the same name, see The Graduate (novel). ... For the British TV show, see Hippies (TV series). ... The adventures of fictional secret agent James Bond have become a successful film series, with twenty-one titles made by EON Productions as of 2007. ... Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943–October 4, 1970) was an American singer, songwriter, and music arranger, from Port Arthur, Texas. ... Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitar virtuoso, singer and songwriter. ... John Kennedy and JFK redirect here. ... LSD redirects here. ... Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, also known as Detroit Red and Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Omaha, Nebraska, May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965 in New York City) was a Muslim Minister and National Spokesman for the Nation of Islam. ... Martin Luther King redirects here. ... A woman modelling a miniskirt The miniskirt (often hyphenated as mini-skirt) is a skirt with a hemline well above the knees (generally 20 cm—about 8 inches—or more above knee level). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 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Robert Francis Bobby Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also called RFK, was one of two younger brothers of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and served as United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964. ... Marlon Brando portraying a character similar to a rocker in the film The Wild One. ... Rolling Stones redirects here. ... Sharon Marie Tate (January 24, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was a Golden Globe-nominated American actress. ... Skinheads, named for their close-cropped or shaven heads, are a working-class subculture that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1960s, and then spread to other parts of the world. ... The starship Enterprise as it appeared on Star Trek Star Trek is a culturally significant science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s. ... Surf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture, particularly Orange County and other areas of Southern California. ... Swinging London is a catchall term applied to a variety of dynamic cultural trends in the United Kingdom (centred in London) in the second half of the 1960s. ... The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was the full name of NBCs The Tonight Show during the years that Johnny Carson hosted. ... Tommy James and the Shondells was a rock and roll group, initially formed in 1964 as The Shondells. ... This article is about the English supermodel. ... Valley of the Dolls is a 1967 American drama film based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Jacqueline Susann. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... This article is about the original Volkswagen Beetle. ... The Volkswagen Type 2 (aka Transporter) was the second automotive line introduced by German automaker Volkswagen. ... The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was an event held at Max Yasgurs 600 acre (2. ...

1970s

The 1970s are sometimes called the Disco era because that type of music was very popular from 1976 to 1979. Punk rock and disco are the two musical styles most closely associated with the second half of the 1970s. The image of glam rock — with its platform heels, wigs, and outrageous costumes — is strongly associated with 1970s nostalgia in Britain. Discothèque redirects here. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... This article is about the music genre. ... Glam rock (also known as glitter rock), is a rock music style that developed in the UK in the post-hippie early 1970s which was performed by singers and musicians wearing outrageous clothes, makeup, hairstyles, and platform-soled boots. ...

A typical 1970s Afro.

The 1970s were characterized by a number of musical trends, ranging from the painted-face and platform-shoed theatrics of Glam rockers Kiss and the torn clothes of punk rockers such as the Sex Pistols to the serious (even pompous) stadium rock of bands such as progressive rockers Emerson, Lake & Palmer. The lighter-pop side of the 1970s included the Swedish band ABBA; the American acts The Carpenters and Captain & Tennille, and the British group Bay City Rollers. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Woman with an afro at the Tribeca Film Festival For the Italian painter known as Afro, see Afro Basaldella. ... Glam rock (also known as glitter rock), is a rock music style that developed in the UK in the post-hippie early 1970s which was performed by singers and musicians wearing outrageous clothes, makeup, hairstyles, and platform-soled boots. ... Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Sex Pistols are an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. ... Arena rock, also called stadium rock or anthem rock, is a loosely-defined term describing a rock era. ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ... Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) were an English progressive rock group. ... Abba redirects here. ... For other uses, see Carpenter (disambiguation). ... The Captain & Tennille are a husband and wife US pop music duo who achieved success during the 1970s with a string of bright, catchy pop songs. ... The Bay City Rollers were a Scottish Pop/rock band of the 1970s. ...

