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Preview: next Saturday: Guitar Man and Gitarzan
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This diary selects songs that indicate nostalgia for older songs
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Nostalgia Wiki: Nostalgia
Nostalgia is associated with a longing for the past, its personalities, possibilities, and events, especially the "Good Old Days" or a "warm childhood". There is a predisposition, caused by cognitive biases, for people to view the past more positively and the future more negatively.
Nostalgia's definition has changed greatly over time. Consistent with its Greek word roots meaning "homecoming" and "pain", nostalgia was for centuries considered a potentially debilitating and sometimes fatal medical condition characterized by expressing extreme homesickness.
The modern view is that nostalgia is an independent, and even positive, emotion that many people experience often. Nostalgia has been found to have important psychological functions, such as to improve mood, increase social connectedness, enhance positive self-regard, and provide existential meaning. Nostalgia can lead individuals to perceive the past more favorably than the present, a phenomenon known as the 'nostalgia effect.
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All information below is from Wikipedia, links listed under the words
‘Yesterday Once More’, is a hit song by the Carpenters from their 1973 album Now And Then. Thematically the song concerns reminiscing about songs of a generation gone by. It segues into a long medley, consisting of eight covers of 1960s tunes incorporated into a faux oldies radio program.
Wiki: Yesterday Once More
‘Old Time Rock And Roll’ recorded by Bob Seger for his tenth studio album Stranger in Town. It is a sentimentalized lookback at the music of the original rock ‘n’ roll era and has often been referenced as Seger's favorite song.
Wiki: Old Time
‘Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)’ is a doo-wop style novelty song from 1961 by the American songwriter Barry Mann, who wrote it with Gerry Goffin. In this song, Mann sings about the frequent use of nonsense lyrics in doo-wop music, and how his girl fell in love with him after listening to several such songs. The version below is a cover by The Viscounts.
Wiki: Who Put The Bomp
Yesterday Once More
Old Time Rock And Roll
Who Put The Bomp
