i believe if reincarnation is a reality then people who tend to be attracted to different eras of dress are attracted to those times for a reason…

in other words; perhaps someone who dresses like they are still in the 1950s actually lived during that era and had such a great time that they are still caught up in it like a time warp or something?…

either way; the basic james dean look is and always will be very cool…

i’d be born in the 50’s and i’d look forward to ht first time andy warhol did an exhibit. I mean Honestly a Warhol exhibit would be the least exciting thing i’d go through, talking to my grandmother who was born in the 30’s she remember’s pearl harbor, the JFK shooting, 9/11. i mean seriously, talking to my grandmother, who’s done a ton of stuffin her 73 years on this earth, it’s hard to say when i’d like to be around. but the 50’s would be GREAT for Me.

Thanks Manda Lu for all your comments. I really enjoyed them. I want to be born in 2056 because it will be the future. There will be flying cars and things. I have an ingrown toe nail that I’ve left alone for 2 years now. It’s really starting to smell horrible, and I have a hard time walking.

I’m greatful for being born in ‘83 and some of the seriously off-the-hook things i’ve enjoyed and experienced in music,entertainment and pop culture(namely classic Nickelodeon,breakdancing,’80’s r&b/hip hop and ’80’s heavy metal)but what would really be something more worth while is being born in 1975.The 70’s was a decade which was all about savvy,style,swagger,and individually playing by your own rules.I would’ve wanted to be a part of the Philly soul scene because it’s notoriously celebrated around my area(Happy Birthday to Mr. Teddy Pendergrass by the way).Being a young studio musician would be an ecstatic experience-makin’ hits with Patti LaBelle and Hall & Oates.Another hot option would be being a child actor on “Good Times” or “What’s Happening!!”,which would be an immediately successful job for a preteen.”Dyn-O-Mite” indeed.

ive considered this very often and would like to have been born in 1945.
so i could hang out with the merry pranksters in my late teens, do the whole san francisco teen, hit up monterey, woodstock, etc.

hmmm… I was born in 1973 and I wouldn’t change it. I got to grow up in the 80’s. The birth of MTV, Saturday morning cartoons, and really big bangs. I was too young to really understand or really care about the economics of the 80’s but I was old enough in the 90’s to appreciate the fact that I didn’t have to endure it.

Now the 21st century… I wish I was born in mid November 2008 so I could have just read about Bush Jr.

Or more so,be born in 1958,grow up in the 1970’s,avoid drugs and alcohol,graduate from Temple,
become a filmmaker,star in TV dectective shows and movies,befriend Bill Cosby,The Bee Gees,everybody on Motown,chill and jam with everybody a part of the Philly soul scene,marry Chaka Khan,attend Jackson 5 and Fleetwood Mac concerts…Overall frivolously yet positively live life to the fullest.Now that’s solid!

the 1950s was a wonderful conservative decade with christian values, nuclear testing and lawless gangs of unemployed ex-military folks from WWII…

in fact; roughly 80% of nevada and pretty much everything west of california is now radioactive from that lovely era…

(oops, i mean east of california)

Did I say a preteen?Especially at 4 years old around when both “Good Times” and “What’s Happening!!” got canceled,in 1979?Man i’m delirious(laughs)!Anyway,I would make some serious dough from there.

intesting question. I’d either want to be in my prime (mid twenties to mid thirties) in late 1920’s new york, enjoying speakeasies, legal weed and real jazz in harlem, or a beat in San Francisco in the late fifties, in time to catch the early to mid sixties but before the Man clamped down on things.

Now I may read this whole thing wrong but, I was born in 1962 and the 70’s is what I recall, not the 60’s. So if I really wanted to experience the 60’s….I( would need to be born in the 50’s instead.

I’d wish to be born between 1955-1957, so as a young adult I could experience the late 70’s destructive punk scene and later the early 80’s hardcore scene.

right now is great – myspace is the reason.

i’d be born tomorrow and die yesterday because that would mean i’m “magical”

Born early-mid 70’s, caught the 80’s and 90’s and loved em’. A long time ago I may have complained about not having seen earlier decades, but after a while you start to realize just how cool your own time is. I no longer have any regrets whatsoever about missing any 60’s or 70’s stuff. Everyone’s time is equally valid for their own reasons. I might like to plunge into the future a ways and check out what’s up in 2025, 2035, who knows, maybe 2050. By the way, I like Roper’s take on reincarnation. Interesting.