It’s 1993 and you’re in a hotel pool (Vaporwave Mix)

[@oscarurquiaga2013]

our alzheimers trips are gonna be wild if we already enjoy blank nostalgia like this

[@RetroPlayerOne]

Yooo hahah for real!

[@Kepora1]

Blank? Speak for yourself, I was around in '93!

[@WoodsBeatle]

@@oscarurquiaga2013 that's called Anemoia!

[@griffinoleary1694]

@@WoodsBeatle i didn't know this word before

[@jz4697]

It's more like my memories of the 90s as a kid, hazy, more beautifully remembered and magical then it ever actually was

[@LadyxBleu]

In the mid 90s, my dad would take me to a local motel where he'd slip the guy at the desk $20 to let us swim in the pool and those are my happiest memories. Driving in his old red mercury with the sun roof open, listening to his sick mix cds, on the way to the motel in my Lion King swimsuit. That was 25 years ago but he's still the coolest dad in the world.

[@texxten]

This gave me nostalgia I’ve never even had

[@agnusredel3709]

this sounds like a Lana Del Rey song lmfao

[@LadyxBleu]

@@agnusredel3709 that almost ruins the memory lmao

[@agnusredel3709]

@@LadyxBleu LMAO naww, she's not that bad lol

[@mke7183]

This made me so happy to read 💜

[@MalleusSemperVictor]

Welcome to a place no one has really been to but everyone remembers.

[@unkykun]

I can't express how much I like this comment

[@V0YAG3R]

no

[@LysLovesAlpacas]

we’ve all been there together, somewhere in our subconscious

[@legalfictionnaturalfact3969]

there's a welsh word for this. hiraeth: homesickness for a place you've never been.

[@Liusila]

I’m not really feeling actually.

[@BillyStyler]

Nostalgia Storytime! So, I'm the youngest of many siblings. In the late 90s, my brothers and sisters either all lived with their dad or on their own, while I was the only one living with my mom in the city. Every couple months or so, my siblings would visit, and I would get super excited. I remember this one time around Christmas 1999, all my siblings, aunts, uncles, and cousins visited for a few days and my mom rented two connecting family rooms at the coolest hotel in our city. It had three pools, two waterslides, an arcade, and a bunch of other fun things. I was only 4 at the time, but I remember this experience so vividly. We had McDonalds and Pizza Hut basically everyday, ran around the halls and played hide n seek, made a train on the waterslide, played ocarina of time on the nintendo 64, and a ton of other stuff. It's funny how the title of this video brought back these memories. They would have been lost forever if not for this video. So thank you for that.

[@theastrophile8335]

n i c e

[@vius0013]

sounds like an AWESOME holiday :)

[@grahamhall5160]

Nostalgia... no wonder Uncle Rico wanted a time machine so bad.

[@phoebejanemiller1671]

I loved reading this so much, and I'm happy you shared a lovely little childhood memory with us :)

[@TheQuestionMarkWasEmphasized]

Ocarina of Time, bro. The best.

[@CysmaWinheim]

Smells like chlorine.

[@RetroPlayerOne]

👆💯🧪

[@headlesschicken175]

yep thats pools for ya

[@jama211]

@@headlesschicken175 90's chlorine hits different. Most pools use salt now anyway.

[@solracgonzalez7029]

Thought that was just me bruh wtf

[@Serge165]

@@jama211 L O R J

[@DNAEntertainmentMemphis]

"Your Local Weather On The 8's....Current Conditions....7 Day Outlook..."

[@RedSiegfried]

This guy gets it.

[@RetroPlayerOne]

I love it

[@Apd1e]

''Regional forecasts.''

[@chumon1992]

Local on the 8s was my fave

[@jonknox4621]

A weather channel reference really?

[@Thrashman-ye4cf]

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened”

[@Attmay]

No decade after the 90s feels like it has its own identity. Everything since then feels like an extension of the latter half of the decade.

[@Sons_Of_Liberty75]

So true man

[@jrs89]

Do you miss the Detroit Vipers? #Viperwave

[@criticalthinker7822]

This bring back memories of: 1) 79 cent gas 2) Tape cassets 3) $1 Whoppers 4) 50 cent Twix 5) Talking about Fresh Prince in school... 6) When field trips were highly anticipated! 7) Rumors of CD players. More awesome memories will come!

[@tresojos]

rumors of cd players :D hahaha ohhh man those days those days

[@rvfiasco]

The NES, Saved by the Bell, Trapper Keepers, Big Hair, Teen Spirit, Skinemax, Leopard Print Blouses and Greasy Pizza Boxes. Ahh yes, memories!

[@TheOriginalMarimoChan]

Leg warmers, Danskins, Sony Walkman, Member's Only Jackets, sunglasses at night, bare-shoulder shirts, the brat pack, Pontiac Fiero, pagers, high ponytails, feather earrings, politically incorrect jokes ;-)

[@josuefeliciano6800]

Damn. I remember field trips. Wow.

[@PrincessofKeys]

Sounds so good to be living than

[@ragingfred]

I feel like the 90's were the last offramp before the modern era made everything unrecognizable.

[@jomanda6876]

honestly, yes. what you said is absolutely true.

[@BraveFencer]

The 80’s was the peak of humanity in most areas

[@sappy2075]

@@BraveFencer most areas? Yes. Countries controlled by the USSR? No. I come from Romania, a post-communist country. It was terrible in the 80s.

