Sentimental analysis of the nostalgic comments

Examining the comments associated with youtube postings of songs from the later decades of the 20th century can be fascinating. Many older people express how nostalgic the music might make them feel for that time in their lives, while others that are obviously much younger might say how they wish they were born in that era. It is very interesting how music provokes such sentiments. However, is this observation simply anecdotal or does it reflect a social phenomenon that is only possible through modern technologies? The aim of the project is to commence an initial investigation into this. Youtube provides an API so it is possible to extract and analyze comments from particular videos. Following this, a portion of the data can be labeled according to its nostalgic sentiment, and the remainder of the data can be analyzed using natural language processing techniques to determine how prevalent the nostalgia is among commentators. The final graphs should give an insight as to how it occurs across the musical spectrum.