music Do you get nostalgic for decades you weren't alive for?

[EmployeeAMillion 70]

This can apply to any form of media, but music is the biggest one for me. I was born in 2001 and find my childhood to be mostly linked to music from about 2003-2012. That being said, while it doesn't make me flat-out hate my own generation, 70s and 80s music (most of which you can listen to on YouTube) is pretty damn good. Yet for some odd reason, I feel like they have a nostalgic connection to me, even though they were released 20 or so years before I was born. Maybe it's because my parents played them every once in a while, but I can't be too sure.

 

Is it just me, or is it just good music?

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

I always feel nostalgic when dealing with 80s and 70s and even 60s. Greats cars came from them and music as well. I was born in the 90s and boy...nostalgia hits me every time I think of the 90s...

[Megas 27,742]

I can't say I'm nostalgic for an era I wasn't alive for, but I do envy the 80s for being the best era of music, especially considering...what we have now

[2DPone-3 21]

This can apply to any form of media, but music is the biggest one for me. I was born in 2001 and find my childhood to be mostly linked to music from about 2003-2012. That being said, while it doesn't make me flat-out hate my own generation, 70s and 80s music (most of which you can listen to on YouTube) is pretty damn good. Yet for some odd reason, I feel like they have a nostalgic connection to me, even though they were released 20 or so years before I was born. Maybe it's because my parents played them every once in a while, but I can't be too sure.

 

Is it just me, or is it just good music?

 

I have felt for many years that I do not belong in this day and age. I was a child of the 80s and find the older music such as Bing Crosby and the form of dance from movies like White Christmas, Holiday Inn, Santa Baby, etc as beautifully masterful and want to learn how to do it. This is just not a good age for me. I guess you could call it an old soul.

[N.W. 3,619]

Not particularly, sure several decades had some interesting trends or styles but overall not enough I feel nostalgic for them. There are certain things I do enjoy from decades past, but it's a large mix rather than just a single decade or era. 

[Stone Cold Steve Jobs 22,441]

I am told i was born in the wrong era. Oddly enough i would love to see the wild west.

[BlueStreak98 828]

I do wish I was born in the 1980s, but primarily to have been around longer when my dad's family (specifically my gradparents) were all still alive and well. That being said, the rise of cable TV would have been fun to be around, too.

Edited December 14, 2016 by BlueStreak98

[Ganondorf8 11,323]

I have a soft spot for the 1970s since a lot of good programs have their origins there among other things that started in that decade. Also, I just like to know how everything in the 1970s lead into the 1980s, the decade I was born in.

[EmployeeAMillion 70]

I have a soft spot for the 1970s since a lot of good programs have their origins there among other things that started in that decade. Also, I just like to know how everything in the 1970s lead into the 1980s, the decade I was born in.

Yeah, compared to other decade transitions, the 1970s-1980s felt a lot less sudden. Think about 1990, 2000 and 2010 and how different they sounded to the 9 years preceeding them. Sure there was Disco Dying and the rise of Atari, but 1977-1982 feels like it's own mini decade in some ways.

[Ganondorf8 11,323]

Yeah, compared to other decade transitions, the 1970s-1980s felt a lot less sudden. Think about 1990, 2000 and 2010 and how different they sounded to the 9 years preceeding them. Sure there was Disco Dying and the rise of Atari, but 1977-1982 feels like it's own mini decade in some ways.

 

The 1980s did start off with the death of John Lennon, a moment that changed the music industry forever.

[Envy 6,175]

Well, back when I was in high school I listened to a lot of 70s soft rock like Bread, America, Jim Croce, etc. So that music is very nostalgic for me. It's funny because when I worked with people in their 60s, they also listened to that kind of music when they were in high school and it's funny that I did too, except I was in high school in the mid 2000s, not early 70s. lol

[BlueStreak98 828]

Well, back when I was in high school I listened to a lot of 70s soft rock like Bread, America, Jim Croce, etc. So that music is very nostalgic for me. It's funny because when I worked with people in their 60s, they also listened to that kind of music when they were in high school and it's funny that I did too, except I was in high school in the mid 2000s, not early 70s. lol

I've grown to kind of enjoy Bread, in a peculiar way. Nothing really like them.

[Corgis 574]

I hate modern music with a passion.  I mostly listen to stuff from the 1940's or marching music.  I don't like stuff from the 80's or 70's since my parents listen to that stuff too much.  50's or 60's is not too bad though.

