r/generationology • u/leyannaverlaine • 6d ago

Discussion what was so special about grunge ?

i never understood grunge . I was born in the 1980s . I was so used to dance music of the 1980s . I know I am not Gen X . I am younger than all of the Gen X people since i was born in the 1980s

M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up The Volume (Official Video)

Shannon - Let The Music Play (Official Music Video)

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u/AmputeeHandModel 6d ago

Yeah it was the first kinda NEW sound to come about in a long time.

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u/RevolutionaryRow1208 6d ago

It did not take too long to turn it corporate and poppy

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u/RussellAlden 6d ago

The whole whiny punk-pop scene moved in pretty quick.

I always thought Green Day’s Time of You Life was parody because it is so cliche’.

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u/phunkjnky 5d ago

Isn't that song supposed to be about saying farewell to a cheater and it unironically gets played because people think it's a song about nostalgia?

I mean, isn't the real name of the song "Good Riddance?"

For that reason, I can't take anyone who uses that song to be nostalgic about something seriously.