May 17, 201015 yr You can never tell. Pop songs take longer to be regarded as classics. And having a number 1 and selling loads often guarentees people get sick of the record. Umbrella is such an example.... Sometimes little know songs of their time become classics. Look at Massive Attack's Unfinished Sympathy. A Top 20 hit in 1991 was voted Best song of all time by Radio 1 listeners 6/7 years later and it frequently features in European media, being placed highly on lists of "the best songs of all time"
May 17, 201015 yr I would define a classic as a song that will still be getting good amounts of airplay on mostly all radio stations in 20 years from now, so reality pop, boybands, rap, and techno can automatically be ruled out straight away. So you think no one will play "Lose Yourself" in ten years time? You think everyone will have forgotten "Stan"? You can't rule out entire genres like that.
May 17, 201015 yr Are most of these defined by whatever radio decide to cling on to and overplay forever more?
May 17, 201015 yr Britney Spears - Toxic MGMT - Kids Britney Spears - Oops I Did It Again I think 'Oops!... I Did It Again' is already regarded a classic, and 'Kids' never will be. :lol:
May 17, 201015 yr I think that all these songs were big hits but they won't be classics... The truth is we don't get to have many 'new' classics during the last decade. Especialy with pop/dance songs that are super trendy now but then sth else fresh comes and outshines them. Lady Gaga: Bad Romance/ Poker Face? NO WAY! I gotta feeling? I am not sure but it will propably wear off after a year or so... Apologize, 4 minitues, I kissed a girl... well I think people don't care about these already I think that more artistic songs or Rock/Band songs are more suitable for this: Viva la vida, Sex on Fire etc.. None of these seems to be able to be a CLASSIC like the oldies we listen to though... Chasing cars (which I really like!) seems most possible know. I think some songs may become classics because of the artists 'classic status'. Robbie, Take That, Coldplay for example have been on top for ages, so they tend to remind us of their 'classic' songs and etch them in our minds. (just to mention a few: angels, feel, come undone, back for good, patience, clocks, viva la vida) Edited May 17, 201015 yr by 7heDreamer
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