That era was so much fun as a kid. No instagram, no twitter, no facebook... listening to disney radio, always watching movies, and just playing outside.
@@chongue1000 While this is true. I think they just mean that it was back in the time when social media just didn't exist, at least not to the scope it is in the modern era. Like for example the "you can see literally any movie you want", while that's true with things like Netflix, some people may miss actually going to video rental stores like Blockbuster little local stores and looking through physical copies of the VHS tapes (and DVDs in the 2000s) while also maybe striking up conversations with other customers or the workers about the movie and so on. It was more about the communication that I think people miss. I don't disagree that the progression of technology hasn't been a beneficial thing but at the same time, I can see why some people miss the days pre-social media days.
When I say I'm crying...I mean literal tears. What I would give to just spend one more day as a clueless, daydreaming, 11 year old again. Everything was so much simpler then.😔
Holy shit, late 90s pop music was so diverse, so many different genres. Nearly something for everyone, what a melting pot. I mean I'm familiar with all the songs, but putting them in a medley like that, what a wonderful display of creativity. Today's funnel of only mumble pop and dystopian fiction really does wear down the soul. Almost as if it's psychological warefare. Let's be diversely creative, expressive and fun again!
That’s exactly what I was thinking. I was 14 back then. And this certainly appeals to me. But I got half way through before quitting. Nostalgia should be tasted not devoured.
The nostalgia that I feel when thinking of the years 1997-2000 makes me want to cry my heart out. I would do anything to go back to that time. Beautiful, bright, simple days.
I would have been 13-14 in 1998. My favorite memories are the ones of every day life. Sitting in the car with my sister while my mom was in the store, hanging out in the pool during summer with the radio on, and just generally not worrying so much. That's probably the best part about being a kid--you live more in the moment. Nowadays I feel the full weight of every passing second.
I was around the same age. 11 turning 12. It's weird I can recollect all parts of this video as being an influential part of me growing up. Shaped my thoughts and my personality. But if they replayed the last 5 years, I think I shut off. Prefer living in the bubble I guess? But I feel you on your statement.
I was 15 in 98...that year was the epitome of my crazy partying years that I started when I was 12. Nearly all I did when I wasn't in school was drink, get high, have sex and hang with friends. Not a care in the world. However despite those being fond memories I still think if I had the ability to go back in time and relive those years I would choose instead to go back to before my preteen years, when I still had that innocence and excitement about life that only a child can have and where some of my fondest memories are the simple ones that you take for granted as a kid. From just sitting around watching TV and laughing with my siblings on a rainy day home from school or when we moved into our 1st house and our mom would work in her garden everyday that summer while we ran around playing in the yard. Its really the simplest, most innocent memories that are the best.
Just to show you how much this year meant to everyone around to see it.. I WAS 4 ...4 but I hold EVERY single memory of it. --- It was the perfect sweet spot in time. It has nothing to do with age or childhood nostalgia, THIS SPECIFIC TIME was different, We were not FAR back in time to have nothing But not SO FORWARD in time to have too much. Tech was in the middle, We could hang out with friends ALONG SIDE tech, We enjoyed each and every moment. The things to buy were cooler more colorful but the best part There was this weird peace in the air, Not that there wasnt not conflict But everyone knew there place with eachother, We knew that we were free to be, Take that to now, One misplaced joke or even misspelled word will cause a nuke to go off in peoples heads. I want to go back. I remember feeling like i could breath. I had that feeling even into 2009 Things tipped around 2013 but were on the decline from 2011 I still had a happy childhood but I knew THE WORLD was changing..Not me. And that is when the air got sucked out of the room
Rose-tinted glasses aside, culture of the late nineties seemed to be taking off in every direction. Gaming, music, fashion, film; everything looked so diverse and fearlessly experimental. We need to somehow recapture this spirit again and incorporate it into the twenties. Everything of the last 15 years has homogenized and become safe and sterile.
I think this is partially due to subcultural atomization brought on by the internet. It's much easier to settle into a niche online now, and people have, but this has led to mainstream culture becoming ever more tailored to the lowest common denominator. But this is mostly superficial, there is incredible experimentation in music, gaming, etc if you know where to look. I'll also raise the topic of television, as there are weirder and more idiosyncratic viewing options for us today than there was twenty years ago. We also have greater ease of access to past culture. A teenager now can watch a music video from the 70s on UA-cam on a whim, while a 90s teenager would have to happen to catch an MTV retrospective or something.
@@billbrasky8525 I was a child of the 90s who wished I was born in the 70s and was a teen in the 80s, I was obsessed with 80s culture and would walk to the library and check out movies and would raid garage sales and highlight 80s movies in the TV Guide. Then napster came like a miracle. We had easy access to the past long before youtube
@@davidtormsen8004 Yes, this explanation is correct. I would even say there is more experimentation nowadays if you take the internet into account. A video like this for instance ... in the 90's and early 2000's you would have to wait until someone on TV did this.
Back when the internet was cool. I was 10 years old and oh so oblivious to the world. Good times man. Going to the movies with friends, drinking surge and playing n64 till 3 am at sleepovers
It feels like yesterday... except I used to go to the public library to use google - which was as exciting as a fucking holiday back then. Now I can just talk at google...
Nah...internet sucked back then. My house was on 56k dial-up and we had to make sure no one picked the damn phone up while we were online. I remember waiting an hour to watch a 30 second video clip. The internet was still novel at that point, so it was exciting for the time, but still very basic compared to today.
The first thing I ever saw on the Internet was some random guy in floridas website about dolphins. It was awful but as a 14 year old in Scotland it blew my mind 😂
The late 90s and early 2000s was so mellow. I was just a kid then but it was a trip, man. Good music, fun video games and just overall good times when I was a kid.
@Tino 123 when u were 3, I was 13 and that was the best year of my life.... I literally believed I was invincible, everything went my way n everything revolved around me.
Same here! I can barely remember late 1998, 1998 hit songs were popular throughout most of 1999, I enjoyed most 1999-2001 hit songs as well. Thank goodness we can remember pop culture before 9/11. 👍
This is probably the happiest video on UA-cam. Thanks for sharing this piece of history. Im born 1988, so I’m smiling and crying of joy. Such a great time.
@@GoGetYourShinebox If you said that a year ago before Covid and lockdowns, I would have agreed. Now "what we have" fucking sucks and big government is to blame for it.
