It's not how I think kids should grow up. I admit I had a completely segregated, I don't even mind if you call it racist, childhood. That was like, 1994 for me! So yes, I totally missed a shitload of shit.Īs for Michael Jackson, aside from the fact he's an iconic 80s musician, the video of Beat It reminds me of the 50s, Smooth Criminal's what, the 40s, he was definitely harkening back to earlier times. I also associate Heavy Metal with the 90s, I did not know of Metallica or Megadeath until high school. Of course now I know Lionel Richie, Whitney Houston, Tina Turner, Janet Jackson and Paula Abdul.Īnd what about Eddie Murphy's relevant? I saw him in movies as a kid, did he have a song relevant to the thread? I didn't see any of his standup until the 90s though, my parents weren't exactly itching to rent me RAW at nine years old.Īnd yes, I didn't know about hip hop, Run DMC and the rest until later. Aside from what was on the Armed Forces Network the few people immediately around me were all I had access to for media. Click to expand.I, mostly, grew up in a foreign country on a military base listening to only what my white parents and the parents of my white friends had playing until I returned to the States.
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