Starting in the late 1970s, the soul-infused dance beats of disco, with its suggestive dances, which included crooner Barry White, The Bee Gees, and Donna Summer were popularized in the film Saturday Night Fever. The funk-R&B sounds of The Jackson 5 were popularized on TV shows such as Soul Train. The disco music and dancing styles were associated with clubs such as Studio 54 and Paradise Garage. The drug cocaine was also a part of 1970's disco culture. The clothing and styles of the era included afros, bell-bottoms, leisure suits, and platform shoes. This article is about the music genre. ... The Hustle is a catchall name for several disco dances which were extremely popular in the 1970s. ... Barry Eugene White (born Barrence Eugene Carter, September 12, 1944) – July 4, 2003) was an American record producer, songwriter and singer. ... The Bee Gees: Maurice, Barry and Robin The Bee Gees were a British and Australian band, originally a pop singer-songwriter combination, reborn as funk and disco. ... Donna Summer (born Donna Adrian Gaines) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who gained prominence during the disco era of music. ... Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 movie starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend activities are dominated by visits to a Brooklyn discotheque. ... For other uses, including related musical genres, see Funk (disambiguation). ... The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive, abbreviated as J5, and later known as The Jacksons) was an American popular music quintet (and briefly a sextet and quartet) from Gary, Indiana. ... Soul Train is a long-running music-related syndicated television program. ... Studio 54 was a New York City discothèque located at 254 West 54th Street in Manhattan. ... The former home of the Paradise Garage on King Street. ... For other uses, see Cocaine (disambiguation). ... Woman with an afro at the Tribeca Film Festival For the Italian painter known as Afro, see Afro Basaldella. ... Bell bottoms are trousers that become more wide from the knees downwards. ... A leisure suit is a fashion of the 1970s, consisting of a shirtlike jacket and matching pants [[1]]. Frequently the fabric used was double knit polyester though not all fashions using this fabric are automatically leisure. ... Platform shoes are shoes, boots, or sandals with thick soles, often made of cork, plastic, rubber, or wood (wooden-soled platform shoes are technically also clogs). ...

The films and TV programs of the decade ranged from syrupy-sweet family sitcoms like The Brady Bunch and serious dramas such as M*A*S*H to more controversial fare, such as the stereotype-filled Blaxploitation film genre, "jiggle TV" (such as Three's Company and Charlie's Angels), and the cannabis-filled drug comedies of Cheech & Chong. Stylized police dramas such as Kojak, Baretta, Vega$, Starsky and Hutch and CHiPs were also popular. The film Star Wars in 1977 captured many of the trends of the era, with its fuzzy transcendental philosophies, such as The Force. The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ... M*A*S*H title screen from the television series M*A*S*H was a media franchise active, in various forms, from 1968 to 1986. ... Shaft (1971) Blaxploitation is a film genre that emerged in the United States in the early 1970s when many exploitation films were made that targeted the urban black audience; the word itself is a portmanteau of the words “black” and “exploitation. ... Threes Company is an American sitcom that ran from 1977 to 1984 on ABC. It is a remake of the British sitcom Man About the House. ... This article is about the television series. ... Cheech & Chong were a comedy duo, consisting of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong, who found a wide audience in the 1970s and 1980s for their stand-up routines, which were based upon the eras hippie, free love, and especially drug culture movements. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The cover of the Baretta Season 1 DVD set. ... Vega$ was a TV show that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. ... For the film, see Starsky & Hutch (film). ... CHiPs is an American television series produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (licensee by Turner Entertainment) that aired on NBC from September 15, 1977 to July 17, 1983. ... This movie poster for Star Wars depicts many of the films important elements, such as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, X-Wing and Y-Wing fighters Star Wars, retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981 (see note at Title,) is the original (and in chronological... May The Force Be With You redirects here. ...

The political and social trends included environmentalism and the peace movement. While the 1970s were marked by the kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst by a radical group, and by the Watergate scandal involving US President Richard Nixon, there were also symbols of cooperation and success, such as the Skylab space station. The 1960s trends of sexual liberation continued, with the rise of swinging. Pornographic films were shown in theaters due to relaxed obscenity laws, helping them become more mainstream. Arcade video games first became widely available in the 1970s. Space Invaders, Asteroids and Battlezone were some early hit games. The birth of home video gaming occurred with simple games such as the monochrome Pong and Coleco Telstar devices. The historic Blue Marble photograph, which helped bring environmentalism to the public eye. ... An Australian anti-conscription poster from World War One A peace movement is a social movement that seeks to achieve ideals such as the ending of a particular war (or all wars), minimize inter-human violence in a particular place or type of situation, often linked to the goal of... Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954), now known as Patricia Hearst Shaw, is an American newspaper heiress and occasional actress. ... Watergate redirects here. ... Nixon redirects here. ... For other uses, see Skylab (disambiguation). ... This article is about the subcultural sexual lifestyle. ... Pornographic films are motion pictures that explicitly depict sexual intercourse and other sexual acts, typically for the purpose of sexual arousal in the viewer. ... Space Invaders ) is an arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado in 1978. ... Asteroids is a popular vector-based video arcade game released in 1979 by Atari. ... For articles with similar titles, see Battle zone (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Pong (disambiguation). ... The Telstar is a video game console produced by Coleco which first went on sale in 1976. ...

