Word for a person who lives in the past [closed]
Someone who is highly nostalgic and is stuck in the past, better days
Solution 1:
I do not think you can do much better than to describe such person as 'a nostalgic'. According to the Oxford Dictionary of English it exists as such a noun.
Solution 2:
backward-looking
concerned with the past rather the present and future
a stagnant, backward-looking culture
To be even more contrived, you can try:
back-harker/backharker/hark-backer/harkbacker
I hate to be a hark-backer but I'm sure mainstream rock and pop had better to offer in the way of lyrics before the noughties.