@@McGregor43 Maybe so. But for me someone who isn’t largely affected by pleasure and pain has cracked life lol. If anything good times and hard times should be expected, it’s the nature of life.
0:34 The Parent Trap 0:40 Tomb Raider 3 0:44 Crash Bandicoot: Warped 1:04 Metal Gear Solid 1:23 Either The Thin Red Line or Saving Private Ryan (not sure) 1:28 Star Wars: Rouge Squadron 1:34 Armageddon 1:57 Catdog 2:23 A Bug’s Life 2:27 Rolie Polie Olie 3:27 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3:44 Gran Turismo 4:01 Elmo’s World 4:09 Half-Life 6:06 James Cameron wins an Oscar for Best Director 6:24 Pokémon anime and Pokémon Red & Blue
was 5yo during 98. dont remember much besides pokemon. tho i saw alot of these music, movies and games growing up eventually so it still feel familiar and nostalgic
I was 9 years old, my sister was 8. We were super absorbed with pop culture in 1998. There’s not a song we didn’t know, movie we didn’t see or a video game we didn’t play lol best year of my life.
I feel privileged to have been born in 1998. I’m 22 now it’s crazy how quick time seems to be going .. I really wish I’d have grown up in the 90s I think it would of been a great experience! Although I’m still grateful that I grew up just before this generation of iPhones, iPads and what ever else. I still had things like a Gameboy and PlayStation 2 but nothing was as good as playing outside on my skateboard or scooter. This current world has really got me worried for what lies ahead but I will always cherish the memories of my childhood.
So many nice memories😭, I was 12 years old in 1998, and I remember how much I love watching Mtv, when used to be "Music" Television 100%. I wish have a time machine and back to the 90's
I never watch some shows and/or music videos on MTV before when I was young. Back when I was a baby, I watch all of the educational shows on PTV (before PBS Kids).
Still hard to believe this was all 25 years ago. Felt like it was just yesterday. Growing up in the 90s was something else, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Maybe for some Pokémon cards from that era but that’s about it lol
I can never forget '98. What an unforgettable year. I completed my freshman year of college and I remember being so stoked! Clubbing in the late 90's to early 00's was the best! The death of Matthew Shepard really got me. Being a young college gay kid myself at the time, I was terrified and thinking could someone harm me or my friends? His death will always stick with me. RIP Matthew Shepard. 🕊❤
being a kid in the 90s was a blessing, its not the age, it was the time that was so good. the more I think about the late 90s, the more I get to remember how good those days was. And the more I remember how fucked up paranoid useless crap of a time we are living in. The 90s was not only a decade, it was an inspiration and a good example of how things should be, and how the world should be like. I dont care about modern times, give me my favorite decade back!
@@ScottyMaster-hv9fd The 90s Was Not Just A Decade, The 90s Itself Was An Emotion, Period Dot Dash. 36 Year Old Black American male Commenting Right Here.
1998 will be a year marked in my memory; I was 11 years old. As a French, I associate that with our first time as a football world cup winner. This was also the last time I saw my grandmother alive, the first time I went to the mountains. The years between 1997-2000 were so simple and pure. However, this might apply to anybody looking back at their 7-13 years old: the end of the childhood transitioning to adolescence. We are grown enough to understand things of life but still too young to have significant "responsibilities".
To be honest, I wouldn't mind visiting that 9/11 for 24 hours. I know the WTC collapse was tragic (plus my life did get affected for the worst) but I have never seen American respect their fellow citizens more than any other day since then. BTW, I hate how UA-cam removes the +(username) when replying to somebody. It's so fucking annoying.
Being born in ‘98 is bittersweet. I wish I was born way before so I could’ve actually enjoyed it and the 90s but as I watch my younger sister’s generation i’m soooo happy that I enjoyed my childhood before everything changed. Really sad that kids these days have a totally different childhood. I think back to the early 2000s I can clearly see when life started being shitty
I was also born in ‘98, and I have a little sister born in 2005, so I know what you mean. I do wish I could’ve experienced the 90s, my parents are always telling me how amazing the 80s and 90s were and I feel like I kind of lived it through them, but it seems like such a great time to be alive. On the other hand, I see my sister’s generation growing up in sucky conditions with the pandemic and everything. I’m glad I grew up in the 2000s, I just wish I could go back because I feel very empty now
Don’t feel bad it was a great time , I was born in 1986 so I do remember every step of the way . But I’m pissed I don’t remember the 1980s I wish I was born about seven years early , I lovvvveeee the 1980s
1987 baby here. Oh boy does this bring back childhood. I kept a blank tape in the VCR in case certain music videos came on VH1 or MTV so I could hit record at a moments notice. Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" was just an absolute banger from that move 'City Of Angels' with Nic Cage.
Seriously took me back like few things have so far... I was 18 in 98, leaving high school, going to college...it's a very vivid memory I have and your video is just the closest to time travel I've experienced in my 40 years... the music, the videos, the videogames... so spot on!! Awesome job!
Music in the 90's was THE BEST! There were so many music genres available!! As a teen, it was so easy to find different styles to fit my ever-changing mood. One day I would listen to punk rock, grunge and hard rock if I felt like it, and the next day I would be chilling to r'n'b, singing along pop hits or dancing like crazy to techno music! Nowadays, you turn on the radio and everything sounds the same :(
Wow, what a wonderfully, cleverly constructed time capsule. So much nostalgia and a pretty effective way to convey what pop culture in 1998 was like to anyone who didn't have the privilege of experiencing it firsthand. Flawless sound editing.
