Never Underestimate The Lure Of Nostalgia

 

 

Since I’m still a little hesitant about jumping into 2022, we’re going to take a look back at the music of 2002.

That’s 20 years ago, kids, officially putting these songs in the “retro” category.

WRIR wasn’t around in 2002, only getting on the air a few years later in 2005, but I’d like to think this is what a POP Goes The World show would have sounded like in 2002 had WRIR been around then.

We’ll see how many of these songs stood the test of time and held up.

 

 

 

 

LCD Soundsystem "Losing My Edge" from Losing My Edge - Single (2002)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Notwist "One With the Freaks" from Neon Golden (2002)

 

The Flaming Lips "Do You Realize?" from Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)

 

Badly Drawn Boy "Something to Talk About" from Something to Talk About - Single (2002)

 

French Kicks "Close to Modern" from One Time Bells (2002)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fischerspooner "Emerge" from Emerge - EP (2002)

 

Eels "Fresh Feeling" from Souljacker (2002)

 

Doves "Words" from The Last Broadcast (2002)

 

The Music "Getaway" from The Music (2002)

 

Junior Senior "Move Your Feet" from D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat (2002)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tullycraft "Twee" from Beat Surf Fun (2002)

 

The Coral "Dreaming of You" from The Coral (2002)

 

Hot Hot Heat "Bandages" from Make Up the Breakdown (2002)

 

Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Machine" from Machine - Single (2002)

 

Gogol Bordello "When The Trickster Starts A-Poking (Bordello Kind Of Guy)" from Multi Kontra Culti vs. Irony (2002)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Polyphonic Spree "Light & Day / Reach for the Sun" from The Beginning Stages Of... (2002)

 

Sparks "Suburban Homeboy" from Lil' Beethoven (2002)

 

Spoon "The Way We Get By" from Kill the Moonlight (2002)

 

Los Super Elegantes "Je Suis Bien" from Channelizing Paradise (2002)

 

The Raveonettes "Beat City" from Whip It On (2002)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nada Surf "The Way You Wear Your Head" from Let Go (2002)

 

Supergrass "Rush Hour Soul" from Life On Other Planets (2002)

 

Idlewild "You Held the World In Your Arms" from The Remote Part (2002)

 

The Vines "Outtathaway" from Highly Evolved (2002)

 

The Libertines "Up the Bracket" from Up the Bracket (2002)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Mooney Suzuki "I Woke Up This Mornin'" from Electric Sweat (2002)

 

Interpol "PDA" from Turn On the Bright Lights (2002)

 

Bleu "I Won't Go Hollywood" from Redhead (2002)

 

The Flaming Stars "A Little Bit Like You" from Sunset & Void (2002)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Iron & Wine "Upward Over the Mountain" from The Creek Drank the Cradle 2002