ancient songs that still sound great.....

I hear part of Vincent (Don MacClean) "Starry starry night..." It sounded really good.

Old Elton John, like "Madman Across the Water", is so fantastic. Anything after "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is iffy. Coming into work the other day they played "Tiny Dancer". I remembered all the words, which surprised even me.

Oooh, yeah Sue!
Another good old Elton John song is "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters". Since so much of my music is old, it all sounds new to me, but that song I haven't heard as much and I don't have that album. It's still a treat to hear it.

Is this a thread for the over-35's and ONLY the over 35's??

Not trying to smart, or sassy, or whatever the word is in the UK ("to have cheek", is perhaps the verb? LOL)...

It's just that I'd like to specifiy the timeline of "ancient". Is this pre-Split Enz, and if so, by how much?

Pardon me if I'm being picky, but I was born in 1972, and as such, am feeling a tad "middle-of the-road" to participate in this here thread, y'knowwhataImean?

Cheers.

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Originally posted by kia kaha:
[qb]Is this a thread for the over-35's and ONLY the over 35's??

Not trying to smart, or sassy, or whatever the word is in the UK ("to have cheek", is perhaps the verb? LOL)...

It's just that I'd like to specifiy the timeline of "ancient". Is this pre-Split Enz, and if so, by how much?

Pardon me if I'm being picky, but I was born in 1972, and as such, am feeling a tad "middle-of the-road" to participate in this here thread, y'knowwhataImean?

Cheers.[/qb]

don't worry kia, no age limit, it's open to all music fans. i mean i was probably only about 5 when the small faces released the song i was talking about. i was just thinking if anyone had any old records in their collections or had heard an oldie on the radio that still sounded vibrant and fresh. i suppose we can define an 'oldie' song as anything before the punk era, mid 70's backwards if you like....

and elton, yeah his early 70's stuff is fantastic. i revisited a lot of those albums last year when they were re-released and theres a plethora of great tunes on them.

10 ancient songs that still sound great to me (I'm younger than all of them...)

1. Black Sabbath "Paranoid"
2. ? and the Mysterians "96 Tears"
3. Big Boppper "Chantilly Lace"
4. Badfinger "Day After Day"
5. Elvis Presley "Edge Of Reality"
6. Buddy Holly and the Crickets "I'm Gonna Love You Too"
7. ZZ Top "La Grange"
8. Rolling Stones "Little Red Rooster"
9. Tee Set "Ma Belle Ami"
10. The Nice "America"
10a. Fleetwood Mac "Oh Well"
10b. Del Shannon "Runaway"
10c. Lovin' Spoonful "Summer In The City"
10d. Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames "Yeh Yeh"
10e. The Animals "House Of The Rising Sun"

Paul.

Tiny Dancer. Wow, there's a song! Possibly the most wonderous love song ever written. I remember playing it and playing it and playing it and playing it over and over when I started Uni. Drove my housemates mad. "Count the headlights on the highway".

Especially as we're talking 1989, here!

But then I always have been a bit "after the event"!

quote:

Originally posted by kia kaha:
[qb]Is this a thread for the over-35's and ONLY the over 35's??

Not trying to smart, or sassy, or whatever the word is in the UK ("to have cheek", is perhaps the verb? LOL)...

It's just that I'd like to specifiy the timeline of "ancient". Is this pre-Split Enz, and if so, by how much?

Pardon me if I'm being picky, but I was born in 1972, and as such, am feeling a tad "middle-of the-road" to participate in this here thread, y'knowwhataImean?

Cheers.[/qb]

I'm only 34 - I just want to make that clear....

...Ooooh yes...."Day After Day". Also "Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright. "Bohemian Rhapsody" any day as well!

Here's a few more that I like:

"Fooled Around and Fell in Love" Elvin Bishop
"Boys Are Back In Town" Thin Lizzy
"Some Kind of Wonderful" Grand Funk
"Time" The Alan Parson's Project
"Tonight's The Night" Rod Stewart
Some albums:
I still think that Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon album is fantastic.
I love the Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers
And Jackson Brown Running on Empty, that is the best album to crank up in the car on a long car trip.

