The End Of The American Century
We’re going to spotlight the last year of the American century, 1999.
That’s 20 years ago, btw, and not to make you feel any older than you do, but these are the last weeks these songs will be labeled with the favorable and cool “retro” moniker.
As you know the “retro” cycle goes in twenty years, when a certain generation comes of age to hold some cultural clout, as it were, and they start looking back and romanticizing the halcyon days of their misspent youth.
Thus, the previous generations “retro” romanticization gets labeled with the less than desirable and way less cool “oldies” moniker.
Sleep tight buttercup.
Show archive
Playlist
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Beulah, “If We Can Land a Man On the Moon, Surely I Can Win Your Heart”
from When Your Heartstrings Break
Beulah - 1999
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The Smithereens, “She's Got a Way”
from God Save The Smithereens (Deluxe Edition)
Entertainment One Music - 1999
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The Divine Comedy, “The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count”
from A Secret History - The Best of the Divine Comedy
Divine Comedy Records - 1999
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Shivaree, “Goodnight Moon”
from I Oughtta Give You a Shot in the Head for Making Me Live in This Dump
Capitol Records - 1999
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