Do you ever feel like you were born in the wrong decade?

Question

I've loved the 50's, 60's and 70's since I was a kid. Unfortunitaly I wasn't around then. I like current things too and I couldn't live without my computer but I feel like I don't relate to people my age. I love Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Welcome Back Kotter, Rockford Files, Hart to Hart, Star Wars, The Beatles, Johnny Cash, The BeeGees and Elvis. I don't own a single pair of pants that aren't bellbottoms or "flare" as they call them now. I was watching Welcome Back Kotter and saw Julie's huge bellbottom jeans and would love to have some like that but they don't make them anymore that big! I have two disco balls in my room that I've had since I was a kid. I love Hairspray because it's about the 60's. Can anyone else relate?

When I was a kid, I refused to use the word "cool." I say it now because everyone else does but I prefer "awesome" Anyone else prefer vocabulary from a differnt era too?

Answer 1

I definitely feel out of place. most of the music I listen to are from the 60's or 70's but I was born in 1990, which means I missed out in just about everything and music is so important to me. I also have a lot of problems relating to kids my age, they like their video games, DS, texting etc. and I'm still lost on all that stuff. Ever try reading a 17 year old's instant message when not understanding any of that text lingo? Everything gets lost in translation. And kids these days seen to appreciate STUPIDITY and ignorance. I read a book from the nineteenth century and listen to an album from the 60's and I'm told I should snap back to reality and live in my time. It can be frustrating at times. I actually say "awesome" a lot but I also use "marvelous" which is not very 17 is it?

Smiley: I use to say far out, then I got beat up... lol. I stopped saying that pretty soon.

Answer 2

I love being born in the 90's I know other generations have amazing things that influenced me more than the 90's like I love old 70's music, and 50's style but I think of the other side all the wars that we missed and rights that we didn't have that we do now in some things as a society we have grown and for that I love the 90's and today.

Answer 3

Yes! I was born in 1991 but I wish I was born in the early 70's or early 50's so I could be a teen in either the 80's or 60's! I hate being a teen in the 00's! I love everything from the 60's and 80's! If I could go back to those times right now, I definitely would!

Answer 4

I was born in the 70s but I wish had been born in the 50s instead so I could have experienced the birth of rock 'n roll and been there to see bands like The Beatles, The Stones, The Doors etc.... when they were first starting out. Music was so fresh and vibrant back then not like today where looking good and having a huge ego is more important than talent. I shun today's mass, crass commercialism in favor for true bands and real artists.

Answer 5

Clarice, I do believe you were born in the wrong age. There are a few people like you who for whatever reasons just like many things from the 50's-70's. I for one certainly do but it's because I was born and raised in that era. This era was exploding with new talent and many positive social changes. Society is tougher today and has lost some of its identity when compared to the 50's-70's so I can easily see why you do like that period in time. Enjoy your life now but do learn about life the few years leading up to when you were born because that says a lot about us today.

Answer 6

yes, because i love a lot of classic rock.. from the 60's- ex:-(The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Johnny Cash,Stevie Wonder,Elvis) and 70's(Jimi Hendrix,Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Cream, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, Boston, Queen) even the 80's(Motley Crue, Guns n Roses, Whitesnake, Morbid Angel, Skid Row, Megadeth, AC./DC Van Halen, Judas Priest, Rainbow- DIO Scorpions, Aerosmith, Slayer, The Misfits, Metallica.. ect.)- i was born in 1984- i grew up with a vast various range of music from classic rock, to jazz, metal, funk, soul, .. but i also love a lot of early 90's rock/alternative music as well.. (Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, Silverchair,Alice In Chains, No Doubt, Filter, Blind Melon, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, 311, Radiohead, Garbage, Incubus, Rage Against The Machine, Sponge, Sepultura, Opeth, Faith No More, Deftones, Sevendust, Rage Against The Machine, Pantera, Korn, Slipknot, Cradle of Filth, Nevermore, 36 Crazyfits, Fear Factory, Snot, Candlebox), ect..

Answer 7

I think I should have been born in the 60's, so I could have experienced the 80's and 90's, I LOVE the music from those eras.

Answer 8

oh god-people think im a bit weird
-meaning crazy-bout 70s 80s n 90s
but i really feel with all of the older stuff
i love so much like livin in the 80s!
Seriously-i mean i totally love rock
music from the 70s n 80s-im all
into hair bands-you know and
i also love the clothing-i wear my
mums hippie stuff-im wearin those
jeans ur talkin bout right now! those
which are like bright blue and pretty
thick and above waist and carott cut
and theyre like old but my mum had
them lying around-theyre levis.and
i love putting my hair into lots of
braids and then its all curly and
i use lots of hairspray-i love my hair
that way! also i like wearing chucks
and neon coloured things and
lots of diff coloured stuff at the same
time- just the way clarissa darling
wears it-clarissa explains it all-is
my all time fav tv show and u should
know it-its from the early 90s-and
its really *awesome*.i also love
movies from that time like saturday
night fever and dirty dancing-
they tend to inspire me. i think
i could give up the sims 2 and
harry potter 4 to live back then-
imagine seeing all ur fav bands
live wen they were young!
i know wat u feel like-i guess life
was more real and entertaining
back then!

Answer 9

I was born in the 60s and grew up in the 70s and 80s. I loved it. I felt America peaked then.

Answer 10

The 50's seem like a cool era, but the 60's & 70's don't appeal at all. Everybody was greasy, dirty & ugly.

I enjoyed the 90's. That was my era.
I was awesome then.