Decades Nostalgia?

[SleepyWitch]

is there any decade/ century you feel nostalgic about?
maybe the hippie 60s, the roaring 20s, the nineteenth century, the middle ages?
what do you like about that period? why do people feel nostalgic about periods they haven't even seen themselves?
feel free to post pics and videos with your comments :)


for me, it's the 70s at the moment, although I wasn't even born yet back then.
to me it seems like everyone was happy, incredibly goodlooking, slim and wearing gorgeous clothes in the 70s, like Lenny Nimoy in these two clips (just a *random* example)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRM1NB_SU40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY3_4IDYlYA

(the second one is a bit slow.. play it ones and then repeat it, so your comp bufferes it - the tune is great)

[Scheherazade]

for me, it's the 70s at the moment, although I wasn't even born yet back then.http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7740/sarcasticwe0.jpg (http://imageshack.us) Letting this one go...

It is the 1950s for me... Great fashion (and they suit me better than today's style):

http://www.fashion-era.com/images/1950s/mich1950x6.jpg

[Lote-Tree]

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7740/sarcasticwe0.jpg (http://imageshack.us) Letting this one go...

It is the 1950s for me... Great fashion (and they suit me better than today's style):

http://www.fashion-era.com/images/1950s/mich1950x6.jpg

Year 2025 when we have colonised mars and venus :D

[Nightshade]

1900s-1920s Well otherthan the war ...I love the clothes and hey I could have been a suffergette...or even better a bad tempered old lady with a parsol ahhh people would fear me. http://intimelyfashion.com/film/anneshirley2.htm#vest

[Lote-Tree]

1900s-1920s Well otherthan the war ...I love the clothes and hey I could have been a suffergette...or even better a bad tempered old lady with a parsol ahhh people would fear me. http://intimelyfashion.com/film/anneshirley2.htm#vest

Anceint Greece...when men were men and women were...erm Goddesses :D

[Nightshade]

Hah do you know what the ancient greek women put on their bodies after shavig.... Rats blood...thanks but no thanks!

[Lote-Tree]

Hah do you know what the ancient greek women put on their bodies after shavig.... Rats blood...thanks but no thanks!

But in Ancinet Greece women go to the temple for sacred sex - it's man paradise :D

[Poppy]

But in Ancinet Greece women go to the temple for sacred sex - it's man paradise :D

.....and the vomitorium

Anything up through the Disco era in the 70's...

[Lote-Tree]

[QUOTE=Poppy;437415].....and the vomitorium

That's ancient Rome. They did lack the sophistication of the Greeks...:D

[Poppy]

[QUOTE=Poppy;437415].....and the vomitorium

That's ancient Rome. They did lack the sophistication of the Greeks...:D


Oooooops!!!! :brickwall :goof:

[Virgil]

Of recent decades, I would say the 1950s suit me best. Frankly, society/culture took a wrong turn with the 1960s.

[Lote-Tree]

Of recent decades, I would say the 1950s suit me best. Frankly, society/culture took a wrong turn with the 1960s.

You will love it Virgilus in Ancient Greece - come and join me and sip amber nectar at the colonade :D

[SleepyWitch]

Anceint Greece...when men were men and women were...erm Goddesses :D
yes, and men had looooaaaaads of homo sex (preferably with younger men/boys) in order to "practice for the women"... there are some very nice pics on old Greek urns...


1900s-1920s Well otherthan the war ...I love the clothes and hey I could have been a suffergette...or even better a bad tempered old lady with a parsol ahhh people would fear me. http://intimelyfashion.com/film/anneshirley2.htm#vest

aw, those clothes are lovely!
nice 50s dresses, too, Scher.

