I wondered where you would go in this 'past' search for nostalgia. Firstly I love Cocteau twins and it makes me think of my University days. My own musical tastes run pretty far back. I grew up with old parents, very old and they were 'teens' before rock and roll existed, so as well as listening to 'new wave' as a youth I also grew up on 40s swing and old jazz and blues. Bessie Smith to Doris Day.
On top of that I adored my Grandfather (for whom my love of gardening comes) and he was also ancient (having had my father he he too was Very old) and we used to listen to his old gramophone with 78 records on. I always now play Caruso even on my current device when I'm in the garden as it makes me think of those days playing the old gramophone in the garden.
I also had a cache of old 78's that were popular songs from the early 1900's and the mix of 'gaiety' songs to Jazz and Blues into the New Wave of the 80's and alternative 90s with Throwing muses and their kind have me recalling pasts pretty far back.
I've no idea what 'top charts' are today, do they have top charts? Does that world exist? I suppose whatever is on TikTok is the 'charts'.
This was a fun trip @slobberchops and thanks for having me recall my own musical nostalgia.
I scour old Top of the Pops on YouTube but rarely find anything.
So do I, I went through their whole discography a few years ago and wondered why I missed it all when it was released.
They do, its on Sundays now I think but is generally remixes of this that and the others, or someone featuring someone else, with added bits by someone else again. I stopped listening a few years ago.
Oh that's interesting @slobberchops I wondered if teens today simply got music from tik tok influencers reference as I know most under 20 dont' watch TV or even use computers (other than for school work) just phones. But, I'm hopelessly not connected to that world, just really gleaning it from media. That's interesting to know there is still a top of the pops sort of world.
I love throwing muses, always thought they were underrated