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Stereo 8, commonly known as the 8-track cartridge, or eight track tape in popular vernacular is a magnetic tape sound recording technology, popular from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. ... Abba redirects here. ... Woman with an afro at the Tribeca Film Festival For the Italian painter known as Afro, see Afro Basaldella. ... Alice is a top-rated American television sitcom series which ran from August 31, 1976 to July 2, 1985 on CBS. The series was based on the 1974 film, Alice Doesnt Live Here Anymore. ... The AMC Gremlin is a subcompact car that was made by the American Motors Corporation (AMC) for nine model years. ... The United States Bicentennial was celebrated on July 4, 1976, the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. ... The Atari 2600, released in October 1977, is the video game console credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in. ... Barry Eugene White (born Barrence Eugene Carter, September 12, 1944) – July 4, 2003) was an American record producer, songwriter and singer. ... The Bay City Rollers were a Scottish Pop/rock band of the 1970s. ... The Beatles are one of the most popular and influential musical groups in history. ... The Bee Gees: Maurice, Barry and Robin The Bee Gees were a British and Australian band, originally a pop singer-songwriter combination, reborn as funk and disco. ... Bell bottoms are trousers that become more wide from the knees downwards. ... NASA image of the western Atlantic, showing the popular borders of the Bermuda Triangle. ... Shaft (1971) Blaxploitation is a film genre that emerged in the United States in the early 1970s when many exploitation films were made that targeted the urban black audience; the word itself is a portmanteau of the words “black” and “exploitation. ... The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ... Bruce Lee (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: Lǐ Xiǎolóng; Cantonese Yale: Léih Síulùhng; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Chinese-American martial artist, philosopher, instructor, and martial arts actor widely regarded as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century and a... Burton Leon Reynolds, Jr. ... The Captain & Tennille are a husband and wife US pop music duo who achieved success during the 1970s with a string of bright, catchy pop songs. ... For other uses, see Carpenter (disambiguation). ... This article is about the television series. ... Cheech & Chong were a comedy duo, consisting of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong, who found a wide audience in the 1970s and 1980s for their stand-up routines, which were based upon the eras hippie, free love, and especially drug culture movements. ... The Children of God (COG), later known as the Family of Love, the Family, and now the Family International (TFI), is a new religious movement, widely referred to as a cult by the media and some government organizations, that started in 1968 in Huntington Beach, California, United States. ... This article is about the music genre. ... A mirrored disco ball A disco ball, mirror ball, or ball mirror is a roughly spherical object that reflects light directed at it in many directions, producing a complex display. ... Donna Summer (born Donna Adrian Gaines) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who gained prominence during the disco era of music. ... The historic Blue Marble photograph, which helped bring environmentalism to the public eye. ... Ferrah Leni Fawcett (born February 2, 1947) is an American actress. ... The Ford Pinto was a subcompact car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company for the North American market, first introduced on September 11, 1970, and built through the 1980 model year. ... For other uses, including related musical genres, see Funk (disambiguation). ... For other persons named Gerald Ford, see Gerald Ford (disambiguation). ... Glam rock (also known as glitter rock), is a rock music style that developed in the UK in the post-hippie early 1970s which was performed by singers and musicians wearing outrageous clothes, makeup, hairstyles, and platform-soled boots. ... Gloria Gaynor (born Gloria Fowles September 7, 1949) is an American singer, best-known for the disco era hits I Will Survive (Hot 100 #1, 1979), Never Can Say Goodbye (Hot 100 #9, 1974), and I Am What I Am (Hot 100 #82, 1983). ... For the original stage musical of the same name, see Grease (musical). ... For other uses, see Happy Days (disambiguation). ... The Hustle is a catchall name for several disco dances which were extremely popular in the 1970s. ... The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive, abbreviated as J5, and later known as The Jacksons) was an American popular music quintet (and briefly a sextet and quartet) from Gary, Indiana. ... For other uses, see Jacuzzi (disambiguation). ... For other persons named Jimmy Carter, see Jimmy Carter (disambiguation). ... BEST IN HISTORY07:08, 31 May 2008 (UTC)07:08, 31 May 2008 (UTC)07:08, 31 May 2008 (UTC)~ Joseph William Namath (born May 31, 1943, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania), also known as Broadway Joe, is a former American football quarterback. ... John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor, dancer, and singer, best known for his leading roles in films such as Saturday Night Fever, Grease and Pulp Fiction. ... Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. ... A lava lamp is a novelty item typically used for decoration rather than illumination. ... For the bands 1969 eponymous debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album). ... A leisure suit is a fashion of the 1970s, consisting of a shirtlike jacket and matching pants [[1]]. Frequently the fabric used was double knit polyester though not all fashions using this fabric are automatically leisure. ... Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. ... M*A*S*H title screen from the television series M*A*S*H was a media franchise active, in various forms, from 1968 to 1986. ... For the Mýa album, see Moodring. ... National Lampoons Animal House is a 1978 comedy film in which a misfit group of fraternity boys take on the system at their college. ... One Day at a Time is a long-running American situation comedy that portrayed a divorced mother, played by Bonnie Franklin, her two teenage daughters (Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli and their building superintendent (Pat Harrington, Jr. ... The Osmonds are an American family pop group who achieved enormous worldwide success as teenage music idols in the 1970s. ... The Partridge Family was an American television sitcom about a widowed mother and her five children living in San Pueblo, a small fictional town in Northern California, originally broadcast on ABC from 1970 to 1974. ... Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954), now known as Patricia Hearst Shaw, is an American newspaper heiress and occasional actress. ... Peace sign redirects here. ... Pet Rocks were a 1970s fad conceived in Los Gatos, California by an advertising executive Gary Dahl. ... Peter Kenneth Frampton (born April 22, 1950 in Beckenham, Kent) is an English musician, best known today for his solo work in the mid-1970s and as one of the original members of the band Humble Pie. ... This article is about the arcade game. ... Platform shoes are shoes, boots, or sandals with thick soles, often made of cork, plastic, rubber, or wood (wooden-soled platform shoes are technically also clogs). ... For other uses, see Pong (disambiguation). ... Strawberry flavored Pop Rocks Pop Rocks (UK: Space dust) is a carbonated candy with ingredients including sugar, lactose (milk sugar), corn syrup, and flavoring. ... The Poseidon Adventure is a 1972 action adventure/disaster film based on a novel by Paul Gallico. ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ... Pubic hair is hair in the frontal genital area, the crotch, and sometimes at the top of the inside of the legs; these areas form the pubic region. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury, and drummer Roger Taylor, with bass guitarist John Deacon joining the following year. ... Nixon redirects here. ... Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 movie starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend activities are dominated by visits to a Brooklyn discotheque. ... shag carpet fabric Shag is typically used to make deep-pile carpets. ... For other uses of smiley and smiley face, see Smiley (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Skylab (disambiguation). ... Soul Train is a long-running music-related syndicated television program. ... Arena rock, also called stadium rock or anthem rock, is a loosely-defined term describing a rock era. ... This movie poster for Star Wars depicts many of the films important elements, such as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, X-Wing and Y-Wing fighters Star Wars, retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981 (see note at Title,) is the original (and in chronological... Studio 54 was a New York City discothèque located at 254 West 54th Street in Manhattan. ... This article is about the subcultural sexual lifestyle. ... Threes Company is an American sitcom that ran from 1977 to 1984 on ABC. It is a remake of the British sitcom Man About the House. ... This article is about the road vehicle. ... The Vista Cruiser was a station wagon built by the Oldsmobile Division of General Motors from 1964-1977, which was based on the Oldsmobile Cutlass/F-85 model, but had a slightly longer wheelbase than the cars it was based upon. ... WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982) is an American situation comedy that featured the misadventures of the staff of a struggling radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Watergate redirects here. ...

