# Songs with a nostalgic sound **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 16, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-nostalgic-sound/688569 "2014-05-16T04:25:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![nachtmusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-nostalgic-sound/688569/41 "2014-05-30T10:11:12Z")
> [@Ashley\_Pomeroy](#): > > Caro Emerald’s “A Night Like This” springs to mind - it’s based around a Mellotron rhythm track from the 1960s and sounds like a homage to the bossa nova explosion of that period: > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ) > > There was a retro 60s girl group period in the UK in the wake of Amy Winehouse, Duffy being the obvious other example although there were lots of others. That I can’t name, because they never amounted to much. Aw crap. I encourage you to have carnal relations with that particular person you are staring at while you burst your pimples in the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-nostalgic-sound/688569/42 "2014-05-30T13:39:29Z")
Just about anything by [The Greenhornes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuLG6wIYLp0) or [Zoey Deschanel/She & Him](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stI0gmEYmas). ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-nostalgic-sound/688569/43 "2014-05-30T14:06:54Z")
43 years ago Mike Reilly had a modest hit record recalling 44 years previous: [1927 Kansas City](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ec1bnhajas&feature=kp). That same year Liz Damon’s Orient Express reminisced about [1900 Yesterday](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaLI86ytcJE&feature=kp). ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-nostalgic-sound/688569/44 "2014-05-30T18:19:54Z")
Jackie Evancho, [“The Summer Knows”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBnp7YJ6UoY). ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-nostalgic-sound/688569/45 "2014-05-30T18:30:22Z")
Also Arielle Dombasle with [Perfidia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEoqdNdToZg). The whole Amor, amor show is very nostalgic (intentionally). The clips from the show seem to have been pulled unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-nostalgic-sound/688569/46 "2014-05-30T19:02:58Z")
> [@Songs that sound like they were made in the wrong decade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-like-they-were-made-in-the-wrong-decade/465710/22): > > On her 1992 CD [Diva](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diva_(album)), Annie Lennox sings Durbin & Warren’s 1933 hit “Keep Young and Beautiful” [in the style of the 1920s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrpHbTZ_jL8). … ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-nostalgic-sound/688569/47 "2014-05-30T19:17:14Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The Bonzo Dog Band did a lot of nostalgic stuff. Many (like “[By a Waterfall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loKznDGqTcw)”) are remakes of older songs, but there were a few originals, like **[Hello Mabel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUq6ktf19WE&feature=kp)** (Yes, that’s Eric Idle, and I think that might be Michael Palin pretending to play bass). That’s Dave Clague, the Bonzos’ bassist at the time (who went mysteriously uncredited on the first two Bonzos albums). ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-nostalgic-sound/688569/48 "2014-05-30T19:54:05Z")
[Candyman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ScjucUV8v0) by Christina Aguilera. Most of the _An Innocent Man_ by Billy Joel is heavily influenced by - and sounds like - 50’s music. ---
**Author:** ![ralfy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ralfy/32/600_2.png) [@ralfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralfy)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-nostalgic-sound/688569/49 "2014-05-31T05:19:17Z")
The Last Shadow Puppets “Standing Next to Me” "My Mistakes Were Made for You" "The Age of the Understatement" [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XGV8xCkpXjE/maxresdefault.jpg "The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGV8xCkpXjE) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-nostalgic-sound/688569/50 "2014-05-31T08:53:02Z")
A couple of contemporary songs that have an 80s sound to them: [_The Edge of Glory_ by Lady Gaga](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeWBS0JBNzQ&feature=kp) - reminiscent of Pat Benetar, Bonnie Tyler, Laura Branigan [_Locked Out of Heaven_ by Bruno Mars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-fA-gBCkj0&feature=kp) - sounds strongly influenced by The Police, Journey, and Dire Straits. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-nostalgic-sound/688569/51 "2014-05-31T11:13:34Z")
For some reason the [Rockford Files Theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StcJVOIxLdo)always felt nostalgic to me, even when it was contemporary. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-nostalgic-sound/688569.md?page=2)