Top 21 Songs About Nostalgia

[Lament]

A fun enough, not done to death idea for a list. I'm racking my brain to come up with a personal one. I'll post it later if I think of enough good stuff. What are some of your favorites?

http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/11/t ... nostalgia/

Here's Consequence of Sound's list (I was very happy to see #14 on here)...

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21. I Remember You - Skid Row
20. The Trapeze Swinger - Iron & Wine
19. Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams
18. Names - Cat Power
17. Brass Buttons - Graham Parsons
16. Miner at the Dial-A-View - Grandaddy
15. Stare at the Sun - Eleanor Friedberger
14. My Slumbering Heart - Rilo Kiley
13. King of Carrot Flowers, Pt 1 - Neutral Milk Hotel
12. We're Going to Be Friends - The White Stripes
11. Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
10. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
9. 1979 - The Smashing Pumpkins
8. A Case of You - Joni Mitchell
7. Tuesday's Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd
6. The Boys of Summer - Don Henley
5. Things Done Changed - Notorious B.I.G.
4. Caroline, No - The Beach Boys
3. (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
2. "Heroes" - David Bowie
1. Yesterday - The Beatles

[epilogue]

I'm not sure I'd say King of Carrot Flowers is about nostalgia. Actually... I am sure.

I won't. It isn't.

[epilogue]

And isn't Yesterday more about regret than nostalgia?

[BurtReynolds]

I hate the fucking Beatles,man.

[zeb]

Glory Days by Springsteen could make this list.

Also, not sure about the inclusion of 12.

[Lament]

Glory Days was the one I kept expecting to pop up as I got closer and closer to #1, and was really surprised not to see.

I figured Disco 2000 would be on it too. But I'll save that one for mine.

[epilogue]

Glory Days by Springsteen could make this list.

Also, not sure about the inclusion of 12.

Do you mean, #12 on the list?

If so, I'm sure. It doesn't belong. A song in the present tense probably shouldn't be considered a nostalgic song. I mean, to paraphrase the master Carlin, how can you be nostalgic about a concept like right now?

[Lament]

I think My Slumbering Heart & 1979 would be the only ones that would make my personal list (though I also kinda think both bands might have better nostalgic songs that are just escaping my memory at the moment). Possibly "Heroes" or Boys of Summer as well.

[BurtReynolds]

Glory Days by Springsteen could make this list.

Also, not sure about the inclusion of 12.

Do you mean, #12 on the list?

If so, I'm sure. It doesn't belong. A song in the present tense probably shouldn't be considered a nostalgic song. I mean, to paraphrase the master Carlin, how can you be nostalgic about a concept like right now?

heh I think you're overthinking it.

[Lament]

My Doorbell strikes me as more nostalgic than We Are Gonna Be Friends.

[epilogue]

Glory Days by Springsteen could make this list.

Also, not sure about the inclusion of 12.

Do you mean, #12 on the list?

If so, I'm sure. It doesn't belong. A song in the present tense probably shouldn't be considered a nostalgic song. I mean, to paraphrase the master Carlin, how can you be nostalgic about a concept like right now?

heh I think you're overthinking it.

I'm not sure how context is overthinking, but okay fine.

[epilogue]

My Doorbell strikes me as more nostalgic than We Are Gonna Be Friends.

Yep. Absolutely.

[Lament]

I just realized In My Life isn't on this list, and now I'm not just shocked at its omission, but shocked that it wasn't #1.

(Not that I think it should be, but I'm shocked that it isn't)

[epilogue]

I just realized In My Life isn't on this list, and now I'm not just shocked at its omission, but shocked that it wasn't #1.

(Not that I think it should be, but I'm shocked that it isn't)

Especially since the author(s) went as far as Yesterday. You think they'd be able to see it through to a more logical conclusion. But maybe I'm overthinking it.

[Kevin Davis]

[Lament]

Here are some hastily thrown together personal choices. I'm sure a lot of this will seem debatable as to how much they're actually about nostalgia, but it's more for the sake of discussion than anything else...

Disco 2000 - Pulp
Rockin' Chair - Oasis
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly & the Family Stone
1996 - The Wombats
All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem
Cherry Bomb - John Mellencamp
Kids - MGMT
Rewind the Film - Manic Street Preachers
As Tears Go By - The Rolling Stones
We All Go Back to Where We Belong - R.E.M.
Sliver - Nirvana
Bobby Jean - Bruce Springsteen
This Used to Be My Playground - Madonna
My Doorbell - The White Stripes
Coffee & Cigarettes - Jimmy Eat World
Summer of '89 - Butch Walker & the Black Widows
Someday - The Strokes
Back in the Day - Ahmad
Stay Free - The Clash

And from the original list I'd include My Slumbering Heart & 1979.

[BurtReynolds]

Here are some hastily thrown together personal choices. I'm sure a lot of this will seem debatable as to how much they're actually about nostalgia, but it's more for the sake of discussion than anything else...

Disco 2000 - Pulp
Rockin' Chair - Oasis
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly & the Family Stone
1996 - The Wombats
All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem
Cherry Bomb - John Mellencamp
Kids - MGMT
Rewind the Film - Manic Street Preachers
As Tears Go By - The Rolling Stones
We All Go Back to Where We Belong - R.E.M.
Sliver - Nirvana
Bobby Jean - Bruce Springsteen
This Used to Be My Playground - Madonna
My Doorbell - The White Stripes
Coffee & Cigarettes - Jimmy Eat World
Summer of '89 - Butch Walker & the Black Widows
Someday - The Strokes
Back in the Day - Ahmad
Stay Free - The Clash

And from the original list I'd include My Slumbering Heart & 1979.

Are those in their proper tenses? This is very important.

[Lament]

Some of them are about presently being nostalgic as opposed to being retellings of things they're nostalgic for.

[epilogue]

How long do you think it would take to teach Burt about words?

[BurtReynolds]

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