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First post, by nforce4max

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Not very many people know of this sort of music so I decided to share two examples that maybe someone here will enjoy it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZUfiW3W1KY (contains amazing video of malls from the late 80s and early 90s)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyXg-lp2N_g (a personal favorite)

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Reply 1 of 5, by mr_bigmouth_502

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Vaporwave seems like the type of thing people here would either love, or see as a derivative insult to 80s pop music. 🤣

(I'm actually in the former camp 😉)

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Reply 2 of 5, by Jo22

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I actually had to read the title twice, 'til I realized it wasn't saying "Vaporware". 😊

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In what to one race is no time at all, another race can rise and fall..." - The Minstrel

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Reply 3 of 5, by jheronimus

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I've seen a number of retrocomputing YouTubers actually complaining on the "a e s t h e t i c s" comments below their videos. 😀

Here's a nice short explanation behind vaporwave culture, and here's some explanation behind music.

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Pentium III 1000, 256 MB RAM, Matrox G400 MAX, Adaptec 19160, Yamaha YMF740B

Reply 5 of 5, by clueless1

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This is my favorite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2I7FN7fiKU

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