[Lote-Tree]

yes, and men had looooaaaaads of homo sex

Not much different from todays society?
Perhaps Greeks were ahead of their time becasue they were so tolerant of homosexuality ?:D

[SleepyWitch]

Not much different from todays society?
Perhaps Greeks were ahead of their time becasue they were so tolerant of homosexuality ?:D

yep, probably :) i just thought for some men today there would be a contradiction between this and "men were men" :D

[Lote-Tree]

yep, probably :) i just thought for some men today there would be a contradiction between this and "men were men" :D

Achilles, Alexander the Great...they were men's men and women's too :D

[manolia]

Why did i miss this conversation?? :D

[Lote-Tree]

Why did i miss this conversation?? :D

The convo is still open :D so what is - join me in Anceint Greece or 1950s America where men and women slept on separate bed (according to 1950s movies) :D

[manolia]

Hehe let's try both :lol:

[Lote-Tree]

Hehe let's try both :lol:

But sleeping on separate beds with partner does not sound appealing!!! :D

[papayahed]

I'd say 1920 - 1940's - Speakeasy's, bathtub gin, Glen Miller...

[Lote-Tree]

I'd say 1920 - 1940's - Speakeasy's, bathtub gin, Glen Miller...

Sounds excitedly very dull. Why not Rome and Gladiators in the Coliseum? :D

[TheFifthElement]

Sounds excitedly very dull. Why not Rome and Gladiators in the Coliseum? :D

Lote - aren't you supposed to pick a decade, not an era?

I like the one we're in now. The past always seems better than it was, primarily because we weren't living through it. Not sure what the Romans did for 'sanitary' goods (you know what I'm talking about!), and I bet they didn't have feminax either. I'd skip any decade where either of those essential life tools weren't in existence.

[AimusSage]

It's the eighties! Mullets, Gloria Estefan, hair metal and flashdance.

You can't beat those :p

[Lote-Tree]

Lote - aren't you supposed to pick a decade, not an era?


Decade in ancient Greece then :D



I like the one we're in now.


Lol you must excitedly less imagintive in your choices :D



The past always seems better than it was, primarily because we weren't living through it.


Yep. Thats where the idea of Golden age comes from :D



Not sure what the Romans did for 'sanitary' goods (you know what I'm talking about!), and I bet they didn't have feminax either.


Feminax? is that a female condom or PMT remedy?

If it is a PMT remedy then you don't need it becaues they had Gladiators and lions eating christians :D



I'd skip any decade where either of those essential life tools weren't in existence.

You are lazy!!! Live to the edge. Live to max :D

[papayahed]

Sounds excitedly very dull. Why not Rome and Gladiators in the Coliseum? :D


Because I pick 20's - 40's. I'd much rather drink then fight/watch gladiators.


What's with the gladiator fetish?

[Lote-Tree]

What's with the gladiator fetish?

I thought that was a women's fetish :D

[papayahed]

I thought that was a women's fetish :D

I guess not if your into Gladiators.

[Nightshade]

Feminax? is that a female condom or PMT remedy?

If it is a PMT remedy then you don't need it becaues they had Gladiators and lions eating christians :D


Neither and dont forget the burning of christians.

But I might add something here you do realise lote that the particular pleasures and delights your talking about were pretty much confined to the Citzens of Rome?

wait aminute there werent Christian in the time of the ancient greeks infact Im iffy about the Jews..no wait the Jews were instremental to the fall of the old kingdom... so yeah there were jews .
Alexander the great wasnt greek though he was Macedonia although he did come to rule all of greece.

[TheFifthElement]

Decade in ancient Greece then :D

Go on then, pick one!


Lol you must excitedly less imagintive in your choices :D

The OP said pick a decade and I picked one. At least I picked a decade! Consider this, in the 'era' you picked there was no Lit-net. ;)


Feminax? is that a female condom or PMT remedy?

If it is a PMT remedy then you don't need it becaues they had Gladiators and lions eating christians :D

It's a PMT remedy. You couldn't throw all the hormonal women to the lions you know.


You are lazy!!! Live to the edge. Live to max :D

Hey, which would you prefer, lazy or a raging hormonal b*tch?

[Bakiryu]

It's a PMT remedy. You couldn't throw all the hormonal women to the lions you know.


Are you sure? *Looks over to all female family menbers*

[Lote-Tree]

Go on then, pick one!


360 BC



The OP said pick a decade and I picked one. At least I picked a decade! Consider this, in the 'era' you picked there was no Lit-net. ;)


No. But they did invent Theatre :D



It's a PMT remedy. You couldn't throw all the hormonal women to the lions you know.


