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Which ‘modern’ songs would have been popular at almost anytime in history?
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:49 pm
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:49 pm
The premise: Take a song released in the last few decades and send it back to the past (1800’s, 1700’s, Middle Ages, whenever) and it would still be liked or popular.
While I am sort of over The Beatles at the moment, I can see the song ‘Yesterday’ being appreciated at any point in English speaking history.
Any others?
While I am sort of over The Beatles at the moment, I can see the song ‘Yesterday’ being appreciated at any point in English speaking history.
Any others?
This post was edited on 11/28/25 at 8:50 pm
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Posted on 11/28/25 at 9:05 pm to weagle1999
"Yesterday" is not a modern song.
Nothing on the radio in the last 10 years would hold up.
Nothing on the radio in the last 10 years would hold up.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 10:24 pm to auggie
I put ‘modern’ in quotes for that reason 
Posted on 11/29/25 at 12:00 am to weagle1999
Wouldn’t just about any modern music be considered witchcraft by their standards? 
Posted on 11/29/25 at 12:57 am to weagle1999
probably some of Bruno Mars's hits
Posted on 11/29/25 at 3:01 am to Kenna City Solja
Nothing after the big band era of the 1920s would be popular in past centuries. Jazz or anything with an electric guitar would get you hanged in the 1700s or earlier. It's all devil music.
Posted on 11/29/25 at 5:52 am to Macintosh
quote:
probably some of Bruno Mars's hits
Posted on 11/29/25 at 6:43 am to weagle1999
“The Night”— The Moody Blues
Just about the most perfect song ever.
Just about the most perfect song ever.
Posted on 11/29/25 at 7:06 am to weagle1999
Shoot to Thrill would be celebrated in any era.
Posted on 11/29/25 at 10:06 am to Bayou
You may not like it but they would be hits
Posted on 11/29/25 at 10:23 am to weagle1999
Probably have to go back a little further.
Songs that translated well to unplugged performances.
Some neoclassical guitar arrangements.
Songs that translated well to unplugged performances.
Some neoclassical guitar arrangements.
Posted on 11/29/25 at 2:21 pm to weagle1999
Nothing would transcend time and cultures. You could maybe take some modern bluegrass or gospel and it could pass in some cultures back to the 18th century.
Posted on 11/29/25 at 2:43 pm to weagle1999
Crying In The Chapel
El Paso
The Battle of New Orleans - IIRC the music was written shortly after the battle
Love Me Tender - music is the old folk song Aura Lee
A Lover's Concerto is based on Bach
Groovy Kind of Love is based on the composer Clementi
Jambalaya is based on a fiddle tune of the 1840s
Michael Row The Boat Ashore
Tom Dooley
Ode To Billie Joe's swampy rhythm would have been out of place, but otherwise it might have fit in
Too many Dylan songs to list
El Paso
The Battle of New Orleans - IIRC the music was written shortly after the battle
Love Me Tender - music is the old folk song Aura Lee
A Lover's Concerto is based on Bach
Groovy Kind of Love is based on the composer Clementi
Jambalaya is based on a fiddle tune of the 1840s
Michael Row The Boat Ashore
Tom Dooley
Ode To Billie Joe's swampy rhythm would have been out of place, but otherwise it might have fit in
Too many Dylan songs to list
Posted on 11/29/25 at 5:34 pm to weagle1999
Posted on 11/30/25 at 9:00 am to auggie
quote:
Nothing on the radio in the last 10 years would hold up.
I haven't listened to current music in 25+ years unless it's in the air as I'm in society.
Have there been any hit cover songs since the turn of the century?
It used to be easy to see a song from past generations get reworked and become a hit again.
"My Maria" -BW Stevenson, 1973
"My Maria" - Brooks and Dunn, 1996
Posted on 11/30/25 at 9:33 am to weagle1999
I think Mark Knopfler would have a few.
It's always seemed to me that he mostly stays away from themes that put him in a time box. "Money For Nothing" is an outlier.
When I hear " These mist covered mountains are a wonder to me", right then I'm drawn in.
It's always seemed to me that he mostly stays away from themes that put him in a time box. "Money For Nothing" is an outlier.
When I hear " These mist covered mountains are a wonder to me", right then I'm drawn in.
Posted on 11/30/25 at 7:16 pm to weagle1999
Adele rolling in the deep
But for real..
NIN closer
But for real..
NIN closer
Posted on 12/1/25 at 1:38 am to weagle1999
Posted on 12/1/25 at 10:40 am to weagle1999
Iron Maiden “Number of the Beast”
Posted on 12/2/25 at 1:22 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
This melody, instrumentation and vocal would have been popular in any era from the late 1960's-present.
It reminds me of prime Elton John / Bernie Taupin. The lyrics might have needed a mod, but a great song.
It reminds me of prime Elton John / Bernie Taupin. The lyrics might have needed a mod, but a great song.
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