Was a first soprano and performed the entirety of Beethoven’s 9th alongside a full choir and orchestra at a sold out venue. One of the biggest core memories of my entire life.
Both the Bobby Darin and Frank Sinatra covers of this song are too upbeat for me - it is about a homicidal gangster (from the three penny opera). My favourite version is by Lyle Lovett - much more menacing:
I like this pick. A lot of songs produced by Dr. Dre are timeless. 2001 could've came out in 2015 and honestly it wouldn't even be super out of place compared to other music that came out at the time
Most of them from the 60s. Original rock and roll still stands today, motown is heard at almost all weddings at some point. Elvis and the beatles and Hendrix and Led Zeppelin to name just a tiny hand full of artist that have timeless songs from just the 60s alone. Awesome decade of music that.
One of my first musical memories as a kid was playing in the living room while a Beatles record was playing in the background. I was mostly ignoring it but when “Eleanor Rigby” started playing I immediately stopped what I was doing and just listened. Such a sad and haunting song that sticks with you over the decades.
Ring of fire - Johnny Cash, King of the road - Roger Miller, I fall to pieces - Patsy Cline, From a jack to a king - Ned Miller, Are you lonesome tonight - Elvis Presley, Son of a preacher man - Dusty Springfield, Jackson - June Carter-Cash & Johnny Cash, those are just some of the songs I heard growing up in the 60s. I wish I still had mom’s vinyl collection.
I've loved Sir Mix-A-Lot ever since I read an interview where they asked him if he got tired of performing it and he said something to the effect of "Are you kidding me? That song bought me everything I own, it's my FAVORITE song and it's the BEST SONG IN THE WORLD and I'll NEVER get tired of it." All-star A+ answer.
Tom Lehrer was mostly active in the 50s and 60s and a large chunk of his discography is still popular today, as evidenced by the fact that references show up from time to time on Reddit.
Fun Fact: The Verve lost all the revenue from Bittersweet Symphony because the copyright holder for the Rolling Stones (notably not the Stones themselves) sued them for sampling The Last Time.
Beethoven's 9th Symphony, 4th movement.
Wagner's "Flight of the Valkyries" will always be recognized.
Ode to Joy has been described at one of the most beautiful pieces of music in history.
Was a first soprano and performed the entirety of Beethoven’s 9th alongside a full choir and orchestra at a sold out venue. One of the biggest core memories of my entire life.
I’ve played second bassoon on this; the soli with bsn 1 is absolutely ludicrous, would do again in a heartbeat
going in hand in hand with that, Mr Brightside
mozart's requiem!
Johnny B Goode 1958
Guess you weren’t ready for that
If I hear that song when I'm driving, my foot gets pushed a little harder to the floor (providing it's safe to do so)
Ain't No Mountain High Enough Song by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
This was my late BF and my song. We loved signing it together for karaoke. He was almost as bad as me singing… but always a blast.
That song is like honey in my ears, if it comes on at work I get all warm inside thinking of coming home to my wife.
"Midnight Special" by Leadbelly
For me anything by Patsy Cline
I think At Last by Etta James is timeless
Great song. Check out the movie Cadillac Records if you havent seen it.
Zombie by The Cranberries
Thanks....now it's in my heeeeeeeaaaaaad
Anything by the cranberries
Add Linger too
California Dreaming Mamas & the Papas.
Oh there's a bunch from the 60s.
One of my favorites! Also Turn, Turn, Turn by the Byrds.
Or Monday Monday
House of the rising sun the animals
Came here to say this, my favorite version, Eric Burdon's voice is amazing.
Clair De Lune ~ Debussy
Hello darkness my old friend...
Simon and Garfunkel in Central Park was one of the best recorded concerts of all time.
Canon in D
A lot of people don't know that, but this has been quite close to what we call a "meme song" today.
Green Onions
Booker T and the M.G.s
I even know all the words!
Stand by Me, Ben E King
Was just listening to this one in the car. Love it so much!
Somewhere over the rainbow, the Izzy version
Did you mean “Kermit the frog”
Glenn Millers In The Mood is still a bop! I'll die on this hill!