True. But few would have calmed the rest quite easily :D



Hey, which would you prefer, lazy or a raging hormonal b*tch?

You got a point there Supreme Being :D

[TheFifthElement]

No. But they did invent Theatre :D


Which means they've got a lot to answer for! If it weren't for theatre then the poor school kiddies wouldn't have to spend hours on hours in abject boredom trying to figure out Shakespeare.

(runs for cover before the Shakespeare lover flood appears)

[Lote-Tree]

Which means they've got a lot to answer for! If it weren't for theatre then the poor school kiddies wouldn't have to spend hours on hours in abject boredom trying to figure out Shakespeare.

(runs for cover before the Shakespeare lover flood appears)

Such Blasphemey!!! How Dare you!!! :D

Shakespeare is as simple and plain as washing up liquid :D

[TheFifthElement]

Such Blasphemey!!! How Dare you!!! :D

Shakespeare is as simple and plain as washing up liquid :D

Oh, but how you underestimate washing up liquid.

[Lote-Tree]

Oh, but how you underestimate washing up liquid.

But it's only soap. Just like Shakepeare is just words :D

[Demian]

Where I was once a Jesuit scholar burning the midnite oil in the dusky recesses of a gloomy castle and I dreamt of this shadow peering down on me from a distant age...Herr Doppleganger.

[TheFifthElement]

But it's only soap. Just like Shakepeare is just words :D

Just words that we ask 12 year olds to understand, many of which struggle with the language as we use it now. Besides, there's no such thing as just soap ;)

[manolia]

Alexander the great wasnt greek though he was Macedonia although he did come to rule all of greece.

Sorry, but you don't know what you are talking about :flare: :flare:
Alexander was greek, spoke greek and had greek tutors. Macedonians were a 100% greek tribe. Macedonia was a large area back then. A big part is still in Greece. The other part is the country known as FYROM or Macedonia. Please be careful when you deal with historical fact. If you aren't sure about something just don't say it ;)

Just because you're a moderator you're not entitled to say whatever you like, right? Or you aren't about rewriting history books????
Here's a link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great

[Lote-Tree]

Sorry, but you don't know what you are talking about :flare: :flare:
Alexander was greek, spoke greek and had greek tutors. Macedonia was a large area back then. A big part is still in Greece. The other part is the country known as FYROM or Macedonia. Please be careful when you deal with historical fact. If you aren't sure about something just don't say it ;)

Just because you're a moderator you're not entitled to say whatever you like, right? Or you aren't about rewriting history books????
Here's a link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great

He he :D

Something pricketh the Greek pride? :D

[Lote-Tree]

Just words that we ask 12 year olds to understand, many of which struggle with the language as we use it now. Besides, there's no such thing as just soap ;)

But it is here is the Formula :C17H35COONa (Sodium Stearate).

:D :D

[manolia]

He he :D

Something pricketh the Greek pride? :D

Well there are a lot of things that can pricketh the greek pride. The first is IGNORANCE ;)

[Lote-Tree]

Well there are a lot of things that can picketh the greek pride. The first is IGNORANCE ;)

And you are right! :D

[Madhuri]

I am not sure what decade this is, but surely I would want to be in that decade / era for some time. I couldn't get a picture, so I took this clip from youtube of a movie depicting that ancient time.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=F2a3JfX2tok

Just look at the ornaments! :D I don't know if ever I will be able to carry such an attire, but, I would love to dress up like that. It definitely was the time where everything was on a grand scale.

[Virgil]

Sorry, but you don't know what you are talking about :flare: :flare:
Alexander was greek, spoke greek and had greek tutors. Macedonians were a 100% greek tribe. Macedonia was a large area back then. A big part is still in Greece. The other part is the country known as FYROM or Macedonia. Please be careful when you deal with historical fact. If you aren't sure about something just don't say it ;)

Just because you're a moderator you're not entitled to say whatever you like, right? Or you aren't about rewriting history books????
Here's a link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great

I will say Manolia that we are taught that Macedon in ancient Greece (not current or even Greece of the last two thousand years) was outside the greater Greek city states. It was Alexander's father Philip that unified Greece. They may have spoke a form of Greek, but apparently not exactly the Greek of the lower city states:


