Britpop Nostalgist Gifts

"I love the popping sounds on old vinyl LPs..."

"In my day I played a pretty mean cowbell."

"When I was young, music and lyrics were important! Now it's all about production...it's all jiggly butts, smoke, sexy clothes and crazy videos!"

His master's voice

"Is that when you turn the juke box off?"

'I didn't know people still played footsie.'

Hell's busker

"Horton hears The Who!"

"Look what I found in the garage! My old music speakers!"

'Did I hear right - Bob Dylan's changin' his name back?'

'When we converted the pub into a house, we decided to keep some of the original features.'

His Master Voice Desert Island

'Walkman' 'Shuffle man'

"Joe, you've got to stop singing 'Rocket Man.' Okay, how about 'Ground control to Major Tom'?"

'Well, we agree on one thing -- I wish you'd married Doris Day, too!'

'Rorschach multiple-choice test'

"Forty years ago on this very seat I proposed to you. Made up your mind yet?"

"He're the pitch; a sequel to 'Yesterday', but instead of The Beatles, it's The Carpenters. We'll call it 'Yesterday, Once More'."

'Do you by any chance have any conservatory music?'

"I don't get it...there are so many cool new bands out...but it looks like you haven't bought anything in forever!"

ARISTOTLE WITH A BUST OF HOMER:

New York, London, Paris, Munich, Everybody Talk About Pop Music

Malfunction at the boy-band factory.

Downloading.

Victorian mother and daughter.

"We've known each other for a while now, so I feel it's the right time to ask – are you a psychological manifestation of my nostalgic longing of a romanticised past?"