Nostalgia: Why Do We Love or Hate It?

~~Cuthbert~~ · 03-10-2013, 02:45 PM

Good thread Miss P. I was listening to the Spice Girls album earlier, obviously it's crap, but it reminded me of when I was a child and my sister would play the album and we would play on the Playstation together

, just reminds me of being a child basically and so happy and carefree (plus I love my sister). I will always like it for that I guess.

A lot of nostalgic songs don't make me upset but they make me familiar with that time. Some remind me of bad times in my life but I still like the song.

R Kelly's Ignition remix, Busta Rhymes track with Mariah Carey, Wayne Wonder, so many tracks from 2003 remind me of a particular time in my life. All of the tracks are absolute dog shit and there's no way I'd like them if I heard them now.

Sometimes I listen to them just to remind myself of times when I was happy, and they remind me of people I like.

Trollheart · 03-11-2013, 06:25 AM

I agree, great idea for a thread.
Nostalgia, eh? You're asking the right person there, young lady!

I pesonally find that there were songs I would not listen to --- essentially would refuse to listen to --- when I was younger and more cocky, thinking I knew everything, like METAL ROOLZ! But as I grow older (what's that you say? Not possible for me to grow any older? Cheek...) I start to appreciate them more not for who the band are and whether I can like them or not, but for what the songs are.

ABBA are a perfect example. I used to jeer anyone who liked them, which was obviously both a sense of insecurity and a result of peer pressure. Without that, I can see the band were outstanding and had many great songs. When you're younger I think to some degree you decide what is cool and what is not, and even if you hear a track by a band not considered by you (or your mates) to be cool, you decide you don't like it. Now I tend to enjoy music for what it is, not what I think, or others think, I should like, hence my often boring and pedestrian music tastes. But that's ok: I'm never going to be into, for instance, Death Grips, no matter how many people tell me they're great. Just not my kind of music. But now I know that: it's not just a case of feelign like you have to like/not like it.

Memories can definitely be stirred by nostalgic songs, with comments like "Oh I haven't heard this for ages!" but generally I find that by and large the music I listened to as a youth is still in my collection today. There's nothing really that I don't listen to any more. I've just expanded my tastes a little. However, unlike Fluff, I wouldn't listen to some crap just to be reminded of better times: if I hated it then, I hate it now, and by hate I mean genuinely made that decision not had it made for me as above.

Christ, I do ramble don't I? Where's my cup of milky tea? Must nearly be time for my afternoon nap ....

03-11-2013, 06:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	I agree, great idea for a thread. Nostalgia, eh? You're asking the right person there, young lady! I pesonally find that there were songs I would not listen to --- essentially would refuse to listen to --- when I was younger and more cocky, thinking I knew everything, like METAL ROOLZ! But as I grow older (what's that you say? Not possible for me to grow any older? Cheek...) I start to appreciate them more not for who the band are and whether I can like them or not, but for what the songs are. ABBA are a perfect example. I used to jeer anyone who liked them, which was obviously both a sense of insecurity and a result of peer pressure. Without that, I can see the band were outstanding and had many great songs. When you're younger I think to some degree you decide what is cool and what is not, and even if you hear a track by a band not considered by you (or your mates) to be cool, you decide you don't like it. Now I tend to enjoy music for what it is, not what I think, or others think, I should like, hence my often boring and pedestrian music tastes. But that's ok: I'm never going to be into, for instance, Death Grips, no matter how many people tell me they're great. Just not my kind of music. But now I know that: it's not just a case of feelign like you have to like/not like it. Memories can definitely be stirred by nostalgic songs, with comments like "Oh I haven't heard this for ages!" but generally I find that by and large the music I listened to as a youth is still in my collection today. There's nothing really that I don't listen to any more. I've just expanded my tastes a little. However, unlike Fluff, I wouldn't listen to some crap just to be reminded of better times: if I hated it then, I hate it now, and by hate I mean genuinely made that decision not had it made for me as above. Christ, I do ramble don't I? Where's my cup of milky tea? Must nearly be time for my afternoon nap .... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

03-10-2013, 02:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Good thread Miss P. I was listening to the Spice Girls album earlier, obviously it's crap, but it reminded me of when I was a child and my sister would play the album and we would play on the Playstation together , just reminds me of being a child basically and so happy and carefree (plus I love my sister). I will always like it for that I guess. A lot of nostalgic songs don't make me upset but they make me familiar with that time. Some remind me of bad times in my life but I still like the song. R Kelly's Ignition remix, Busta Rhymes track with Mariah Carey, Wayne Wonder, so many tracks from 2003 remind me of a particular time in my life. All of the tracks are absolute dog shit and there's no way I'd like them if I heard them now. Sometimes I listen to them just to remind myself of times when I was happy, and they remind me of people I like.