This video popped up on my timeline last night and damn it man.
How was this 23 years ago?
It feels like just yesterday.
I want those simpler times back.
Think about how great we had it back then.
We werent at war yet.
9/11 wasnt even imaginable.
The economy was booming.
Hip hop was enjoying its golden years.
Awesome movies were still coming out on a monthly basis.
The Yankees dynasty was in full swing, and the Patriots was just about to begin.
Look at this list -
and this one -
Banger city.
And video games were still fucking amazing.
You could argue Playstation 2 changed all that.
Sony took things to a whole different level with it.
If you were fortunate enough to own one you already know how lucky you were.
Also, midnight releases were the shit.
It wasn’t like today where kids a zillion options of shit to do at all times.
We had cable tv if we were lucky.
It was basically physical activities outside, and video games.
That was our entertainment.
Malls weretheplace to be back in the day.
You’d coordinate your ride.
Strategize how early you needed to get there without being there too-too early.
And of course you’d have to budget and save up.
and 3- Tommy Hilfiger clothes I had zero business wearing.
(again, this was a thing, remember no internet back then.
Word would spread and then plans would materialize.
Back then people used to wait in lines for everything.
It was the only way to get shit you really wanted.
You showed up early, and you fucking waited.
There was no online.
No people online offering to wait for you for money.
No secondary markets online you could pay premium to get what you wanted.
When big enough bands or games would announce “midnight releases” it was like the Super Bowl.
The buzz would get crazy.
There would be news stations out covering shit and interviewing people just like in that video.
One of the best albums ever and one of the biggest music release events ever.
The group’s members showed up to surprise fans and people lost their minds.
Again, simpler, better times.
What the fuck happened to us?
P.s.- this blew my mind.
Totally forgot about babbages
p.p.s.
- one of the best segments from one of the best late night shows of all time.
conan’s “in the year 2000”