Holy crap....1998 was a GREAT year for music of ALL genres. I dont think there has literally been any year since in when all genres of music had a top 50 billboard hit
As a European who was a teenager in the 90s I have to say, that when looking back, what is maybe most striking for me about this time compared to nowadays, is the overall image of the USA. When I was a teenager the USA were something cool, admired and even beloved. Even as European you wore clothes with the US-flag and had a rather uncritical view of the USA as the leader of the free world, one of the good guys and dependable partner for Europe. The turning point was the Iraq war and since then the image of the USA is steadily getting worse (even under Obama) with Trump's (first?) term bringing it to a low point which would have been absolutely unimaginable in the 90s...
i honestly thought i was the only european thinking this about the US. like as a kid i remember thinking "I wanna live in the US when i'm an adult". Ehhhh :/
the neoliberal propaganda machine was at his best at the time. I was 13 and lived in germany at the time. I dont thing god things about the 80s and 90s today as it feel a lot plastic the aesthetics and a lot of consumerist ideals of happiness. It was all a lie. After some readings about the 90s aesthetics and ideology i realized that it was the high point of plastic, artificial, consumerist, and individualistic ideology that didn't stud the test of time.
omg, my best moment in life ever... .am watching this and it flashes, it looks like we are only given the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of this life only in this era, 1999 and below .. n then the world is changing,,
Same here man!, this compilation was great of everything that happened and came out in 1998, what did you think of it looking back? Dated as hell right? Hahaha!
Christopher Finnigan Of course!! I remember the old school pop and hip hop songs too and I play Spyro the dragon and now it’s been 20 years I really can’t wait to get the remastered trilogy that is coming this September. I love Pokémon anime show, Godzilla (1998) was my first Godzilla movie but I hate that movie as I got older and only love the real Godzilla from toho. Japanese films as a kid and I love Godzilla: the series (1998) too and including I love bob the builder and other old Cartoon shows that I grow up watching them.
I accidentally came across this vid.. Gosh, I was a sophomore in 1998, and Mtv + VHS movies was my salvation living in Riyadh as a foreigner! Thanks for compiling some highlights that year ♥️
dude, not only was the world different at that time, even people acted different and they had a different mindset, its not easy to explain to a person who never experienced the 1990s, but. MAN, how our world have changed since then. Its not enough to watch these videoes, but to actually experience that time.
I often say that this period of time was a golden age, everything seemed to be great all of the time and the future seemed so bright. I was 14 in 98 and life was incredible. I'm so happy i'm not the only one that feels this judging by the comment. Every song in this video fills me with a different emotion. incredible!
90s was amazing I was in school in elementary school from first to second grade in 1998 memories of being in school getting that education and I was born in 1991 the early 90s I love the 1990's my childhood.
It was better to be older. You couldn't appreciate it as a baby and by the time you're older, social media and all the other distraction have turned this world into a joke
98. The year I turned 21, and began to rediscover myself. Probably one of the most difficult years, mentally, of my life It’s also a memorable year. A year full of positivity and hopeful dreams. The IT Bubble was full, and new tech was coming out every day.
That era was so much fun as a kid. No instagram, no twitter, no facebook... listening to disney radio, always watching movies, and just playing outside.
Disney Radio!🤘
I think we were last of the generations that had childhood and time
You can close all your social media, go outside, and see literaly any movie you want, progress is good, please grow up.
@@chongue1000 While this is true. I think they just mean that it was back in the time when social media just didn't exist, at least not to the scope it is in the modern era. Like for example the "you can see literally any movie you want", while that's true with things like Netflix, some people may miss actually going to video rental stores like Blockbuster little local stores and looking through physical copies of the VHS tapes (and DVDs in the 2000s) while also maybe striking up conversations with other customers or the workers about the movie and so on. It was more about the communication that I think people miss.
I don't disagree that the progression of technology hasn't been a beneficial thing but at the same time, I can see why some people miss the days pre-social media days.
I agree! : )
The late 90s-early 2000s was such a beautiful time...
Yes. Loved back then.
Larrell Lewis yeah I’m glad to be born in that era I was born 2000 time flies 😢😢😢😃😃😃😇😇😇???
People born after 2003 have no idea...
TurboKingXL91 Xbox One right I was born 2000 what year was you born 😂😂😂
I bet there’s about 2500 people that worked in the world trade centre that would strongly disagree with you but yeah,the music was great l
I was 16 back then. Now I'm 38. How time flies! I miss the late 80's and the early 90's! Those were my childhood years.
Yea so true, I was 13 and 36 now - time does fly man. Love to go back.
turning 9 now i am turning 34 i loved to go back
0.07 “Believe” - Cher
0.29 “Stop” - Spice Girls
0.36 “My Hands” - Jewel
0.44 “Unforgiven II” - Metallica
0.51 “All My Life” - KC & Jo-Jo
0.59 “Cup Of Life” - Ricky Martin
1.02 “Brimful Of Asha” - Cornershop
1.06 “Never There” - Cake
1.14 “Push It” - Garbage
1.21 “Save Tonight” - Eagle-Eye Cherry
1.30 “Nice N’ Slow” - Usher
1.37 “Don’t Want To Miss a Thing” - Aerosmith
1.50 “So Lonely” - Janet Jackson
1.57 “Music Sounds Better With You” - Stardust
2.04 “Got The Life” - Korn
2.14 “Real World” - Matchbox 20
2.20 “Lady Marmalade” - All Saints
2.26 “You Get What You Give” - New Radicals
2.29 “This Is How We Party” - SOAP
2.32 “Getting’ Jiggy Wit It” - Will Smith
2.38 “Frozen” - Madonna
2.46 “So Young” - The Corrs
2.51 “Intergalactic” - Beastie Boys
2.55 “Deeper Underground” - Jamiroquai
2.59 “Life” - Des’ree
