Aww, thank you very much for this comment, which not only has "time" in the title but is actually pretty timeless, beyond any meme value. Jim Croce even has several songs that have outlived his generation, such as "I Got a Name." Those are exactly the songs I was referring to - the ones that, decades later, continue to reach new audiences through movie soundtracks and such.

boydster@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 81d

Badfish by Sublime

IWW4@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 81d

Stairway To Heaven

Morning Dew

Suspicious Minds

Three Little Birds

Beethoven’s Fifth

The Washington Post March

Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 81d

Happy birthday.

gigastasio@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 81d

Off the top of my head, and of course these are completely subjective, I just think of songs that still feel relevant or still reflect a popular attitude today. Feel free to agree or not.

You’re So Vain by Carly Simon

Devil Went Down to Georgia by Charlie Daniels Band

Piano Man by Billy Joel

Killing in the Name by Rage Against the Machine

Fast Car by Tracy Chapman

moondoggie@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 81d (1 reply)

To be truly timeless you need a few things. A band who knows how to name things. Bad ass drum solos. A couple of electric guitars. An accordion. A flute. Yodeling. Mouth noises. And no lyrics to get in the way.

I give you “Hocus Pocus” by Focus.

SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 80d

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Reyali@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 81d

Bohemian Rhapsody

hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 80d (1 reply)

Not sure if it counts but Toto's song Africa has an installation in Africa, powered by solar panels and batteries and it's played on an endless loop.

LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 80d

I don't care what song it is, if the place I worked at played one song on an endless loop, by the end of the day I would run screaming from the building. Think about it - you'd be hearing that song in your sleep.

Davel23@fedia.io · 8 pts · 81d

Fanfare for the Common Man - Aaron Copland

LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 80d

Beatles songs like Yesterday seem to have held up pretty well.

Curious_Canid@piefed.ca · 7 pts · 80d (2 replies)

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by J.S. Bach
Brandenburg Concertos by J.S. Bach
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by J.S. Bach
Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in C Sharp Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven
Hallellujah Chorus from The Messiah by George Frideric Handel
Fanfare-Rondeau from the First Suite de Symphonies (the Masterpiece Theater Theme) by Jean-Joseph Mouret
Clarinet Concerto in A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel
The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi

A few centuries is not timeless, but it is an indication of long term endurance.

starlinguk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 80d (1 reply)

Mozart's Requiem (especially the Miserere part).

Curious_Canid@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 79d

I certainly won't argue with that.

BorgDrone@feddit.nl · 7 pts · 81d (2 replies)

Father & Son by Cat Stevens

Morning has broken also by Cat Stevens.

DandomRude@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 81d (1 reply)

Yes, Yusuf Islam is truly timeless, even though he probably wouldn't be very successful in the U.S. today under his new name

BorgDrone@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 81d

Tea for the tillerman is a must have on vinyl.

jordanlund@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 81d (1 reply)

The Entertainer.

1902, 124 years old. Scott Joplin.

1916:
https://youtu.be/ND2rMET4MVw

1974:
https://youtu.be/vsFGcPujqKE

Chet Atkins:
https://youtu.be/kHtwF-gpluc

The Muppets:
https://youtu.be/p9gSvM4uR3s

3D Printed:
https://youtube.com/shorts/SdG239y8Qnk

Zoomboingding@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 80d

I was going to also suggest Rhapsody In Blue by George Gershwin from 1924

https://youtu.be/ynEOo28lsbc

BorgDrone@feddit.nl · 7 pts · 81d

Scorpions - Wind of Change

Edit: fixed link.

twinnie@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 81d (3 replies)

Songs that will always be good are like:

Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield

Just a Day - Feeder

Or do you mean songs that will always sound new? That’s a harder one.

DandomRude@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 81d (1 reply)

No, no, I mean songs that stand the test of time because they’re so catchy. "Son of a Preacher Man" is definitely one of those songs. I actually hadn’t heard “Just a Day” by Feeder before. Probably because alternative rock was never really my thing - but I can see, or rather hear, the timelessness in this one too :)

CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 81d

Thanks for clarifying because very little music is actually timeless. Electric guitar or syths date it immediately. Maybe some digiredoo or drums and vocals only.

yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 81d

Just a day is such a period piece. The slight fuzziness of a microphone you got from poundland and have lost the little foam bit already but youre still recording with it on the recorder that comes with XP

SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 80d

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whaleross@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 81d

That one Adagio by Albinoni. The one in G minor. You know it when you hear it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xYfc-o5vjWY

Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 80d

Beethovens 5th Symphony

BorgDrone@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 81d

Pulp - Common People

tuckerm@feddit.online · 4 pts · 81d

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTUhnIY3oRM

Otis Redding - Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C-VscEQugk

Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nuanwn3v-2I

RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 79d (3 replies)

Was thinking about this the other day for a modern song that has really stuck around. Not a power ballad or a big rock song by any stretch, but:

Fade Into You - Mazzy Star

Late edit: these, too:

What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright’s version of Cohen’s original

Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 79d (1 reply)

Just gonna drop Jeff Buckley’s Hallelujah cover for consideration as to why this is a top tier song.

https://youtu.be/y8AWFf7EAc4

RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 79d

That’s a fantastic version, too.

DandomRude@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 79d

Aww, that's such a classic. It seems to me that there aren't many new, heart-felt love songs like this one anymore - not the over the top flashy ones, but rather those with a down-to-earth, relatable charm. But maybe I'm just out of the loop :)

AnalogRegression@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 81d (2 replies)

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moondoggie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 81d (1 reply)

But that song has all kinds of times in it. Even the title!

AnalogRegression@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 80d

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sfxrlz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 81d (4 replies)

Liquido - narcotic

DandomRude@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 81d (3 replies)

I don't think I ever knew the name of this song, even though everyone knows it, of course. Thank you so much!

sfxrlz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 81d (2 replies)

Same goes for me :) now you go and pass it to the next person

DandomRude@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 81d (1 reply)

I'll definitely do that—just like Blur's "Song 2"

sfxrlz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 81d

Haha that one I’ve known for ages but never knew the title. Uno reverse

fx242@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 80d

Some beautiful and sad timelessness songs:

New Order - Ceremony https://youtu.be/kkASIx9Xk6s?is=5ySoad0UUJEiL-xp

Tim Buckley - Song to the siren https://youtu.be/b6a50loAOIk?is=nsOUnfCH626-X8oh

Tuxedomoon - In a matter of speaking https://youtu.be/l6H-ESkf2bU?is=UkuZZ4jE66yukBH0

BorgDrone@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 81d

Catch the wind by Donovan

SaraTonin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 80d (1 reply)

The nursery rhyme Ding Dong Bell is from at least 1580, probably earlier

LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 80d

Interesting, I just looked it up and played it. I remember a lot of the words but not the tune at all. I don't think I ever heard it as a song.

Cherry@piefed.social · 3 pts · 81d

If you tolerate this…

Grumpydaddy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 79d (1 reply)

Summertime - lots of great versions

Take five - Brubeck

So what - Miles

The girl from ipanema - Gilberto

My favorite things - Coltrane

Speak low - Holiday

DandomRude@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 79d

Thank you very muc! I’m not really into jazz, but even I know these songs. It just goes to show how timeless they are—and how well-known they are, even among people who don’t know the first thing about jazz.

tanisnikana@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 80d

I mean, John Cage’s 4’33” is the only piece that will outlive life.

DosDude@retrofed.com · 3 pts · 81d

Depeche mode - Enjoy the silence. Most timeless song to me.

Nemo@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 81d

"Hard Times Come Again No More"

hexagonwin@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 81d

time after time

HubertManne@piefed.social · 3 pts · 81d

for me its jethro tulls wondering again.

ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 81d

Player's "Baby Come Back" and John Lennon's "Woman" come to mind. Also, Juan Gabriel's "Amor Eterno" (Eternal Love), an ode to dead moms and the love we have for them despite their absence.

raldone01@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 81d

I have prepared this playlist for this question. These are all songs related to being out of time. (Ordered roughly by relevance)

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdhMu7XX4FMWae_Zei3Jj9Sn-rBWb1vgZ

etherphon@piefed.world · 2 pts · 81d

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Godric@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 79d

The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan

backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 79d

Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA

CCR - Fortunate Son

Twisted Sister - We’re Not Gonna Take It

RATM - Killing In the Name

The Holy Quad of songs that were written for one opinion and will forever be utilized and replayed by those who don’t get it but think it’s speaking to them.

unknown@piefed.social · 2 pts · 79d

There's ice cream vans round my ends that still play Green Sleeves, so probably that. I really don't get how that piece has been so popular for so long, it's seriously fucking creepy and gross sounding.

BorgDrone@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 81d (1 reply)

Walk don’t run , personally I like the cover by Chet Atkins best but the original is by Johnny Smith.

DandomRude@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 81d

Oh yeah, that's great, but I've always thought the Ventures' version is the most badass.