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Very interesting thread.
I don't know much about the pre-war decades, but for the ones I do know of, my estimation of the decades could go like this;
The 50's (1946-1964) Really more the "post-war" period since we're talking 18 years here. 1954 and '55 may have been when the rock and roll and youth rebellion culture started, but the whole 'look' of the 50's (malt shops, diners, colorful suburbs) really started in the late 40's when the economy began to boom.
The 60's (1965-1970) Although many people point to Kennedy's assassination and the Beatles arrival as the start of the cultural 60's, I personally don't think these things had that much of an effect on America. In 1965 Vietnam began to escalate and the anti-establishment movement was rising. That, I think, would have really divided the nation, but I suppose you could argue if Kennedy had not been shot these things wouldn't have happened, so I could be way off.
The 70's (1971-197 I always saw 1970 as the end of the 60's, as this was the year the Beatles broke up, and many of the famous 60's musicians (Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin etc.) died, and also it was the year of the Kent State shootings, they'd be nothing to save you from cynicism after that.
The 80's (1979-1990) New wave and synthpop (two very big 80's music genres) began in 1979 and at that point the 80's started to establish themselves, but of course there was still a lot of 70's culture in the early 80's to counter it.
The 90's (1991-2001) Most people agree, 1991 was the dawn of the 90's, the cold war ended, and the distinct grunge fashion started which destroyed hair metal and what was left of synthpop (IMO New Wave was already dead by 1986). The 90's ended with 9/11, this event of course led to all the chaos in the 2000's.
The 00's (2002-200 Short dull decade. A mashup decade, nothing too original here. 2003-2005 was all rap & hip hop but with clothing similar to 90s, except women had cake faces (makeup got heavier). The emo thing was the only thing original here. Later onwards we started to get social media, which seemed more quintessential to the 2010s.
2010s (2008-now): HD stuff more dominant, social media, electronic dance music, heavy CGI movies, all started to get prevalent in 2009 until this day...2008 and 09 is definitely more like today. Fashion was a bit different in 2008 with young people (high fade cut wasn't around), but technology wasn't.
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