[@virtualpoison8643]

@@sappy2075 i feel sorry for you, but after all, all the 80s happy life in the west was just propaganda. Things went very quick down in the 90s and early 2k.

[@jacktonsauron8185]

@@BraveFencer no it wasn't

[@TekoMuto]

In 1993, to save money, my father who had to travel for work for meetings, would take me and my family on his business trips as family vacations. Quite often, I would spend alot of time at hotel pools. Back then, I knew it wouldn't last forever, and to enjoy my time there. I can't go back to those times except in memory. This video helps me though. It brings me back to those times. Thank you. Thank you so much.

[@MailglitterShipGlitter4Cheap]

Dang, a memory I wish I could experience. Thx for sharing.

[@RetroPlayerOne]

This mix was for you 👊

[@TekoMuto]

@@RetroPlayerOne 👊❤

[@3jjffrsn]

Thats so beautiful! Thanks for sharing that. 🙏🏾

[@paleodantology]

Same!

[@edwardteach6560]

That picture makes me feel things.

[@RetroPlayerOne]

💯💯💯

[@zianniorange3646]

isnt that the poool from vice city gta?

[@kevincampbell5785]

...like, "I have to pee but don't want to get out of the pool". It's always when you get hunkered-down in the pool that you have to go.

[@MishMashMum]

Me too...me too😌✨

[@polynotgone8349]

me too

[@Soluchi-InfiniteCoCreatorGod]

As a kid, I remember laying on the floor, looking towards the window as the soft long white curtains were blowing inwards, with a light breeze grazing my face. The sun was shining outside, as its light sepia toned color poured into the room. My mother walked by in a white nightgown, smiles at me and walks away as I still lay on the floor, looking towards the window. I felt so calm, so relaxed and so blissful. 😊❤️

[@RetroPlayerOne]

Thanks for sharing! Very well worded. Described perfectly!

[@goblinoide]

cringe

[@renown35nuke70]

I remember acting like a cat and drinking milk and making little picnic with my brothers indoors while watching the cooking channel

[@gavinvalentino6002]

Yeah I love weed too, and your mom was *SO HOT* in that nightgown! Good times for all of us!

[@illianagarcia4826]

I remember something like that too

[@TheMarky26]

Late 80s and early 90s were a magical time..

[@orangecat5036]

1993 is vintage. 😳😳😳

[@thebroheamyth6478]

this give's old almost abandoned hotel pool vibes. it's still in perfect condition, but it's just a bit far away from the main attraction of the city. no screaming kids, few couples here and there, and an abandoned arcade down the hall blaring DDR and big buck hunter

[@mr.butterworth]

It’s after hours and the pool is closed. We’re not even supposed to be here, I hope security doesn’t walk in.

[@trashspawn45]

I feel this. Though my one memory of a place like this actually had a Custom Robot arcade machine which was pretty dope. Not gonna lie, played that a couple hours or so.

[@alliexcx5576]

yes

[@femoman]

It's giving me feelings of wistful nostalgia for not only an era that I wasn't alive during (94 baby here), but a place I'm not sure I've ever been to. Hotel pools do give a strange vibe tho, especially when you're the only one there.

[@lisabutler4457]

this, this, this, *THIS*!!!

[@jalenec]

These kinda songs have subconsciously made me enjoy hold music, weather reports and elevator rides +10% more over the course of my life

[@BuriedFlame]

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Tedium-dee-dum.

[@femoman]

I know right? I'll get hold music when I calla bank or whatever, and I'm just jammin' to that muzak!

[@puggilove]

@@femoman jamming to da muzak😂 you should hear the on-hold music for my doctors surgery, its disgraceful, I hate it so hard🤯

[@user-zy5dp8fl8n]

Tbh same!!! Still looking for an elevator with hold music though lolz I feel that is an expression but not a reality

[@hansdado]

muzak has always been there for us

[@liptoncunningham6666]

Never had a chance to experience this as a kid (very strict + poor immigrant parents). Thank you for allowing me to experience something I wish I had as a child now, as an adult. It's never too late to pursue joy, no matter how big or small it may be.

[@RetroPlayerOne]

That's what I was going for - trying to help people catch a vibe with this video. I'm very glad you enjoyed it!

[@liptoncunningham6666]

@@RetroPlayerOne keep bringin' the good vibes 🌴🌆🍨

[@UnrealTech9403]

@@RetroPlayerOne I caught the vibe, hard. My life goal is buy a house and build a pool like this. It's been two years and the vibe ain't going away. The poolroom will be heated so I can sit in a chair all day listening to vaporwave not being stressed out in my soul sucking nightmare of a job in the world's smallest cubicle. If someone calls me offering a job, or for anything other than to chill, I'll throw my phone in the garbage then continue doing nothing. Might get an oceanside condo and give it 80s decor as well. Life isn't meant to be miserable, good vibes existed once. Time to bring them back.

[@PindarMOD]

In 1993 I was 16 years old. Funnily enough, I got a job looking after a hotel pool like this one. I would often go for a dip after work.

[@h3llena._]

When you made that comment, last year, in 2021, I was 16 years old. I've never been to a place like this. but I can almost feel like I am.

[@TheGasManCometh]

@@h3llena._you’re an adult now :) Welcome 2024❤

[@smanticus]

I’m not sure why this is characterized as 90s when this is absolutely 80s music through and through.

