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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.
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.
Summertime - lots of great versions
Take five - Brubeck
So what - Miles
The girl from ipanema - Gilberto
My favorite things - Coltrane
Speak low - Holiday
Thank you very muc! I’m not really into jazz, but even I know these songs. It just goes to show how timeless they are—and how well-known they are, even among people who don’t know the first thing about jazz.
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
Just gonna drop Jeff Buckley’s Hallelujah cover for consideration as to why this is a top tier song.
That’s a fantastic version, too.
The Times They Are A-Changin’ - Bob Dylan
Beatles songs like Yesterday seem to have held up pretty well.
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
Goldie - Timeless
I mean, John Cage’s 4’33” is the only piece that will outlive life.
Beethovens 5th Symphony
The nursery rhyme Ding Dong Bell is from at least 1580, probably earlier
Not sure it counts but Toto’s song Africa has an installation in Africa, powered by solar panels and batteries and it’s played in an endless loop.
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 VivaldiA few centuries is not timeless, but it is an indication of long term endurance.
Mozart’s Requiem (especially the Miserere part).
Someone already mentioned Hocus Pocus by Focus, so I’m going to go with …
Heart - Crazy On You
For when the world is going to shit, so all that’s left is to get it on and fuck your woes goodbye
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