3.03 “Fire It Up” = Busta Rhymes
3.12 “High” - Lighthouse Family
3.21 “Love Like This” - Faith Evans
3.31 “Ghetto Superstar” - Pras
3.40 “Jump Jive Wail” - Brian Setzer Orchestra
3.45 “Kiss Me” - Sixpence None The Richer
3.50 “We Got The Feeling” - Five
3.55 “He Got Game” Public Enemy
4.04 “All I Have to Give” - Backstreet Boys
4.10 “Do For Love” 2Pac
4.20 “This Kiss” - Faith Hill
4.25 “The Boy Is Mine” - Brandy
4.34 “Thank U” - Alanis Morrisette
4.38 “Jumper” - Third Eye Blind
4.43 “Big Mistake” - Natalie Imbruglia
4.53 “The Dope Show” - Marilyn Manson
4.59 “Life In Mono” - Mono
5.10 “Would You…?” - Touch & Go
5.15 “Big Big World” - Emilia
5.20
5.27 “Viva Forever” - Spice Girls
5.31 “Buses and Trains” - Bachelor Girl
5.44 “Lullaby - Shawn Mullins
5.50 “Teardrop” - Massive Attack
5.55 “Hardknock Life” - Jay-Z
6.00 “What Can I Do” - The Corrs
6.08 “The Rockafeller Skank” - Fatboy Slim
6.14 “My Hero” - Foo Fighters
6.20 “Finally Found” - Honeyz
6.41 “What’s This Life For” - Creed
6.47 “From This Moment On” - Shania Twain
6.53 “Let Me Know” - Aaliyah
6.59 “For An Angel” - Paul Van Dyk
7.09 “Dance The Night Away” - The Mavericks
7.13 “Have You Ever” - Brandy
7.21 “Uninvited” - Alanis Morissette
7.30 “When You Believe” - Mariah Carey
7.37 “Malibu” - Hole
7.43 “Outside” - George Michael
7.58 “I’m Horny” - Mousse T
8.04 “Dragula” - Rob Zombie
8.11 “It’s Like That” - Run DMC
8.18 “You’re Still The One” - Shania Twain
8.25 “Can We Fix It?” - Bob The Builder
8.33 “My Favourite Game” - The Cardigans
8.45 “The Sweetest Thing” - U2
9.05 “Pretty Fly…” - Offspring
9.11 “Flagpole Sitta” - Harvey Danger
9.16 “Come With Me” - Puff Daddy & Jimmy Page
9.24 “All Around The World” - Oasis
9.33 “Gone Til November” - Wyclef
9.38 “What It’s Like” - Everlast
9.43 “A Rose Is Still A Rose” - Aretha Franklin
9.49 “Angel Of Mine” - Monica
9.53 “Millenium” - Robbie Williams
10.00 “No Matter” - Boyzone
10.10 “Closing Time” - Semisonic
10.15 - “Zoot Suit Riot” - Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
10.20 “Baby… One More Time” - Britney Spears
10.25 “Tell Me What It’s Gonna Be” - Dru Hill
10.31 “Just The Two Of Us” - Will Smith
10.42 “Good Riddance” - Green Day
10.51 “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next” - Manic Street
Preachers
10.59 “Everybody Get Up” - Five
11.04 “Sway” - Bic Runga
11.11 “Take Me There” - Mya
11.21 “Déjà vu” - Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz
11.25 “That Thing” - Lauren Hill
11.30
11.40 “Cleopatra” - Cleopatra
11.44 “Iris” - Goo Goo Dolls
11.55 “Because We Want To” - Billie
11.58 “True To Your Heart” - 98 Degrees
12.02 “Polyester Girl” - Regurgitator
12.07 “C’est Le Vie” - B*Witched
12.16 “Save Yourself” - Stabbing Westward
12.24 “Heroes” - Wallflowers
12.30 “Slide” - Goo Goo Dolls
12.37 “Paranoid” - Garbage
12.42 “Crush” - Jennifer Paige
12.49 “One Week” - Barenaked Ladies
12.59 “Somebody Kill Me” - Adam Sandler
13.05 “Start The Commotion” - Wiseguys
13.11 “Perfect” - Smashing Pumpkins
13.17 “Shimmer” - Fuel
13.19 “Touch It” - Monifa
13.23 “Angels” - Sarah McLauchlan
13.30 “Ray Of Light” - Madonna
13.38 “Feel It” - The Tamperer
13.45 “God Is A DJ” - Faithless
13.56 “Time After Time” - INOJ
14.04 “The Vengabus” - Vengaboys
14.12 “Better Off Alone” - Alice Deejay
14.19 “Goodbye” - Spice Girls
Brazen Upstarts 5:20 was Master P “Make ‘Em Say Uhh!” and 11:30 was Pearl Jam “Given to Fly”
@@vshekar Nice work! Thnx :-)
8:52 1998 binary finary
Hard to believe all these came from that one year. Such a great year to be a teenager
Thanks for the track list , but the Aaliyah song is called “ are you that somebody”.
I was born in 1985. I'm glad I was a child of the 1990's. Great decade.
I was born in 1986 and remember the 90s pretty well
Same! 100% agree
How the heck is it 2020 already..I feel like it was 1998 ...i blinked and it was 2020 lol
Same!
Me too 💜
When I say I'm crying...I mean literal tears. What I would give to just spend one more day as a clueless, daydreaming, 11 year old again. Everything was so much simpler then.😔
What is the song at 5:50
@@ailrasyid1029 Massive Attack - Teardrop
My heart cries really😢 Time used to feel so different, so better. So simple.
Was so much better back then
Wasn't simpler, you just was a child ,who seen things naive. Which sometimes is fun lol
The overall vibe of the late 90s and early 00s was truly something special.
Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.....
It should be sold as an over the counter medicine.
I can't take much more future.
I just up-voted you to 42
Yeah, and they're hooking us.
It's so bittersweet 😭
@Michael Kevin Millet you r so frustrated. Take it easy bro.
Holy shit, late 90s pop music was so diverse, so many different genres. Nearly something for everyone, what a melting pot.
I mean I'm familiar with all the songs, but putting them in a medley like that, what a wonderful display of creativity.
Today's funnel of only mumble pop and dystopian fiction really does wear down the soul. Almost as if it's psychological warefare.
Let's be diversely creative, expressive and fun again!
Oh my God that's so true! Sometimes when I'm driving around for work I'll put on 90's hits but I NEVER play the radio these days
There's still plenty of diverse pop music. Just not in the radio or at spotify.
@@Jonasb0994dt Any recommendations on where to discover and listen to diverse music?
i dislike that you mention this because you're right. i miss those days i suppose but i guess, we can search for new acts on our own .
Don’t forget all the shitty remakes, only made to induce nostalgia..
This is almost too much to watch. A wave of melancholy and nostalgia.
That’s exactly what I was thinking. I was 14 back then. And this certainly appeals to me. But I got half way through before quitting. Nostalgia should be tasted not devoured.
haha just went through the same,, haha damn!
1998 was such a great time to be alive. Gaming, music, TV shows, Movies, WWF. I'd do almost anything to go back for one week.
Im right there with you. If you figure out how, please let me know. Thanks.😄
I agree if I had a time machine I'd go back in live in 98
And you know you'd be crying like a bitch when it was time to come back to the present at the end of that week!!! I know I would!
You can still live lileits that time
The nostalgia that I feel when thinking of the years 1997-2000 makes me want to cry my heart out. I would do anything to go back to that time. Beautiful, bright, simple days.
