Help me find a song for this vid?
I have this really fun vid in mind for historical roleplay, but I am struggling to find the right song to set it to. Usually my vid ideas start with a song or a song/fandom pairing, not the other way around. I was lucky to have thought of "Jerk It Out" so quickly for the humping robot.
Anyway. What I am looking for is a fun/chipper/energetic/happy/sweet/along-those-lines song that's about being nostalgic for a bygone era, or about loving the past or some point in history, or about wishing you'd been born in another time or place, or even about loving roleplay. Gen is much more appropriate than romance, which has knocked out of the running almost every song I've found. Country, pop, rock, folk-rock, musicals, dance, hip-hop, maybe alternative, could all work; I haven't had much luck with heavy metal, and I'm not sure an instrumental piece would get the point across effectively.
I have drummed up two decent candidates so far, but neither is quite right: "Born Too Late" by The Clarks (YouTube w/lyrics) has the right tone and subject matter but may be a little too specific with all the names, and the lyrics start right away, so I'd have to do some audio editing; "Should've Been a Cowboy" by Toby Keith (YouTube/lyrics) is the right idea, but may have too much about cowboys. Googling has mostly turned up songs about lost romance and playlists that make the playlist creators feel nostalgic for their childhoods.
Any ideas?
Anyway. What I am looking for is a fun/chipper/energetic/happy/sweet/along-those-lines song that's about being nostalgic for a bygone era, or about loving the past or some point in history, or about wishing you'd been born in another time or place, or even about loving roleplay. Gen is much more appropriate than romance, which has knocked out of the running almost every song I've found. Country, pop, rock, folk-rock, musicals, dance, hip-hop, maybe alternative, could all work; I haven't had much luck with heavy metal, and I'm not sure an instrumental piece would get the point across effectively.
I have drummed up two decent candidates so far, but neither is quite right: "Born Too Late" by The Clarks (YouTube w/lyrics) has the right tone and subject matter but may be a little too specific with all the names, and the lyrics start right away, so I'd have to do some audio editing; "Should've Been a Cowboy" by Toby Keith (YouTube/lyrics) is the right idea, but may have too much about cowboys. Googling has mostly turned up songs about lost romance and playlists that make the playlist creators feel nostalgic for their childhoods.
Any ideas?