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Greensleeves is almost 500 years old. I'm sure there were other very popular songs when it came out, but Greensleeves had to staying power to still be here. What do you think is today's Greensleeves? (en.wikipedia.org)

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Not just a song that can be found in the archives, but one that almost everyone can hum, even today.

(Somebody asked what was meant by "today's...." Throw whatever you want out, somebody tossed out "Love me tender" as being a tune from in the 1860s.)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

Anyone who would say that would say Black Celebration instead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I would've said Songs Of Faith And Devotion, but a short name made a better gag, and I could not bring myself to say Ultra.

And seriously, 101 fucking rules. It's an energetic best-of before they asked themselves what made them special and stripped back everything for the iconoclastic rose album everyone knows them for. Which is okay.

On reflection, far from sober, it is surprising the Deftones have never covered "In Your Room."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Funny. Seems like you see Violator as the start of a new era for them, and I see it as the end of the classic era. There are isolated songs I like after Violator, but no whole albums. (For reference, SoFaD was their newest album when I started listening, and I got it as the same time as Violator.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I agree with you. To me, Violator was the last album of the 2nd generation of their sound, the first being a lot more New Wave. Although, I do think the shift from New Wave to the more techno industrial 2nd era was more gradual.

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