Sixteen Tons (1946), timeless lyrics.
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Darude - Sandstorm
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Let's be real, there's only ever gonne be one song that's never gonna give us up, let us down or desert us.
Time - pink floyd
Time in a bottle - jim croce
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Tribute - Tenacious D
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Stairway To Heaven
Morning Dew
Suspicious Minds
Three Little Birds
Beethoven’s Fifth
The Washington Post March
Happy birthday.
To be truly timeless you need a few things. A band who knows how to name things. Bad ass drum solos. A couple of electric guitars. An accordion. A flute. Yodeling. Mouth noises. And no lyrics to get in the way.
I give you “Hocus Pocus” by Focus.
Off the top of my head, and of course these are completely subjective, I just think of songs that still feel relevant or still reflect a popular attitude today. Feel free to agree or not.
You’re So Vain by Carly Simon
Devil Went Down to Georgia by Charlie Daniels Band
Piano Man by Billy Joel
Killing in the Name by Rage Against the Machine
Fast Car by Tracy Chapman
The Song That Never Ends.
Timeless in more ways than one. 😌
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Beatles songs like Yesterday seem to have held up pretty well.
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by J.S. Bach
Brandenburg Concertos by J.S. Bach
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by J.S. Bach
Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in C Sharp Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven
Hallellujah Chorus from The Messiah by George Frideric Handel
Fanfare-Rondeau from the First Suite de Symphonies (the Masterpiece Theater Theme) by Jean-Joseph Mouret
Clarinet Concerto in A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel
The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi
A few centuries is not timeless, but it is an indication of long term endurance.
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Morning has broken also by Cat Stevens.
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Songs that will always be good are like:
Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
Just a Day - Feeder
Or do you mean songs that will always sound new? That’s a harder one.
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The Entertainer.
1902, 124 years old. Scott Joplin.
1916:
https://youtu.be/ND2rMET4MVw
1974:
https://youtu.be/vsFGcPujqKE
Chet Atkins:
https://youtu.be/kHtwF-gpluc
The Muppets:
https://youtu.be/p9gSvM4uR3s
3D Printed:
https://youtube.com/shorts/SdG239y8Qnk
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That one Adagio by Albinoni. The one in G minor. You know it when you hear it.
Beethovens 5th Symphony
Bohemian Rhapsody
Hotel california - the eagles
Badfish by Sublime
Was thinking about this the other day for a modern song that has really stuck around. Not a power ballad or a big rock song by any stretch, but:
Fade Into You - Mazzy Star
Late edit: these, too:
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright’s version of Cohen’s original
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
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Liquido - narcotic
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Some beautiful and sad timelessness songs:
New Order - Ceremony https://youtu.be/kkASIx9Xk6s?is=5ySoad0UUJEiL-xp
Tim Buckley - Song to the siren https://youtu.be/b6a50loAOIk?is=nsOUnfCH626-X8oh
Tuxedomoon - In a matter of speaking https://youtu.be/l6H-ESkf2bU?is=UkuZZ4jE66yukBH0
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTUhnIY3oRM
Otis Redding - Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C-VscEQugk
Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nuanwn3v-2I
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Not sure if it counts but Toto's song Africa has an installation in Africa, powered by solar panels and batteries and it's played on an endless loop.
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"Hard Times Come Again No More"
The nursery rhyme Ding Dong Bell is from at least 1580, probably earlier
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for me its jethro tulls wondering again.
time after time
Summertime - lots of great versions
Take five - Brubeck
So what - Miles
The girl from ipanema - Gilberto
My favorite things - Coltrane
Speak low - Holiday
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If you tolerate this…
The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan
Player's "Baby Come Back" and John Lennon's "Woman" come to mind. Also, Juan Gabriel's "Amor Eterno" (Eternal Love), an ode to dead moms and the love we have for them despite their absence.
Walk don’t run , personally I like the cover by Chet Atkins best but the original is by Johnny Smith.
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Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
CCR - Fortunate Son
Twisted Sister - We’re Not Gonna Take It
RATM - Killing In the Name
The Holy Quad of songs that were written for one opinion and will forever be utilized and replayed by those who don’t get it but think it’s speaking to them.
I have prepared this playlist for this question. These are all songs related to being out of time. (Ordered roughly by relevance)
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdhMu7XX4FMWae_Zei3Jj9Sn-rBWb1vgZ
There's ice cream vans round my ends that still play Green Sleeves, so probably that. I really don't get how that piece has been so popular for so long, it's seriously fucking creepy and gross sounding.
I mean, John Cage’s 4’33” is the only piece that will outlive life.
Depeche mode - Enjoy the silence. Most timeless song to me.
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