Screwtape2
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I’ve always wondered how other people determine if a song is a classic. So how do you know when a song is a classic? What are the common characteristics of a classic song? What are some classic songs in your opinion?
I’ve always wondered how other people determine if a song is a classic. So how do you know when a song is a classic? What are the common characteristics of a classic song? What are some classic songs in your opinion?
emotional resonance, mainly.
Of course, something merely being labelled a 'classic' does not make it so.
Sticking feathers in your ass does not make you a chicken.
How you know?
When it's very special, of outstanding quality and has that extra something.
And no, there's no way to qualify this. It just is.
Cowbell.
Yes.
Double yes.
A classic song in my mind? Stairway to Heaven being played by the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Top that, fuckers.
You win the prize. How would you like your sheepdog wrapped?
I have yet to see any other answer that rivals this...
More cowbell.
How's that?
I'd say...a song that, when you hear it for the first time, you feel like you've known it forever.
I'd say...a song that, when you hear it for the first time, you feel like you've known it forever.
I'd say...a song that, when you hear it for the first time, you feel like you've known it forever.