Re: Nostalgia

[P3D Bob Wier <wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Someone once pointed out to me that generally, popular "nostalgia" fads refer to
>a period some 20 years earlier, in other words, for the youth of your typical
>middle-aged person. No one today, for instance, is really nostalgic for the turn
>of the century, or even for the 'twenties, because few remember them personally.
>Today the era of popular nostalgia is the 'sixties and 'seventies. So literally
>as well as linguistically, nostalgia is a desire to return home.

In looking at recurrent trends, one kind of interesting barometer as
to what is nostalgia is to observe the music compilations on sale on
late night tv. About 5 years ago the WWII/40's music collections started
tapering off and are virtually absent today. There was also quite a bit
of late 60's/early 70's stuff (remember "70's Preservation Society?") but
that is tapering off as well now. I remember being suprised the other
night at seeing late 70's/early 80's compilations starting to appear.

--B.W

THANKS

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