tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post207421556412373169..comments2024-03-25T20:48:20.863-05:00Comments on Uncanny Valley: NostalgiattackUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-12993417968220341312010-10-04T00:03:56.233-05:002010-10-04T00:03:56.233-05:00Honestly, Anonymous, no one is sure why you feel t...Honestly, Anonymous, no one is sure why you feel that way.<br /><br />(Wink.)Mike Meginnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10445063490812318140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-32126838105886573682010-10-03T12:15:16.855-05:002010-10-03T12:15:16.855-05:00nine inch nails has never caused me to feel nostal...nine inch nails has never caused me to feel nostalgic- but I have never stopped listening to them! I'm not sure why but the downward spiral still feels as fresh to me today as it did in 94.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-24350678355661097942010-09-30T12:32:02.164-05:002010-09-30T12:32:02.164-05:00Sports, football. My family's life still mostl...Sports, football. My family's life still mostly revolves around sports and I've moved on. Sometimes I catch myself geeking out on it again out of nostalgia. . . still compulsively check the stats and scores and roster-changes of certain leagues, even though I've stopped watching.ryanphttp://twitter.com/thesadstorknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-3323650280326386812010-09-29T21:06:08.774-05:002010-09-29T21:06:08.774-05:00Well, and as I meant to say in the comment above, ...Well, and as I meant to say in the comment above, I think your formulation is about three inches from mine -- very similar. I like the idea that we're saving up experiences for future pleasure. "I don't really feel that great about Greenday's 'The Time of Your Life' right now, but man am I gonna get teary-eyed for this in five or ten years!"Mike Meginnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10445063490812318140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-73820687207020128202010-09-29T21:04:33.253-05:002010-09-29T21:04:33.253-05:00Probably there's some truth in that. In a post...Probably there's some truth in that. In a post a few days back I suggested (what I think is the fairly banal point that) pop music is mainly designed to create the desire to hear pop music: not enjoyment, but the need to consume. <br /><br />Which isn't, strictly speaking, a problem for me: examined closely, a lot of art works like this, for fairly obvious reasons; the important thing is that the art occasionally pays off with real pleasure or catharsis. Bands like those I listed above do that for me, though of course the question is always whether I would feel that way if I were hearing them for the first time. (Nirvana: yes, Smashing Pumpkins: Not so sure. Certainly a few songs, but maybe not nearly so many as do now.)Mike Meginnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10445063490812318140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-50657665335336726732010-09-29T16:40:32.704-05:002010-09-29T16:40:32.704-05:00I hypothesize that the primary role of popular mus...I hypothesize that the primary role of popular music is to make us nostalgic. The reason we listen to popular music today is so that we can feel nostalgic about it ten years from now. Really successful popular music, like Led Zeppelin, can inspire instant nostalgia even in one who has no previous experience with the music. Also Neil Young.<br /><br />Recently I felt nostalgic about Nine Inch Nails. I wasn't even listening to it, it just came to mind for some reason and I felt nostalgic.Brianhttp://brianconn.net/noreply@blogger.com