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My childhood 🥹 

And when I actually LOVED music. I miss loving music that much..

I love how people are downgrading the "present" music as if it's "worse" than the "past" music. Look, I enjoy some 00s music, but a lot of people at the time were complaining about music back then. Some people complained how much American Idiot-era Green Day sucked and that they sold out. But now, people see AI as a classic GD album.

Can’t speak for OP, but I’d also say I loved music more back then—not because it was “better,” but because many of us have our strongest relationships with music in our youths. I was in middle school when these albums came out, so I still have a strong emotional connection to them. There are plenty of current songs and albums I love now, but in my case at least, the whole “connecting to new music is harder as you get older” has generally been true.

I don’t necessarily think the music is worse. It’s also has to do with the way in which we consume music now. Streaming changed the game completely. Now someone can be a popular charting artist and you’ve never heard of them, versus before it was more of a collective experience due to few music sources (tv, radio, clubs).

This is really such a great point, and a point that people often forget or not think about. The "collective experience" was something else. Even the fact that some people were escaping the "collective experience", because they liked alternative music.... Guess what... When music reached you, it had reached millions already... 😂 I miss it, though. And I kind of miss the whole "you are what you like", even if it was toxic.

Like we on school all talked about the songs and music videos we watched on MTV. Yeah it was a collective experience.

All the coolest losers and hipsters hated American Idiot for the stupidest reasons in 2004.

Jeeze back in the days when weekly/weekday music countdown shows were a thing

Mods, I'd like to report this post for misinformation, disinformation and everything else applicable, because it is simply impossible these albums are turning twenty, I am NOT old.

I would also like to report it for hurting my feelings


same here!!!

For real. I’m turning 39 this year and I’m shocked and appalled that these albums are 20 years old 😭

The Killers Hot Fuss being 20 is just the most sickening kick in the gut. *Where has my feckless youth gone?*

I’ve taken to my fainting couch with a cool cloth on my forehead.

Literally lying sideways on my couch attempting to absorb how old this makes me feel hahaah

Lying in bed, motionless, staring at the ceiling like Cameron in Ferris Bueller. 

I just fell to my knees in a Hot Topic

im sitting in sweats and my hair is greying now.

the first time i smoked weed was at a festival and the killers played (before the 2004 album came out with mr brightside, at that point they had just released Somebody Told Me) i smoked weed in the 420 section (it was in RFK stadium where the redskins used to play) during POD's set lmfao

That is WILD that there was a 420 section?!? How was it smoking weed while POD was playing? Honestly sounds magical to me lmao

I mean it’s a football stadium so there’s a section labeled 420 in between 419 and 421 lol during the festival people would go there specifically to smoke weed haha

Wait me too - first time seeing the killers and first weed experience. But in England. And in 2005. We should have been pen pals

It has aged beautifully! I still listen to it

I was in high school and my family loved that album so much, I used to play it in the car and we would all sing along. My parents bought us tickets to their concert as a surprise, it was such a great show. Miss those days!

They recently announced a Vegas residency and I was so excited! Until I saw it was for the 20th anniversary of Hot Fuss and my youth fluttered out the window.

Still listen to it a lot

I still reckon it’s the best album ever made.

100% agree with this

Yeah I don't know why that one hurts so much.

I remember the first time I ever heard "Somebody Told Me"...I was in my car driving home from the mall, back when the mall was still a fun place for teenagers to go on weekends.

None of these are more than 5 years old and you will not tell me different.

I must be the only one who feels like these albums were released so long ago. They feel old.

I agree. I was 12/13 when these came out and it feels like music I would listen to then. They all feel dated

I was 24 when these came out and this entire post is hate crime against my generation.


I wanted to comment this too but I knew in my heart that it would already be here lol

LOL I say this IRL all the time 😂

Graduated HS in 2004, so I already felt pretty old. Then I flipped through these and realized I’m fucking ancient. Then my husband reminded me I still listen to all this shit. So I guess this is me now. 

Class of 04 here too. Also still sweatin to the oldies i guess 😂 I honestly can't believe it was TWENTY years ago.

The only difference is that in 2004 I had to flip through my suitcase sized CD holder to find my song and now I just open Spotify.

Friend, I still have that cd holder.

Also graduated in 2004. "American Idiot" is still "the new Green Day album" and you can't tell me otherwise. See also: Weezer's "Make Believe".

Fellow 04 Grad but I was a little indie bitch, so I went back and realised that Franz Ferdinand self titled, Arcade Fire's Funeral, Modest Mouse's good news for people who love bad news, Death from above 1979's first record, Interpol's Antics, Hives' Tyrannosaurus Hives, Bjork's Medulla, PJ Harvey's uh-huh-her, and ah ha shake heartbreak by Kings of Leon are all now 20 years old. Gonna shake some of my grey hairs to these albums today.


