Are songs timeless?

Writers like to think their songs are timeless, but is there such a thing? I went to Neil Sedaka's site. "Laughter In The Rain" was referred to as timeless. The song reminds me of driving through Chicago in November, 1974, when Neil broke out after a decade of the British dominating radio. Nothing timeless about that! Positive thinking is the theme which, in a human context, can be called timeless. Shakespearean themes are thought of as timeless although his language is obviously not. Dinosaurs ruled 160 million years and passed away. The sun will expend its energy, and the universe will die. Can 3 minute songs be eternal? The ones most closely approaching timelessness are Christmas songs because Christmas returns annually and because no new, good Christmas songs have appeared in the last 50 years. "Silent Night" and "White Christmas" become relevant each December.

Jim Colyer http://www.jimcolyer.com

Hi,

Well,you can't discuss tastes:I think a lot of good christmas songs were released.

For me,this ones are great:

• Lonely This Christmas-Mud
• Merry Xmas Everybody-Slade
• Winter's tale-David Essex
• I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday-Wizzard
• All Around The World-Glitter Band
• Fairytale of New York-Pogues with Kirsty McColl
• Another Rock'n'Roll For Xmas-Gary Glitter
• Do They Know It's Christmas-Band Aid
• Ding Dong-George Harrison
• Happy Xmas War Is Over-John Lennon
• Christmas All Around Us-Shakin'Stevens
• A Song For Christmas-John Springate
• Will There Be Another Christmas-Glitter Band

And I may have forgotten some.

About timeless songs:I think everybody has his or hers own timeless songs,songs that you have certain memories about,songs that remind you of someone or something.

Greetings from Zeebrugge.

Patrick

Last edit: 2007-06-28 22:18:41 UTC by Patrick

Songs are timeless, so long as time is not songless.