There are songs we've gone our whole lives without hearing and the best song we've ever heard might still be out there.
There are songs we've gone our whole lives without hearing and the best song we've ever heard might still be out there.
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There's sort of an observer effect at play too though.
The more you hear it, the less interesting it is to you. The song doesn't change, but your perception does, and you develop an acquired taste in music that way.
While true for some songs, others grow on you or stay good for eternity. My favourite all-time song hasn't changed in 30 years: Black (Colin Vearncombe) - Wonderful Life
That song had a revival recently. I don't remember hearing it when it came out, but it has been on my coworkers radio every day for the last couple of months. Maybe it has been on a TV show or something. Great song.
In the past two decades there's been a bunch covers that I know of (or just learned of):
- Ace of Base
- Seeed
- Zucchero (didn't even know about this one until now)
- Katie Melua
- Smith & Burrows (the one you heard on your coworker's radio?)
- Imany (or did you hear this one?)
and then a bunch of electronic music mixes.
I love that song since the 80s; and for a long time - until the early 2000s I knew no covers - so I am very happy that there's a lot of tributes to Black with lots of different styles :)
I just heard it again my radio on my way home. I still don't know why it's so suddenly popular again right now and it's puzzling me.
Anyway, it has stood the test of time, and I think that's about the only way to actually find the greatest songs.
I just heard it again my radio on my way home. I still don’t know why it’s so suddenly popular again right now and it’s puzzling me.
Which version, though? :) That sounds like you mean the original?
Anyway, it has stood the test of time, and I think that’s about the only way to actually find the greatest songs.
I suppose it's one way to judge them :) But yes, that's why my favourite has not changed for over 30 years - I don't get tired of it. Much like this one.
PS
I know, without autoplay it's not the same, but I didn't want to use a youtube-link - f*ck google ;)
Yes, the original keeps playing on radio stations near me for some reason.
(Even the piped link gave away the "WqXcQ" in the url)
I have NewPipe installed, so YouTube links automatically open in that instead.(YouTube must be disabled as default app).That's the best fix that I know for that issue.
Also, NewPipe works great because it keeps playing when the screen is off and so, so I highly recommend it if you have issues with Google.
(Even the piped link gave away the “WqXcQ” in the url)
well I was serious, I was basically saying "I never mind if someone rickrolls me, because I've been enjoying that song since I first heard it on Vinyl in the 80s" :) so it was a kind of "reverse rickroll" - in that I actually meant to link the song for being good :)