I feel that in '78 it was a bit of a retro style song. Modern rock in that era sounded much different. The sax and piano hearkened back to the 50s and even 60s. He wrote a song that sounded like it was from the era he missed is how I always interpreted it.
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MagicShel@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 2d
Rock Me Amadeus is a song about how classical music was the modern rock of its day. It's now a classic.
davidgro@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2d
Same with "Jingle Bell Rock" and the lyrics about getting sentential about old Christmas songs.
fubo@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2d
Relevant XKCD.
davidgro@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2d
A redo of that would probably have a bump at 1994.
I'm actually surprised it wasn't already there. Maybe that's why Randall didn't pick top 25.
Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2d
I feel that in '78 it was a bit of a retro style song. Modern rock in that era sounded much different. The sax and piano hearkened back to the 50s and even 60s. He wrote a song that sounded like it was from the era he missed is how I always interpreted it.