Nostalgia is unavoidable. I'd love some tunes to fit the mood.
I know it's really really lame but Hey There Delilah always gives me that super nostalgia hit for me. And Sounds of Silence Cat Stevens - Where do the Children Play Cat Stevens - If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out
Beware of orgiastic indulgence in self-righteous masochism! But if you listen to In My Life, it will indeed be unavoidable.
The Cure - Pictures of You Broadcast - Unchanging Window. Any Broadcast, really. Type O Negative - Electrocute (I have no idea what is going on with the slide show on the youtube video)
You Can Never Hold Back Spring - Tom Waits The Scientist - Coldplay My Funny Valentine - Chet Baker/ Gerry Mulligan 4tet Song of Good Hope - Glen Hansard Violin Sonata in G Major Op. 78 1st Mvt - Johannes Brahms: As played by Itzhak Perlman Hard Times, Come Again No More - Stephen Foster: As played by James Taylor, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer and Mark O'Connor(thenewgreen if you've never heard this i think you'll love it. Also your voice reminds me of his) Take the A-Train - Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn: as played by Red Mitchell and Clark Terry Movin' Out - A pretty drugged up Billy Joel Tower of Song - Leonard Cohen
Attaboy - Goat Rodeo Sessions Symphony no. 9, 4th - Ludwig Van Beethoven (as played by Leonard Bernsein and the Vienna Philharmonic - that moment after when Ode to Joy is first played in its entirety and the string section splits out into harmony drool. there's a reason this piece is a cornerstone of our shared western cultural history. Also, just watching Bernstein conduct this piece is a joy. He's so into it, so stoked to be there (everyone is), so alive!
Nostalgia is not a mood: it's a gateway to other emotions. "Aw, I remember this... and then you beat me. Now I have to pack it. Yeah, this job just called for whiskey." Are you happy to see an evil place be decamped? Are you annoyed that you have to pack a place you haven't inhabited for a long time and thus are temporarily under your parents' thumb? (Why yes, I am working with my therapist about issues with my parents and my dread fear of my home town. I'm 39 and haven't lived there since I was 24.) I'll just hope none of these are relevant to you. If they are, drink like Grandpa Rick. Semi-violent breakup songs ahoy! Dismemberment Plan - "First Anniversary of Your Last Phone Call" Big Black - "Bad Penny" Faron Young - "Hello Walls"
how old are they? What kinda music do they like?