Still Too Soon To Know

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Three questions, which I will try and phrase right - all related though.

They're about importance. For once I'm not talking about importance to one's personal listening history, emotional development etc. I'm interested in how we as individuals perceive "music history" and "historical significance" while it's happening.

The question:

1. What moment, or trend or era in music have you felt was most important while it was happening?

2. Have there been any moments you felt at the time were important, which don't seem as important with hindsight.

3. When you first became aware of pop music as something which had a history, what seemed to you the most important things in the previous ten years?

Comments

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

1. Concurrent movements of grunge and rave, I think. I was too young to really get involved but it seemed new and exotic and a bit scary but both looked and sounded a lot of fun.

2. Grunge again probably, bar Nirvana, and the 1992-era indie that was knocking about at the same time. It just disappeared totally (plays of Carter at Poptimism notwithstanding).

3. Michael Jackson!