Comments on: Aqua Curiously Rebrands Itself As An Eighties Nostalgia Act http://idolator.com/5235482/aqua-curiously-rebrands-itself-as-an-eighties-nostalgia-acts Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sun, 27 May 2012 01:59:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: MrStarhead http://idolator.com/5235482/aqua-curiously-rebrands-itself-as-an-eighties-nostalgia-acts/comment-page-1#comment-944162 MrStarhead Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:53:32 +0000 http://idolator.com/?p=5235482#comment-944162 Didn't Bowling for Soup already do this song? Didn’t Bowling for Soup already do this song?

]]> By: NedRaggett http://idolator.com/5235482/aqua-curiously-rebrands-itself-as-an-eighties-nostalgia-acts/comment-page-1#comment-938552 NedRaggett Tue, 26 May 2009 19:23:37 +0000 http://idolator.com/?p=5235482#comment-938552 <I>Surely I’m not the only person who wishes that some enterprising audio editor out there would re-edit Midnight Run in an effort to remove the forced jauntiness imposed upon it by its music? </I> "Looks like I'm walking." Surely I’m not the only person who wishes that some enterprising audio editor out there would re-edit Midnight Run in an effort to remove the forced jauntiness imposed upon it by its music?

“Looks like I’m walking.”

]]> By: Chris Molanphy http://idolator.com/5235482/aqua-curiously-rebrands-itself-as-an-eighties-nostalgia-acts/comment-page-1#comment-938502 Chris Molanphy Tue, 26 May 2009 18:39:06 +0000 http://idolator.com/?p=5235482#comment-938502 Fun post. As you imply, nostalgia always comes parceled in 20-year cycles: so '50s nostalgia in the '70s (<i>American Graffiti</i>, <i>Happy Days</i>); '60s nostalgia in the '80s (<i>Platoon</i>, <i>The Wonder Years</i>); '70s nostalgia in the '90s (<i>Dazed and Confused</i>, <i>That '70s Show</i>); etc. And it usually starts bubbling up in the final years of the decade prior -- '80s nostalgia just started to peek through at the very end of the '90s, and we're just starting to see glimmers of '90s nostalgia now that will come crashing through after 2011 or so. As with all things cultural, you usually see it in music first, then TV and movies (the slower-moving media) follow later. It's generational and totally normal. I broke it all down in a blog post <a href="http://chris.molanphy.com/pop/?p=122" rel="nofollow">five years ago</a>, when the '80s revival was in full swing. Fun post.

As you imply, nostalgia always comes parceled in 20-year cycles: so ’50s nostalgia in the ’70s (American Graffiti, Happy Days); ’60s nostalgia in the ’80s (Platoon, The Wonder Years); ’70s nostalgia in the ’90s (Dazed and Confused, That ’70s Show); etc.

And it usually starts bubbling up in the final years of the decade prior — ’80s nostalgia just started to peek through at the very end of the ’90s, and we’re just starting to see glimmers of ’90s nostalgia now that will come crashing through after 2011 or so. As with all things cultural, you usually see it in music first, then TV and movies (the slower-moving media) follow later.

It’s generational and totally normal. I broke it all down in a blog post five years ago, when the ’80s revival was in full swing.

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