The Ancient Macedonian language was the tongue of the Ancient Macedonians. It was spoken in Macedon during the 1st millennium BC. Marginalized from the 5th century BC, it was gradually replaced by the common Greek dialect of the Hellenistic Era. It was probably spoken predominantly in the inland regions away from the coast. It is as yet undetermined whether the language was a dialect of Greek, a sibling language to Greek, or an Indo-European language which is a close cousin to Greek and also related to Thracian and Phrygian languages.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Macedonian_language

It may be safe to say that the Macedonians could trace their origins to the same people as the lower Greek city states, but they probably severed contact for so long that they evolved differently. Certainly their form of government was very much different from Athens and Sparta. The ancient Macedonians may have wanted to identify themslves with their southern cousins, but I'm not sure the southern cousins identified them as Greek.

[TheFifthElement]

Are you sure? *Looks over to all female family menbers*

He he he, well perhaps not until they were menopausal, 'cos that's when we all get really scary, and start growing hair on our chins and other such stuff. Truly, it'd be an act of kindness.

[manolia]

I will say Manolia that we are taught that Macedon in ancient Greece (not current or even Greece of the last two thousand years) was outside the greater Greek city states.

Macedonia is an extensive area Virgil. A big part belongs still to Greece.



Macedonia (region), a region of the Balkan peninsula which includes:

Republic of Macedonia, a current state, also referred to as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)

Macedonia (Greece) or Greek Macedonia or Aegean Macedonia, a region of Greece, subdivided into three administrative districts:
West Macedonia
Central Macedonia
East Macedonia and Thrace

Pirin Macedonia, the unofficial name of Blagoevgrad Province, a region of Bulgaria


Moreover it bordered the city-state of Heperus and that of Thrace..so why was it outside the great city states?? Yes, it was away from Athens and Sparta, if that's what you mean.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia



It was Alexander's father Philip that unified Greece.

He unified the greeks against the Persians, yes, if that's what you mean.
When macedonians beat the Theveans, Philip united the Corinthians, Macedonians, Theveans and Atheneans etc etc in order to fight the Persians. Only Spartans (Lakedemonians) refused. That's why Alexander said "All Greeks except Lakedemonians".
The greeks knew that they were the same people. Same language, same gods. But they had the bad habbit of fighting each other (each city-state, that is).


They may have spoke a form of Greek, but apparently not exactly the Greek of the lower city states:.

A form of greek? A greek dialect you mean. No the language was the same. The macedonians were a bit more ehhmmm how should i put it, behind in matters of culture. That's why the Atheneans used to send tutors to them, to promote the arts and sciences. Aristotel for example was Alexander's tutor.



It may be safe to say that the Macedonians could trace their origins to the same people as the lower Greek city states, but they probably severed contact for so long that they evolved differently.

I don't know what you mean by that. I am confused. The macedonians were contemporaries to the lower city states (you are refering to Alexander's era, right?)



Certainly their form of government was very much different from Athens and Sparta.

Yes, they had a king. What does this prove?? Theveans had a king also ;)
(Theva is a big area near Athens)



The ancient Macedonians may have wanted to identify themslves with their southern cousins, but I'm not sure the southern cousins identified them as Greek

Macedonians were in constant war with Theveans, mostly (Theveans were very strong since Athens and Sparta had actually managed to destroy each other :lol: . So the space was free for the Theveans to act.). To make a long story short Philip kicked some Theveans ..throats..and the macedonians entered Athens (Athens in fact surrendered).
After these very friendly pleasant and homely events the rest of the greeks (Athens, Theves and so on) learned to respect Philip. And like i already said they started sending tutors etc etc
Philip wanted to unite the greeks. He knew that it was necessary to make them respect him. There wasn't a peaceful way to do so. Every city-state was indipendant and wanted to remain that way.

Virgil excuse my long post. It is very difficult to describe things in a post. I tried to keep it short :D

[Virgil]

That's OK Manolia. For some reason I'm (and I assume Night is as well) under the assumption that the Macedonians of Alexander were not considered part of the ancient Greek city states. I know the issue of Macedon in contemporary times is sensitive, but I'm not referring to any of that at all. After Alexander, what became known as the Hellenistic period, Macedon and the greek city states homogenized into a cohesive unit. But before that I was led to believe they were culturally different, perhaps not radically different, but different nonetheless. Yes, I'm aware that Alexander had Aristolte as a tutor.

