I miss the great days of the past. Now, I’m not just talking about the recent past before the coronavirus reared its ugly head, but specifically the time before September 24, 1991.
You may be asking yourself, “what happened on that day?” Well friends, let me tell you. 9/24/1991 is the day music changed forever for me. Before that day, I was just a happy-go-lucky high school junior who had a deep love for hair bands. On that cool fall day, an album was released that crashed my happy little world. That album was Nevermind and the band was Nirvana.
Grunge was a new sound first out of Seattle that shook up the entire music industry and sent the sale of Aqua Net and fishnets spiraling. It took a few years, but I eventually came around to enjoy some of the music that became known as alternative, but nearly 30 years later I still HATE Nirvana.
Today’s playlist tugs at my heart strings as I remember fondly the junior high dances I went to and dancing to some of the great hair ballads of the 1980s. What a great simpler time it was.
QUARANTINE JAMS ARCHIVES
Volume 1: New Wave
Volume 2: 90s Movie Soundtrack
Volume 3: Favorite Cover Songs
Volume 4: Gotta Have Faith
Volume 5: What Day Is It?
Volume 6: This One’s For The Kids
Volume 7: Let’s All Go Down To The Chuckle Hut
Volume 8: Straight Outta The ’80s
Volume 9: Don’t Rock The Covid
Volume 10: Music To Clean The House And Your Ass To
Volume 11: Hit Me Baby One Time
Volume 12: Grown And Sexy Playlist
Volume 13: I Can’t Believe It’s Original
Volume 14: ’80s Soundtracks
Steven McCash is the Music Columnist for SoBros Network. He is the pioneer of New Music Friday, highlighting each week’s new releases in the world of music, in addition to the occasional live show review. Follow on Twitter: @MC_Cash75
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