[@Attmay]

Early 90s still had some 80s holdover. A lot of places that adopted this aesthetic in the 1980s would’ve kept it for at least a few years into the 1990s. Most of them were probably remodeled to make them bland and generic in the 2000s. I am not looking forward to nostalgia for anything from this century.

[@THETHRILLOFIT]

culture doesn't stop and change on a dime the day the year turns to 1990, every decade has crossover.

[@multishit6664]

Everyone has down syndrome

[@paulsteel9127]

1993 may be too late, but this style was still pretty common in 1990-1992. Though it has an early 90's New Age tinge to it.

[@darkmatter9726]

A lot of smooth jazz and adult contemporary music was much slower to change with the turn of the decade than other genres especially rock.

[@Airbear211]

Man, all my memories of the 90's have such a bright neon-like nostalgic glow. This is a rare "ambience" that actually captures this feeling perfectly. So hard to describe unless you were there.

[@RetroPlayerOne]

Described perfectly, thanks for sharing!

[@seeks4627]

Its true everything was bright and futuristic lol from McDonalds to Burger king and Blockbuster to the cloths and MTV shows and" classic" commercials ...I miss it a bit.

[@RibasNath]

It's the same with me, but with the 2000s. My happiest childhood memories look a bit ...brighter? Idk, hehe.

[@RustyGonzo]

Nothing will recapture that feeling of hope we had between the cold war and the war on terror. Songs on the radio were positive, the colors and patterns were vibrant, computers were new and exciting to everyone, the internet was just an abstract concept and social media hadn't toxified our discourse, Caprisun was still turning children into sentient quicksilver, and the McRib was available at every McD location. Good times.

[@ClintGamree]

I came back to this video and saw your comment and was about to like it and saw that I already did haha - I totally agree with your comment I am SO glad I lived that era even the slightest memories feel so amazing :')

[@PWPH1984]

"It’s 1993 and you’re in a hotel pool". That's my favorite isekai Light Novel series.

[@RetroPlayerOne]

💯💯💯

[@chrisshimizu8656]

@@roguespartan2854 isekai light novels are a genre of books in japan. isekai means "different world" or "from another world", and light novels are basically the equivalent of young adult novels in america (not a particularly difficult read, but has more adult themes like violence and romance). a lot of isekai novels have titles like "i accidentally died and woke up as a dragon!" or other kind of descriptive sentences, which is where adam's joke comes in.

[@Ruok90]

Also read: „It´s 1997 and you are watching power rangers on a scratchy carpet floor“

[@Sqwivig]

Hahaha omfg it totally DOES sound like an iseaki series name 😂

[@hotdogstockimage]

Source? Of this "novel" of course.

[@TheMatthewRoss]

Summer 1993 ... nothing too special, almost every weekend at the mall, as an only child I got mostly whatever I wanted because I had straight A’s & kept my room clean , those days in the arcade playing Skee-Ball, the Whack-a-mole game & Pac man... then back home to ride my bike & watch Disney & Nickelodeon/ Snick ... those were the days . I miss how the malls looked in the 80’s & early 90’s 🖤

[@MsHethre]

The comments sections of these chillwave (and similar) playlists are one of my favorite places to immerse myself. Wholesome nostalgia and mellow human kindness. It's like everyone collectively decided to eat a pot brownie and turn the meanness volume down. Thanks for creating this space where I will now float timelessly for an indeterminate amount of time.

[@generalkek]

You fucking captured my thought here, while im floating through this comment section.

[@ehhhhhhhh2233]

It's the best. I feel like if anyone and everyone smoked a joint and put on any vaporwave mix, we'd inevitable find common ground with our enemies. Life can be simple, and here's the remedy.

