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I'm a teeny bit bored. Anyone want to play a game?
Songs that have withstood the test of time.
Rules:
- propose one or more (original versions only) - including how old it is
- name the best (IYHO) of the suggestions preceeding. In choosing please consider age/durability and quality (scales of your choice)
I've a signed copy of Bonnington's "Ascent" to mail to the person that sugests the song that gets most subsequent support.
I'll start (and please don't make it end of thread):
New Order; Ceremony - 40 years ago; fresh as a daisy
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In reply to Moacs:
New order, not to shabby although I prefer joy division.
I'll go for Johnny B Goode 1959, 62 years old!
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In reply to Moacs:
Hildegard von Bingen, O Euchari, between 1151 and 1179...
youtube.com/watch?v=IFMQia-IYdw&
Blast: that version has a modern backing added to it...
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In reply to Moacs:
It's been done already.
Richard Thompson took them at their word, but got disqualified:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000_Years_of_Popular_Music
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nxtLhU5IgpPunbsVcXInLcOrHVnwoO1yY
Well worth a watch.
In reply to Moacs:
Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and his Comets, 1954. The song that brought rock and roll to the attention of the general public and the birth of modern music.
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In reply to Moacs:
"Heroes", David Bowie, 1977. 44 years old. Has won many accolades
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In reply to Moacs:
Don’t you want me? The Human League
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In reply to Moacs:
You’ll Never Walk Alone.
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In reply to Moacs:
I got a Google link to Deep Purple playing Speed King live in 1970, brilliant, but I am a Mk2 purple fan!
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In reply to Moacs:
Enola Gay by OMD. 41 years young, never seems to be off the telly being used as the soundtrack to one commercial or another, which is a pretty good indication that it has withstood the test of time. Never gets tired despite this, one of the great synth riffs from the era of the greatest synth riffs.
(And now 6 more years have passed between its release and the present day than passed between its release and the event it refers to. Eeek.)
of the other suggestions: Heroes, Bowie.
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In reply to Moacs:
Summertime youtube.com/watch?v=lnXLVTi_m_M& 1935.
And, to follow your rules, Johnny B Goode.
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In reply to Moacs:
House of the Rising Sun by The Animals, 1964. Edit: it's a cover version! Well you learn something new every day.
Of the above, I vote for Rock Around The Clock. Now that's a classic.
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In reply to Sir Chasm:
> And, to follow your rules, Johnny B Goode.
That's very sweet of you. Everyone else is waaaaaaay off piste.
But I'm getting some nosalgic listening out of it
In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:
> Enola Gay by OMD. 41 years young, n>
> (And now 6 more years have passed between its release and the present day than passed between its release and the event it refers to. Eeek.)
Now that is a sobering fact to a man of my age
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In reply to Moacs:
So many great songs to chose from.
Thunderstruck, ACDC 1990
Brick in the wall, Pink Floyd, 1979
Behemim Rhapsody, Queen, 1975
Piano Man, Billy Joel. 1973
In reply to Moacs:
White Christmas, (1942, Bing Crosby). 79 years old.
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In reply to Sir Chasm:
For a single, iconic recording of a song that's never even been rivalled by another artist, let alone matched, I'd say you'd be hard pressed to beat Satchmo's most memorable classic: What a wonderful world youtube.com/watch?v=VqhCQZaH4Vs&
Edit: hard pressed, yes, but clearly not impossible now that I've read the post immediately above this one!
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In reply to Dave the Rave:
> Don’t you want me? The Human League
Good one but I think 'Love Action' is a better song. From the same era
Poison Arrow by ABC
In reply to john arran:
Good choice, but I would pick Louis' La Vie en Rose over that because it highlights both of his extraordinary voices - his vocal voice and his trumpet voice. Has any other artist given us two such classic voices? Has anyone ever played the trumpet so well? The trumpet playing on La Vie en Rose is so extraordinary, it makes my flesh creep! Also, I think this song is one of the happiest I have ever heard (right up with What a Wonderful World).
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In reply to John Stainforth:
The Edith Piaf original is still better!
CB
edit: and No, je regrette rien is even better.
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In reply to John Stainforth:
Curiously, one of the routes I've equipped locally (on secteur Musical) I called "L'avion rose"
😉
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In reply to Moacs:
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams. 38 years old and so timeless it could have been released yesterday.
PS. I don't want the book so if I win whoever is second can have it
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In reply to john arran:
I agree re Edith Piaf's singing, but Louis' recording has the bonus of the incredible trumpet playing. In that vein, you could call a variant of your route the Armstrong Variation!