Same for Benny Goodman’s Sing Sing Sing.
Indeed. I have a bunch of his music and I gotta say it's the most iconic
Gotta agree!
I would rather nominate
I use Song of the Volga Boatmen and American Patrol to tune Sound systems with when I work audio
Down with the sickness. Most people know the part that goes OH WAH AH AH AH
GET UP, COME ON GET DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS
Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
Both the Bobby Darin and Frank Sinatra covers of this song are too upbeat for me - it is about a homicidal gangster (from the three penny opera). My favourite version is by Lyle Lovett - much more menacing:
"Strange Fruit" as sung by Billie Holiday.
The original and most popular Billie version of it is from 1939.
Such a haunting song.
Feel Good Inc
The Demon Dayz album still brings back fond memories of driving around in the summer heat in high school.
You're absolutely right
Under the bridge- Red Hot Chilli Peppers
40 years from now kids will be blasting 7 Nation Army and saying how they were born in the wrong era.
Kids now do that
I'm gonna fight em all
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Romanticization of the Indie Sleaze era is hitting
California Love by Tupac.
I like this pick. A lot of songs produced by Dr. Dre are timeless. 2001 could've came out in 2015 and honestly it wouldn't even be super out of place compared to other music that came out at the time
Most of them from the 60s. Original rock and roll still stands today, motown is heard at almost all weddings at some point. Elvis and the beatles and Hendrix and Led Zeppelin to name just a tiny hand full of artist that have timeless songs from just the 60s alone. Awesome decade of music that.
Of course! And don’t forget Beach Boys
The Beatles -
One of my first musical memories as a kid was playing in the living room while a Beatles record was playing in the background. I was mostly ignoring it but when “Eleanor Rigby” started playing I immediately stopped what I was doing and just listened. Such a sad and haunting song that sticks with you over the decades.
Facts
A Girl Like You-Edwyn Collins
A Girl Like You is a song I always wished was about me.
You mean Dreams by the Cranberries
Yiruma, River flows in you.
Ring of fire - Johnny Cash, King of the road - Roger Miller, I fall to pieces - Patsy Cline, From a jack to a king - Ned Miller, Are you lonesome tonight - Elvis Presley, Son of a preacher man - Dusty Springfield, Jackson - June Carter-Cash & Johnny Cash, those are just some of the songs I heard growing up in the 60s. I wish I still had mom’s vinyl collection.
Roger miller rules.
Stand By Me
Greensleeves
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Ina Gadda Da Vida- Iron Butterfly
This very much!
Everybody Hurts by REM
Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-A-Lot
I've loved Sir Mix-A-Lot ever since I read an interview where they asked him if he got tired of performing it and he said something to the effect of "Are you kidding me? That song bought me everything I own, it's my FAVORITE song and it's the BEST SONG IN THE WORLD and I'll NEVER get tired of it." All-star A+ answer.
The one thing we as a society can come together for… big butts
What is Love - Haddaway
furiously breaks neck in side head bopping action
Baby don’t hurt me
I sing this to my cats all the time. They hate having their nails trimmed but love to make biscuits.
Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture
This song proves that cannons are an instrument.
Champaign Supernova - Oasis
Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
anything on "nevermind" is timeless because it's not drowned in reverb like other rock albums at the time, and is simple yet incredibly powerful.
The entire Beatles catalogue before 1970
Tom Lehrer was mostly active in the 50s and 60s and a large chunk of his discography is still popular today, as evidenced by the fact that references show up from time to time on Reddit.
Tom Lehrer was amazing! I like to sing “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park” for the looks it gets me from other people.
Bach: Toccata & Fugue in D minor
My Hero - Foo Fighters
Take 5
Happy Birthday.
That was written in 1870 though.
I would argue that it’s the exact opposite of timeless.. in fact it is actually time sensitive
good one, I didn't think of this, but everybody knows and sings this song. totally timeless.
Guns N'Roses - November Rain (1991)
Add sweet child o mine. That intro will be recognized for centuries
don't look back in anger by Oasis (1995)
Hound Dog -- Big Mama Thornton 1953
Wow that Nero mention gave me a flashback to a better period of my life
Nero? That’s a name I haven’t heard in almost a full decade.