We’re all gonna fkn die!
the only thing that through us off back then was Y-2K right? Loved 1998-2001
Geoengineering wasn’t so bad… WAKE UP
I would have been 13-14 in 1998.
My favorite memories are the ones of every day life. Sitting in the car with my sister while my mom was in the store, hanging out in the pool during summer with the radio on, and just generally not worrying so much. That's probably the best part about being a kid--you live more in the moment. Nowadays I feel the full weight of every passing second.
I was around the same age. 11 turning 12. It's weird I can recollect all parts of this video as being an influential part of me growing up. Shaped my thoughts and my personality. But if they replayed the last 5 years, I think I shut off. Prefer living in the bubble I guess? But I feel you on your statement.
You win the internet with that comment. I was 13 in 98. Your assessment is spot on.
I was 15 in 98...that year was the epitome of my crazy partying years that I started when I was 12. Nearly all I did when I wasn't in school was drink, get high, have sex and hang with friends. Not a care in the world. However despite those being fond memories I still think if I had the ability to go back in time and relive those years I would choose instead to go back to before my preteen years, when I still had that innocence and excitement about life that only a child can have and where some of my fondest memories are the simple ones that you take for granted as a kid. From just sitting around watching TV and laughing with my siblings on a rainy day home from school or when we moved into our 1st house and our mom would work in her garden everyday that summer while we ran around playing in the yard. Its really the simplest, most innocent memories that are the best.
Just to show you how much this year meant to everyone around to see it.. I WAS 4 ...4 but I hold EVERY single memory of it. --- It was the perfect sweet spot in time. It has nothing to do with age or childhood nostalgia, THIS SPECIFIC TIME was different, We were not FAR back in time to have nothing But not SO FORWARD in time to have too much. Tech was in the middle, We could hang out with friends ALONG SIDE tech, We enjoyed each and every moment. The things to buy were cooler more colorful but the best part There was this weird peace in the air, Not that there wasnt not conflict But everyone knew there place with eachother, We knew that we were free to be, Take that to now, One misplaced joke or even misspelled word will cause a nuke to go off in peoples heads. I want to go back. I remember feeling like i could breath. I had that feeling even into 2009 Things tipped around 2013 but were on the decline from 2011 I still had a happy childhood but I knew THE WORLD was changing..Not me. And that is when the air got sucked out of the room
It's like my dad said to my brother and I, "y'all see your life in years; I see mine in days."
I'm in disbelief that 1998 was 20 years ago now, doesn't feel like it at all. '98 was the core year of my childhood.
21 years now.. how does it feel that all of us born that year can now legally get drink in the USA
I was born in 1998. Loved my childhood in the 2000s
@@skitboyz7418 doesnt it suck that we are all adults now and no longer teens..
@@justinhalen2126 for real, bro. Like what the f?
@@skitboyz7418 sorry bro
I was 10 years old. I soaked up everything, I feel like every song has been imprinted on my soul. I wish I could go back 😭❤
Rose-tinted glasses aside, culture of the late nineties seemed to be taking off in every direction. Gaming, music, fashion, film; everything looked so diverse and fearlessly experimental. We need to somehow recapture this spirit again and incorporate it into the twenties. Everything of the last 15 years has homogenized and become safe and sterile.
I think this is partially due to subcultural atomization brought on by the internet. It's much easier to settle into a niche online now, and people have, but this has led to mainstream culture becoming ever more tailored to the lowest common denominator. But this is mostly superficial, there is incredible experimentation in music, gaming, etc if you know where to look.
I'll also raise the topic of television, as there are weirder and more idiosyncratic viewing options for us today than there was twenty years ago. We also have greater ease of access to past culture. A teenager now can watch a music video from the 70s on UA-cam on a whim, while a 90s teenager would have to happen to catch an MTV retrospective or something.
@@davidtormsen8004 Excellent points I hadn't really taken into consideration.
@@billbrasky8525 I was a child of the 90s who wished I was born in the 70s and was a teen in the 80s, I was obsessed with 80s culture and would walk to the library and check out movies and would raid garage sales and highlight 80s movies in the TV Guide. Then napster came like a miracle. We had easy access to the past long before youtube
@@davidtormsen8004 Yes, this explanation is correct. I would even say there is more experimentation nowadays if you take the internet into account. A video like this for instance ... in the 90's and early 2000's you would have to wait until someone on TV did this.
Agree!
This is like the flashback u get before u die
Lol that's cool with me best time's of my life
Damn
But I wasn't even alive yet in 1998
Lol those flash backs before dieing is real but I guess it matters if it's a quick death lol.. random
1998 will always have a special place in my heart.
Same! Cuz I was born in 1998
Miss the late 90s so much 😢
Back when the internet was cool. I was 10 years old and oh so oblivious to the world. Good times man. Going to the movies with friends, drinking surge and playing n64 till 3 am at sleepovers
Fuck yeah man!
It feels like yesterday... except I used to go to the public library to use google - which was as exciting as a fucking holiday back then. Now I can just talk at google...
@@VengFPV haha this got me I remember going to the library to edit my MySpace profile hahaha jesus
Nah...internet sucked back then. My house was on 56k dial-up and we had to make sure no one picked the damn phone up while we were online. I remember waiting an hour to watch a 30 second video clip. The internet was still novel at that point, so it was exciting for the time, but still very basic compared to today.
The first thing I ever saw on the Internet was some random guy in floridas website about dolphins. It was awful but as a 14 year old in Scotland it blew my mind 😂
holy shit, whoever made this video is hyper aware of what was happening in 1998
1998 VS 2018.
*Or*, they know how to use Wikipedia and stuff for research.
All thanks to this UA-camr who made this video : thepeterson : )
Back then we didn't know Dawson crying would become an internet meme. Lol.
Huh?
The word meme didn't exist.
@LagiNaLangAko23 70s, duno who Dawkins is, I googled it..
Whos Dawson lmao
Which movie is it from ?
Maybe it's because I'm 27 but this seemed like such a big year. So many memorable movies and music.
It was there were tons of great music and movies
I'm 27 too, and I feel the same...
27 here too buddy. Part of me feels lame for knowing all of this, but part of me really feels like we're a bit of a lost generation.
And videogames!
