1960s nostalgia

Sentimentality for the 1960s October 2026 1960s nostalgia is nostalgia for certain aspects of the 1960s. 1960s nostalgia is a form of decade nostalgia. 1960s retro is retro related to the 1960s. Media 31% of baby boomers, born between 1958 and 1963, had nostalgia for media from the 1960s in twelve markets in 2023.How are Gen Z and millennials driving nostalgia?. GWI. Music 1960s music was the fourth most popular decade's music in Europe in 2010.1980s voted most popular decade of music. Music News. 7 March 2010. 1960s retro music genres include neo-psychedelia.David Luhrssen and Michael Larson. Encyclopedia of Punk Rock and New Wave: 1975–1985. 2025. p 257. Encyclopedia of Classic Rock. 2017. p 284. Television 1960s television programmes have been rebooted.32 Classic TV Shows From The 1960s That Were Rebooted For Gen X. Cinemablend. 25 March 2024. Australia There have been 1960s revival bands."Melbourne' Sixties Scene". The Age. "Entertainment Guide" ("EG") supplement. 7 November 1986. p 10. See also Victoria Thieberger, "The '60s decade is the ghost which will not die", ibid, same page. France There have been 1960s nostalgia exhibitions.John Russell Taylor. "Swinging back into the Sixties". The Times. 26 August 1986. p 13. Hong Kong There are nostalgia films about the 1960s."Rewriting History: Hong Kong Nostalgia Cinema and Its Social Practice". Poshek Fu and David Desser (eds). The Cinema of Hong Kong: History, Arts, Identity. 2000. p 257. 92 Legendary La Rose Noire (1992) is a 1960s retro film.Stephen Teo. "Postmodernism and the end of Hong Kong Cinema". Graeme Turner (ed). The Film Cultures Reader. 2002. Chapter 13. p 174 at p 178. Japan Shōwa nostalgia In Japan, 1960s nostalgia is part of the broader phenomenon of "Shōwa nostalgia" and "Shōwa retro"."Shōwa" is the Japanese era name of the Shōwa era that began in 1926 and ended in 1989. 1960s nostalgia overlaps with the "Shōwa 30s boom" of nostalgia for aspects of the Shōwa 30s (1955 to 1964).Kumiko Aoki. 変わりゆく「昭和30年代ブーム」 : キッチュからイデオロギーへ (2011) 32 社会学論考 83. CiNii.Katsuyuki Hidaka. Japanese Media at the Beginning of the 21st Century: Consuming the Past. Routledge. 2017. ISBN 978-1-138-67222-2 (hardback). ebook: p PA2007. Nostalgia films about the 1960s include Break Through! (2005),Mikyoung Kim (ed). Routledge Handbook of Memory and Reconciliation in East Asia. 2016. Paperback 2019. p 310.Hidaka. Japanese Media at the Beginning of the 21st Century. ebook p PT177. Hula Girls (2006),Persistently Postwar: Media and the Politics of Memory in Japan. 2019. p 123.Matt Zoller Seitz. Finding a New Calling in Grass Skirts. 13 July 2007. the 2006 film adaptation of Metoro Ni Notte,地下鉄（メトロ）に乗って：地下鉄に乗って昭和にタイムスリップ　出会ったのは若き日の父親　NHK・BSプレミアムで. Mantanweb. 31 July 2023.Hidaka. Japanese Media at the Beginning of the 21st Century. ebook pp PT105 and PT177. Hatsukoi (2006),First Love (Hatsu-Koi). Screen Daily. 29 June 2006. the 2007 film adaptation of Kiiroi Namida,嵐×犬童一心の青春映画「黄色い涙」Blu-rayが発売. Natalie. 19 October 2018. GS Wonderland (2008),Hidaka. Japanese Media at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Ebook pp PT105 and PT177. Print pp 72, 106 and 117.グループサウンズの聖地、日劇にて『GSワンダーランド』イベント開催. BARKS. 13 November 2008. Lost Crime: Flash (2010),Hidaka, "Showa nostalgia and the year of 1968", Japanese Media at the Beginning of the 21st Century, 2017, hardback p 157, ebook PT243. From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)Everyday Life, Washed in the Colors of Memory. The New York Times. 14 March 2013. and Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012).Always: Sanchome no Yuhi 64. Metropolis. 2 February 2012.‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ Opens Big In Japan. The Hollywood Reporter. 