1980s

A 1981 AMC Spirit.

In the United States, the Presidency of Ronald Reagan spanned almost the entire decade, leading the decade to be referred to as "The Reagan Years". The Eighties are often called the "Decade of Decadence" or the "Big Eighties" because of the obsession with wealth and materialistic pursuits such as designer clothes and fancy cars. As women were beginning to enter the executive workforce, the 1980s saw the rise of the "power suit" for women, with shoulder pads, an outfit often complemented with a big permed and hairsprayed hairstyle and large dangling earrings. The invention of the disposable safety razor led to a fashion for shaved pubic area with hair sculpted into many of the various styles we know today. The 1980s-era focus on wealth and materialism is shown in movies like American Psycho and Wall Street that focus on the yuppie lifestyles of the 1980s. Globalization had its origins in this decade as many Japanese automobile manufacturers built factories in the US. Video game consoles first became popular in the early 1980s with the release of the Atari 2600 and Mattel Intellivision. Later systems included ColecoVision, Vectrex and after the North American video game crash of 1983, the Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Master System. In recent years, Eighties nostalgia has been growing among some video game fans, leading to the creation of the magazine Retro Gamer, and high prices for 1980s video games on eBay. As well, the 2000s-era hipster subculture has fetishized some 1980s clothing and musical styles, ranging from legwarmers to early 1980s Soft Cell-style synthpop. On television, family sitcoms were wildly popular during the 80s, beginning with The Cosby Show in 1984 and continuing on with Growing Pains, Family Ties and Kate & Allie. Toward the latter part of the decade "anti-family" shows like Married... with Children, Roseanne and The Simpsons became popular, as they were perceived to depict a more realistic aspect of family life rather than the rosy view shown in The Cosby Show, where all problems could be solved in 30 minutes. The Oprah Winfrey Show debuted in 1986, beginning a new era of afternoon talk shows targetted toward women. Toward the end of the 1980s, The Morton Downey Jr. Show initiated the era of Trash TV. The convergence of children's entertainment and marketing that began in the late 1970s with Star Wars continued on to TV with the Masters of the Universe series, which was the first children's TV series entirely based around a toy line. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... AMC Spirit For 1979, the Spirit took the place of the Gremlin. ... The United States Presidency of Ronald Reagan, also known as the Reagan Administration, lasted from 1981 until 1989 and was conservative, steadfastly anti-communist, employed a foreign policy of “peace through strength,” and favored tax cuts and smaller government. ... A safety razor is a razor where the skin is protected from all but the very edge of the blade. ... Pubic hair is hair in the frontal genital area, the crotch, and sometimes at the top of the inside of the legs; these areas form the pubic region. ... For other uses, see American Psycho (disambiguation). ... This article is about the 1987 film. ... Yuppies (young urban professionals, young up and coming professionals or less commonly young upwardly-mobile professionals[1]) is a market segment whose consumers are characterized as self-reliant, financially secure individualists. ... Economic globalization has had an impact on the worldwide integration of different cultures. ... The Atari 2600, released in October 1977, is the video game console credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in. ... The Intellivision was a video game console released by Mattel in 1980; development of the console began in 1978 (less than a year after the introduction of its main competitor, the legendary Atari 2600 aka the Atari VCS). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Vectrex is an 8-bit video game console developed by General Consumer Electric (GCE) and later bought by Milton Bradley Company. ... E.T. for the Atari 2600 is considered by many to be emblematic of the crash along with the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man. ... “NES” redirects here. ... The Sega Master System is an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console that was manufactured by Sega and was first released in 1986. ... Retro Gamer is a British magazine, published worldwide, covering retrocomputing, with a particular emphasis on games. ... This article is about the online auction center. ... A hipster is a person who is strongly associated with a subculture that considers itself hip. ... Soft Cell is a Synth-Pop duo formed during the early 1980s. ... Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. ... The Cosby Show is an American television sitcom starring Bill Cosby, first broadcast on September 20, 1984 and ran for eight seasons on the NBC television network, until April 30, 1992. ... For other uses, see Growing Pains (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Family Ties (disambiguation). ... Kate & Allie was a television situation comedy, airing on CBS from 1984 to 1989. ... Married… with Children was a long-running American sitcom about a dysfunctional family living in Chicago. ... Jackie Harris redirects here. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... The Oprah Winfrey Show (also known as Oprah) is a United States syndicated talk show, hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey, and is the highest-rated talk show in American television history. ... Morton Downey, Jr. ... A WNYW-TV full screen segment intro from 2005. ... This article is about the series. ... Clash of the titans: He-Man and Skeletor face off on the cover of a vintage MOTU graphic novel. ...