27 here as well. Can only agree. I dropped my jaw when I saw all this awesomeness created in only one year.
The best year of my life, what I would do to turn back time and relive it again.
Can't believe 1998 was 20 years ago. One of the best years ever in history.
Whoo hoo 1998!
Nicely made video
Mystical Catnip
21 years ago now for me. This is on November 21 2019. So it’s getting close to 22 years. Time flies
I want to go back in time.
Me Too
So do i
I would just like to go back to when you wrote this comment 👍
then comes 2020.. :(
Same
The late 90s and early 2000s was so mellow. I was just a kid then but it was a trip, man. Good music, fun video games and just overall good times when I was a kid.
I was 13 in 1998. This is like fckn nostalgia overload. Great times
true what awful times
So u were born in 1985 like me
@Tino 123 when u were 3, I was 13 and that was the best year of my life.... I literally believed I was invincible, everything went my way n everything revolved around me.
@Tino 123 whats your favorite year on earth so far?
@Patrick Mailey grade 7 was the best year of my life growing up in Vancouver BC
Pre-9/11 was an absolutely magical time to be a kid, and generally to live. Will never forget it.
it really was
Wglass90 2002-05 was fun too
plz, don't remind me.😢 I miss these happier times
I miss it man, I hope that sort comes again. I just feel these. They were just full of joy and happiness :.)
@@liamb8644 not really. After 9/11 and all this war with terrorism it was never the same again. Everything went downhill
I was born in 95 but I still remember 99-2007 being the best years of my childhood
Same here! I can barely remember late 1998, 1998 hit songs were popular throughout most of 1999, I enjoyed most 1999-2001 hit songs as well. Thank goodness we can remember pop culture before 9/11. 👍
You guys are amazing! We're binge watching this whole channel!!!
Lol
you got all these and the bootlegs other users make
Hey cheers! That means a lot coming from you guys!
Replying to this 6 years later because yes
This is probably the happiest video on UA-cam. Thanks for sharing this piece of history. Im born 1988, so I’m smiling and crying of joy. Such a great time.
Nostalgia is great but don't get lost in it. Live in the moment, it's all you had back in 1998 and all you have now.
People need to accept life for what it is and appreciate what they have
@@GoGetYourShinebox If you said that a year ago before Covid and lockdowns, I would have agreed. Now "what we have" fucking sucks and big government is to blame for it.
@@McGregor43 Maybe so. But for me someone who isn’t largely affected by pleasure and pain has cracked life lol. If anything good times and hard times should be expected, it’s the nature of life.
@Blah we’re not gonna just ignore the stuff we enjoyed in our childhood lol
Thank you... Now instead of watching these by myself I will watch these with my kids.
Holy crap, i am only 2 minutes in and it has already produced more great things than 2015-2020 ever did.
0:34 The Parent Trap
0:40 Tomb Raider 3
0:44 Crash Bandicoot: Warped
1:04 Metal Gear Solid
1:23 Either The Thin Red Line or Saving Private Ryan (not sure)
1:28 Star Wars: Rouge Squadron
1:34 Armageddon
1:57 Catdog
2:23 A Bug’s Life
2:27 Rolie Polie Olie
3:27 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
3:44 Gran Turismo
4:01 Elmo’s World
4:09 Half-Life
6:06 James Cameron wins an Oscar for Best Director
6:24 Pokémon anime and Pokémon Red & Blue
2:10 Super Mario Party 3
0:48? Sitcom name IT was a four five letter name in some green logo,having a tough time remembering it.
ahhhhaaa! found it The King of Queens
wheres resident Evil 2??
7:07 i had this on my verbatim but cant remeber the name.....
As a kid born in 1989, i love the kitschy-futuristic design of the late 90s
Just watch, it's kitsch now but 30 years from now it'll have the retro-cool appeal items from the 50s and 60s have now.
Same here born in 1989. All those late 90s and early 00s futuristic music videos’ look was awesome
I was born March of 89, what about you?
@@johnlewis3891 Same!!! March 1989
@@johnlewis3891 i was in 1989 to
I was born in 89 I will never forget them days of a 90s child :-) Things will never be the same unfortunately
89jeffreycv I was born in 89 too I miss the 90s
89 here too babii wooooo!!
87 here
I was born in 24.
i was born that year to
Oh my goodness yes. Even though I was just 4 years old I remember a lot of this year with passion. Bless 98
I was 3 years old in 1998. All My Life & Baby One More Time are the very first songs I remember hearing.
was 5yo during 98. dont remember much besides pokemon. tho i saw alot of these music, movies and games growing up eventually so it still feel familiar and nostalgic
I was also 4 years old and I think I remember a lot because in Germany it took a few years, kinda delayed.
I was 15 in 1998 holy shit where does the time go. Loved the late 90’s, great memories.
I was 14 in 98. I can't believe it's 23 years ago.
i was 12
Lucky
Class of 98' here!
Nice . I was 14 n 98 :)
Yesss! 💃🎶❤
Class of 98!!!
Same i was graduated in high school in that year.
2000 here. The real millennial. Lol.
....man, '98 was such a good year! Thanks for the trip down memory lane...i would go back in a second...
I was 9 years old, my sister was 8. We were super absorbed with pop culture in 1998. There’s not a song we didn’t know, movie we didn’t see or a video game we didn’t play lol best year of my life.
I was 11 yrs old in 1998. Kids today have no idea how good things were back then. We will NEVER have days like the 90s - September 10th 2001 again.
0Jmpc518 2001 was the last good year.
0Jmpc518 because 2002 and beyond is full of dumb millennials being born and look now
Wish I was born in the 90s...
LOS UP U mean 1996-2002 Even though I was born in 04 It went to full shit
I wish I wasn't born in 2006
I miss the 90s born in 86 back when the world still made since I miss 98 .
I feel privileged to have been born in 1998. I’m 22 now it’s crazy how quick time seems to be going .. I really wish I’d have grown up in the 90s I think it would of been a great experience! Although I’m still grateful that I grew up just before this generation of iPhones, iPads and what ever else. I still had things like a Gameboy and PlayStation 2 but nothing was as good as playing outside on my skateboard or scooter. This current world has really got me worried for what lies ahead but I will always cherish the memories of my childhood.
I feel sorry for anyone that didn't get to experience the 90's... What a great decade.