15 February 2012. The film Only Yesterday (1991) has 1960s nostalgia scenes.Andrew Osmond. "Don't look back in anger" in "Close-Up" in "Reviews DVDs" (2006) Sight and Sound. vol 16. There are nostalgia television programmes about the 1960s Oriental Witches volleyball team.Remembering the Oriental Witches: Sports, Gender and Shōwa Nostalgia in the NHK Narratives of the Tokyo Olympics (2013) 16 Social Science Japan Journal 235 1960s works, such as Ashita no Joe and Star of the Giants, have been reissued.Sapio (サピオ). (vol 14, no 23). 25 December 2002. p 81. 1960s group sounds music has been revived and 1960s group sounds films have been re-released.Group Sounds A-Go-Go. The Japan Times. 6 April 2005.GS映画が40年ぶりにDVDで復活!. Oricon News. 29 August 2007. There is nostalgia for the 1960s music of Norihiko Hashida & The Shoebelts, The Folk Crusaders,読者2000人が選んだ昭和の名曲—フォーク・ロック・ポップス部門ベスト50を発表. Sankei Shimbun. 5 October 2024. Ayumi Ishida and Pinky & Killers.昭和の名曲　スターのNo.1ヒット売上1位曲だらけ！今聴きたいTOP40. TVでた蔵 from WireAction. Broadcast 15 August 2025.中森明菜、西城秀樹、沢田研二…昭和スターの売上No.1ソングから“今、聴きたい曲トップ40”を発表. テレ朝POST, from TV Asahi. 15 August 2025. 1960s retro music groups include Mi-Ke.タマならぬミケ...Mi-Keの深遠なパロディ精神. BARKS. 13 January 2008. "Moonlight Densetsu" (1992) is similar to Chieko Baisho's 1965 song "Sayonara Wa Dansu No Ato Ni".JRRCマガジン No.117 小川寛興の楽曲. Japan Reproduction Rights Center. 6 October 2017. Wink's Overture! (1993) is a 1960s retro album.ｏｖｅｒｔｕｒｅ！. Billboard Japan.Wink / overture! (UHQCD). CDJournal. Hitomi Shimatani's 2002 cover version of the Village Singers' 1968 song "Amairo No Kami No Otome" sold more copies than the original.Hidaka, Japanese Media at the Beginning of the 21st Century, 2017, hardback pp 4 & 5. In 1992, there were cover versions of "Coffee Rumba" (1961) by Yōko Oginome and "Furimukanaide" (1962) by Wink. United Kingdom In 2016, more people thought that the country was best in the 1960s than any other decade.Britain 'was greatest in the sixties'. YouGov. 10 May 2016. In 2019, 31% of people thought that life was better in the 1960s.When, exactly, were the “good old days”?. YouGov. 6 June 2019. There has been nostalgia for Basil Brush,Nostalgic passers-by delighted by arrival of giant Morph in London. Independent. 17 February 2023. the 1966 FIFA World CupNostalgic Britons want to turn back time and relive the 1960s, poll claims. Independent. 24 October 2018. and for 1960s women's fashion.The Nostalgia Report: What do Brits miss about the past?. Betway Insider. 11 April 2025. Nostalgia television programmes about the 1960s include Those Glory Glory Days (1983),Radio Times Guide to Films. 2000. p 1435. Heartbeat (1992),Stuart Hood and Thalia Tabary-Peterssen. "The Cult of Nostalgia". On Television. Pluto Press. 1997. p 26.Robin Nelson. TV Drama in Transition: Forms, Values and Cultural Change. p 82 et seq. Oh, Doctor Beeching! (1995)Jem Roberts. The True History of the Blackadder. p 87.Paul Shane: Actor who mined a seam of comedy nostalgia in 'Hi-De-Hi!' and 'Oh Mr Beeching!'. Independent. 17 May 2013. and Rock & Chips (2010).Rock And Chips DVD review. Den of Geek. 17 May 2010. Endeavour (2012) is a retro television programme about the 1960s.My favourite detective: Endeavour, the baby Inspector Morse before the grumpiness set in. The Conversation. 6 December 2020. Retro films about the 1960s include Stardust (1974),Stardust. TimeOut. 10 September 2012. Quadrophenia (1979)Kevin Donnelly. Pop Music in British Cinema: A Chronicle. British Film Institute. 2001. p 59. and Brighton Rock (2010).Estella Tincknell. Reframing the Long 1960s on British Screens: Masculinity, Crime and Nostalgia. 2026. p 191. 1960s music was the most popular decade's music in 2013.Golden ages: The best (and worst) decades for entertainment and fashion. YouGov. 26 November 2013. 