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An aerobics class. ... For other uses, see AIDS (disambiguation). ... The Atari 2600, released in October 1977, is the video game console credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in. ... Big hair is a term that can refer to hairstyles that emphasize large volume or largely styled hair. ... A boombox or boom box is a portable stereo system capable of playing radio stations or recorded music at relatively high volume. ... This article is about the first film in the Back to the Future trilogy. ... Battle of the Planets (1978) is the first Westernized adaptation of the 1972 Japanese animated television series known as Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Brat Pack is a group of young actors and actresses who frequently appeared together in teen-oriented films in the 1980s and as well as socializing together off the set. ... A breakdancer performing a one-handed freeze (also known as a pike) in the streets of Paris. ... Two Cabbage Patch Kids dolls Cabbage Patch Kids are a brand of doll created by Xavier Roberts in 1978. ... Cable TV redirects here. ... Cagney & Lacey was an American television series that aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from 1982 to 1988, best known as American TVs first serious drama series with two female leads. ... Calvin and Hobbes is a comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Watterson, following the humorous antics of Calvin, an imaginative six-year-old boy, and Hobbes, his energetic and sardonic – albeit stuffed – tiger. ... Sony DV Handycam A camcorder is a portable electronic device for recording video images and audio onto an internal storage device. ... Channel surfing is the practice of quickly scanning through different television channels or radio frequencies in order to find something interesting to watch or listen to. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... College rock was a term used in the USA to describe 1980s alternative rock before the term alternative came into common usage. ... The Two Coreys - or, simply, The Coreys - is a reference to two popular teen actors from the 1980s, Corey Feldman and Corey Haim, who appeared in many films together - most notably, a number of successful teen-oriented films in the late 1980s. ... The Cosby Show is an American television sitcom starring Bill Cosby, first broadcast on September 20, 1984 and ran for eight seasons on the NBC television network, until April 30, 1992. ... Cynthia Ann Stephanie Cyndi Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American Emmy and Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter, and actress in film, television, and theater. ... The Southfork Ranch, home of the Ewing family The original cast of Dallas. ... A De Lorean DMC-12 with the gull-wing doors closed. ... Dirty Dancing is a 1987 romance film credited as being one of the most watched films of all time, particularly among women. ... Duran Duran are an English rock band notable for a long series of popular singles and vivid music videos. ... Dynasty is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981 to May 11, 1989. ... Movie poster Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is the sequel to the first released Star Wars movie, and the second film released in the original trilogy. ... For other uses, see Family Ties (disambiguation). ... Flashdance is a musical and romance film released in April 1983, and was one of the most successful films of the early 1980s. ... Footloose is a 1984 movie that tells the story of Ren McCormick (played by Kevin Bacon), a teenager who was raised in Chicago. ... 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Yuppies (young urban professionals, young up and coming professionals or less commonly young upwardly-mobile professionals[1]) is a market segment whose consumers are characterized as self-reliant, financially secure individualists. ...

1990s

The 1990s saw an explosion in round-the-clock media coverage. Here Sharon Stone is holding the papparazzi at bay.

In the United Kingdom, phenomena associated with the 1990s include Britpop and Trip hop music, the Rave scene, and Loaded-style lad culture. During the 1990s, Japanese media (anime, Tokusatsu, video games, etc.) was widely adapted for multinational distribution (this really began in the 1980s, but never as extensively as in the 1990s). Although house music was the single most dominant form of dance music in the UK from the late 1980s to the early 2000s, it has not become associated with the 1990s in general. In America, grunge, alternative rock, gangsta rap and boy bands are most emblematic of the first half of the decade. The 1990s is the decade in which the Internet became more widely accessible and popular, in the form of the World Wide Web. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 540 pixelsFull resolution (3676 × 2483 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 540 pixelsFull resolution (3676 × 2483 pixel, file size: 2. ... Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning actress, producer, and former fashion model. ... For the article on the 2004 film, see Paparazzi (movie) Photographers crowd around a starlette at the Cannes Film Festival. ... Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. ... Trip hop (also known as the Bristol sound) is a term coined by United Kingdom dance magazine Mixmag, to describe a musical trend in the mid-1990s; trip hop is downtempo electronic music that grew out of Englands hip hop and house scenes. ... For other uses, see Rave (disambiguation). ... Loaded, first published by IPC in 1994, is a British monthly lads mag. Its motto is For men who should know better. // Loaded was founded by James Brown a former deputy editor of the music weekly New Musical Express. ... Lad culture also Laddish culture is a subculture commonly associated with Britpop music of the 1990s and the BBC TV sitcom, Men Behaving Badly. ... Animé redirects here. ... Icons of tokusatsu in the late 1970s: Spider-Man, Kamen Rider Stronger, Kamen Rider V3, Battle Fever J, Ultraman Jonias, as well as the manga and anime icon Doraemon Tokusatsu ) is a Japanese word that literally means special effects. ... House music is a style of electronic dance music that was developed by dance club DJs in Chicago in the early to mid-1980s. ... Grunge redirects here. ... Alternative music redirects here. ... For the Ice T album, see Gangsta Rap (album). ... Boyband redirects here. ... The World Wide Web and WWW redirect here. ...