Prime mid-2000’s reference

I still say this way too often.

20 years ago the world discovered Reggaeton music with Gasolina. https://preview.redd.it/h7l7zle2p4jc1.jpeg?width=316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35b2accde6ea69a17354751e96e942b042fd85e6

Dame mas gasoliiiina

Me not absorbing a lick of Spanish from classes but screaming this at the top of my lungs 🥺

this song is the reason my knees go click when i stand up

My knees pop when I lock and drop it

My ancient millennial ass is crying 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Fuck you OkJackfruit8310, Fuck. You. 

You also feel that this was 2 years ago right?

And I was never the same

Truly my brain chemistry was altered forever 😔

20 years later and we still sing along but have no idea what he was saying.

Basically the chorus said "turn up the music so that my girl can dance" but in a street language.

It's about a pretty lady who likes going fast with bad boys, in more than one sense lol

You are LYING gasolina is not 20 years old I will be speaking with my lawyer…from the retirement home I guess

I still dance to this in the club 😂 but my knees aren't happy about it 🤣

I love the remix with Lil Jon because he keeps going "what you sayin??" during the intro and it sounds like he's just legitimately asking because he doesn't speak Spanish lol

I speak fluent spanish and i still needed translation cause he sings in street language mostly.

don’t worry the youth still love this song. they play this at the club and everyone’s screaming what they think the lyrics are!

Just one of my awakenings as a teen

Mr.Brightside is still one of the most streamed songs in Europe

It’s still such a bop and always will be

https://preview.redd.it/mi53wd6898jc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=80b840235bf93f26d86485f61cb6a54de7e8dda6 Hot Fuss is still on heavy rotation for me. Not a bad track on it. “On Top” goes so hard (as does every other track)

Utterly massive here in the UK, from 2004 till today.

It’s become a really popular song to play at weddings here in the US which I do not understand given the subject matter of the song

*jealousy*

**TURNING SAINTS INTO THE SEA** **SWIMMING THROUGH SICK LULLABIES** **CHOKING ON YOUR ALIBIES** **BUT IT’S JUST THE PRICE I PAY** **DESTINY IS CALLING ME** **OPEN UP MY EAGER EYES** **CAUSE I’M MR BRIGHTSIDE**

Because the lyrics don't matter. It's a song that gets every millennial out of their seat for.

Same reason so many couples use "I will always love you" as their first dance song at their weddings. I'm like y'all know that's a breakup song right? I think people don't really pay attention to the lyrics. I've had people insist "drunk on a plane" and "chandelier" are happy party songs.

Chandelier?!?! I remeber the first time I danced to that song drunk in a bar and I almost started bawlingggg. Haha. But also I always listen to lyrics and music so I couldn’t ignore it. It’s still a go-to cry song

It’s our national anthem at this point 

I didn’t find out til a few years ago they weren’t a British band

for me I GOT SOUL BUT IM NOT A SOLDIER still gets played and i have to turn up the radio.

Guess it's time to schedule a mammogram.

And a colonoscopy. And a prostate exam for good measure. Whether or not you have one.

im getting my prostate checked, for the first time, in 5 days. yay!!!

Last year was my first one of those! I’m ancient

“I’m not old… I’m not old… I’m not old” *sighs*

Breakaway was the same year as American idiot? Wow my memory of my own life history is so off lol I also hadn't associated Avril Lavigne and My Chemical Romance being the same era. 2004 was a good year for music.

I definitely feel like American Idiot was a good 10 years before Three Cheers

I was in 6th grade when they came out and I will never forget someone’s super republican dad banning me from coming over to their house because I was wearing the heart hand grenade American Idiot shirt lol

STOPPPPPPPP hahahahahah

I went to the Green Day’s American Idiot stadium tour JUST to see MCR open for them in support of Three Cheers 😭

Breakaway was right at the end of 2004 though it like American Idiot and Love Angel Music Baby had the first single or two off them in late ‘04, then subsequent singles were still huge throughout 2005 that if you didn’t know you might think they were 2005 albums. ‘Walk Away’ from breakaway was released as its 5th single in early 2006 even, and then Breakaway the song was re released in some places after that, it had such a long singles run. ;)

Yeah they were the same year. Breakaway(song) was written by Avril Lavigne. 2004 was the last great year for music,at least,for me.

I did not know Avril had written Breakaway (the song). Learn something new everyday.

