2004 — Forgotten

So here’s to 2004. The forgotten hinge year. The last breath of analog life before the smartphone swallowed everything.

The iPod Mini dropped in 5 colors. iTunes was just a baby. And the airwaves? “Yeah!” by Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris was unavoidable . But so was Franz Ferdinand’s “Take Me Out,” Modest Mouse’s “Float On,” and Kanye West’s The College Dropout —an album so fresh it feels like it came out five years ago, not twenty. Meanwhile, emo went mainstream (Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday), and pop punk peaked with “I’m Not Okay (I Promise).” forgotten 2004

You just forgot the year.

Before the iPhone. Before Facebook took over the world. Before “viral” meant anything other than a bad cold. So here’s to 2004

Put on “Hey Ya!” (yes, that was late 2003, but it ruled 2004 anyway). Open a cold Snapple. And remember: Tom from Myspace never forgot you. The iPod Mini dropped in 5 colors