[@karissad7382]

~~~~~>💓°•○☆💕

[@oni741]

@@ehhhhhhhh2233 Ａ ｆｒｉｅｎｄ ｍａｄｅ ｉｓ ａ ｒｏａｄ ｐａｖｅｄ; ａｎ ｅｎｅｍｙ ｃｒｅａｔｅｄ ｉｓ ａ ｗａｌｌ ｂｕｉｌｔ (Chinese proverb)

[@richarddresden6869]

You know what, I think you and everyone else who commented are a-ok in my book.

[@GinaBoudreau]

Moved to tears from the nostalgic vibes. 1993 I was a junior in HS. I wish I could relive it sometimes.

[@rvfiasco]

Same, beautiful, same. I would do so much differently. I suppose. I'm happy with what I got. I suppose. :)

[@anonymousplanetfambly4598]

In 93 I was a senior in college...just imagine the fun you experienced, but turn the volume up to 11. Yeah. Good times, good times.

[@mascara1777]

I just feel that there needed to be a column of glass blocks to really hit a homerun on the early 90's vibe.

[@elwoodziggurat]

I was born in 1993 and I just vividly recall the mid/late 90s being exactly like this aesthetic. Seeing photos of the 80s/90s architectural and design aesthetics feels so far away yet so familiar. I suppose what draws me to these modern day appreciations of this aesthetic is because it not only feels nostalgic, but almost unbelievable to think "I lived in this kind of world before?"

[@teelistrill]

You just described what i feel last night. Being born in 93, grasping the shreds of the 80s and holding on to the memories you picked up in the 90s 🥺 those were beautiful years.

[@horizonbrave1533]

Born in 87 and there's definitely some memories I have of neon glowing signs in stores, pastel colored walls and sharp angled font...now probably all long abandoned and standing in dark long shuttered buildings..

[@freyjulundr]

we 90s kids be from a different world

[@dickkickem]

i was born in 2000 and i honestly recall seeing a lot of architecture and design like this until 2004-ish

[@nfvjgrofgjvoldlkgvlo]

fellow 93 here, word.

[@chriscastillo4634]

I get a total 90s weather channel flashback from this. I can see this playing while it shows the radar across the country and Oklahoma always being a tornado warning but the music is so cheery 😂

[@RetroPlayerOne]

☝️💯

[@siiiiiuu7]

Omg yes. Totally forgot how jazzy weather channels used to be

[@commandervile394]

Having grown up in Oklahoma since the early 90's, this is all too relatable.

[@AdamHarveyMusic]

This is going to sound so weird, I don't even know why I'm posting it. When I was in maybe the 2nd or 3rd of Junior School, so around 1991-92, we did swimming lessons at a modernised art deco swimming pool. I remember going every day for two weeks, and being in the locker room at the end of swimming talking with my friends about Sonic the Hedgehog and our Megadrives, brainstorming this whole idea for a game based on Rugrats (we obviously had no idea how to make a game, we were 8...), which came on TV every morning I think. Making plans to go round each other's houses and play Golden Axe and Road Rash... You had to leave via the pool so I remember walking back out of the locker room one day and as I was about two thirds of the way across the width of the pool, this light from the upper windows just sort of hit a little ripple of water in the pool and made this weird dancing movement. And I remember thinking, even back then, as an 8 year old, that I was going to remember that moment for the rest of my life. I have no idea why - it was such a pointless, meaningless, anonymous moment. No part of it held any greater meaning or larger significance for me. I was just a kid, walking back round the pool to get to the bus that took us back to school. But, I'm about to turn 38, and every few weeks that moment still pops back up in my head. Just a silly little moment I saw the light dance around the light blue waters in this little training pool. I really think I am going to remember that periodically for the rest of my entire existence. Listening to this music, and seeing the image, I got real strong memories about it again. A moment when the world seemed big and bright and full of opportunity. And I'm not some pessimistic mope with rose tinted glasses - I still dig my life and I still get excited about the world we live in. But the road ahead of you is long when you're 8, and the whole world is a fascinating, infinite playground.

[@BlowinFree]

I loved reading your comment and sharing in your memory. I has a similar experience as a child and just like you it revisits very often. X

[@soraninja]

I really enjoyed reading your memory ~ I know exactly what you mean ..... you dont have the weight of the world on your shoulders at that age .. and we miss that as adults. I turned 30 this year and was born in 1991 ~ it's strange but I wish I could go back to that time to relive that feeling.

[@annanannee2156]

I really liked reading your comment

[@derekk.2263]

I feel like I just read literature.

[@methiasmettani]

Similar but laying in the grass looking up at the sun through a tree thinking I'm probably the only one who would ever see the light at this angle. It felt like a personal treasure.

[@LOL-cringe]

I'm glad we were born in a generation where we could all commemorate our childhood memories on the internet.

[@multishit6664]

A matrix if you will.. humanity isolated/divided physically, having a mental state of dichotomous assessment like A.I. while simultaneously being globally connected to everyone and everything. Were not making it to 2030.

[@mostirrational]

When you're on the Backrooms' good side:

[@RetroPlayerOne]

👆💯

[@saigonbamuoisaudonongquaoi2346]

u mean the front room

[@Red_Lion2000]

Are you Kyle's sister?

[@mostirrational]

@@Red_Lion2000 Who's Kyle?

[@Red_Lion2000]

@@mostirrational Sorry, just a super old reference.

[@marlisamonther7869]

When current times feel so hard and hopeless, that listening to 90's stock royalty mall elevator-esque music to feel like we are in a more secure comfortable era of modern consumerism once again, has actually become a popular thing here. Woah, did I just say that? Ouch, I'm being cynical AF right now. But at least I'm imagining myself in these swimming pools and I gotta say, it's nice in here.

[@axiss5840]

