60 Songs That Explain the '90s

by Rob Harvilla

Did you ever notice that new music, now, is nowhere near as great as the music you loved as a teenager? And you know what? You’re right. Whether you were a teenager in the ’60s, the ’90s, or the 2010s, you’re right. The music you loved as a teenager is the sweetest music you’ll ever hear; that music will be, in all likelihood, the greatest, wildest, purest love affair of your whole life. That’s how music works; that’s how being a teenager works.

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THE PEOPLE WHO HATE a hot new band can define that band’s identity every bit as much as the people who love it; you learn as much from who runs from the chaos as you do from who runs toward it.