Songs that never get old

Captain Caveman · Post by **Captain Caveman** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:39 pm

The vast majority of songs, even great ones, eventually overstay their welcome after awhile. This is a common phenomenon. Only a priviledged few have the ability to remain fresh after 25, 50 or even 100 listens. These I have dubbed "songs that never get old", and although I still do not understand what specific factors must align to produce these timeless tunes, I am always eager to discover the next song that will qualify for the list. Here is a sampling of songs that no matter how many times I hear them, never seem to get old:

Buckets of Rain - Bob Dylan
The Only Living Boy in New York - Simon & Garfunkle
Moonlight Mile - Rolling Stones
Harborcoat - REM
Houses on the Hill - Whiskeytown
New Slang - The Shins

What are some of yours?

Jag · Post by **Jag** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:01 pm

I heard the live Wings version of "Maybe I'm Amazed" in the car the other day, that song never gets old.

Others that work for me:

Let it be-Beatles
Sprit of the Radio-Rush
Love the One You're With-Stephen Stills
Tangled up in Blue- Bob Dylan
Sugar Magnolia-Grateful Dead

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:03 pm

Off the top of my head, I just never grow tired of I Melt With You by Modern English. Just brings a smile to my face and lots of good memories.

SuperHiro · Post by **SuperHiro** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:07 pm

Just a Friend- Biz Markie
She Hates Me - Puddle of Mudd (I'm ashamed at this one)
Anything by Nirvana
We're not going to Take it Anymore- Twisted Sister
Under the Bridge- Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rapper's Delight- Sugar Hill Gang

De La Soul is Dead- De La Soul. That entire album never gets old for me.

Trent Steel · Post by **Trent Steel** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:10 pm

Cruel Summer - Bananarama

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:12 pm

I'm afraid all the songs I like are ............olde.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:12 pm

The first song that comes to mind is Switchin to Glide/This Beat Goes On by the Kings.

Eel Snave · Post by **Eel Snave** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:35 pm

Buddy Holly by Weezer
Sugarcube by Yo La Tengo
Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:37 pm

SuperHiro > Trent Steel

Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - TMBG.

~Neal

GuidoTKP · Post by **GuidoTKP** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:43 pm

The Meal wrote:SuperHiro > Trent Steel

Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - TMBG.

~Neal

You #@$@#$@ bastard. That's going to be stuck in my head all day now ....

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:44 pm

GuidoTKP wrote:
The Meal wrote:SuperHiro > Trent Steel

Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - TMBG.

~Neal
You #@$@#$@ bastard. That's going to be stuck in my head all day now ....

Mwuhahahahamumumumu!

Get me back in Vegas.

~Neal

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:18 pm

Right now the entire freaking Garden State soundtrack (which ironically, includes "Only Living Boy in New York." I've listened to it dozens upon dozens of times and I just never get tired of it.

Some other favorites:

"Patience" - Guns N' Roses
"Time of Your Life" - Green Day (a song which really SHOULD have gotten old by now)
"September" - Earth, Wind & Fire (damn you, Gap!)
"Hotel California" - The Eagles
"Love Me Tender" - Elvis

Captain Caveman · Post by **Captain Caveman** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:53 pm

YellowKing wrote: Right now the entire freaking Garden State soundtrack (which ironically, includes "Only Living Boy in New York." I've listened to it dozens upon dozens of times and I just never get tired of it.

"Hotel California" - The Eagles

YK, that Garden Sate soundtrack is quite good, but most of the songs on it I have from other albums. It does serve as a gerat primer for the uninitiated, however.

As for Hotel California, I think that song got old for me sometime during early high school after hearing it thrice-daily listening to classic rock radio. It's now near the top of my "must turn the channel" list. At the very top, however, is my most loathed song of all-time: Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight".

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:57 pm

Never grew tired of Layla and its signature instrumental riff at the end. I'm a big fan of Little Wing in all its versions.