There is a comfort to be had in the 90's, and you definitely hit why. You knew there was plenty, it was available to you, and everyone around you seemed to have plenty as well. Maybe it's a combination of childhood lack of awareness and the 90's being exactly that snapshot of consumerism without the guilt about it that came in later decades. I learned something reading this, so thanks.

[@KutsaiChan]

I think my soul is crying haha. I think you're right on point with this! I was born in 92 and my mom has worked maintenance at the same mall since before I was born, and I remember it being a bit like this and other 80's/90's mall aesthetic videos. Looking back on it now, it definitely feels a lot warmer and confier than today.

[@AidanSFisher]

Omg yes!!!

[@Luna-ry8lv]

well I'm a 2000's kid and I just like this kind of music. It's not that deep for many

[@soraninja]

Wow you hit the nail on the head!

[@Frogz12920]

Why do the 90's comfort me so much? It's like I'm back in my Health class trailer in middle school watching outdated education videos :'^)

[@Jaco._.]

Right! I also find the 80s comforting and nostalgic even tho I never grow up in those times.

[@leesherman5192]

That sounds like the opposite of comforting.

[@whattheheck1000]

Haha, I remember seeing a launch SNES commercial on a video from sex ed class in late 2005 (7th grade). July 30, 2021 5:47 am

[@user-is7xs1mr9y]

I was born in '93. I swear I've had dreams about a place like this. I love vaporwave so much.

[@miquelsosa]

Pure 80's vibes 🌴

[@Attmay]

It makes me want to Jazzercise in a leotard and then watch *The Golden Girls.*

[@Chad_Thundernuts]

The 90s were awesome. The peak of human technology before the internet became an every day part of our lives for most people.

[@RetroPlayerOne]

When neighborhood kids used to play outside instead of staying inside on video games. I remember our neighborhood having huge block parties and neighborhood wide squirt gun fights. You don't see that kind of stuff anymore.

[@ezgoing4260]

This is more 1983 than 1993, but still love the mix!

[@Attmay]

Split the difference and make it 1988.

[@ArthurVega1992]

💯

[@oscart4983]

I remember being 5 in summer of ‘93 and pops took us on a vacation to Puerto Vallarta and staying in a Sheraton Hotel. My most distinct memory is going to the indoor pool that looked almost like this except with dark blue marble tile and plants/ferns decorated everywhere, with elevator/lounge music playing in the background. Love this aesthetic

[@RetroPlayerOne]

Now that is a vibe! I wonder if that place is still around...

[@IFEGRIZZLY]

Lovely story. And yes, what a fab aesthetic

[@mongoosecavern]

I was born in 93 and holy fuck do I feel taken back to a time where I was a naive kid enjoying life in the 90s

[@InfiniteBeach101]

Same age here but I remember nothing about 90s, sadly

[@user-moonsnguts]

when your listening to this but ur born in the early 2000's... doesn't matter what year your born in, but atleast we can make it feel like the 90's :)

[@Lav3nd3rForest]

Dec. 99 here XD

[@hxney_bree]

I may be an '03 baby, but I'm still gonna enjoy these vibes 😂

[@kerocz3363]

97 here... If only I was born just a few years early maybe I could’ve remembered a little bit more.

[@jazzyj6484]

lmao, I'm an 01 baby I totally agree with you.

[@h3llena._]

2004 baby

[@watermoonbb]

this is such a niche POV and I'm so glad it was in my recommendations

[@Hevanafa]

This playlist is as if reminding me to not to work too hard, sit down & pause whenever I feel overwhelmed

[@RetroPlayerOne]

Only if we all took the time to pause, kick back and be present. Thanks for sharing your insight!

[@CasualPoster]

It's spring. You rest poolside, the pure reflective, azure water lapping against gritty decorative tile - a hypnotic lullaby. The frogs are singing. The flowers are blooming. New life appears from seemingly nowhere. The clouds and sky overhead are clear, endless. You breathe in the refreshing breeze of a new season. You are free.

[@BuriedFlame]

I see "frogs are singing" and instantly think: _"HELLO MY BABY HELLO MY HONEY HELLO MY RAGTIME GAAAAL...."_

[@jazzcactus]

I farted almost the whole time reading that. Now my chair is wet.

[@johnnyohm1135]

@@BuriedFlame I thought you were gonna say Cyberfrog lol

[@whereandbackagain7059]

It's 1993 and Ocarina of Time won't be out for another 5 years but we're gonna jam to it anyway

[@orgoik]

haha

[@chrisp8208]

I was wondering when I was gonna find a comment that mentioned the Zelda music

[@afterlyfegamer676]

Came here looking for this

[@soraninja]

Omg the second I clicked onto this video I was like .... wait a minute.... I'm sure this is ..... zelda¿ that wouldnt have been out yet? Omg tho was I happy to hear it ~ like bringing the cognitive part of my childhood back to the earlier part of my childhood I'd forgotten being born in 1991 xD

[@hellinterface6721]

Ocarina of Time kinda sucked

[@thagodfather007]

this is more late 80's than anything

[@rvfiasco]

Yea, but only we know that. It's cool though.

[@dugroz]

Agree

[@outruncoast9056]

Mid to late 80's actually. The uploader and most of the commenters reveal they were never really there.

[@CicoinTokyo777]

Yeah.. who create this video must be a young person guess .. this is from 80s

[@vote4cake1]

Yeah, this is the 80s. The 90s is more akin to the Y2K futurism aesthetic.

[@donnaquixote7538]

This is why I live in the 2020s. To relive my 1990s' childhood. 🥰🎼😜

[@kliljkip3184]

I could tell at the time that it was a special time. Would record things off the TV for the “future generations”. Watching MTV witing down names of songs so I can find them somehow in the future.

[@braydenmackinaw689]

That pink wall paint screams 90’s

[@justinmyers4274]

I’m glad vaporwave is coming back! Remember back in like 2019 when it disappeared

[@milesfairchildswife1651]

I'm crying while reading these stories. I wish I got to experience the 60's, 70's, 80's, or 90's :'(

[@dhanhyaa]

I used to imagine indoor pools like this one when I was a kid.

[@skylaamundsen4559]

This is still my dream.

[@kUr0k0chan]

