[1965gp]

I was on a customer trip last week and while we are sitting around drinking one of the guys (44 years old) starts talking about shoes and that the only shoes he is buying from now on are the Nike Air Max 97’s (it’s a reissue from 1997) because when he was in high school and college these were THE shoe to have. Similarly, I like the Nike Tuned Air from 1999 that you can buy today.

So then we started talking about all the things we focus on from our youth- I have bought reissue toys, I have a skateboard collection now of the ones I wanted growing up. I obviously want/have the cars from that era. I just spent a ton of money to see Poison and Motley Crue, Thrasher T shirts- can’t tell you how many I have.

So I’m thinking now that Gen X (my generation) may be the most nostalgic generation and I never saw that coming….

[71GP76TA]

I am a gen X (54yo). I consider myself more nostalgic than not. There isn't much from the last 20-25 years that interests me. The things I do like.. cars.. music.. TV shows.. etc.. are from the 60's.. 70's.. 80's.. early 90's. I will confess... I do like my '21 Scat Pack and my '18 Sierra quite a bit .

[geeteeohguy]

At 61, I'm a late boomer, and in school in the '60's and '70's, nobody really gave a crap about shoes. It was a pre-digital, pre-information age, and totally different times. No cell phones. No internet. Just roller disco, feathered hair, tight pants, jacked-up hot rods, and rock and roll.

[Simple Man]

Originally Posted by geeteeohguy

At 61, I'm a late boomer, and in school in the '60's and '70's, nobody really gave a crap about shoes. It was a pre-digital, pre-information age, and totally different times. No cell phones. No internet. Just roller disco, feathered hair, tight pants, jacked-up hot rods, and rock and roll.

I don't know about that. I was in high school 1974-78. Converse All Stars were the shoes to have, followed by ProKeds.

[kingbuzzo]

Well if it was you should win...if I started buying all my toys back the wife would bury me in the backyard...my T/A is bad enough lol

Definitely a Melvins fan...almost got to see them again in Madison WI but junior isn't 21 yet and they were playing at the bar

[unruhjonny]

Originally Posted by kingbuzzo

Well if it was you should win...if I started buying all my toys back the wife would bury me in the backyard...my T/A is bad enough lol

Well I was a bachelor for a long time, so my wife married me when I already had a bunch of old toys...

And even though it's nostalgic, seeing their faces light up when you bring home "retro" toys is pretty cool!


(they don't know or care that it's old - it's just fun for them!)

[66sprint6]

I’m not agreeing with that “late boomer” crap. That’s an even narrower generation of lost-generational-ism. That’s me. Too young or too old for anything, well into my adulthood it seemed. Not complaining. But it sure was interesting to find one day that I wasn’t the only one dealing with the ramifications of being born in a weird little time frame.

[Murf]

Yeah, the closer you get to dyin the more you long for the good ole days! Just wait till your my age. ��

[kingbuzzo]

This thread hit me hard...lol

I'm 53 but never really grew up so I straddle multiple music generations - plus I'm a lazy listener so I don't want to listen to anything new except maybe for the Strokes/Muse/Gretta.

On mondays I'm punk rock, tuesday is New Wave, wed is grunge, thurs is hair metal/hard rock, friday is classic metal, saturday is 80's alternative or Candian content, sunday is classic schlock...

On road trips it is mandatory to put on Screaming Trees Uncle Anesthesia - sorry best one lol

TV I have the sling subscription and watch 80% 60-70-early 80's movies exclusively.

So I don't know if it's a combination of lazy, stuck is my ways those are my jams and my '74 t/a is the only car that fits me like a glove.

Lolapalooza '92 and Ozzfest 97 were defining moments for me as well...haha

Courtney killed Kurt, everyone knows that...lol

[pontiacstogo]

Originally Posted by 1965gp

I have a skateboard collection now of the ones I wanted growing up.

Glad it's not just me!

[Verdoro 68]

I have no idea what you're talking about...says the guy who went to a Pavement concert earlier in the week and was driving yesterday around playing Screaming Trees on the tape deck in his recently acquired '95 T/A yesterday.

[will slow gto]

Originally Posted by Verdoro 68

I have no idea what you're talking about...says the guy who went to a Pavement concert earlier in the week and was driving yesterday around playing Screaming Trees on the tape deck in his recently acquired '95 T/A yesterday.