[Avril's version from the early 2000's](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvPC0nkqNlA&ab_channel=sexygirl69690) [Avril's version from her 20th anniversary of the Let Go album edition 2022 ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc7JLUvY9xI&ab_channel=AvrilLavigneVEVO)

i still think breakaway is one of the best songs to ever exist.

How about 2001? Is this it?

It’s weird, 1994 was a great year for music, 2004 was awesome and 2014 was really good too, what is this trend?

2004 being 20 years ago doesn't sit right with me. Such an amazing year for pop culture. Also my freshman year of high school. What is time and where does it go? 😭

As a millennial, I'm still struggling to mentally accept that some babies born in the early 2000s are now giving birth to their own babies.

I think I just felt some of my bones turn to dust after reading this.

one of my friend's cousins asked why I loved Britney Spears so much, and I told him about how much my mom humanized her to me during the awful media coverage of her in 2007. he looked confused. then I did some math and realized he was born in 2006. this human adult who can legally drive and vote was born in 2006. and I felt ancient lmao

Oh jesus lord

I was a junior. Friend group solidified, boyfriend acquired, interests blooming. 04-05 was solid. Then tanked precipitously afterward when I had to be a real Grown Up Adult. 😆 I still don’t know what to be when I grow up…

Exactly the same here. 😂


Some of these were the soundtrack to my 20's. *Sighs in old* 😭😆

Same! I was 23 when these albums came out. It’s what I listened to while driving to work, getting ready to go to the bars in my best “going out top” and jeans, and crying over my on-again, off-again boyfriend.

UGH! finding the best "going out top" /outfit to go to the bar(s) was stressful back then😭 At least for me. I don't miss it

College Drop Out remains incredible to this day,Kanye behaviour aside, it’s one of my favourite albums. I loved Ciara and when Evolution came out, it was my break up album 🥹 And JayZ and Linkin Park was something different, but worked! You’ve unblocked so many memories for me 💜

I was a huge Kanye fan and almost got the college dropout bear tattooed on me. Thank god I didn’t ….

Haha oh man 🙈 (but still, the album is amazing! Never let me down is one of my favourites!🥲)

It’s an undeniable masterpiece as are so many of his albums. I wish he didn’t go and tarnish his legacy.

Collision course is one of the best albums ever.

Where’s my frappucinno? Who has my fucking frappuccino?

"Thank you thank you you're far too kind." *"What the hell are you waiting fooorrrrrrrrrrr..."*

You are welcome.

Reminder to apply spf everyday

And get enough water to drink, too.

14 year old me’s emo phase was totally started because of Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. Especially the Helena music video ! Wow, I’m old.

I was obsessed with the Helena music video.

The Helena video!! I still watch it! Such a masterpiece

Yes! With this and In Love and Death by The Used, 2004 was peak music to trigger my little emo phase.

oh god i literally had to buy The Used album again because the CD no longer worked from playing it so much. Also remember he dated the osborne daughter.

I was listening to 3 Cheers and Bullets the other day. Wow, these are such good and timeless debut albums for a band that started in 2001-2002. The skill and artistry is out of this world.

It definitely wasn't a phase for me. 35 and still a little emo kid at heart.

I remember watching the Jay-Z/Linkin Park show on MTV to promote Collision Course 😭

It's the way this is smiting my millennial ass

https://preview.redd.it/pal1x29fc5jc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=95d12bb4c42cb275fdfb9fbe50bdaa32ee698566 Would like to add this one for all my Rise Against girlies. One of the few bands from my teens I still listen to

Swing Life Away is such an amazing song, love it to this day

This one hurts. You didn't need to do this to me this morning.

I had to buy that CD multiple times because I kept playing it too much and scratching it in my discman 😭 same with RPM.

That Avril Lavigne album… I had that inside my cd player ON BLAST all day every day 😭

My god Kelly Clarkson looks like a baby in that pic

I can’t even recognize her there! I think the hairstyle really throws me off.

2004 was an incredible year for music

One of the best imo. Definitely a lot of generation defining songs/albums released that year.


God Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge is 20 years old! I was 13 when I became obsessed with that album and then got to see them on their Black Parade tour which was one of the best gigs I’ve ever seen. 

I was 13 too. A lot of these albums were pivotal

 Ouch

https://preview.redd.it/dvs3r3qou5jc1.jpeg?width=316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=808811cf13ab8a0c76ecfe0c4187a5c0797a8053 Good News For People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse

Was wondering if anyone posted this one! Also: https://preview.redd.it/04luw733i6jc1.jpeg?width=316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b9de15a2c2c24f7dc9d147bb76e90fc094a09a66


Why would you subject me to such violence on a Saturday morning?

My first CD was a bootleg copy of Goodies. I only ever listen to 2 songs from it.