For mine, then (and I'm only 30, so don't pin me down as to actual songs, albums etc)

- Electric Light Orchestra
- Johnny O'Keefe
- Slim Dusty (I mean, the man himself is timeless...)

The not-so-ancient song "Stumbling In" by Chris Norman and Suzie Quattro. I think it could probably be a hit now.

'help' by the beatles. john was only 24, 24! , when he wrote that.

I agree with Paul G about

The Animals "House Of The Rising Sun"
Del Shannon "Runaway"

others:

"Mony Mony" - Tommy James and the Shondells

not terribly ancient, i know, but

"More Than A Feeling" - Boston
most of "Rumours" - Fleetwood Mac

Lime in the Coconut Nilsson
Ruby Ruby Dion and the Belmonts

The Who - I Can See For Miles
virtually all The Beatles after Rubber Soul
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations, Pet Sounds, lots of Smiley Smile

The Beach Boys, how could I have forgotten?

A lot of Simon and Garfunkel stuff too.

ELO - Mr Blue Sky

Yes are excellent too

edit: forgot Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising

Well, since I'm going through a huge reggae phase at the moment, I recommend the whole Trojan Records song catalogue...in particular the rude but jaunty 'Wet Dream' by Max Romeo, 'Return Of Django' by the Upsetters, 'Uptown Top Ranking' by Althea & Donna and 'Police And Thieves' by Junior Murvin. Great stuff.

I was really getting in to an mp3 of 'Baker Street' by Gerry Rafferty last night. Does that count?

Also, I've been making my way through The Beatles 6 DVD Anthology. Too many good old songs to list.

OMG, Baker Street! That's one of those songs that i completely forget about, but when i hear it on the radio it instantly transports me back to a pivotal summer in my young life...It's one of those songs that i don't particularly like, but has the ability, like a certain smell, to bring you back to something you had forgotten.

Oh Wow.

Foo Fighters did an alright cover of "Baker Street" too, if you can find it.

I totally second the choice of "Baker Street" Geddy! One of my all time favorites.
"Right Down The Line" by Gerry Rafferty too, what a fantastic love song.

Another song with a more mellow groove that I love is "Lowdown" by Boz Scaggs.

Too bad I already have most of my CD's packed up. I want to dig some of those old ones out now!

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Originally posted by jenn:
[qb] .... "Right Down The Line" by Gerry Rafferty too, what a fantastic love song.

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that is a fantastic love song. i bought the best of gerry rafferty a few weeks ago and i haven't listened to it properly yet as i keep returning to that song.

also i saw/heard mr blue sky by e.l.o. being used in the trailer for eternal sunshine of the spotless mind and it sounded as good as ever. (i hear the movie's pretty darn good too, can't wait to see it)

Early David Bowie - still sounds amazing to me whenever I hear it on the radio. "Rebel Rebel", "Fame", "Young Americans". "Ashes to Ashes" was a little later but amazing as well.

OOOH OOOH - Elvis Costello! An amazing songwriter! Never gets old. Even though "Oliver's Army" is somewhat dated in it's references, it still has some of the most biting lyrics I've ever heard.

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Originally posted by GregInGA:
[qb] OOOH OOOH - Elvis Costello! An amazing songwriter! Never gets old. Even though "Oliver's Army" is somewhat dated in it's references, it still has some of the most biting lyrics I've ever heard. [/qb]

ditto that oooh oooh. don't get me started on old elvis. was listening to pump it up in the car the other day and i nearly had myself a mischief.

I just have to input... "She's Gone" is a timeless classic (Hall & Oates... you didn't really have to ask, did you?!)

Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wicked awesome fantastic thread by the way, dr hfuhruhurr!!!!! I love old(er) stuff. Being 16, some people think this is weird...