One of the people I carpooled with to high school listened to the ‘Singles’ soundtrack on tape and that Screaming Trees song stood out as one of the better ones on the compilation.

[1965gp]

Dude you just threw out a screaming trees reference!

Peter- do you ever go to SoCalskateshop. com? That’s where I have bought most of my reissues.

[necdb3]

Late boomer here. Obviously old cars, but I have a few neon signs, pinball machines, Slot cars, HO and Lionel trains, etc. Always liked the old gas pumps and soda machines and coolers.

I think all generations want what THEY remember, so the nostalgia is still there, the items just change.

[Greg Reid]

This is a heck of a crowd to make that assertion to. Why do you think we all like these old cars that were popular in our youth?
Seriously, I think every generation goes through it. Certainly not limited to one or two.

[66sprint6]

Oh, yeah. I'm nostalgic about the time that I felt disenfranchised. But I always had my music. And Alternative was my music. A music genre that seemed to be a product of the challenges that my cohort faced. Some great concerts, got to see Nirvana when they were here. Got to see Alice in Chains, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, etc. Sometimes in smaller venues when they were emerging. And these guys were wicked musicians. So I feel very nostalgic when some obscure alternative song comes on that I hadn't heard in years as well. Other than that, my life was very challenging back then. A devastating recession lingered here until 1995-1996. People older than I were more established in their jobs. They weren't giving them up. They weren't retiring. Who wouldn't feel like the lost generation with those kind of opportunites? And now? My kids like to remind me that I'm older, not relevant, and that my stories are anecdotal. Perfect!

[Dragncar]

Originally Posted by 66sprint6

Oh, yeah. I'm nostalgic about the time that I felt disenfranchised. But I always had my music. And Alternative was my music. A music genre that seemed to be a product of the challenges that my cohort faced. Some great concerts, got to see Nirvana when they were here. Got to see Alice in Chains, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, etc. Sometimes in smaller venues when they were emerging. And these guys were wicked musicians. So I feel very nostalgic when some obscure alternative song comes on that I hadn't heard in years as well. Other than that, my life was very challenging back then. A devastating recession lingered here until 1995-1996. People older than I were more established in their jobs. They weren't giving them up. They weren't retiring. Who wouldn't feel like the lost generation with those kind of opportunites? And now? My kids like to remind me that I'm older, not relevant, and that my stories are anecdotal. Perfect!

Kurt dying for me was one of those moments for me that I will not forget. Got choked up, was expecting so much more from him.
I can name a good 20 Nirvana song off the top of my head and about 40-50 if I really sit down and think about it.
Early in the 90s something happened in music. It was tiered and worn out for awhile then Kurt changed all that. All this new music started showing up and I started buying records again. My wife used to love it when I would bring home a new CD every week or two.
Great time for music from 88 to the late 2000s.
Ted Nugent, who I agree with on some things stated he was glad when Kurt died. What a creep, I was done with him. It was his kind of worn out music, degrading of women music Kurt helped make go away. Maybe that is why he hated him.
I find it funny Ted goes on some right wing shows, Rush used to promote him. And if you listed to the lyrics from Hard as Nails, Spit it Out( its about what you think it is), Scream Dream, Wango Tango ect they might have had a different opinion of him.
90s alternative, the best.

[1965gp]

I guess I just don’t remember my dad having anything from his youth or reliving it. Maybe we didn’t have the extra money or maybe it wasn’t important to him.

I also didn’t expect things to be reissued like they have been.

[hurryinhoosier62]

Originally Posted by 1965gp

I guess I just don’t remember my dad having anything from his youth or reliving it. Maybe we didn’t have the extra money or maybe it wasn’t important to him.

I also didn’t expect things to be reissued like they have been.

My dad didn’t want to relive his youth. He was still trying to figure out HOW he survived it.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by hurryinhoosier62

My dad didn’t want to relive his youth. He was still trying to figure out HOW he survived it.

My dad, too.

He was from Southeast Missouri, and had to pick cotton so he would have shoes for school.

I told him one time "Dad, when I think of heaven, I think of 1930's farm life".

He said "Son - 1930's farm life is why I am in Michigan working for General Motors".

K