In reply to Moacs:
Talk Talk: It's my life.
The song positively zings with freshness and effervescence.
None of the covers have got close to the purity and purpose of the original.
RIP Mark Hollis.
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In reply to Moacs:
There are so many.
I Feel Love by Donna Summer
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Flim - Aphex Twin
Numbers - Kraftwerk
Smells Like Teen Spirt - Nirvana
Atomic - Blondie
Destroy Everything You Touch - Ladytron
Us - Regina Spektor
And sooooo many more. Not looking to win the book but I do love music.
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In reply to Moacs:
I’m playing Terry’s solo album just now ‘Home’ and naturally thought of….
The Specials - Ghost Town - 1981 - 40 years old - timeless and peerless (imho)
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In reply to Tobes:
> The Specials - Ghost Town - 1981 - 40 years old - timeless and peerless (imho)
Yes, but once you've watched Father Ted the impact is rather lost.
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In reply to Moacs:
Barbie Girl by Aqua
youtube.com/watch?v=ZyhrYis509A&
I'll PM you my address, this one won't be beaten.
Toerag's suggest of Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics was a great shout.
In reply to John Stainforth:
> I agree re Edith Piaf's singing, but Louis' recording has the bonus of the incredible trumpet playing. In that vein, you could call a variant of your route the Armstrong Variation!
Well coincidentally, I've just this week named another new route "Armstrong", although that's after Neil rather than Louis, as it's on Secteur de l'espace. But I think I'm digressing!
In reply to john arran:
I'm just reading your mind, that's all!
In reply to afx22:
Amen Brother by the Winstons 1969.
The “Amen Break” has been used in so many hip hop and pop tracks over the years it sounds new even 52 years on.
Of the ones listed above I feel Love by Donna Summer is a timeless classic. People will still dance to that in another 50 years time.
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In reply to Moacs:
Hallelujah chorus from Messiah by one GF Hanel, composed 1741
(Thread convergence)
https://www.ukhillwalking.com/forums/culture_bunker/halleluah_chorus-742305
https://www.ukhillwalking.com/forums/culture_bunker/george_fridericks_messi...
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In reply to captain paranoia:
I was going to suggest the Coventry Carol
In reply to Moacs:
Simon and Garfunkle Sound of Silence 1964 - the crash is as good as ever
Lou Reed Perfect Day 1972
Beatles Blackbird 1968
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In reply to Moacs:
Only 25 years old but will stand the test of time as an all time classic.
In reply to Moacs:
I'll nominate Blue from Joni Mitchell in 1971, and if I had to choose one track it would be "A case of you". I never grow tired of this LP. Not a single bad track on the whole album. Just genius.
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In reply to yorkshire_lad2:
> Hallelujah chorus from Messiah by one GF Hanel, composed 1741
This one will be hard to beat. It’s 3.3 times older than the next oldest (Summertime - a worthy runner up), is musically magnificent and I ‘d like to think it’s as good now as back then but none is know coz none of us were born then.
And I will retract You’ll Never Walk Alone coz the original ain’t that good. But if looking for a song that’s been around for ages, has been covered numerous times by mega stars, and will be sung by hundreds of thousands of people every week until the earth ends, then it would be up there.
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In reply to Bottom Clinger:
> This one will be hard to beat. It’s 3.3 times older than the next oldest
Hildegard von Bingen was writing her music (and theological and medicinal treatises) in the twelfth century...
O Euchari has been fairly widely sampled: e.g. 'The Sun Rising' by the Beloved, and 'De-lushed' by the Drum Club (IIRC)
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In reply to robert-hutton:
Opening bars *fairly* reminiscent of the tune to the old grey whistle test
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In reply to Andy Hardy:
> Opening bars *fairly* reminiscent of the tune to the old grey whistle test
youtube.com/watch?v=6FxE7bBYuG8& that will be the one and it's a good one, a group of great musicians.
In reply to Moacs:
An album which I think has withstood the test of time is 'Steve McQueen' by Prefab Sprout. There is hardly a duff track. At the time it came out (1985) I was more into guitar-oriented stuff such as The Cult or The Alarm. If you were breaking up with someone (weren't we all in our twenties?) then it was just the job. The Smiths were far too depressing (although I liked them too). Stand out track? Hard to say, but probably 'Bonny'.
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In reply to Lankyman:
Agree re. Steve McQueen & Bonny. It's an awesome album that passed me by at the time.
All of their first four LPs (not including Protest Songs) would make it to my desert island.
Their best song? Bonny is up there but today I'm going with Hey Manhatten from Langley Park to Memphis.
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