[manolia]

I have taken no offense by you Virgil :)
You are very right..the Macedon issue is very sensitive ;) That's why i was angry by the other user's comment. You just can't "fool around" with history ;) It is something very important ;) .
I personally don't have a problem with the "M" in FYROM. They have a claim to the name (since Fyrom is situated over a part of ancient Macedonia) but not to the events we were discussing about ;) , not to Alexander etc
It is very different to say what you just said (that macedonians were in some respects different than the other city-states. Then again, Spartans were very different than Atheneans ;) Again, what does this prove? And it is very different to say that he wasn't greek. Because he was, he felt that way, he aknowledged himself as one and so on. His father Philip is buried in Vergina (the ancient site is situated near Thessaloniki, Greece). Even his name is a greek name (Αλεξ + άνδρας = Αλέξανδρος). Same with his father Philip (Φίλιππος = φίλος + ίππος = friend of horses).

[Virgil]

Ok, Manolia I'm sure you know best. But here's why some might be confused. This (mod comment: click the link below) is an ancient map of the greek city states. Macedon isn't even on it. It stops south of there. On other maps that cover a larger area, the give a general area for Macedon but no city state.

http://www.hypatia-lovers.com/images/Ancient_Greece_Map.jpg
WARNING LARGE IMAGE!

Sorry the map is so large.

[NikolaiI]

Hah do you know what the ancient greek women put on their bodies after shavig.... Rats blood...thanks but no thanks!

I was eating!

Um, for me it would be the sixties. Every time I watch Forrest Gump it makes me wish I had lived then. Although some people say the 60's happened in the 70's. I know a girl who says she would trade her whole life to live for one week in the 60's. I might do that too.

[manolia]

Here's a full map of ancient Greece

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u106/manolia_niki/Map_Ancient_Greece_1200pix.jpg

And here's a link to the site

http://forumancientcoins.com/Articles/Maps/Maps_of_the_Ancient_World.htm

Check it out it has all the maps of the ancient world. Cool!

EDIT Macedonia was a greek Kingdom, not a city-state. That's is why, i assume, it's not on your map.

[AuntShecky]

For English literature, I like the 16th and 17th centuries. Also the 19th in America (Melville, Hawthorne, Walt Whitman, and later Mark Twain.) The 1920s had Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and the Algonquin Wits.That's when we had our brilliant poets: T.S. Eliot, Auden (both Brit. and American), Hart Crane,Frost, W.C. Williams got started in the 1920s.
For music the classical period, from Bach through Beethoven and Brahms. Though I like jazz even more than classical music. (I hope that's not sacrilegious.) Starting with the 1920s -- Django, Bix, Louis Armstrong,
through the 30s and 40s (Ellington, Basie, Goodman), through the 50s and very, very early 60s (Bird, Dizzy, Coltrane, Brubeck.) I was only a little kid when Rock n' Roll came in, but it ruined jazz. When I was in high school,
my "peer group" thought I was weird because I didn't share the enthusiasm for the Beatles. (Sorry, British Networkers.)
Stop her before she self-indulges some more!
Auntie

[SleepyWitch]

Sleepy bought herself a pair of 70s vintage trousers (real ones, not retro crap) and cowboy boots. will take a pic once my sister-in-law returns our camera.

[DanielBenoit]

If anybody has ever seen me in my film noir fedora and trenchcoat, as well as my wide jazz music selectoin, you will know what my nostaliga is for :nod:

[Emil Miller]

Of recent decades, I would say the 1950s suit me best. Frankly, society/culture took a wrong turn with the 1960s.
I have to agree with the 1950s, although I don't think that the wrong turn in society/culture was down to the 1960s. It began immediatly after WWII but took a few years to work its way through to the 1960s when the proverbial**** really hit the fan. Nostalgia is a mental distortion of the past, but it is very powerful. Recently, I had cause to visit a part of London that I had not seen for some time but in my youth was an area I used to spend time in with the young guys I knew years ago. I was suddenly overcome with such a sense of nostalgia that I had to bite my lip in order to prevent myself from betraying the emoton that overtook me. I think everybody has a strong attachment to the past regardless of the actual period concerned