Cultural touchstones

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MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine), most commonly known today by the street name Ecstasy (often abbreviated E, X, or XTC), is a semisynthetic member of the phenethylamine class of psychoactive drugs. ... A young man wearing a tartan flannel shirt. ... The Ford Explorer is a mid-size sport utility vehicle sold in North America and built by the Ford Motor Company since 1990. ... One of the many second generation variations of Classic (1998) Furby A Furby (plural Furbys, according to Tiger. ... For the entire Game Boy series of handheld consoles, see Game Boy line. ... For other uses, see Generation X (disambiguation). ... Grunge redirects here. ... For other uses, see Hanson (disambiguation). ... Hootie & the Blowfish is an American pop-rock band, originally formed at the University of South Carolina by Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Jim Soni Sonefeld and Mark Bryan. ... In Living Color is a sketch comedy television series which ran on the FOX Network from April 15, 1990 to May 19, 1994. ... The original Bondi Blue iMac G3 was introduced in 1998. ... Ironic redirects here. ... Jurassic Park is a 1993 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. ... Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring rock, alternative rock, hip hop, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. ... Macarena is a song by Los del Río about a woman of the same name. ... This article is about the singer. ... For other persons named Michael Jordan, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). ... Windows redirects here. ... For the web browser produced by this corporation, see Netscape (web browser). ... The Nintendo 64 , NINTENDO64), often abbreviated as N64, is Nintendos third home video game console for the international market. ... This article is about the American grunge band. ... Christopher Wallace (May 21, 1972 - March 9, 1997), also known as Biggie Smalls (after a stylish gangster in the 1975 comedy, Lets Do it Again), but best known as The Notorious B.I.G. (Business Instead of Game). ... Oasis are an English rock band that formed in Manchester in 1991. ... The O.J. Simpson murder case was a highly-publicized U.S. criminal trial in which former American football star for the National Football League (NFL) and actor O. J. Simpson was charged with the murder of his ex-wife and her friend, Ronald Goldman. ... now. ... For other uses, see PlayStation (disambiguation). ... A collection of pogs and a typical pog case For other uses, see POG. Milkcaps redirects here. ... The official Pokémon logo. ... Power Rangers is a long-running American childrens television series adapted from the Japanese tokusatsu Super Sentai Series, though it is not simply an English dub of the original. ... Diana Spencer redirects here. ... Pulp Fiction is a 1994 film by director Quentin Tarantino, who cowrote the film with Roger Avary. ... Jennifer Aniston wears The Rachel The Rachel is a haircut that was a layered shag hairstyle with straightened hair worn by Jennifer Aniston in the 1990s sitcom Friends and named after her character, Rachel Green. ... For other uses, see Rave (disambiguation). ... For the upcoming season, see The Real World: Hollywood. ... Riot grrl (also frequently spelled riot grrrl) is a form of hardcore punk rock music, known for its militant feminist stance. ... Ren and Stimpy are the eponymous characters of two cartoon television series created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi. ... The Mega Drive/Genesis was a 16-bit video game console released by Sega in Japan (1988), Europe (1990) and most of the rest of the world as the Mega Drive. ... For other uses, see Seinfeld (disambiguation). ... 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See also

• I Love the '70s
• I Love the '80s
• I Love the '90s
• I Love the New Millennium

I Love the 70s is a decade nostalgia television mini-series produced by VH-1. ... For the British television series of the same name, see I Love the 80s (U.K. TV series). ... I Love the 90s is a television mini-series produced by VH1 in which various music and TV personalities reminisce about 1990s culture. ... I Love the New Millennium , the latest entry into the I Love the series, is a decade nostalgia show focusing on the 2000s that premiered on VH1 Monday, June 23, 2008. ...

External links

• Decadeology Wiki