They sure did miss a treat
So many nice memories😭, I was 12 years old in 1998, and I remember how much I love watching Mtv, when used to be "Music" Television 100%. I wish have a time machine and back to the 90's
I never watch some shows and/or music videos on MTV before when I was young. Back when I was a baby, I watch all of the educational shows on PTV (before PBS Kids).
You weren’t 12, you weren’t even born then lol 😆
I just wanna cuddle to the 90’s like its a feeling and will stay there forever
Beautiful movies, music and tv shows. Miss the 90s a lot.😭
Still hard to believe this was all 25 years ago. Felt like it was just yesterday. Growing up in the 90s was something else, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
Maybe for some Pokémon cards from that era but that’s about it lol
I can never forget '98. What an unforgettable year. I completed my freshman year of college and I remember being so stoked! Clubbing in the late 90's to early 00's was the best!
The death of Matthew Shepard really got me. Being a young college gay kid myself at the time, I was terrified and thinking could someone harm me or my friends? His death will always stick with me. RIP Matthew Shepard. 🕊❤
I was born in 1987. The 90s and early 00s were THE BEST YEARS!!!!!
my older cousin was born in 1987 to right before he passed away last year and it will be almost 2 years
@@johnnyboy-ws3we sorry that your cousin died man.
@@Am-wt3sm ok and i said cousin in the comment
@@johnnyboy-ws3we ok I will re edit my post then
You gonna say the same about the current years after 10 or 20 years its just the nostalgia
Before everything got politized. Diversity in music and positivity ruled.
I miss the 90s and early 2000 best times for sure.
Favorite president, movie, song, video game. Take me back to the 90s!
Watching this on my 22nd birthday. It's a yearly tradition for me.
This really takes me back! (Born in 1986). A lot as happened to me personally in 1998 and I won't forget that year.
being a kid in the 90s was a blessing, its not the age, it was the time that was so good.
the more I think about the late 90s, the more I get to remember how good those days was. And the more I remember how fucked up paranoid useless crap of a time we are living in. The 90s was not only a decade, it was an inspiration and a good example of how things should be, and how the world should be like. I dont care about modern times, give me my favorite decade back!
I agree
@@ScottyMaster-hv9fd
The 90s Was Not Just A Decade,
The 90s Itself Was An Emotion,
Period Dot Dash.
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@@VoidDweller86but the 90s had more brighter momments then today ever could
1998 and 1999 were the happiest years of my life
Back when "Ricky Martin is gay" was just a joke.
All gays played straight in 98.
Highwind Skies hey that rhymes
🤣
And everyone only just realized George Michael was gay.
😂
1998 will be a year marked in my memory; I was 11 years old. As a French, I associate that with our first time as a football world cup winner. This was also the last time I saw my grandmother alive, the first time I went to the mountains. The years between 1997-2000 were so simple and pure. However, this might apply to anybody looking back at their 7-13 years old: the end of the childhood transitioning to adolescence. We are grown enough to understand things of life but still too young to have significant "responsibilities".
98 and 99 was the best.... So good to be a teen then.. Movies.. Music... Games... Such good times
Back when one year actually felt like 365 days and not 4 months. If i had known better i would've savoured every second back then
TAKE ME BACK TO ANY DAY OF 1995-2005 FOR 24 HOURS! ALL I NEED!!!!
September 11 2001?
The millennium bug 1998-2000?
To be honest, I wouldn't mind visiting that 9/11 for 24 hours. I know the WTC collapse was tragic (plus my life did get affected for the worst) but I have never seen American respect their fellow citizens more than any other day since then.
BTW, I hate how UA-cam removes the +(username) when replying to somebody. It's so fucking annoying.
April 20,1999?
ClutchXP I would love to go back to anyday in 1999 since I was only seven years old back then.
Being born in ‘98 is bittersweet. I wish I was born way before so I could’ve actually enjoyed it and the 90s but as I watch my younger sister’s generation i’m soooo happy that I enjoyed my childhood before everything changed. Really sad that kids these days have a totally different childhood. I think back to the early 2000s I can clearly see when life started being shitty
I was also born in ‘98, and I have a little sister born in 2005, so I know what you mean. I do wish I could’ve experienced the 90s, my parents are always telling me how amazing the 80s and 90s were and I feel like I kind of lived it through them, but it seems like such a great time to be alive. On the other hand, I see my sister’s generation growing up in sucky conditions with the pandemic and everything. I’m glad I grew up in the 2000s, I just wish I could go back because I feel very empty now
But you missed the 90s it was awesome
Don’t feel bad it was a great time , I was born in 1986 so I do remember every step of the way . But I’m pissed I don’t remember the 1980s I wish I was born about seven years early , I lovvvveeee the 1980s
1987 baby here. Oh boy does this bring back childhood. I kept a blank tape in the VCR in case certain music videos came on VH1 or MTV so I could hit record at a moments notice. Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" was just an absolute banger from that move 'City Of Angels' with Nic Cage.
Seriously took me back like few things have so far... I was 18 in 98, leaving high school, going to college...it's a very vivid memory I have and your video is just the closest to time travel I've experienced in my 40 years... the music, the videos, the videogames... so spot on!! Awesome job!
Where did u party?
me too, first year of college in 1998 was such a memorable time...and so innocent compared to now!
@@ArchingScarab yep, last minutes of innocence before 2001 and the start of now.
"Goodbye, my friend."
Robin Williams turns around.
Hurt.
yeah, I noticed that. Very appropriate
Music in the 90's was THE BEST! There were so many music genres available!! As a teen, it was so easy to find different styles to fit my ever-changing mood. One day I would listen to punk rock, grunge and hard rock if I felt like it, and the next day I would be chilling to r'n'b, singing along pop hits or dancing like crazy to techno music!
Nowadays, you turn on the radio and everything sounds the same :(
@Michael Kevin Millet Причём тут промывка мозгов,идиот?) Ты сейчас глаза открой пошире и посмотри вокруг...
Had to stop the vid, couldn’t take the sadness
Same man, same. 😭
Yup
I hear you.
Michael Kevin Millet congratulations, you are that guy 👍
@Michael Kevin Millet that guy who flows his BS.
Wow, what a wonderfully, cleverly constructed time capsule. So much nostalgia and a pretty effective way to convey what pop culture in 1998 was like to anyone who didn't have the privilege of experiencing it firsthand. Flawless sound editing.
