Is "Retromania" destroying culture?

[Marc Chevalier]

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It seems like this past decade, 2000 - 2010, seems rather lost to me in the pop culture department. ... what is unique to the 00's?

Gingerella 72: one could say that 2000-2009 gave rise to the fad of modern hipster-ism, which is still slouching along. The 2000s was the first decade in which I (born in 1967) felt 100% disengaged from pop culture.


LizzieMaine ... you've hit the nail on the head. Luckily, some other regions of the world are still living life as if the year 2000 hasn't happened. Yet.

 

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Gingerella 72: one could say that 2000-2009 gave rise to the fad of modern hipster-ism, which is still slouching along. The 2000s was the first decade in which I (born in 1967) felt 100% disengaged from pop culture.


LizzieMaine ... you've hit the nail on the head. Again.

Born in 69 I feel the same way. Maybe it has to do with age and not the culture? Or maybe both?

Lizzie always does.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Born in 69 I feel the same way. Maybe it has to do with age and not the culture?

Maybe with age. Then again, my parents disconnected from pop culture when they hit their mid 20s.

(My father: "The Beatles The Rolling Stones? Who had time for that? I was too busy running the rat race at General Electric, trying to pay off my college loans and supporting a family." Instead, Dad and Mom listened to Glenn Yarbrough, Peter Paul & Mary, and The Singing Nuns. Aaagghhh!)

 

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You have a point.
The singing nun?? lol

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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In case some of you young whippersnappers don't know, "The Singing Nuns" were some Belgian nuns who briefly (and inexplicably) became a huge hit in the United States in the early '60s.


Have a look and a listen, if you dare:


[video=youtube;UHhyyRByuJ0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHhyyRByuJ0[/video]



Incredibly, the success of these singers led Hollywood to make a film called -you guessed it- "The Singing Nun" (1966). Debbie Reynolds did the chaste, Americanized crooning.


[video=youtube;mq4uI8oCQf0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq4uI8oCQf0[/video]

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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Rue, I dare you and Lizzie to get together next Halloween and dress up as the Singing Nuns. Bring guitars.

 

[lolly_loisides]

I prefer the leaping nuns of St Beryl.
[video=youtube;YK9kg-Ngz0Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK9kg-Ngz0Q[/video]

 

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In case some of you young whippersnappers don't know, "The Singing Nuns" were some Belgian nuns who briefly (and inexplicably) became a huge hit in the United States in the early '60s.

I've heard of them, just never knew anyone that listened to them

Rue, I dare you and Lizzie to get together next Halloween and dress up as the Singing Nuns. Bring guitars.

:rofl: Maybe at the QM event instead? What say you Lizzie?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I prefer the leaping nuns of St Beryl.

I'm fond of the flying nun, myself. She looks so much like Sally Field.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I've heard of them, just never knew anyone that listened to them

Apparently, it helps if you're hallucinating while listening to 'em.

 

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Apparently, it helps if you're hallucinating while listening to 'em.

I'll ask my mom

 

[MikeBravo]

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In case some of you young whippersnappers don't know, "The Singing Nuns" were some Belgian nuns who briefly (and inexplicably) became a huge hit in the United States in the early '60s.


Have a look and a listen, if you dare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHhyyRByuJ0


Incredibly, the success of these singers led Hollywood to make a film called -you guessed it- "The Singing Nun" (1966). Debbie Reynolds did the chaste, Americanized crooning. Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq4uI8oCQf0&feature=related

The Australian equivalent of the Singing Nun is Sister Janet Mead. She released a version of The Lord's Prayer (Our father) that reached #4 on the Billboard charts in 1974. And I tell ya, it rocks, baby! "The single earned her a Grammy Award nomination and Golden Gospel Award [1] in 2004 [wikipedia]"


[video=youtube;j__6Eyt8uYM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j__6Eyt8uYM[/video]

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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Sister Jane definitely out-rocks (and even out-folks) the Belgian singing nuns.


But WAIT! In 1982, a singing nun struck back!


[video=youtube;9uJLAhZU95E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uJLAhZU95E[/video]

 

[lolly_loisides]

The Australian equivalent of the Singing Nun is Sister Janet Mead. She released a version of The Lord's Prayer (Our father) that reached #4 on the Billboard charts in 1974. And I tell ya, it rocks, baby! "The single earned her a Grammy Award nomination and Golden Gospel Award [1] in 2004 [wikipedia]"


[video=youtube;j__6Eyt8uYM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j__6Eyt8uYM[/video]

I haven't thought about that song in years. I am not thanking you

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I am not thanking you

You two are really not going to thank me for this. It's a commercial for a North American chain of fake Australian steakhouses.



[video=youtube;GGG--S-kLYs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGG--S-kLYs[/video]

 

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Oh no you didn't! Most of them have no idea about that lol

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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Indeed. And this Outback Steakhouse commercial is excuse enough for Australia to nuke us:



[video=youtube;FeO6bXw8WI4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeO6bXw8WI4[/video]

 

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Marc.... that is just wrong...

 

[lolly_loisides]

Ewww, cultural cliche after cultural cliche, and that guy is a Kiwi, not an Australian. What's that about?

I've a much better idea. John Jarett (in character as Mick Taylor in Wolf Creek) should do ads for them, because we Australians, we're very welcoming......
[video=youtube;nT2qFx9iSlM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT2qFx9iSlM[/video]

 

[Dan Rodemsky]

My dad always said, nostalgia ain't what it used to be. I am a fan of old stuff. I am also a fan of retro styled modern stuff. My car is a '73 Mercedes and my motorcycle is a 2012 Triumph Bonneville. I listen to music from the 1930s through today. In the whole history of mankind there is more "old stuff" than new. The chance of finding quality is far greater with the old only because there is so much more of it to chose from.

As for the 2000s style, think baggy pants below the butt. Piercings and tattoos like never before. "Scene kids" in super skinny jeans. Bluetooth headphones and texting while driving giant SUVs. Music that even the vocals sound like they came from a machine. The return of heroin. The war on drugs. Homeland Security.

Here's a scary thought, in 20 years people will be nostalgic for this time period.