I completely agree (see my reply to @shaheerbari above).
I do enjoy digitalisation of music. I mean, I was 12 years old when I started buying CD's instead of vinyl, and quality-wise that was a huge improvement.

True. A simple tune can bring back so many memories. Nostalgia is a strange thing. There are even songs I don't really like for the song itself, but the memories that are attached to it are priceless  - so I like listening to them.

Oh nooo! The line that ruined The Offspring forever for me, lol. That song was a real turnoff at the time. Meanwhile, it has been pushed down my throat so often by the radio stations that in the end I started to like it.

You know that feeling? When you really, really don't like a song, but you hear it everywhere, and after hearing it like a thousand times, you don't mind anymore (or even worse, you know all the lyrics by heart).
The worst example of that must for sure be Bangarang by Skrillex. When I heard it the first time, I didn't even think it was music, it was just noise. 1 year later I had gotten so used to it that I didn't even switch radio stations anymore when they played it... Brainwashing, I tell ya. LOL

https://youtu.be/YJVmu6yttiw

Lol, don't worry. There is only 1 other part. If I ever manage to write a post in which I can explain properly, that is :0)

It's about finding the music that does it for you. I've never really been into the music most teenagers my age liked.  And I was too stubborn to follow trends. Looking back at that, it was a shame, actually, because I missed out on some good stuff. For example, when I was like 14 or so,  Nirvana released their album Nevermind. At our school, you had to listen to Nirvana or you were a nobody. So I refused to listen to it. 
It took me almost 20 years before I let go of it and actually listened to their music. Only to find out it was actually pretty good, lol.

Being 10 years old, I was the perfect age for that kind of music, lol. 

And I had the same thing with the voice. The last line of the intro

> After all, music soothes even the savage beasts.

had been playing in my mind all day. That was the reason I came up with this post. Shame on me, but I couldn't really remember where it came from. At first, i thought it came from the Extreme album 'Pornograffitti', which I also liked very much at that point in time (and still do). But then I found the intro and the first thing that came to mind was 'Come Out And Play'. 
Because for me, and I think for many others too, that one, together with 'Self Esteem', was the first encounter with The Offspring...

Hey @hopehuggs. Nice to meet you too. It appears @paulag's post actually works. I've come across some interesting people through that post. :0)

Cool to hear you've discovered the power music can have yourself. For me, it has worked miracles, during different times of my life.

Thanks. Psytrance is a sort of electronic music which is pretty fast - 140 to 146BPM.
It's hard to explain: it's music, but there is kind of a lifestyle attached to it. Yesterday I heard someone describe it psytrancer are like modern day hippies, but that doesn't quite cover the load. I've been looking for a good, short video that describes it, but haven't found one yet.

So I still need to think of a way to write about it and do justice to the entire lifestyle, which is based on respect, equality, non violence and more of that (and of course party hard, lol)

It used to be more known as goatrance, but this style has evolved in so many different directions...
Until I find words to explain, here's a bit how it sounds like:
https://youtu.be/rRrAjMIWDqw

Wow. Bodycount has been such a big part of my life I can hardly imagine someone had never heard of them. I adored the 'Copkiller' album - the songs, but definitely combined with the short pieces of text that are on the album inbetween the songs, and I liked the second one 'Born Dead',  but I must admit I never listened to their more recent stuff.

'Copkiller' was the right album at the right time in my life.  Later on, my life got completely dominated by psytrance music.
But I still listen to it every once in a while. The guitars, the lyrics, ... everything on that album is so powerful.

Fun fact: years later, Ice-T, the lead singer, ended up playing a cop in the TV-series 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'
So far for credibility, or to say it in his own words: *There goes the neighbourhood*, lmao

https://youtu.be/yZ6hkkMle1Q

Lol. It indeed is. 
Funny, by picking out Wham! from the short list, you managed to pick out my absolute favorite one :0)
I was like 6 or 7 years old when George Michael became my first love (Or was it Jared, the character in the movie Labyrinth, played by David Bowie?). Anyway, the thing I had for George never went away, actually. Even when I was older, I still liked his music, and his rebellious actions (like making the clip for the song 'Outside').

Anyway, it may look like a giant step, but I left out the worst part, lol. It's kind of hard to explain to non- Belgians, (or even half-Belgians) because it was such a national thing. In the early nineties - after Wham! but before Bodycount I was completely into Flemish music. I can't explain how embarrasing it is to say that. And believe me, if anything would be a full swing, that would be it. :0)

Glad to hear it my little freewrite post could bring back some great memories for you :0)

True. I tend to forget music has that power. And then all of a sudden I decide to listen to some music during one of my daily walks, and I can feel my mood swing. I leave home feeling down, but two blocks further I'm almost dancing instead of walking, with a big smile on my face and goosebumps all over my body :0)

Hahaha. I loved their first album, but didn't really follow up on them afterwards...

I think it was indeed the change of an era for many people.
I always thought it was kind of strange when people labeled The Offspring (which was just 'Offspring' back then, if I recall correctly) as being punk. I've always considered it to be a little too soft to be punk.
I think a lot of the 'darker' music did the same for many people: making them realize they were not the only one feeling/thinking like that.

For me, that happened when I was introduced into the psytrance scene. The music, and all the people and their values that were attached to it, made me feel like I wasn't the odd man out for the first time in my life. We were/are all outcasts and had been different from other people for all our lives, but together, we are all the same. 
Gosh, it is so hard to explain. Writing part 2 will be hard work to make sure the message comes across.