[Closed] Music that just hasn't dated...

Is this a serious question?

The Police, still sound fresh and original to my ears.

Well, I am still listening to some stuff from the 60's.

AC/DC - Back in black

wagner

crap at the start and still crap now

but you got to love him

Cream

Still sounds far ahead of it's time even now

The Doors, The Doors
The Scream, Siouxsie and the Banshees
Forces of Victory, LKJ
Entroducing, DJ Shadow

Listened to all of these this weekend and they all sounded great.

Cream

Still sounds far ahead of it's time even now

Anything by Vivaldi...

Anything by WAGNER...(XFACTOR ONE BTW)

Yes. Serious.

The Doors, Cream, AC/DC - good ones.

I also think Janes Addiction are pretty timeless. Along with The Stranglers.

..... and The Velvet Underground....

all mod cons

Nirvana - Nevermind

Damned double post

If I'm limited to one, it would have to Peter Frampton Comes Alive 😀 I'd buy it now. Still sounds good IMO

D.

Talking Heads...77 / Speaking in Tongues / Fear of Music / Remain in the Light / Stop Making Sense...
They all still sound fresh. Still amazes me how '77 (from 1977) was coming out at the same time as a lot of the disco tripe and punk ..but so different for the period.

Van Morrison.

Thinking Leftfield Leftism and some Utah Saints stuff. Also some less well known trancy stuff from the mid to late 90s like Union Jack ( http://www.discogs.com/UnionJack-There-Will-Be-No-Armageddon/release/42861 ).

Cockney Rebel
Blackbeard I Wah Dub
Talking Heads Remain in Light
The The first album
Underworld Leftism

cool, two of my favourites got cross-posted. I feel vindicated 😉

Van Morrison.

Aye, but which album though?

Ah, good question!

'Astral Weeks'.

'It's Too Late To Stop Now' (live double).

George Michael - Careless Whisper

I said one!

Both good yes, but you can only have ONE. Which is it gonna be?

Midnight Vultures by Beck

'It's Too Late To Stop Now' ... probably!

And you?

...further thoughts...The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers...recorded 1972 (Released 1976)...still great...RoadRunner is the hit song

King Crimson 'In The Court Of The Crimson King'

Stick on your old Pixies albums and try and find a bad song - they still sound awesome.

Janes Addiction would be the antithesis of this for me zedsdead. Ripped all their old stuff to mp3 a while back and couldn't believe how weak it sounded. Used to love them but I guess my ears have changed - ymmv and all that.

[i]AC/DC - Back in black [/i] because they haven't got any better in 30 years?

Rage Against The Machine - compare it to other rap/metal acts of the day
Metallica Black Album
Dj Shadow - Entroducing or The Private Press
Massive Attack - anything
At The Drive In - ahead of their time
Mazzy Star - So Tonight I Might See

Television
Talking Heads
Beck
Morphine
The Lemonheads

Runrig - Heartland

Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman

I reckon the drum machine on the "backing tape" at the start of Stop Making Sense has dated quite badly, but it's still a good album. And while the Pixies albums I have do have many good songs on them the production lets them down for me. Are You Experienced? by the Jimi Hendrix Experience hasn't dated very badly, which perhaps goes to show how much rock music still lives in Jimi Hendrix's shadow.

I thought about this question whilst listening to the cure - boys don't cry, last week

The Cure +1

Chris DeBurgh's early stuff.
Steely Dan
Wet Wet Wet

Nirvana
Primal Scream

Portishead - Dummy
Faithless - Reverence/Irreverence
Roni Size - New Forms

pulp - different class

As title suggests!! Can and do listen to it again again every year and probably 1 of a few albums that i like every song in ( and know most words to)

Mazzy star - good choice

Exodus - Bob marley. one of the all time greats and not dated at all. Not a duff tune on the album

Rainbow "Rising"
Still listen to it all the time, just the finest heavy rock album ever made, Blackmore and Dio at their best

Also still enjoy Big Country "The Crossing" some great tracks with that very distinctive sound
About to be heard again soon when they tour with Mike Peters on vocals, looking forward to it very much

Guns and Roses' "Appetite for Destruction"
and I'm amazed how fantastic Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds sound (saw it live a few years ago), it must have been early 80s (or even late 70s); Rick Wakeman on the other hand..