What about Led Zeppelin?

Yes! Yes! Yes! So right, xor, Zep never gets old... well, let me rephrase that... almost anything Zep stands the test of time (Stairway gets old because it's way overplayed). Nuthin' better than a little "Nobody's Fault (But Mine)" or "How Many More Times"... OH YEAH!

Jenn, you mentioned "Sticky Fingers" which is such a great Stones album. You must make the best mixed tapes, Lady! I always enjoy reading about your eclectic tastes.
Heard "Sundown" by Gordon Lightfoot in a store a couple of days ago...that's a song that deserves to be covered.
Agree wholeheartedly about Elvis Costello.All of it. Some Pink Floyd and Doors still sounds great but some of it, kinda ridiculous (IMHO).

Last I heard My sweet lord by George Harrison, which is still so powerful and full of beauty...
Which points me to John Lennon's Imagine. This one never gets old either, does it?

when i was in new york two weeks ago i visited johns imagine memorial at strawberry fields in central park. it's a nice peaceful setting and there were folk sitting and standing around paying their respect. the memorial's a bit weather beaten and cracked at the moment but i believe they're going to fix that.

as i was sitting there three girls in their mid-teens came by, yakking away and giggling as they do. they stopped at the memorial, had a look, asked themselves a few questions then all of a sudden they burst into the song and sang it word for word.

that was a nice morning.

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Originally posted by wuntie:
[qb] Jenn, you mentioned "Sticky Fingers" which is such a great Stones album. You must make the best mixed tapes, Lady! I always enjoy reading about your eclectic tastes. [/qb]

Why thank you! I have to admit, I am known for my mixed tapes, at least by some of my friends. One of my really good friends broke up with her boyfriend and wanted to have a "Tainted Love" party and she had me make mixed tapes. By the time of her party, she was back with her boyfriend, but the tapes were still used. All the women there really liked the tapes anyways. Some of my mixed tapes are really bizarre though, even I have to admit to that Well, those I make for my ears only though...

I just heard "Sister Golden Hair" by America this morning, never get sick of that song...Rain00, I love "She's Gone" by Hall and Oates, I love when they play the entire version too, really sublime. My favorite Zep song is "Over the Hills and Far Away", Just heard it a couple of days ago...ahhh.....

Dr; that was a very nice anecdote, thanks for that.

Hmmm... others; R.E.M. Losing my religion and Everybody hurts

talk talk - 'it's my life' (no doubt shoulda left it alone. brats.)

i agree with jane - 'vincent' by don mcclean is a gorgeous track.

also, 'catch the wind' by donovan.

and elton john's "that's why they call it the blues," and "i'm still standing."
two of my all-time favorites

hey, you could burn a great 'mixed' cd from the songs here couldn't you?

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Originally posted by dr hfuhruhurr:
[qb] hey, you could burn a great 'mixed' cd from the songs here couldn't you? [/qb]

Well, go to it - And send everyone who posted on this thread a copy.....

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Originally posted by jenn:
[qb]

quote:

Originally posted by dr hfuhruhurr:
[qb] hey, you could burn a great 'mixed' cd from the songs here couldn't you? [/qb]

Well, go to it - And send everyone who posted on this thread a copy..... [/qb]

right then.

i will.

when i can cope with the technology.

so that'll be in about six months then. tell you what it'll make a nice christmas present for everyone.

Blondie 'Heart Of Glass'

"Ooh ooh, aah aah..."

This '80s kid (now 23) is going through a massive new wave/'80s phase...we're talking large doses of Duran Duran, the Cars, Dire Straits, Bon Jovi, Billy Idol and many many more...

Absolutely Gav...Blondie still sounds relevant to me as well, as do Talking Heads (it took some time for me to fully get then at the time, same with David Sylvian).
That would be a FINE mixed tape that I sure would love getting (got one from a male co-worker this week...hellooo...eeeeek, I am happily married).