There is a somewhat new type of music emerging that has been known to induce feelings of nostalgia in a lot of people about a time that they never lived in. They like to call it "anemoia:" Nostalgia for a time you've never known. I was introduced to the type of music around nine years ago when "Drive" came out. I really enjoyed the song in this scene
(sound quality isn't the greatest in the video.)This is one of my favorites
next artist in the songs "Slow" and "Sun"
and this one... Home - Resonance
I think that the appeal and nostalgia comes from the fact that there wasn't internet before. The world was less connected, yet there weren't as many people that felt quite as lonely as there are now. People essentially just interacted more often in person. The idea of going to a place to hang out with some friends in a mall, an arcade, or just out in the middle of nowhere sitting on your car's hood looking at a distant display of lights in the night seems so appealing. Hollywood seems to be very aware of this. The frequency of movies and TV shows taking place in the 70's-90's seems to be ramping up. Sometimes they even take place during these times for no apparent reason at all, assumedly other than just having a setting that momentarily just makes people forget about how bad things are now and how much worse it will be getting.
Quarantine has been magnifying this problem quite a bit. Personally, I haven't really felt much happiness in quite a long time, and I realize getting lost in the past could be a problem for many, but I do still think I can enjoy this music as long as it doesn't get to my head too much to the point where I'm in a fantasy land all the time.
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next artist in the songs "Slow" and "Sun"
and this one... Home - Resonance
I think that the appeal and nostalgia comes from the fact that there wasn't internet before. The world was less connected, yet there weren't as many people that felt quite as lonely as there are now. People essentially just interacted more often in person. The idea of going to a place to hang out with some friends in a mall, an arcade, or just out in the middle of nowhere sitting on your car's hood looking at a distant display of lights in the night seems so appealing. Hollywood seems to be very aware of this. The frequency of movies and TV shows taking place in the 70's-90's seems to be ramping up. Sometimes they even take place during these times for no apparent reason at all, assumedly other than just having a setting that momentarily just makes people forget about how bad things are now and how much worse it will be getting.
Quarantine has been magnifying this problem quite a bit. Personally, I haven't really felt much happiness in quite a long time, and I realize getting lost in the past could be a problem for many, but I do still think I can enjoy this music as long as it doesn't get to my head too much to the point where I'm in a fantasy land all the time.