Vaguely nostalgic melange of rock from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and, sometimes, 1980s, evoking feelgood memories of teenage life and possibilities for baby boomers, removed from any context of political, economic and socio-cultural change. Popular as a radio format, these “greatest hits” also set the ambience for movies like The Big Chill (1983), while fading into everyday backgrounds of offices, cars and elevator muzak. Oldies seem to be creating a pseudo-nostalgia for the children of boomers as well, exemplified in the renewed popularity of the 1978 Grease with new generations in its twentieth-anniversary release.