Old music that never gets ‘old’

[Zombie]

Cory Henry’s version of “Stayin’ Alive”, written 47 years ago for the movie “Saturday Night Fever” by the Bee Gees

 

Factoid - Stayin’ Alive was used in training for healthcare workers to give the correct number of chest compressions per minute while performing CPR

[W_L]

Funny enough, I referenced the song in my fanfic two weeks ago   I was wondering if anyone remember the Bee Gee's or the song.

Personally, I like the more contemplative First of May, which is a more softer track from Bee Gees.

 

 

[Zombie]

Stevie Wonder”s Innervisions album is 50 years old (released 1973) and these songs are still being covered because they’re so damned good

I was lucky to snag a very late return ticket for Prom48 in August where Cory Henry covered the entire album (plus many more of his songs). Songs like these are our “classic” music for the future.

 

Edited September 14, 2023 by Zombie

[Ticklishboy30]

From 1979

Edited October 8, 2023 by Ajbt2001

[Ticklishboy30]

From Karen Carpenter's solo album. Recorded from 1979-1980 but never released till 1996. It would have been at least a top ten album, if they'd released it when she recorded the album. 

Karen's solo album was AMAZING. The material she chose was more sensual lyrically than what she recorded with Richard. The songs gave her a more in-the-moment I guess feel to her voice. It was definitely a different sound for her one very fitting too. 

 

 

Edited October 9, 2023 by Ajbt2001

[Zombie]

Can’t Help Falling In Love With You

Written in 1961, this song was an enduring hit for Elvis Presley. 

It has never got ‘old’, being covered countless times over the last 60 odd years.

The original song lyrics were about falling in love with a guy (‘ Can’t Help Falling In Love With Him’) which might explain its use in the soundtrack of a recent gay movie, but doesn’t explain why the filmmakers didn’t re-record the song with the original lyrics, choosing instead to recycle on old cover by Perfume Genius (which is OK) with the Elvis lyrics (where the rhyming doesn’t really work). The song has been used in several movies over the years.

That aside, there are some great versions out there but I really like this cover by Elliott James Reay

He has a beautiful voice and the simple guitar accompaniment is perfect

 

 

Edited October 15, 2023 by Zombie

[Lee Wilson]

Waking up the topic and shifting gears. Classic southern rock. Also recorded 50 years ago.

 

[drown]

Some punk. This album has always been controversial and when I first listened to it, I didn't like it. I was very young. When it was used by the show Millennium in the most poetic way ever, I listened again. And now it is my favorite art experiment of all time. It is incomparable.

This song specifically ends me—Horses by Patti Smith. A live version.

 

[Zombie]

“Only You” - Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke (Yazoo)

Covered many times over the 40+ years since it was first released in 1982, and featuring in many movies and TV shows.

Most recently it was played at the very end of Love, Victor in 2022 as Victor and Benji finally get back together, despite the song being so melancholy (it’s about regret and sense of loss after the breakup of a relationship - but maybe it was referencing all of that during the series?)

This is a remixed version released by Alison Moyet in 1999, when it charted at #2

 

[Talo Segura]

Some music lives forever and gets reborn...

 

[Zombie]

Days - the Kinks (1968)

some songs never get old because they have timeless meaning 

 

[PrivateTim]

A Mighty Fortress is Our God, written in 1529 by Martin Luther and Queen of the Night, written by Mozart in 1791.

[Zombie]

14 hours ago, PrivateTim said:

Queen of the Night

that mother needs to go on an anger management course   

https://youtu.be/YuBeBjqKSGQ?si=zL4NBY2q4wgpXqL2

 

[drpaladin]

32 minutes ago, Zombie said:

that mother needs to go on an anger management course   

https://youtu.be/YuBeBjqKSGQ?si=zL4NBY2q4wgpXqL2

 

She's managing it by the expressing it method. It's the pre-Freud method.

[Talo Segura]

On 10/6/2024 at 4:20 PM, Zombie said:

Days - the Kinks (1968)

some songs never get old because they have timeless meaning 

All the best guys lived in Muswell Hill, including me of course 🤣

[Zombie]

I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash (1972)

no surprise it’s been covered countless times - “music is the best medicine”

I can see clearly now the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind

It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day

Oh, yes I can make it now the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for

It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day

look all around, there's nothing but blue skies
Look straight ahead, there's nothing but blue skies

I can see clearly now the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for

It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day

Bri-ri-ri-ri', bright, (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day, yeah, eh
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day, yeah

Edited January 30, 2025 by Zombie

[E K Stokes]

On 7/23/2023 at 4:40 AM, W_L said:

Funny enough, I referenced the song in my fanfic two weeks ago   I was wondering if anyone remember the Bee Gee's or the song.

 

 

[TalonRider]

I remember the Bee Gee's but not the song. Periodically, their music can be heard on SiriusXM radio on the 70's on 7 channel.

[Palantir]

Remember them? Good grief! I play their music almost weekly.

[Zombie]

A Little Respect (1988)

If you’re not familiar with 80s pop then this is a great example from songwriting duo Vince Clarke and Andy Bell (‘Erasure’) who released their synth-pop hit 37 years ago

it still sounds as lively, fresh and joyful as the day it was recorded - probably why it’s been covered, re-mixed and re-released so many times since

enduring songs don’t need to reach #1 (it reached #4 in the UK charts

 

[Enoch]

Was the number 1 played on American radio for years and my all-time favorite.