Kelric · Post by **Kelric** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:58 pm

I know there's a bunch of never-get-old songs for me, but only one that really matters (mainly because the others are 'classics' or other songs everyone knows).

Buena Buena by Morphine

Captain Caveman · Post by **Captain Caveman** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:02 pm

Kelric wrote:I know there's a bunch of never-get-old songs for me, but only one that really matters (mainly because the others are 'classics' or other songs everyone knows).

Buena Buena by Morphine

Have you seen "Spanking the Monkey"? That'll skew your take on that song right there.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:03 pm

"Come on Mother Fucker Gonna Tear This Damn Place Down" -The Cramps(I think? I know they sing a version)
"Higher and Higher" (In it's many formats. I have no idea who the original artist is)
"Who Do You Love" (In it's many formats)
"Sympathy for the Devil" (In it's many formats)
"Three Days" Jane's Addiction

and many, many more

Kelric · Post by **Kelric** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:03 pm

Captain Caveman wrote:
Kelric wrote:I know there's a bunch of never-get-old songs for me, but only one that really matters (mainly because the others are 'classics' or other songs everyone knows).

Buena Buena by Morphine
Have you seen "Spanking the Monkey"? That'll skew your take on that song right there.

Nope, nor do I have any idea what you're talking about. Though I don't really have a 'take' on Buena Buena, I just think it's a damn good song.

Captain Caveman · Post by **Captain Caveman** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:07 pm

Kelric wrote:
Captain Caveman wrote:
Kelric wrote:I know there's a bunch of never-get-old songs for me, but only one that really matters (mainly because the others are 'classics' or other songs everyone knows).

Buena Buena by Morphine
Have you seen "Spanking the Monkey"? That'll skew your take on that song right there.
Nope, nor do I have any idea what you're talking about. Though I don't really have a 'take' on Buena Buena, I just think it's a damn good song.

"Spankingg the Monkey" is the first film directed by David O. Russell ("Flirting with Disaster", "3Kings", "I Heart Huckabees") that won the Sundance FIlm festival in 1994 or so. That Morphine album is featured throughout. It's a great, great flick, although a wee bit disturbing.

Kelric · Post by **Kelric** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:15 pm

I Heart Huckabees is enough to keep me from wanting to see it.

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:25 pm

"Paint it Black" by The Rolling Stones.

Sitars rule, man.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:39 pm

And now I have chorus stuck in my head. Thanx.

Your love
has got me higher
than I ever been lifted before.

Kratz · Post by **Kratz** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:40 pm

off hand...

Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
Throw Away Heroes - The Hellacopters
Search & Destroy - The Stooges
Rock Against Ass - Turbonegro
Goin' Back to Tuscon - Supersuckers
Problem Child - AC/DC

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:43 pm

Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones

I love tSoM cover of that tune. If it weren't for the fact that Alice is so much better, that song would just sit on repeat.

Goin' Back to Tuscon - Supersuckers

I'm kinda partial to "She Used to be Pretty, but Now She's Pretty Fucked Up" I also believe they were the ones who did the slow country cover of Judas Priest's "Breakin' the Law".

Jeff Jones · Post by **Jeff Jones** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:46 pm

"Oz never did give nothing to the tin man, that he didn't ... didn't already have" (Tin Man by America)

Also Heart of Gold and Old Man, by Neil Young

Dramatist · Post by **Dramatist** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:24 pm

I'd wager that there are no songs that never get old. Take your all time favorite and put it on repeat for a few hours straight and it will get old.

Oohh and I love Gimme Shelther, both the Stones and the SoM versions.

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:42 pm

Another one:

"Mr. Brownstone" by Guns 'n Roses

We been dancin' with
Mr. Brownstone
He's been knockin'
He won't leave me alone

I used ta do a little
but a little wouldn't do
So the little got more and more
I just keep tryin'
ta get a little better
Said a little better than before
I used ta do a little
but a little wouldn't do
So the little got more and more
I just keep tryin'
ta get a little better
Said a little better than before

Jag · Post by **Jag** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:05 pm

$iljanus wrote: I'm a big fan of Little Wing in all its versions.