[i]What albums do you listen to that haven't dated? i.e. if it was released tomorrow it would still be the hit it was when it was first released?[/i]

Nope. Can't think of anything.

I would have to rummage through my Dads CDs to find a lot of this stuff. That makes it dated IMO. LOL

Not to say it isn't good. But a lot if this stuff wouldn't pass the Dance floor test at a night club.

Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair and The Seeds Of Love
Dreadzone - Second Light
ELO - Out Of The Blue

Metallica - Master of Puppets

can't believe how 'current' this sounds despite it's 24 year old age

ELO?? E. L. O. ? ? Not dated??!

That's not even funny!

DezB - Member
ELO?? E. L. O. ? ? Not dated??!

That's not even funny!

Music is a very personal thing 😆

Dark Side of the Moon.

Music is a very personal thing

Which is why threads such as this are pointless. One might as well call it, "What music do you really like that you still listen to?"

so essentially the question is what music have you got that is old that you still like.
Listen to the voice of yoof above from emsz you old farts
PS Tears for fears is a good one dreadful then dreadful now

[i]Which is why threads such as this are pointless. One might as well call it, "What music do you really like that you still listen to?"[/i]

Exactly. I dug out an old Psychedelic Furs album (from 1980) the other day and was surprised how good it sounds. But dated? Of course it bloody is!
I've got some old stuff I bought last month that isn't dated 🙂

+1 for dreadzone

here's a festive classic which is still giving after all these years.
Still as vibrant and exciting as it was then.
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But a lot if this stuff wouldn't pass the Dance floor test at a night club.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaag-a-do do do...

...anyone?

Which is why threads such as this are pointless. One might as well call it, "What music do you really like that you still listen to?"

Not really - There's plenty of music that would fit that criteria for me but that I didn't post because it clearly has dated. I can be objective enough about it to say that without seeing that as a critique on my music taste or denigrating the tracks in question - most music does date, it's not a negative statement IMO...

Chris Evans played 'Me and the farmer' by the Housemartins before the 8 o'clock news this morning. I remember listening to that on vinyl (London 0 Hull4) when I was still at school. I'm not far off 40 now. Still sounded super-'fresh'.

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Not really

No. Really.

Some of the tracks posted here sound as dated as a out of date tin of dates.

All music dates FFS.

Nah, not really 😉

Some people maybe but they're just stupid music tryhards 😀

All music dates FFS.

Some people maybe but they're just stupid music tryhards

Bollocks, just to add to your earlier bollocks. Clubber in talking bollocks on a Monday morning SHOCKA! 😀

Massive Attack - Blue Lines and Mezzanine
U2 - Achtung Baby

Def Leopard - Hysteria 😆

shiny

I call your b***s and raise you a double bs - you're talking double b***s

so there 😉

Beethoven Symphony No. 9. I thought the whole point of pop was to be of the moment?

+2 for Dreadzone
Leftfield
Orb

Loveless?

Andy

Junkyard - Member
so essentially the question is what music have you got that is old that you still like.
Listen to the voice of yoof above from emsz you old farts
PS Tears for fears is a good one dreadful then dreadful now

I would still boogey to ELO and Tears For Fears on a Friday night in a night club!

I don't think anyone else would though...

I haven't heard anything by Shiny. Are they good?

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome to The Pleasure Dome

As much i love many of the bands listed above i think music does date. For example Primal Scream are just about to do a tour playing the entire Screamadelica album. Laast time i saw that was in Glastonbury, i was about 17 years old and ripped to the tits on a lot of acid. I'm not sure if today's 17 year olds would have any interest in that at all? I might be completely wrong thou.

By way of an experiemnt i'll pop along to said gig and see what the yoof of today make of it all. I think music has changed, it's just us old gits that have stayed the same.

The The - Infected and Mind Bomb.

Bob - Exodus

Miles - Kind of Blue - Completely timeless.

not sure about albums but songs..

1) donna summer - i feel love. 30+ years old now? wow.

2) stone roses - fools gold.

leftfield stuff,prodigy? possibly.

[i]As much i love many of the bands listed above i think music does date[/i]

My forehead is bruised.

I used to have *such* a crush on her 😳

My forehead is bruised.

LLoyd Cole - Rattlesnakes
Nick Drake - 5 leaves left

Happy Birthday to you

Hokey Cokey