[JeyWiz 1,097]

I totally do! Screw this pop trash called "pink floyd". Stone age music is so much better! Jk

 

No but seriously, it's usually late 80s and the 90s that I wasn't alive and i feels nostalgic for. A lot of my favourite musical artists started during those times and I would have loved to grow up with them. What i don't like however is those people who complain about music "sucking" these days. There was horrible shit back then too just like now. And there are still great stuff today just like back then.

 

Edited December 15, 2016 by Gumball Ravington

[Bit Boss 213]

I love the music of the 80s! I think nostalgia is a very common emotion in people; There's a part in the movie Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen) where a character travels back in time to 1920s Paris, and then travels back with a woman from that period AGAIN to the 1880s, which she is nostalgic for. So I guess a lot of people feel like they're born in the wrong time... 

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,660]

Not really. Oddly enough I find it difficult to be nostalgic for any era of any media that I wasn't alive for. I definitely can respect different eras and what they had, but nostalgia for me is pretty specific. Only way this could apply is if something form a different era was part of my childhood, in that case nostalgia happens easily, but I think that is different from the question.

[Envy 6,175]

Yeah, compared to other decade transitions, the 1970s-1980s felt a lot less sudden. Think about 1990, 2000 and 2010 and how different they sounded to the 9 years preceeding them. Sure there was Disco Dying and the rise of Atari, but 1977-1982 feels like it's own mini decade in some ways.

 

Meh. I disagree. Sure, I can hear some music in the early 80s still having a 70s sound, and some music in the late 70s having an 80s sound. This abomination in particular came from 1979, but sounds like it is deep from the most cringeworthy depths of the 80s.

 

Overall, however, I think that the difference between the music of the 70s and 80s is the most dividing rift in the history of pop music, at least in recent decades. At least for me, where instrumentation is very important to my enjoyment of music... I can actually sum up the difference pretty well with the band Chicago, who conveniently did a cover of their early 70s hit 25 to 6 or 4 in the 80s.

 

Early 70s version:

 

80s version:

 

While Chicago did buck the trend of eliminating their trumpet/trombone/saxophone section (most 80s music went purely synths, something I really hate about it) this cover is still awful. The cheesy dubbed vocals, the overtly distorted bass, the synths, drum machines... I can't stand it. Kill it with fire. Everything I hate about the 80s rolled into one.

 

These two versions are not anything alike. The 70s version is so much more raw. So much more genuine.

 

I've grown to kind of enjoy Bread, in a peculiar way. Nothing really like them.

 

Bread is so good! "If" is like one of the most beautiful pop songs ever written IMO.

Edited December 15, 2016 by Envy

[Twisted Cyclone 🚓 6,261]

I feel I was totally born in the wrong generation. From music to the cars I like to even electronics (I prefer recording and watching an old VHS tape than paying an extra $5/mo for a DVR). Especially if we're talking the 70s and 80s. I tend to watch older movies and TV shows from then (The Dukes of Hazzard, Smokey and The Bandit, Convoy, The Outlaw Josey Wales etc.). I also listen to music from back then as well (Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Elton John, Frankie Valli etc.). 

[BlueStreak98 828]

Chicago died with Terry Kath, sadly. They sort of became Pete Cetera's pop backing band after a while, and their sound totally died when that happened.

[Megalomaniac 100]

Actually I wish I had been born in Rome or something because I'm a degenerate.

 

I love saying "degenerate" whenever I have the occasion. It sounds fucking funny.

 

 

[PinkiePie97 913]

I do sometimes wish I was around for some of the stuff I like from before I was born when it was new.

Edited December 15, 2016 by PinkiePie97

[Denim&Venöm 19,164]

Yeah. I'm a metal head, and heavy metal ruled the world in the 80's. I do feel a connection when I see vids of concerts from back in the day, and feeling a kinship with the bands and the fans who were a part of that movement. 

[TheAnimationFanatic 3,596]

I do. I look back at all of the iconic movies and bands of the 70's and 80's and think about how interesting it would have been to witness it all back then.

[Buttonmash1973 1,026]

 

The 1960's one decade before I was born.

[GrimGrimoire 4,973]

Not particularly. Although I love history, I prefer ancient history to modern history.

 

I do love some of the things that came out of the last decades, but it is just as easy for me know to enjoy them for the most part without being nostalgic for the era itself. I am nostalgic for the ways some places worked though, and how small towns were at the time.