Ever hear the Tuck and Patti version. Awesome.

Best of Tuck & Patti

The Mad Hatter · Post by **The Mad Hatter** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:25 pm

"Wish you were here", Pink Floyd.
"Copperhead Road", Steve Earle.
"Don't stand so close to me", Police.

That's among songs that get a lot of radio play even now.

adumir · Post by **adumir** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:35 pm

I'll submit:
The Complete Works of Simon & Garfunkel (EXCLUDING Bridge Over Troubled Water!! gawd!)

Others:
A Passion Play - Jethro Tull
Close to the Edge, And You and I - Yes
The Dreaming - Kate Bush (pretty much the whole frickin' album)
Goodbye Blue Sky - Pink Floyd
Most Siouxsie Sioux, really.

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:37 pm

Jag wrote:
$iljanus wrote: I'm a big fan of Little Wing in all its versions.
Ever hear the Tuck and Patti version. Awesome.

Best of Tuck & Patti

Checked out the sample on Amazon, but it never made it out of the "Sand Castles Made of Sand" part of the track. That said, it sounded pretty damn good and I liked their version of Time After Time. Thanks for suggesting them!

Kaigen · Post by **Kaigen** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:41 pm

I prefer the Stevie Ray Vaughn version of Little Wing just because I think it works better as an instrumental piece.

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:44 pm

Kaigen wrote:I prefer the Stevie Ray Vaughn version of Little Wing just because I think it works better as an instrumental piece.

I have that version. Excellent piece. Just looked in the Apple Music Store and they have some versions that I never heard. I think, however, I'll amend my earlier post and say that I like Little Wing in most of its versions after hearing some samples...

GuidoTKP · Post by **GuidoTKP** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:23 pm

Michelle - The Beatles
Plush - Stone Temple Pilots
Crash - Dave Matthews Band
Tea in the Sahara - The Police
How Soon is Now - The Smiths
Policy of Truth - Depeche Mode
Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush

Probably a bunch more, but those are the ones that come immediately to mind.

tswright · Post by **tswright** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:28 pm

Jag · Post by **Jag** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:19 pm

$iljanus wrote:
Jag wrote:
$iljanus wrote: I'm a big fan of Little Wing in all its versions.
Ever hear the Tuck and Patti version. Awesome.

Best of Tuck & Patti
Checked out the sample on Amazon, but it never made it out of the "Sand Castles Made of Sand" part of the track. That said, it sounded pretty damn good and I liked their version of Time After Time. Thanks for suggesting them!

I saw them live years ago in the Central Park Zoo, the stage was part of the seal tank. Tuck's guitar is very smooth and Patti has a great soul sound.

IHateMorrowind · Post by **IHateMorrowind** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:53 pm

"If She Knew What She Wants"
"I'll Set You Free"--The Bangles

"Touch Of Grey"--Grateful Dead
"Our Lips Are Sealed"--GoGo's
"Vacation"--Jane Wiedlin
"Pieces Of The Night"--Gin Blossoms
"Joey"--Concrete Blonde
"The Girl Tried To Kill Me"--IceT

triggercut · Post by **triggercut** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 10:37 pm

I'm so totally on the "Gimme Shelter" tip, alhtough there's only one version. Without Charlie Watts' snare (the very definition of "insistent").

The snare also puts "Hold On, I'm Comin'" into that class for me.

This thought also occurred to me listening to "Metal Mickey" by Suede. Bernard Butler's guitar sound never ages.

Jag · Post by **Jag** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:30 pm

Triggercut, everytime I see your avatar, I think its Pete Townshend (my personal favorite musician), is that who it is?

Miss Taken · Post by **Miss Taken** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:35 pm

Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes

not the best song ever, but damn if i can't keep from singing along and even dancing a little when i hear it.