Ah, the fresh scent of chlorine and slightly abandoned feel bc the other guests don't have kids and are either in their rooms or in the dining room having lunch/dinner. At one point in our lives, my family and I "lived" in a hotel after coming back from overseas. This was the early 2000's tho.

[@RetroPlayerOne]

It seemed like hotels like this just never really updated their looks. I love it though. Great description☝️

[@legalfictionnaturalfact3969]

military?

[@kUr0k0chan]

@@legalfictionnaturalfact3969 Ah, my dad was already retired military in the mid/late 90's. We've only lived overseas once when he was still active. The second time was bc he got a job there.

[@legalfictionnaturalfact3969]

@@kUr0k0chan called it. sorry to hear that garbage was in your family. sad shit.

[@kUr0k0chan]

@@legalfictionnaturalfact3969 What do you mean? His job wasn't military related back then. He was a technician and mechanic...

[@ravenswoods177]

Born in 1993! Love this!

[@RetroPlayerOne]

Same!

[@The0KUltra]

Also born in 93. A great year

[@whattheheck1000]

Born Dec. 25, 1992 but I graduated high school in 2011 with mostly 93 babies and I’ve always felt like more of a 93 baby than 92. I was due on Jan. 7, 1993, should have waited. July 30, 2021 5:52 am

[@AspenFireflyGaming]

I was prepared for 90s nostalgia, but I was NOT prepared for this to open with a remix of Sheik's Serenade of Water theme holyyyyyy

[@oyxnova4519]

I was born in 1993 and sadly I cant remember much of the ‘90s but somehow I can still feel the atmosphere inside me. One of my dearest memories is of the time when I was kid in elementary school, writing the date of my notebook 1999. This memory I will hold forever. Thank you for the awesome mixes

[@gazhel]

This has got to be the most 90's movie track of all time

[@Attmay]

This sounds like the music on the hotel TV channel guide. I hope mom and dad don’t get upset if I order *Home Alone 2* on pay-per-view!

[@darklotus5309]

Was just @ a nice hotel with just the wife & we played this on my Bluetooth speaker cuz we were the only ones in there. Thank you. I was 13 in 93 & she was 14. We use to ride the bus together in middle school. We married when I was 18 & we’ve been together ever since.

[@darklotus5309]

What I mean is we played this @ the pool

[@HarryHollertheWolf]

This is much more 1986 than 1993. 1993 was gangsta-rap, hip-hop, Grunge and Alt-Rock

[@Attmay]

That is not an aesthetic that mainstream East Coast beachfront hotels like the ones I remember from this era would have adopted.

[@HYP3M0D368]

friends from school: why don't you ever associate with us? me: *I'm sorry but Im running in the 90s*

[@RetroPlayerOne]

Perfect response lol!

[@signalinthesky8312]

Even if you never grown up or lived during the 90s you are still one of us.

[@Attmay]

@@signalinthesky8312A decade that started with *full (of shit) house* and ended with *f(r)iends* that was made bearable by *The Simpsons.*

[@joshpatillo9515]

Born in 89 the 90s were amazing and fun ahead of its time but stuck in a place that solidifies it as nostalgia heaven.

[@RetroPlayerOne]

TOtally agree fam!

[@cattysplat]

There is a piece of me that is still there, forever suspended in that moment in time, those feelings as bright and fresh as a child's outlook on life.

[@Attmay]

Takes me back to so many hotels I swam in the pools of up and down the North and South Carolina coasts. Myrtle Beach alone had plenty of examples like this. God knows what they look like now.

[@weegerri1sm]

Where I'm from the imagery and music here is, very definitely, reminiscent of the '80s, not the '90s. That's what makes it awesome, mind you. 😊

[@PrincessofKeys]

I wish to live in this magical vaporwave world....the feels are so real!

[@masonhancock5350]

My brother died 29 years ago in a citric acid explosion at an Orange Julius that destroyed the Payless Shoes next door. We buried him in a closed casket due to the Velcro damage. He would’ve loved this. Thank you.

[@Attmay]

What did you play at his funeral?

[@KutsaiChan]

Videos like this and other 80s/90's mall aesthetic videos make me so overwhelmed and overcome with emotions that I absolutely can not explain. I was born in 1992 so I grew up with this kind of stuff. I wore all those clashy colors, the sweatpants, turtlenecks, windbreaker jackets, scrunchies, you name it! But something about this music just... breaks my heart??? I don't know what it is. I miss those days a hell of a whole lot, sure, but at least I can say I experienced them, right? Maybe it's because the majority of the music in here is smooth jazz and I grew up listening to smooth jazz with my mom. I've come to associate smooth jazz with her and a lot of the songs that played when I was little have a ton of memories tied to them, and not even significant memories either, just... general memories of existing in the 90's. Like one other person said in the comments here, maybe it's just childhood naivete and having no cares or things to worry about, but everything felt safe, warmer, comfier, and more free. This makes my soul miss it more than ever, honestly. It's like a deeper homesickness. There's a Portuguese word that perfrctly describes thisfeeling, saudade. I don't mean to try to sound deep, but that's how I'm genuinely feeling. It really hits that hard, especially hearing all these familiar tunes. Aight, imma go cry now ✌

[@legalfictionnaturalfact3969]

saudade. good word, thanks. and you described the way i feel when i look at certain stuffed animals. probably same reason.

[@CicoinTokyo777]

I have the same feeling .. I wish nowadays was still the same from 80s. So much nostalgia even if I’m born in 1992

[@alanm6o9]

I know how you feel. It hurts

[@FunusCanis]

I was also born in 1992 (my birthday is this Friday, May 28th!) and I used to listen to jazz with my mom as well. Your comment resonated with me and made me want to reply. I feel the same exact way, something about this kind of music makes my heart break for this time that has long since been gone. It’s amazing that we can relive those old feelings through music like this, but I don’t think it’ll ever compare to actually living during that time period. I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels this way 💚