1960s music was the second most popular decade's music in 2017.The '80s is Brits' top music decade. YouGov. 20 June 2017. There has been nostalgia for the 1960s music of The Beatles,'Imagine' top song ever. The Guardian. 7 January 2001.Bohemian Rhapsody named favourite song. The Guardian. 8 May 2002.Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody voted the Nation’s Favourite Number 1 Single. Official Charts. 16 July 2012.Noel Edmonds. Top Of The Pops. broadcast 8 April 1976. "Paperback Writer" segment. Procol Harum,Most Played Song On British Radio. Clash. 14 April 2009.A Whiter Shade Of Pale tops chart of UK's most-played songs in public over last 75 years. BBC. 13 April 2009. The Rolling StonesGeorge Griffiths. Official Charts and BBC Radio 1 and 2 team up to reveal the UK's Official most-streamed songs of the past 70 years. Official Charts. 3 November 2022.Nostalgia across the decades. YouGov. 12 November 2019. and Billy Fury.Sound and Fury over Billy. The Guardian. 15 February 2008.His Wondrous Story - The Complete. Official Charts. "Green Onions" (1962) reached number 7 on the UK singles chart in 1980.Green Onions. Official Charts. Ben E. King's "Stand by Me" (1961) reached number 1 on that chart in 1987.Stand by Me (1987). Official Charts. A remix of Elvis Presley's "A Little Less Conversation" (1968) reached number 1 on that chart in 2002.A Little Less Conversation. Official Charts. 1960s retro music has been produced by Little Barrie.Little Barrie, We Are Little Barrie. The Guardian. 4 February 2005. United States There is nostalgia for the Apollo missions.Alexander CT Geppert (ed). Limiting Outer Space: Astroculture After Apollo. (European Astroculture, vol 2). Palgrave Macmillan. 2018. p 53 and section V of chapter 3 ("Apollo nostalgia") at p 69. In 2013, 15% of Americans wanted to time travel to the 1960s more than any other decade, and the 1960s was the second most popular decade overall.We still like Ike. The Economist. 20 August 2013.Poll: What decade would you most like to time-travel back to?. CBS News. 20 August 2013.1950s most popular destination for would-be time travelers. YouGov. 13 August 2013. 1960s music was the joint third most popular decade's music in 2021.Americans say the 1970s and 1980s were the best music decades. YouGov. 16 June 2016. Nostalgia television programmes about the 1960s include The Wonder Years (1988),Ethan Thompson, Jason Mittell (eds). How To Watch Television. New York University Press. 2013. p 223. Mad Men (2007)M. Keith Booker and Bob Batchelor. Mad Men: A Cultural History. 2016. p 125. and Pan Am (2011).From 'Playboy Club' to 'Pan Am,' When '60s-Era Nostalgia Isn't Enough. The Atlantic. 25 September 2011. Retro television programmes about the 1960s include It (1990)‘IT’: THR’s 1990 Review. The Hollywood Reporter. 18 September 2017. and Dark Skies (1996).John Kenneth Muir. Eaten Alive at a Chainsaw Massacre: The Films of Tobe Hooper. McFarland & Company. 2002. p 172. Star Trek Continues (2013) is a retro series which reproduces the appearance of the 1960s television programme.M Keith Booker. Star Trek: A Cultural History. Rowman & Littlefield. 2018. p 138. Nostalgia films about the 1960s include Cooley High (1975),Daniel Marcus. Happy Days and Wonder Years: The Fifties and the Sixties in Contemporary Cultural Politics. 2004. p 210. Our Winning Season (1978),Rob Craig. American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography. 2019. p 284.Randall Clark. At a Theater or Drive-in Near You: The History, Culture, and Politics of the American Exploitation Film. 1995. 2014. p 60. Big Wednesday (1978),Mandy Merck (ed). America First: Naming the Nation in US Film. 2007. p 171. Animal House (1978),David A Cook. Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970. p 57. I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978),American Film Institute with Duane Byrge. Private Screenings: Insiders Share a Century of Great Movie Moments. Turner Publishing. 1995.Ann Lloyd (ed) and David Robinson (consultant ed). The Illustrated History of the Cinema. 1987. p 412. The Wanderers (1979),Barbara Jane Brickman. New American Teenagers: The Lost Generation of Youth in 1970s Film. 2012. pp 44 & 45. Four Friends (1981),Eben J Muse. The Land of Nam: The Vietnam War in American Film. Scarecrow Press. p 124. Baby It's You (1983),Dick Kleiner and the NEA staff. "Filmeter". Daily News. 21 May 1983. "On The Tube" supplement. p 6. The Outsiders (1983),Francis Ford Coppola’s The Outsiders brought the definitive YA novel to the screen. AV Club. 2 April 2020.The Outsiders: why Francis Ford Coppola’s coming-of-age drama is secretly gay. The Guardian. 2 December 2025.Guy Barefoot. "The drive-in on screen". The Drive-In: Outdoor Cinema in 1950s America and the Popular Imagination. p 156. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986),New York Magazine. 20 October 1986. p 90.John Storey. An Introduction to Cultural Theory and Popular Culture. Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf. 1997. p 186.The Financial Times. Weekend 21/22 September 1991. No 31562. Section II: "Weekend FT". Weekend 21/22 September 1991. Page xxi. Dirty Dancing (1987),Dirty Dancing: would you put this baby in the corner? The Guardian. 24 August 2012. 1969 (1988),Paul Hollander. Anti-Americanism: Critiques at Home and Abroad, 1965-1990. Oxford University Press. 1992. p 239.Michael Lee Lanning. Vietnam at the Movies. p 60. That Thing You Do! (1996),The Wallflower Critical Guide to Contemporary North American Directors. vol 1. p 193.That Thing You Do!: Tom Hanks’ directorial debut is still an effervescent pop music romp. The Guardian. 24 October 2021. Catch Me If You Can (2002),Philippa Gates. Detecting Men: Masculinity and the Hollywood Detective Film. State University of New York Press. 2006. p 250. Down with Love (2003)Roberta Garrett. Postmodern Chick Flicks: The Return of the Woman's Film. p 124. and Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022).Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood review – Richard Linklater’s boomer nostalgia trip. The Guardian. 3 April 2022.‘Apollo 10 1/2’: Richard Linklater Takes an Animated Space Trip Down Memory Lane. Rolling Stone. 30 March 2022. Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980) and The Big Chill (1983) are nostalgia films about reunions of people who were younger in the 1960s.Ben Furnish. Nostalgia in Jewish-American Theatre and Film, 1979-2004. 2005. p 163.Elizabeth Haas, Terry Christensen and Peter J. Haas. Projecting Politics: Political Messages in American Films. 2nd Edition. 2015. p 208. See also 1950s nostalgia 1970s nostalgia 1980s nostalgia 1990s nostalgia References Gary Cross. "The Sixties, Counterculture, and Culture Wars". Consumed Nostalgia: Memory in the Age of Fast Capitalism. Columbia University Press. 2015. In Chapter 3. Harriet Quick. The Guardian. 6 September 1995. p 33. Reprinted at "Back to the Sixties", New Straits Times, 5 February 1996, p 10. Victoria Thieberger. "Era that went from bows to beads". The Age. "Entertainment Guide" ("EG") supplement. 29 April 1988. p 3. "Now it's back to the early sixties!" The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 July 1971. p 14. "Cleaning House? Some 1960s Junk Worth Thousands." Observer-Reporter. (Green County edition). 24 September 1993. "Fall 1993 Home Improvement Guide" supplement. p 4. "The college look this fall is '60s nostalgia, but not for everyone". Gainesville Sun. 6 October 1987. p 6B. From the Denver Post. Ben Macintyre. "Woodstock in Washington". The Times. 20 November 1992. p 18. Category:Nostalgia Category:1960s