Music that lasts generations

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are some bands/artists and songs that last generations. Gotta love the Beastie Boys: https://vimeo.com/103170134?outro=1&ref=fb-share

Any others?

Nursery Rhymes. all of them.

ABC song too.

Happy birthday

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Prince. Elton. MJ. Bowie. The Beatles. All of these are timeless.

What does it mean to be a timeless artist? To me, I think it's producing a body of music that crosses many boundaries - age, race, gender, language, etc. In short, the most successful "timeless" music is high quality, expertly produced pop music.

I do think Bruno Mars will end up becoming a "timeless" artist - he's young and seems to be appealing to a wide cross section of the world. Time will tell.

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Bach, Beethoven and Fats Domino

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The Clash

Van Morrison

Johnny Cash

Bob Dylan, maybe?

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Billy Joel. Of course.

Sinatra

The Beatles

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I love Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles” - that song is timeless

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I agree with Classical, Big Band, Motown, Sinatra, the Beatles, and Simon and Garfunkel.

I'm astonished nobody has mentioned Elvis.

Sousa Marches

Songs with associations to shared experiences:

Holidays - Auld Lang Syne, Christmas songs
Places - Star Spangled Banner, This Land is Your Land, La Vie en Rose, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, New York, New York
Religions - Amazing Grace will always be special to Christians. I know other faiths also have significant songs.
Events - Wedding March, Pomp and Circumstance, Taps, Take Me Out to the Ballgame

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Anonymous wrote:Also, obviously Motown since PBS uses it constantly for fundraising . . . .

Motown on now...

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You're leaving out country!

Dolly Parton
Patsy Cline
Hank Williams (Jr. and Sr)
Johnny Cash

I'm mostly a rock girl but it's not so much the genre but the song. Most of the people/groups mentioned here (and I can't believe I haven't seen Queen mentioned) write kick ass songs. It's the song that stands the test of time, not the group.

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Anonymous wrote:You're leaving out country!

Dolly Parton
Patsy Cline
Hank Williams (Jr. and Sr)
Johnny Cash

I'm mostly a rock girl but it's not so much the genre but the song. Most of the people/groups mentioned here (and I can't believe I haven't seen Queen mentioned) write kick ass songs. It's the song that stands the test of time, not the group.

Thank you! - 19:21

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Anonymous wrote:I second Weezer, second generation loves them.

As for 3 generations, my son also loves the Beach Boys.

Beach boys and the Beatles are really 4th generation artists

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Christmas standards (Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Bing, etc)

Those songs will be around for generations to come. Everyone from the Greatest Generation to toddlers running around know the tunes and sing the songs.

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Anonymous wrote:Billy Joel. Of course.

Sinatra

The Beatles

Billy Joel stands out from the rest because of his strength as a songwriter and composer.

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Jimmy Buffet.

My teen and I were talking about him today.

Buffet is up to 3 generations of fans of his music. He taps into something as a lyricist and creates a whole experience and lifestyle with his music.

How on earth does someone with so little singing talent singing about nothing whatsoever have such staying power across generations of people?

Like someone said earlier, the ones who tap into universal life experiences really are the generational artists.

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Anonymous wrote:
The Clash

Van Morrison

Johnny Cash

Bob Dylan, maybe?

Yes! For sure