Songs You think have stood the test of time.

[SuperGroove]

Nirvana - Rape Me
Smashing Pumpkins - Today
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
Radiohead - Creep
Portishead - Wandering Star
Sneaker Pimps - 6 underground
Toadies - Away
Live - I alone
Live - White, Discussion
Goldfinger - Here in Your bedroom



Those are songs I think would still sound great if released now.

Edit: Feel free to add your own.

 

[IamDavid]

Sorry to say it but most those songs won't even be remembered in ten years. I haven't even heard of a couple of them.

 

[Viper GTS]

I don't know ANY of those songs.

Viper GTS

 

[Pepsi90919]

You've never heard of SWEET DREAMS?

 

[ultravox]

Stairway to Heaven......Zep

 

[SuperGroove]

Bump. Add songs you think have stood the test of time. Some of mine relatively new (1996).


Would guys like me to add Celine Dion and Elton John into my list?

/me snickers.

 

[loup garou]

Happy Birthday
Star Spangled Banner
Auld Lang Syne (so what if no one really knows the words)
The Hokey Pokey
Who Let the Dogs Out
Old McDonald
Bingo
and many more...

 

[konichiwa]

I've never heard of any of those songs on your list either, SuperGroove. Songs I think have "stood the test of time" are mostly from the 60's and 70's...pick just about any Beatles or Rolling Stones song...Led Zeppelin, etc, etc...that era.

 

[kduncan5]

Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd -kd5-

 

[jsm]

I hate to say some of the songs because I don't like some of them .. but:

Eagles - Hotel California
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
Beastie Boys - Fight for Your Right to Party
Pink Floyd - Brick in the Wall
Ramones - Rock N Roll High School

If you want to get into more obscure genres, there are a number of classics:

Misfits - 20 Eyes (if yer a punk rock fan, this is definitely considered a classic)
Godflesh - Streetcleaner
Danzig - Mother
Skinny Puppy - Killing Game
Ministry - Everyday is Halloween
Ministry - Just One Fix
Front 242 - Headhunter
NWA - Funk the Police (title edited for the tender eyes and minds of Anandtech)
Cure - Just like heaven
Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
Opus III - It's A Fine Day
Alphaville - Forever Young
Nitzer Ebb - Godhead
Damned - Alone Again Or?
Lush - For Love
Enya - Orinoco Flow
S.P.O.C.K. - Never Trust A Klingon
When In Rome - The Promise
BiGod 20 - The Bog

I could go on, but that mightprove to be a bit annoying.

Anyhow, if you are going to mention Nirvana, I would have to say that "Smells like teen spirit" would probably be considered more timeless just because it was considered ground breaking at the time.

 

[EmperorNero]

- american pie
- classical songs (mozart, bach, beethoven, etc etc)
- ring my bells

 

[ltk007]

Supergroove, I like most of those songs on your list. You forgot my fav though

Smashing Pumpkins- Mayonaise

Sure its not played on the radio or anything, that doesn't mean it isn't still a great song. BTW, 1979 and Today are only 5 and 7 years old respectively. That's not really the test of time IMO.

 

[kduncan5]

Ooops

 

[EmperorNero]

<< NO!


5 to 5.5 hrs. per night.


And Yes. 5 minutes more will do just fine -kd5- >>



lol...wrong thread, this is the songs that stood the test of time thread, not the sleeping thread

EDIT: nevermind, kduncan edited his post

 

[Tom]

White Christmas, Bing Crosby
9th Symphony, Beethoven
Take This Job and Shove It, David Allan Coe

 

[SuperGroove]

<< Anyhow, if you are going to mention Nirvana, I would have to say that &quot;Smells like teen spirit&quot; would probably be considered more timeless just because it was considered ground breaking at the time. >>




Yea...but Nirvana hated the song.

 

[SuperGroove]

Beatles - Come Together.

Old enough for yas?

Oh yea,

Beegees(sp?) - Stayin Alive

 

[UnderScore]

The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
The Platters - Twilight Time
Billy Joel - Piano Man
Duran Duran - Hungry like the wolf
James Brown - I Feel Good
KC &amp; Sunshine Band - Shake Your Booty
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Mommas &amp; The Papas - California Dreaming
Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
War - Lowrider
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music

Nine Inch Nails - Head Like a Hole
Ben E. King - Stand by Me
Enigma - Return To Innocence
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
A Ha - Take On Me
Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water

 

[Harrald]

So as not to seem to old or a pain in the rear I'll only mention one



Elvis-Jailhouse Rock

He was called the king for a reason.


Ok one more


Tchaikovsky-1812 overture
Cannons are cool too.

 

[atom]

4 tops - I need Your Loving
KISS - Rock and Roll all Night
Eagles - Hotel California
Zep - Stairway
AC/DC - Highway to Hell

Edit:

also

queen - we are the champions

That song will be here as long as there are professional sports.

 

[zippy]

Beethoven (in specific his 5th symphony)
Mozart
Bach
etc.

Beastie Boys- Fight for Your Right: it's funny because this song was made as a joke to insult the bands of the 80s who always did music like that.
Billy Joel- Piano Man (?)
Beatles- Come together
John Lennon- Imagine

Ummm...I'll think of some more later.

 

[ManSnake]

Tears for fears - Everybody wants to rule the world

Very good song!

 

[jAcKeL]

AC/DC - Hell's Bells
Beatles - Yesterday and alotta other songs...
Billy Joel - Piano Man
Boston - More Than A Feeling
Eagles - Hotel California
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall
Cream - White Room
Cindy Lauper - Time after Time
Guns'n Roses - November Rain
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Kiss - I Wanna Rock and Roll All Night
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Metallica - One
Pearl Jam - Jeremy
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under the Bridge
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
U2 - One
Madonna - alotta songs...

 

[vi edit]

Steppenwolf - Born to be wild
Deep purple - smoke on the water
The Eagles (Even though I utterly despise Don Henly) - Hotel California
Twisted Sister - We're not gonna take it
Iron Butterfly - Inna godda vida
Doors - Riders on the storm
Pink Floyd - Another brick in the wall
Rush - Working Man/Tom Sawyer

 

[HazeGray]

<ultravox> I agree, Stairway to Heaven.