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90s

11 Boy Bands You Definitely Listened To That You've Already Completely Forgotten About

By Tanya
Of course everyone remembers the three main boy bands that have been lifted into pop royalty. Backstreet Boys, New Kids On The Block and NSYNC are the indisputable champions of the pop universe, without any doubts. A few others managed to get a good foot hold, like Boyz II Men or even Hanson who had their own hits, but there were even more that have been totally left in the past. GiphyBoy bands basically grew on trees in the 90s. A new one would pop up every 45 minutes with one hit song before fading back into the world. Sometimes

00s

10 Songs That We Used To Cure Our Angst In The Early 2000s

By Throwbacks Writing Team
Puberty hits everybody like a ton of bricks, and nobody moreso than teenage girls. School is a social nightmare when you're trying to figure out who you are as a person, and you have all these FEELINGS!Chances are, whenever life was getting you down, you went home, turned on one of these 10 songs, and let the tears just flow.Avril Lavigne - "Complicated"Seriously, why DID you have to go and make things so complicated? Avril's ode to teenage love and awkwardness was pretty emblematic of everyone's first relationships.My Chemical Romance - "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)

90s

10 Songs From The '90s We Sang As Kids And Really Shouldn't Have

By Moojan
Songs from the '90s had a lot of subtle sexual lyrics, or maybe I was just super naive when I was a kid. I've been listening to these songs for two decades now, and it was probably only a few years ago that I actually noticed just how "dirty" some of these songs are. Let me know if you agree! 1.  "Genie in a Bottle" - Christina Aguilera Not only did I sound like a dying animal while singing this song, but I was also belting out lyrics that had strong sexual connotations. Lyrics like "you gotta rub me

90s

Spice Girls Reuniting For The Royal Wedding

By Meg
File this under: things I would absolutely make my husband do for me if I was marrying a royal. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, who will be getting married in May, have been making headlines since they went public with their engagement. So many protocols were broken on Harry's end, and so many barriers were broken on Meghan's. Harry didn't attend the Boxing Day hunting expedition with his family, because his fiancee is a big animal rights activist. "The Boxing Day shoot was always going to be a tricky issue," a royal insider said. "Meghan is a keen animal rights

80s

10 Songs From The '80s Your Parents Tried To Ban You From Listening To

By Moojan
According to my mom, 80s music was "too vulgar." She may not have been wrong, there are a lot of songs from the 80s that are still considered risque. My mom wasn't the only one who had that opinion, so many parents thought the same that an American committee was formed in 1985 to increase parental control over the access of children to music deemed "too violent, drug-related, or sexually explicit." Here are some songs that made the Parents Music Resource Center group's "Filthy Fifteen" list, and other songs my parents always scolded me for listening to. 1. "Darling Nikki"

80s

Your Zodiac Will Reveal Which 80s Celeb You're Most Like

By Tanya
Growing up in the 80s meant that you got to experience some of the greatest music, shows, and movies that have ever been made. Yes, obviously great stuff is still being made, but the 80s really was one-of-a-kind. The characters and celebrities of the 80s were really unique and awesome, and it's always been one of those things where you can't help but wonder which one your friends would compare you to. One way to try and figure out who you are most like is by judging by your zodiac sign. The zodiac is a fun way to look at

90s

There's A Scientific Reason The Music You Loved As A Teenager Is Better

By Meg
If you take a look at your most recently played songs, what shows up? Is there anything that has been released in the past 10 years? Unlikely. Most of us tend to listen to a lot of nostalgia-inducing music which comes from our childhood and teen years. If you thought you might be along on this, you'd be wrong. In a recent article from the New York Times, it was uncovered that most people base their tastes, music or otherwise, on their formative years. “The most important period for men in forming their adult tastes were ages 13 to 16,
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