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Buddy_Gilapagos
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"What is the oldest song you can think of that sounds contemporary?"
Tue Nov-28-23 12:27 PM by Buddy_Gilapagos

  

          

As in, if folks heard it for the first time today, they wouldn't doubt its a new song.

I may be bugging but I think Sly Stones Family Affair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xag5RKD0VHk

or Like a Baby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoHlLXaxGec

And it's not that I think these songs sound like anything on the radio, but it's shocking to me that these songs are 50 years old. These songs sound like something an alt artist would put out today.

I also got Prince's Erotic City

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoSK7vju_l8

Shocked no one has figured out how to cover it.

And also Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love (have to speed it up though)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECiMhe4E0pI

What do you have?


Edit: Also Mystic Brew by Ronnie Foster


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nj1HWC-dQs

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Ahem
Nov 28th 2023
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I recently thought this 80s Japanese song sounded pretty modern
Nov 28th 2023
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Wow this goes so hard. Yeah I see what you are saying.
Nov 28th 2023
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Can - One More Night
Nov 28th 2023
3
Ram on - Paul and Linda McCartney (1971)
Nov 28th 2023
4
Prince definitely owns this category
Nov 28th 2023
6
Bombs Over Baghdad still sounds futuristic 23 years later.
Nov 28th 2023
7
God I remember the okayplayer post when that joint came out
Nov 29th 2023
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I’ve always been surprised by how fresh The Beatles’
Nov 29th 2023
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RE: I’ve always been surprised by how fresh The Beatles’
Nov 29th 2023
9
I always felt this way about "Yesterday"
Nov 29th 2023
11
I was about to post this but something told me to see if anyone
Nov 29th 2023
13
Could Goodie's "See You When I See You" pass for a modern trap beat
Nov 29th 2023
12

c71
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1. "Ahem"
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 Tue Nov-28-23 01:36 PM by c71

  

          

Miles Davis - Ascent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDLV9A7-ALM


Blue Cheer - feathers from your tree

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQcUrJ4BsYE


Pink Floyd - green is the colour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XeWngFZaa8


The Byrds - triad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r_W3O7NbWc


Moby Grape - what's to choose?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2-SHOLRCZA


Phoebe Snow - two fisted love (production seems 3 dimensional - not flat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x99RSR3LrkU


Roberta Flack - feeling that glow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CezqtGNA3no


Boz Scaggs - what can I say?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR_zlxK0658


Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Nocturnal interludes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZCturR436w



Hall & Oates - method of modern love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3F4c7E9IBU



  
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stylez dainty
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6740 posts 		Tue Nov-28-23 02:21 PM

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2. "I recently thought this 80s Japanese song sounded pretty modern"
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Proto-trip hop? Dirty drums paired with smooth vocals and keys. The live sounding mix with reverb seems like it was not in vogue in the 80s for this kind of city pop type stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irs962uqei4

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Buddy_Gilapagos
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5. "Wow this goes so hard. Yeah I see what you are saying. "
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Pretty timeless arrangement.


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stylez dainty
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3. "Can - One More Night"
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It's insane that this is from 1970 to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyJzv4AFZXc

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stylez dainty
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4. "Ram on - Paul and Linda McCartney (1971)"
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Would sound right at home on a modern indie pop album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3wlxujmD3A

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stylez dainty
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6. "Prince definitely owns this category"
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Partly because of how innovative he was, and partly because so much modern music is influenced by him.

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Ryan M
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7. "Bombs Over Baghdad still sounds futuristic 23 years later."
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There are better answers to this question, but as far as hip hop goes...it's my best answer.

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Buddy_Gilapagos
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10. "God I remember the okayplayer post when that joint came out"
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Couldn't find it but folks were lost. Still sounds out of time.


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8. "I’ve always been surprised by how fresh The Beatles’"
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Tomorrow Never Knows sounds. The clarity of the drums and just the style of the song is like a precursor to some of Radiohead’s post-Ok Computer stuff.

  
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9. "RE: I’ve always been surprised by how fresh The Beatles’"
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It's All Too Much always sounded way ahead of it's time to me.

  
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Buddy_Gilapagos
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11. "I always felt this way about "Yesterday" "
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 Wed Nov-29-23 01:53 PM by Buddy_Gilapagos

  

          

Just timeless.


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13. "I was about to post this but something told me to see if anyone"
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else said it first.

  
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stylez dainty
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12. "Could Goodie's "See You When I See You" pass for a modern trap beat"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj6qNn3CyZE

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