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Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty
I put lot of effort into this and tried to listen to most of the songs here, and I have to say I am very disappointed. I don't listen to this kind of music so here I thought I will give it a go, to make sure I don't miss out on great music. However, the only songs from this draft I liked were Stairway to heaven and High Hopes, and they were in my music collection before anyway. Other than that, seems to me most of these bands are condsidered "great" only because they are old and "classic". I understand sentimental reasons to pick bands from your younger days, but are these bands truly that much better than the rest?
Anyone else feels that way?
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I certainly don't feel that way. As others have said it doesn't have to do with these being bands from childhood or teenage years but being bands that created and defined genres. They are classic bands because they did something no one else did.
And really when it comes to many of these bands all you have to do is look at recent bands that try to imitate a classic or try to cover a classic song. For the most part unless the covering artist is a superb and genre changing artist in their own right it just can't be done. It's particularily obvious when it comes to someone trying to cover a Queen song.
Some of these bands are classic not because they are superb musicians or songwriters but because somehow and someway they have an understanding of the music AND listener that allows them to transcend the ordinary boundaries of that genre of music. They transcend the decades with their songs.
The likes of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, U2, Bowie, Sabbath, Queen, and yes the Ramones...these are special performers. They are timeless and not because a bunch of 17 year olds loved them in the 60's or 70's or 80's or whatever but because a bunch of 17 year olds loved them in those original decades and NOW. The songs still hold up as being the best on radio/tv NOW.