[@leviathantoobz]

Good comment. Two continue off your point of how this breaks your heart I think there’s a lot of factors come into play here I think we need to consider the fact that a lot of the world has changed obviously… And also things are not aesthetically is pleasing as they used to be… We might have more technology but it doesn’t make up for the fact that COVID-19 lockdowns and they just feel more apart and separate and isolated… Music is not the way it used to be… Commercialism is not the way used to be… but the question is why do we all associate this with something we’ve seen before when we clearly haven’t and I think I found the answer… I think it has to do with the fact that somewhere in the deep chasms of our minds we all experience something vaguely similar and we all knew what the 90s were and we were all collectively feeling at five globally in west civilization while that might be a stretch, Do you know that you’ve seen malls that used to have Palm trees and neon lights but you might not be able to place your finger on when you saw it because you forgot where it was and honestly it doesn’t even matter you didn’t see it at one point. Because it really did look like this to some degree although vaporwave is just playing off of your emotions because it’s just an overly saturated reality of what the 90s really were. So in conclusion there is really both rose-colored glasses and actual nostalgia being trimmed down the narrow throat of our of our minds processors and we overload and feel nostalgic and sad that its gone.

[@andrewflanders262]

The bright colors were more mid to late 80's. If you saw this in '93, the hotel was in need of a remodel. By the early 90's it was all drab tones.

[@Sareybeary]

@Justin Hugo Why anything 🤷‍♀️

[@sirmount2636]

Doesn’t that fit though? Most hotels wouldn’t renovate immediately. Many 80’s hotels still resembled the 1970’s. 2001 was a good year for 90’s hotels.

[@baru0chan]

@Justin Hugo the rise of grunge

[@rafetizer]

Can't be having the same decor you had 8 years ago!

[@jefffisher598]

False. Have you watched saved by the bell or any shows from the early 90s? Neon colors where everywhere. Change started happening around 94

[@zachsonpub]

Bring back these pools.

[@Poodle_Gun]

Holiday Inn with a courtyard, a toy crane, and almond scented bread 👌

[@vincentvarkor]

Born in the late 90s but still give memories from early 2000s

[@greygremlin1248]

I miss the 90s

[@edwinhenriquez5842]

I was born in 1996 so I don't really remember much of nothing from the 90s but from watching nostalgic videos of the 80s and 90s makes me feel like I'm in the wrong time era 💔

[@RetroPlayerOne]

Yooo I feel the same way fam!

[@UnrealTech9403]

90s were peak aesthetic. Before everything became artificial. Before everyone had phones they would smile and make eye contact. People were genuine. There was zero stress the problems in the 90s were nonexistent compared to today. I'd sell all my assets to go back there for a month.

[@Attmay]

It would be easier to build up new ones. I would recommend buying Apple stock when they were still in the dumper and just sitting on it.

[@bxbomber85]

Brings me back to visiting Florida during the summer in the mid 90s when pools are basically required. Great times!

[@LackaJudgment]

“It’s 1993 and you’re in a hotel pool “ How were you able to pinpoint the exact niche vibe I’m looking for? Nailed it x10000000

[@RetroPlayerOne]

Dude I don’t even know how I did! This one struck gold and I think this was the first mix I did where I did a naming convention like this. But I agree, I feel like the title and track align in such an incredible way! Thanks for checking it out!

[@superbrainbow]

Places where you can still find this vibe in 2022: 1. Lobbies of certain office buildings in NYC's Financial District 2. The last Aladdin's Castle in Quincy, IL 3. Cherry Creek Mall in Denver, CO

[@divineisles-j6w]

i love vintage and retro themed places

[@USMCSDI]

This is actually really good!

[@pebblehillz537]

I remember a few years back I remember the time before my little brother was born, I remember my mom and my dad together happy instead of them wanting to go home. We were at in and out restaurant and we were outside. I was probably 3 or 4 at the time. I remember sitting outside with the sun beaming into my eyes. But at the same time I saw my parents getting along witch is really rare for me. I saw them smiling at me. How happy they were. My favorite part of my childhood it was. Now it feels like I have to choose sides between my mom and dad. I wish they would get along. Now I would rather them to be divorced instead of yelling at each other. How I miss my mom and dad together.

[@kramarkml]

The second song reminds me of the music The Weather Channel would play

[@rudyspective1870]

It's 1993... I can still drink and smoke in here yeah? The pool's nice and warm, and so is the music...

[@Attmay]

Drink maybe, but a lot of places would have started to ban indoor smoking by that point.

[@memoriesofanothertime3992]

vaporwave is some of the coolest stuff around man

[@Roshea]

Nothing better than a cotton candy colored room with this audio vibe

[@weworks7811]

I remember the mall in the 90s having those “neon green” “neon pink” colors at the “snack bars” “Orange Julius” KB Toys, Sbarro Pizza Foot Locker,back when it looked like a basketball court

[@JihadBunnydick]

Petros chili bowl

[@Attmay]

I would be more likely to be at Camelot music, Suncoast video, or Waldenbooks.

[@GachaRobloxianAndrew]

I’m not a 90’s kid but yet this brings back memories.

[@PatriotCody]

The 90s was the greatest generation that ever existed honestly, back when things were simple and stress was very little before social media and smartphones.

[@cgreer9010]

Reminds me so much of the culture back in 1993. The styling was so new jack era... How amazing the early 90s were...

[@fgooner3000]