Jeremy- Pearl Jam (though I'm completely tired of hearing it)
Personally, if I'd have to pick just one song from Pearl Jam, I'd go for Black, but yes!
Even Flow is actually the song that I think stands up. It was over played in the day, but listening to it now. It still slaps.
"And he HIT me with a surprise left!"
The bridge to that song is better than drugs.
Knights in White Satin by the Moody Blues
Kiss From a Rose by Seal is from 1994.
Electric Feel by MGMT
Ah yes, their best song other than Dark Age
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
That's the one song that I know of by Nickleback that doesn't sound like any other song by Nickleback. I guess the photograph song too.
Fun Fact: The Verve lost all the revenue from Bittersweet Symphony because the copyright holder for the Rolling Stones (notably not the Stones themselves) sued them for sampling The Last Time.
Mr. Brightside
Creep-Radiohead
Literally any Beatles song before 1970
Hungarian raspody ( I think that's how it's spelled)
Vivaldi’s Winter. Fucking WILD.
Bittersweet Symphony without a doubt
Rolling Stones - paint it black get off of my cloud others
Smash Mouth, All Star
"Walkin' on the Sun" is better
inhales Some-BODY
Anthem of all pre-teen summer camps
Somebody I Used to Know
Little black submarines - The Black Keys (actually any of their hits)
Moon River
Fortunate son
Cross Road Blues by Robert Johnson Many others played it.
Outkast - Hey Ya
A Spotify playlist of all these replies would be fire
Don’t Speak - No Doubt Killing Me Softly - Lauryn Hill
Who let the dogs out
Little dark age - MGMT
Spooky scary skeletons
Canon in D
Shubert’s Trio in E flat minor
Blaze of Glory by Jon Bon Jovi
Tennessee Waltz
Stacey's Mom. Mom jokes were pretty popular for awhile and I definitely think that song had something to do with it
It doesn’t get any better than when Michael Bolton sings “when a man loves a woman.”
That no talent ass clown!
I hate that fckng song. Every single novela my mom made me watch (cuz we grew up with only one TV) used that damn song for their “romantic moments”.
"I, for one enjoy everything in that man's catalog."
“Somewhere over the rainbow” by Israel “Iz” Kamakawiwo’ole
Everlong
Keane's Somewhere Only We Know is so amazing! I literally love Keane so much lmao
Mr. Brightside - The Killers
First one yes, most songs off of Hot Fuss will qualify. Shut up and dance is by no means timeless.
A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
Hotel California
"Flight of the Bumblebee" by Rimsky Korsakov
One More Light LP
Miserlou by Dick Dale is immortalized in surf imagery
Rusted Root - Send me on my way + Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream
Levels
I'm surprised to not see any Sinatra on here yet. So many timeless songs from the 40s, 50s & 60s.
I think at this point Lose Yourself deserves that distinction
Walking On A Dream - Empire of the Sun
Any Beach Boy song
Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones 1965. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix 1967. Actually kinda many songs from 60s are counted.
That intro from Purple Haze 🔥🤌😘
The Nights - Avicii
"I Got You, Babe."
Thanks babe.
Mr brightside - the killers Hey Ya - Outkast One more time - Daft Punk
A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton
Except it's only truly iconic when sung by our One True King, Terry 🙇♀️🤴🏿
Go With The Flow feels timeless to me dammit (QOTSA)
Nina Simone
Peppermint (feat. Lexy) - Jack Stauber
Electric Relaxation - A Tribe Called Quest.
You are my Sunshine
Ever think about how much we take the Birthday Song for granted?
Amazing Grace
Unforgettable by Nat King Cole
Pachelbels Canon
Wake me up when September ends.
Hall of the Mountain King
German march erica
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is an absolute banger xx
Take me to church - Hozier
Yakety Yak - The Coasters (1959)
Fur élise
Hurt by Nine Inch Nails (or the Johnny Cash cover if you prefer that genre)
Happy birthday
Ever heard of The Beatles?
The band Paul McCartney was in before starting Wings?
Oasis - Wonderwall
All the Small Things by Blink-182