2000: The Golden Era of Pop!

I was tagged a few days ago by Jams over at the Poor Mouth.

In this meme you should:-

1. Go to www.popculturemadness.com
2.Pick the year you turned 18 (look to the side bar and there are tabs for Billboard number 1 hits for each decade)
3. Get yourself nostalgic over the songs of the year
4. Write something about how the song affected you.

I turned 18 in mid July, 2000. The hit song during that time was Aaliyah’s “Try Again”. I can honestly say that I don’t remember this song whatsoever. This was at the point in my life where anything connected to major radio and MTV was ever so uncool, so I paid very little attention to what was going on in the pop music world. 2000 does bring about fond memories concerning music however.



I had my first taste of left wing radicalism at about this time, so any angry and preachy rock and roll band that espoused similar beliefs was on my turntable. I was at the 2000 Democratic Convention, protesting along with the band. I don’t remember what I was protesting. Something about capitalism or some bullshit like that; it was a fun time none the less.

I also developed a taste for a few indie rock bands like Sunny Day Real Estate. I must have played their last record a thousand times that year. It was the type of whinny music nerds like myself listened to since I was not trying to get with women or drink myself stupid. All of that would come a few years later.



As I look back on 2000, it really feels like it was part of another era. It was the year before 9/11, and the Country had yet to enter the reign of Bush the II. It may have simply been the fact that I was 18 and did not know a damn thing, but it did feel like a simpler time. Hilarious, I know.

But the popular music of the day was pretty terrible. The charts were dominated by the likes of Christina Aguilera and Sisqo; need I say more?