Your Favourite Old Song | Music, Bands And Festivals

Well, I listen to music nearly all of the time, a very big passion for me. So what makes an old song old? I don't think that that the date a song was written is the be all and end all of the matter. I think what makes a song old is relative (ok, enough psychobabble).
For a teenager who just discovers, say Elvis for example, they now have a massive collection of 'new' songs to listen to. In contrast, I hear 'new' songs on the radio that are good, but they get played to death every day making them more a form of torture and they soon become 'old hat'.
I've recently downloaded a lot of Tamala Motown for my iPood and they sound refreshing and great. Still technically old songs, but sound new again to me.

"Money, money, money" by Abba.  First song I really got into.

Free falling by tom petty such a good song to listen to when your having a bad, lonely day!

As a musician its not just a song it has to be the mood thats its played one of my faves is woman john lennon eyes of blue paul carrack looking back over my shoulder paul carrackwere having a party rod stewart if you would like to discuss songs eras drop me a line everyone has a fave song that creates a mood or moment

i like all sorts of music but elvis will always have a place in my heart as i grew up on him

lowrider69 wrote:

i like all sorts of music but elvis will always have a place in my heart as i grew up on him

he didn't happen to work down your chip shop did he???

i listen to beethoven and such alike dont get much older than that

like alsorts vera lynne 40s  through to pixie lot  out now and she is a babe

ALANS55 wrote:

As a musician its not just a song it has to be the mood thats its played one of my faves is woman john lennon eyes of blue paul carrack looking back over my shoulder paul carrackwere having a party rod stewart if you would like to discuss songs eras drop me a line everyone has a fave song that creates a mood or moment

Many, many but that's a good friends, few bottles of wine night...some punctuation would not go amiss hard post to read?

yeah got to agree in my life by the beatles is still a great song
but if you want a real tear jerker  ,,god i am sobbing  over it already  sob sob
has to be ernie fastest milkman  in the  etc   etc  by benny hill
god that song says it all

Roll away the stone- mott the hopple-  brilliant

"Candy Man" by Mississippi John Hurt.
The recording I have was pressed (remember the glories of vinyl?) in 1985, dates back to his rediscovery as an old man in the '60s and the song itself probably dates from the '30s.
And no, I didn't see his first set !

Luv the Seekers as my mum played them all the time lol
Also always play "Isaralites"..Desmond Decker
and anything from the 80's.......oh youthful reminders

Under the boardwalk ................................ but it's got to be Bruce Willis' version.

Magic!

If Elvis Presley did a version then obviously it was blessed by the king himself... So obviously it's amazing
Love Simon and Garfunkel too

Peace

lisahappy wrote:

Does anyone like oldies? i just thought to myself how old is old. Are songs of the 90s old? I've been listening to Beatles recently, and find myself really addicted. My fav at the moment is  In my life. Over to you!

I'm an inveterate Beatles fan.  If you like them then you owe it to yourselves to look up the impressionist Stevie Riks.  There are many **** channels with quite reverent parodies on the fab four.  If you didn't know already, you will wet yourself laughing. 

i like nortern soul .....motown

Still like Fats Domino - Ain't that a shame, I want to walk you home, and many others.

Favourites come and go, depending on mood, company and any number of other factors. I'm happy to go along with Fats Domino at pretty well any time.

One of my other current favourites is Dr Hook's "The Ballad of Lucy Jordon".

Offering a girl a "ride through Paris in a sports car with the warm wind in her hair" can be quite effective. 

Unfortunately the song does not end on such a happy thought.

Some of my most cherished moments have been spent in mental institutions!!