[Paulclem]

Of recent decades, I would say the 1950s suit me best. Frankly, society/culture took a wrong turn with the 1960s.
I have to agree with the 1950s, although I don't think that the wrong turn in society/culture was down to the 1960s. It began immediatly after WWII but took a few years to work its way through to the 1960s when the proverbial**** really hit the fan. Nostalgia is a mental distortion of the past, but it is very powerful. Recently, I had cause to visit a part of London that I had not seen for some time but in my youth was an area I used to spend time in with the young guys I knew years ago. I was suddenly overcome with such a sense of nostalgia that I had to bite my lip in order to prevent myself from betraying the emoton that overtook me. I think everybody has a strong attachment to the past regardless of the actual period concerned

Have I got this quote right - "The past is another country" ? I can't remember who said it either.

I know how you feel Brian. A couple of years ago I went North for family business, and sat in a familiar cafe, in a familiar street - I felt like an alien.

Although had good memories of the town, good mates and times, and first met my wife there - it was no more. I had attachment to the time I enjoyed the most there - the 1980's, but I wouldn't go back.

[papayahed]

I find that squishing my butt cheeks is sometimes way more effective in stifling emotion.

[Paulclem]

I find that squishing my butt cheeks is sometimes way more effective in stifling emotion.:lol:

Squishing can stifle many things..it's almost always worth it.

[papayahed]

Of recent decades, I would say the 1950s suit me best. Frankly, society/culture took a wrong turn with the 1960s.
I have to agree with the 1950s, although I don't think that the wrong turn in society/culture was down to the 1960s. It began immediatly after WWII but took a few years to work its way through to the 1960s when the proverbial**** really hit the fan. Nostalgia is a mental distortion of the past, but it is very powerful. Recently, I had cause to visit a part of London that I had not seen for some time but in my youth was an area I used to spend time in with the young guys I knew years ago. I was suddenly overcome with such a sense of nostalgia that I had to bite my lip in order to prevent myself from betraying the emoton that overtook me. I think everybody has a strong attachment to the past regardless of the actual period concerned


Have I got this quote right - "The past is another country" ? I can't remember who said it either.

I know how you feel Brian. A couple of years ago I went North for family business, and sat in a familiar cafe, in a familiar street - I felt like an alien.

Although had good memories of the town, good mates and times, and first met my wife there - it was no more. I had attachment to the time I enjoyed the most there - the 1980's, but I wouldn't go back.

I can relate. My childhood home and the 5 houses around it are now a parking lot in a pretty rundown neighborhood. Last time I went back it was quite surprising but there was this bumper thing in the parking lot across the street that we always used to jump on and that was still there...

[Paulclem]

I can relate. My childhood home and the 5 houses around it are now a parking lot in a pretty rundown neighborhood. Last time I went back it was quite surprising but there was this bumper thing in the parking lot across the street that we always used to jump on and that was still there...

Did you jump on it one last time for old times' sake?

[papayahed]

Did you jump on it one last time for old times' sake?

I wish! The lot was padlocked and it is a REALLY bad neighborhood.

[Paulclem]

I wish! The lot was padlocked and it is a REALLY bad neighborhood.

Explains a lot... I jest:)

[papayahed]

Explains a lot... I jest:)

Don't make me have to cut you


hahahaha j/k...


No really....

[Paulclem]

Don't make me have to cut you


hahahaha j/k...


No really....

:lol: If you can find me. I run fast at the first hint of bother.

[Idril]

Now the little, tiny town I grew up has remained largely unchanged in the almost 30 years since I lived there(...my lord I am old! :p ). There are a couple houses now in the empty field that was next to our house but that's about it. It's incredibly comforting to go back and have everything so familiar. It's a little depressing when you look at the big picture but in my little world, it's very nice. :D

I don't think there is any era I would want to return to. I certainly have fond memories of some of those past decades and fascinations with times in history that seem so romantic and exciting but I have never felt that I was meant for a different time. I am content I am 'when' I am.