I was 7 years old in 1998. Life was so beautiful back then. Time flies extremely fast. 😭
I was 8 when all of this was going on, but it's crazy how much of this I clearly remember, and how much it doesn't seem like 20 years ago.
1998 Was Much Better Than 2018.
1998 was a very good year. In fact, 1996 - 2000 were some of my best years to date.
1998 to 2003
The best time to repeat over and over again.
1996-2000 was awesome. I was 21 in 96...
1998 when I graduated high school. 15 minutes of non stop goosebumps.
Robot Wars, Powerpuff Girls, Pokemon, Bob the Builder, Spyro the Dragon and Fatboy Slim. 1998 was a great time to be a kid!
Holy crap....1998 was a GREAT year for music of ALL genres. I dont think there has literally been any year since in when all genres of music had a top 50 billboard hit
There’s been many years with better music of all genres lol
As a European who was a teenager in the 90s I have to say, that when looking back, what is maybe most striking for me about this time compared to nowadays, is the overall image of the USA. When I was a teenager the USA were something cool, admired and even beloved. Even as European you wore clothes with the US-flag and had a rather uncritical view of the USA as the leader of the free world, one of the good guys and dependable partner for Europe. The turning point was the Iraq war and since then the image of the USA is steadily getting worse (even under Obama) with Trump's (first?) term bringing it to a low point which would have been absolutely unimaginable in the 90s...
Trump is not as bad as Obama. The worst was Bush with his 911 holding the world as hostage.
i honestly thought i was the only european thinking this about the US. like as a kid i remember thinking "I wanna live in the US when i'm an adult". Ehhhh :/
the neoliberal propaganda machine was at his best at the time. I was 13 and lived in germany at the time. I dont thing god things about the 80s and 90s today as it feel a lot plastic the aesthetics and a lot of consumerist ideals of happiness. It was all a lie. After some readings about the 90s aesthetics and ideology i realized that it was the high point of plastic, artificial, consumerist, and individualistic ideology that didn't stud the test of time.
Like bombarding Yugoslavia was any better than what America has done before or after this. Bro you were just a child...
Trump has made America great again
I was perfect 16 in 1998.. Still missing 1998-1999
This is a total nostalgia overload. I can remember pretty much everything - good heavens.
omg, my best moment in life ever... .am watching this and it flashes, it looks like we are only given the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of this life only in this era, 1999 and below .. n then the world is changing,,
happy 20th anniversary to everything shown in this video 😊😊
I just turned 50 the other day. I mostly disliked the nineties, until this year. I’ll do that decade again, no problem
Not as good as the 80s but still decent. After Sept 2001... everyday was downhill.
This made me cry :'(
@@stormwalker7818 True. I just recently figured :/
I was born 1998, yet I experienced most of the things shown here years after I was born which shows how influential that year was!
Life was sooo much better in the 90’s
Define better. I mean, I'm a 90s kid, but what was better in your opinion?
@Yay !!! And you're a jerk.
Exactly the movies tv shows the games you name it way better.
@@jblue88hoodgamer54 All the movies are woke shit now.
Agree
1998 is the year where I was born!! :)
Same here man!, this compilation was great of everything that happened and came out in 1998, what did you think of it looking back? Dated as hell right? Hahaha!
Abdalla Dehrab I was born in 1998 too.
Christopher Finnigan Of course!! I remember the old school pop and hip hop songs too and I play Spyro the dragon and now it’s been 20 years I really can’t wait to get the remastered trilogy that is coming this September. I love Pokémon anime show, Godzilla (1998) was my first Godzilla movie but I hate that movie as I got older and only love the real Godzilla from toho. Japanese films as a kid and I love Godzilla: the series (1998) too and including I love bob the builder and other old Cartoon shows that I grow up watching them.
I was born 1994 hell yeah what I remember was great
Me Too
I accidentally came across this vid.. Gosh, I was a sophomore in 1998, and Mtv + VHS movies was my salvation living in Riyadh as a foreigner! Thanks for compiling some highlights that year ♥️
Thank you 1998. I love you.
Born in 1998 and it took me 21 years to just look up 4 simple numbers into YT about my birth year to see whats up. Not disappointed
I was born in 98. Honestly wish I was able to experience this. The world nowadays is insane :/
Summer 98 .Great year and the year I left School and went to Art college.The video brought back great memories
I'd give anything to go back :(
First cd i ever bought with my own money was Dmx
It's dark and hell is hot I love that cd
dude, not only was the world different at that time, even people acted different and they had a different mindset, its not easy to explain to a person who never experienced the 1990s, but. MAN, how our world have changed since then. Its not enough to watch these videoes, but to actually experience that time.
The 90s were a great time for me. I came together with my husband in the 90s, but I wouldn’t want to go back to the 90s honestly.
@@lenka8635 Why
@@numan2985 Because I would miss my kids. That’s the only reason, but a huge one.
@@lenka8635 ok
Can I just say how good the mixing of all the songs is? Very professional sounding! Wonderfully creative video! Really makes me want to be 15 again!
Holy mackerel!
98 was a good year for me. Graduated in 97. I know this video isn't 100% accurate but I brought bacc some great memories
What's not accurate? Just curious
I often say that this period of time was a golden age, everything seemed to be great all of the time and the future seemed so bright. I was 14 in 98 and life was incredible. I'm so happy i'm not the only one that feels this judging by the comment. Every song in this video fills me with a different emotion. incredible!
90s was amazing I was in school in elementary school from first to second grade in 1998 memories of being in school getting that education and I was born in 1991 the early 90s I love the 1990's my childhood.
I was born in the same year as Elmo's World, Pokemon, Power Puff Girls and The Prince of Egypt. Best year to be born into.
Cj Liu how do you figure
Figure?
Cj Liu yup me too.
It was better to be older. You couldn't appreciate it as a baby and by the time you're older, social media and all the other distraction have turned this world into a joke
The Nostalgia 👍🏾😢 I was 9 years old and I remember every bit of this was so influential on my I remember every song every show every movie
98. The year I turned 21, and began to rediscover myself. Probably one of the most difficult years, mentally, of my life
It’s also a memorable year. A year full of positivity and hopeful dreams. The IT Bubble was full, and new tech was coming out every day.