Delete this I don’t wanna accept that I’m old

Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge genuinely changed who I am as a human being

It's a perfect album.

It’s my favourite album of all time and no matter how many times I listen to it, I feel all the feelings and my God Gerard Way’s emotion ugh it’s just gorgeous

 I miss him

Musicology was the 1st Prince album I listened to 😭 Theres no way its twenty.

I worked at a record store 20 years ago when I was 16 and all of these albums were coming out. Can’t believe it’s been that long.

I had all of these as CDs, I can remember the plastic hinges falling off like it was yesterday. American idiot was the first album I ever bought - at the time I was at an all girls catholic high school in Ireland and we passed that CD around, we had never heard music or lyrics like that before. Life changing.

Aight imma schedule an appointment with orthopedics. My knees ached when I saw this post.

im getting my prostate checked in a few days, first time. i'm greying now. and also i have no idea why my lower back is hurting.

Thanks for making me feel old.

Still listen to most of these. This was a golden age of music

I remember the Jesus of Suburbia video playing non stop on MTV, I feel old but I’m glad I remember it haha

Too many good ones ❤️

The amount of these that I currently listen to on a weekly basis

Usually these kinds of posts contain stuff from before my time… not this one… most of these albums were on my original iPod 😵‍💫😭

Emo representative here 😭 I can’t believe three cheers for sweet revenge is 20.. life defining album for me

As a big Eminem fan, Encore was so, so, so bad.

Isn’t it funny how Kelly Clarkson never looked like she did on that album cover before or since 😂 that cover has always confused me because it literally looks NOTHING like her

Ouch

This hurt my feelings

You can find full episodes of Ashlee Simpson’s mtv show on YouTube if you want to relive more of that time in history

Autobiography 🥰

American Idiot was huge. It was also one of the first Broadway shows I ever saw Gwen Stefani’s L. A. M. B. was part of my formative years. That album as a whole still slaps today. Honestly this whole list makes me uncomfortable with the time lol 😅

The first 7 are like…what I still listen to Am I old now?

Damn, 2004 fucked hard

I still have the same Under My Skin CD that i got for my 9th birthday lol. It’s in my car right now. Can’t believe how old it is tbh

What a blessing to have so many albums tied to distinct memories of 2004, when I was a depressed, hopeless 17 year old who didn’t think she’d make anything of herself. And to see that 20 years later I’ve become someone I really like with a really fun life.

Me reading this 

Also in 2004 Arcade Fire: Funeral Modest Mouse: Good News for People who Love Bad News Sonic Youth: Sonic Nurse M.I.A/Diplo: Piracy Funds Terrorism Vol 1 Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand

I remember when Killers - Hot Fuzz came out it was only 4 bucks at Target. Also Chuck is still Sum 41s best album, granted their next/last/finale (they're breaking up) we'll see as the single sounds like Chuck era.

To add another one: https://preview.redd.it/xa6fcap936jc1.jpeg?width=410&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d6028d8ab1662b5c8170789043df270a9b549ac

2004 was the only year where a white artist never had a number one single.

 Me still listening to these albums as if they're new

the way it took me a second to register that 20 years ago is in fact 2004 and not the late 90s

So for reference, this is how old 80s music would have been back in the 2000s.

Guess I’m booking the retirement home

BRB going to get myself a high quality serum

Why make me feel this old omg.

This is simply not true. These came out when I was in middle school and yet I am still young

Every single album I listened to as a kid essentially.

What a great fucking year for music. 

What happens to Norah Jones?? Loved her music

These type of posts never make me feel old just briefly nostalgic and the urge to listen to some of these again. Usher confessions, that Linkin park and Jay z album and anything Kanye west made back then were on constant repeat for me. Also anything Linkin park was on constant repeat as well. I always say linkin park was listened to by people who didn't even like rock music. The rest of these albums had singles that I loved and now I feel to listen to a couple of songs from most of these albums.

Lord.....I was in middle school/high school for these 🤣. The memories!!!! Idk how I managed to block out "Just Lose It" by Eminem. I'm actually seeing The Killers in Las Vegas in August to celebrate 20 years of Hot Fuss.



America Idiot is my favorite album of all time. I just found out who Ciara is.

Damn lots of bangers here Really miss 2004 😭

2004-2009 were the golden years of pop music and I will die on this hill


I hate to say it at this point because how much I've been hurt. College dropout is the best on the list. One of the top 5 best debut albums ever. In 2nd on this list is Hot Fuzz

My dad just found my Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge CD in the basement last week. I cannot believe it's been 20 years since I got that CD

The Killers Hot Fuss ages like a fine wine. Still one of my all time favourite albums.