The Best Decade (2000-2009)

The Best Decade (2000-2009)
(this is not an angry brown guy post, just a civil observation)


Many people have an overall negative opinion of this passing decade, and I see it quite the opposite. The 00s kicked ass (I refuse to call it the Oughties/Aughties/Noughties… cheap media tag-names). They are trying to compare it to the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, claiming that this decade didn’t have enough culture to reminisce about in the future, especially with music.



I will refute that claim by stating that we just have more music now. In the past decades, we needed radio and TV to get exposure to new major music. Indie/punks/etc relied on word-of-mouth, shows, and opening bands for new stuff. Right into the decade, MP3s opened a whole world of new, free music (major acts to garage bands). Where in the previous decades you might have been exposed to 200+ bands, now you might have 1000+ bands in your library. It’s harder to keep track of all music, and attention span’s shorter, with numerous releases every day. When people think of the 00s, the only musicians that come to the front are the cookie-cutter, ultra-processed, mega-stars like Britney Spears, Nickelback, Green Day, Black Eyed Peas, and crap like that. No one wants to remember this decade with those cheesy/terrible musicians on top, but this decade did offer the MOST, the BEST music from lesser known bands, and we all have many MP3s to prove it.



The cultural impact from music, fashion, movies, TV, art all had one common ground: Technology. This decade was all about technology. Everything from cell-phones, cars, computers, video-games, MP3 players, and most importantly, the internet advanced exponentially. Put yourself back in 1999, you would have been blown away with 2009 tech. Watching HD movies over the internet on your TV? Using a cell-phone with buttons and used as a wireless PC? This decade shines with technology, which in turn, makes our art shine. The music is awesome, the movies are awesome, graphic designers are awesome, fashion is awesome… the 90s were the PIT of fashion.



That being said, I wanted to do several lists to end the decade, and they will be posted shortly. There are lots of lists on the internet right now, and mine on the best and worst in Movies, TV, Games, cultural highlights, and trends will follow. I will not have a music list because there is just too much out there, and I don’t want to take the time to make one.