I don't know if I'd agree with all the people that claim that the music overall was better in 1995 or any period of the 90's. The stuff on the radio may have been better than it is today, but that's a different story. The late 90's were especially terrible and I'm not just talking about the horrendous boy bands and Britney Spears types. Rap became largely unoriginal commercial catch-phrase heavy recycled garbage in general. You had all those god awful faux-aggro bands like Limp Bizkit and that crap. Nirvana, probably the most revered of the mainstream 90's bands, never did anything terribly original. There's so much of the Pixies, Greg Sage, and the Vaselines in their work even though they were a good band as a collective of musicians. The whole college rock/indie band scene was way better in the 80's than it was in the 90's as well.
Anyway, what I miss most is just my basic general youth and the lack of a day to day grind. That until 23 I could eat a large pizza and not gain an ounce. From a more entertainment nature, I miss physical music. Sure it still exists, but it's not the same. Back then it meant something to own a CD because if you were a kid chances are you only had a few, or even if you had several, you probably didn't get more than a couple a month. Thus you listened to them over and over and if you spent your own money on them, from allowance or odd jobs or whatnot, there was a commitment to the band buying and supporting their work.
Now with mp3's or pirated torrents everything is disposable. You download something (usually for free) listen to it once or twice and if it doesn't catch you immediately, it's relegated to your recycle bin. Musicians today, unless you're an established act, have to make all their money off of live shows and merch so unless they're making commercially viable stuff like Pearl Jam or Foo Fighters, talented musicians have a difficult time making a living these days so artistic compromises have to be made and that generally results in them having a crappy day job.
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