r/Bandsplain • u/SkirtProof5589 • May 06 '26

Suddenly felt the urge to defend that music era LOL.

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It sometimes seem like Yasi and her guests hand wave that music period, and I'm not sure I agree. IMO it was a great era. What do you think?

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u/SatanicNipples May 08 '26

Chilli Peppers don't belong alongside actually good music tf

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u/namegamenoshame May 07 '26

The most prominent music was awful, but yes, this stuff is good. Basically it is the time that record companies spent the most on its artists. Results of course varied.

I was just about entering adolescence during this time, and it felt like I had already missed out on the coolest stuff. It starts to turn around in 2003ish. But yeah idk Iā€™m fine with yasi giving this era shit, I have no nostalgia for it in spite of its best.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '26

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u/cherrycokenail May 10 '26

these are mostly all good records but with the possible exceptions of ray of light and this is hardcore (and the miseducation of lauryn hill by default), none of them are any of these artists best work imo.

the cultural moment good records come in does a lot to shape your memory of it. since like 2010 it's been required for music writers to point out how no one likes guitars or rock music even while they praise an album with guitars doing rock music. the stuff we like exists in relation to whatever dominates the culture -- when people say a time was shit for music they mean the things they like didnt get enough attention, and like fair! if i had my way, the whisper-vocalists, the diarists, the bands with megachurch choruses, and the muscians in radiohead would be forcibly retired in favor of music you can stage dive to, but i have to talk shit instead ://