this will never be noticed by the creator as this comment section has near 1,500 comments as i write this - but this mix made me cry. i miss my 2020 and 2021 summer when i still had my old friends, when i was in a better place. these songs brought back memories of my old friend group that has since fallen apart because we have parted ways, but this genuinely made me happy. it triggered a certain memory where we all just talked at our local beach and ate the wendy's just up the block from the coast and shoved each other underwater. those were fun days - now it's just repetitive schedules, exams, and projects. i really needed this. thank you, retro player one, even if i can't relive the memories i want back so badly, at least thinking of them makes my day a bit better.

[@RetroPlayerOne]

Thanks for the comment mars lee - reading this makes me want to appreciate the times I have now because you don’t know you’re living in the good times until you look back and realize you were.

[@StrongZeroPowerHour]

man everyone wants to talk about how nostalgic this is for some mystery 90s thing but it really just makes me think of 2012, when you first started hearing vaporwave was the background music to my early 20s

[@CicoinTokyo777]

I was born in 1992 but when I think about 80s I’m feeling so nostalgic.. don’t know why and can’t explain this feeling. I love the aesthetics, the style, the music.. and indeed I’m listen 80s everyday and sometimes try to dress like I’m in the 80s, but when I walk in the street I notice everyone is dressing so boring or with a totally new style and this make me sad.. my mom made me listen all these beautiful song and I’m often watching her pictures from old days. I live in japan (born in Italy) and I’m pretending I’m living the 80s, always trying something that reminde this beautiful period 🤩

[@PatriotCody]

80s and the 90s had alot in common compared to the 2000’s onward.

[@h3llena._]

Seems like a lot of people were just born at the wrong time

[@h3llena._]

I'm like you. But I have this fascination for the 2000s. Makes sense since I was born in 2004, but I was too young to experience the world at that time. There's just a few things I remember.

[@2091riveraisrael]

Welcome to my world as a person who was born in the 80s era that was still alive in 1991 XD you have that 80s vibe because 1992 was the last year that the 80s culture ended one starting the 90s era in 1993, you have those vibes because you yourself are 80s born from the culture as the 80s did not end in 1989, the timeline did but not the culture as the 80s was such a popular era it lasted up until 1992 😂

[@LOL-cringe]

my soundtrack to when I lose all my children's college fund in a matter of milliseconds. Thank you!

[@user-rz1qv8dt1p]

did you want to write some more ? its nice

[@GoldCobra487]

Total 90s kid here. Born during the Reagan years and came of age during the reign of Bush 1 & Clinton. These jams bring back so many rosy memories of a world before the internet/social media drove us all insane.

[@badbichdb]

You know, whenever I need to have a good cry or reflect on my life I keep coming back to this dingy hotel pool. As stupid as it is to keep coming back here, it always feels right to plan my vacations around this joint. I'll keep coming back for the rest of my life lol.

[@carlacephas21]

I was born in '90 and this beautiful music takes me back to when I was bout 6 or 7, growing up(grew up in a poor neighborhood of south philly). Takes me back to those early Saturday mornings, after cartoons, me, my lil bro, and mom would go visit my great aunt. Every other week, we'd all go to the mall and my aunt would always let me and my bro get one thing we wanted from the Kmart that was adjacent to the mall. Just walking thru the mall, seeing all the kiosks, photo booths, etc made me excited every time like it was the 1st time. The last thing she brought for me before my great aunt passed, was a clear purple Gameboy color. Brings happy little tears from the memories, when I hear this.....Sorry for the long post. Here's a Cookie. 🍪

[@RetroPlayerOne]

Hahah thanks for the post fam! I appreciate the cookie!

[@BunnySpaceMachine]

Hey...I'm from Philly too! Born and raised.

[@carlacephas21]

@@BunnySpaceMachine GO BIRDS!

[@BunnySpaceMachine]

@@carlacephas21 🦅🦅🦅

[@bronzeagesquirrel3517]

my earliest memory is being at a hotel pool with my grandparents when my sister was born. 1994.

[@cobbsalads7942]

It's weird how music can make you feel nostalgic for the time you were not even born yet. I'm 25 y.o and I have never even visited the US, I have no clue what was it like back in the 90's.

[@lilithrose6857]

I love listening to Vaporwave! I miss the 90's!

[@rodriloz836]

Im from latin amarica, and I never had seen a pool like these one, but for some reason in my dreams I have been in some, multiple times, I never imagined that they were real.

[@YahYou813]

I was born in 92 and growing up in the 90s was so simple, especially in Hawai'i where we'd shoot the cruise to the beach and just chill with family and friends. These songs bring up so much memorable times, and I thank you

[@TheTechCguy]

Everything in '93 was still around in the late 90s, when I was actually a kid then. :)

[@RetroPlayerOne]

Same!

[@theedwardian]

Barely, because a lot of the late 80s was still bleeding into the early 90s

[@mcnugget677]

Vaporwave is one of those things that everyone on the internet has heard of, but is rarely actually admired.

[@kierankreations1891]

I love this. It sounds nostalgic, but I don’t have that 1990s nostalgia so it doesn’t make me cry. I can actually enjoy this without feeling sad. 👍

[@Angel0_1994]

Nostalgia isn't sad xd

[@xochi]

This is really one of the best Vaporwave mixes I've ever heard. more like this please!! ☺️☺️

[@RetroPlayerOne]

That means a lot fam, thanks for the comment! I'm going to do a pt.2 to this mix down the road. It got great reception!

[@Haildawn]

@@RetroPlayerOne The immersive visuals really make it

[@1292liam]

yep its astonishing

[@archive6094]

This is that certain feeling that you try to make last as it happens. I love it. : )