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calenlass:
So, there is a particular genre of music that really has no name because it didn't really need one until now, when everything has a label. It is that music from the 50s that was always really happy, usually strings-heavy with a plucked harp, and almost always instrumental (sans lyrics) or dubbed over with a super-cheerful narrator, and makes me think of housewives in their kitschy kitchens and 50s Futurism. You probably know it from TV show themes (Bewitched, the Jetsons, Ozzy and Harriet) or ads or that Simpsons episode or the Sims or Pepperland or the Disney monorail music. Also I found this.

Also, I would like a better way to refer to it, so I propose that we make one up, because "50s Future Kitchen" sounds kind of dumb.

calenlass:
Here are some others I found.

E. Spaceman:
Space Age Bachelor Pad Music?

est:
Not sure if Meelio was joking based oin what was written on one of the albums in the youtube clip or if he actually knew, but:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_age_pop

also called Bachelor pad music, or lounge music.

Inlander:
Hey, does anybody remember that lounge revival of the late 90s?

Boy, that sure did suck.

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