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Black Sabbath
Riffs never go out of style
Specifically WarPigs.
Didn't age at all, sadly.
Funny thing I really like most of the Sabbath covers that were basically sped up versions
There best song imo
I just found a whole lot of Black Sabbath on my son's Spotify. I could not be more proud. I am trying so hard not to ruin it for him by telling him about my days at OzFest!
Congratulations on raising a son with great taste in music! And yeah, don't break his heart... :)
Zeppelin
Can’t think of any music more timeless than Led Zeppelin.
Pink Floyd
Specifically the waters era. As much as I love Pulse it is INSANELY dated
The Division Bell production is very 90s "adult contemporary" sounding and I feel like Pulse is a live version of that kind of production
Zeppelin and Floyd are my 1a and 1b for favorite bands ever. Absolutely timeless.
It's the blues, and the blues will always be timeless. It may be in a more rocked out form, but it's still the blues.
I didn’t realize how cool they were in the 70’s….but I was just a kid.
Well, yeah, much of their early stuff was straight plagiarized from classic blues artists.
Im a big, lifelong fan, but i don't kid myself that they were anything but the most self-serving, immoral rock band in history, by literally stealing the music and royalties from their own musical heroes. LZ weren't the only ones who did it, but they were the most egregious, by a long ways.
I don’t know if irony is the word I should use…maybe amusing. As in, I’m amused that Greta Van Fleet catches massive amounts of shit (all of it deserved btw) for basically being a bunch of American kids stealing their entire persona from England’s LZ when the same thing happened in the late 60’s when a bunch of young English kids did even worse to their American heroes. I say worse in the case of Zep because they blatantly stole the songs and only paid when taken to court. Technically, Greta only severely ‘borrowed’ their image.
Deep Purple
I am a fan but, no. I see 30 year Olds very familiar with Zep and Sabbath. Sometimes Rainbow. None of them have DP in their playlists. Not that I've seen
Beatles?
Yep, this is true. They picked the best timeless songs to appropriate to begin with.
lol fair enough
Agreed, it was timeless years before Zeppelin stole it! ;-)
Thats because they stole most of it from soulful black artists
Ask anyone who works in a guitar store how timeless Zeppelin is
Still holds up and a huge influence on those who came after. Even The Beastie Boys show respect.
This is the correct answer.
The production value ages it, to be honest.
Yes' 70s albums have aged especially well.
Close to the Edge is probably the one that sticks out the most to me. Masterpiece of an album
Fragile as well.
I always consider their song Close to the Edge to be the greatest song in all of postmodern music. It may not be my most favorite song, though it is up there, but when you mix ingenuity & musicianship with legacy & success, Close to the Edge wins every time.
Totally! To me, I think the Gates of Delirium is considered to be their magnum opus just because of the epic feeling the whole song provides but Close to the Edge is like the quintessential example of what progressive rock should sound like. Both songs sound like they are way ahead of their time
If you like Gates of Delirium, give a listen to The RevealingScience of God.
I'm with you on that, with Genesis' Supper's Ready running right behind it.
Tails From Topographic Oceans deserves a mention…. The Fish …
The Fish is from the album Fragile. Rick Wakeman referred to TOTO as “Tales of Tobies Graphic Go-Cart.” A few of the guys in Yes said that Awaken from Going for the One to be their magnum opus.
That 1971-1973 four album stretch was unreal. Time and a Word in 1970 is close to that tier for me but not quite there. Relayer was good too, but nowhere near Close to the Edge. I mostly listen to more modern music these days but always have a place for Yes.
Saw them 3 times in the 70s, and Rick Wakeman's Journey to the Center of the Earth Tour was my first concert.
Obviously, I'm a big fan, but until fairly recently, i thought Yes was being slept on. Hardly anyone ever mentioned them. Then i started noticing comments here and there, and the latest season of Fargo opened with I've Seen All Good People, and I knew that Yes was back.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer is next: "Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends, we're so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside."
That was my kid’s favorite song when he was 4 years old.
Genesis' Watcher of the Skies feels much more like Late 80s Early 90s, with the Mellotron's lo fi sound being what makes it very 70s. Behind The Lines is very Mario Kart ish.
Fleetwood Mac comes to mind
Oh yes
Black Sabbath
Sad that War Pigs is just as relevant today as it was the day it was released
Sad that mainstream radio only plays 3 of their songs. All from the same album. Considering all the amazing songs they have.
War Pigs was relevant thousands of years before the song was released.
Heart (at least their 70’s music) and Rush. I think Fleetwood Mac also aged one of the best as it’s popular among the newer generations which really shows how well they aged
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd doesn’t count since it’s not aged but it’s ageless.
true, it sounds better production wise than a lot of more modern albums
Absolutely
bowie
Fleetwood Mac
Agreed. Fleetwood Mac isn’t necessarily my favorite 70’s band, but their music is still popular in a way that other artists like Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath aren’t. Also, probably the Eagles.
A lot of Rush. Not all, but a lot.
I’ll take the downvotes, but I find Fleetwood Mac and Bob Dylan share one similarity: artists that covers their songs usually do better work with the source material than the original artist.
I’ll give you a handful of Dylan tracks but there isn’t a single Fleetwood Mac cover that’s better than the original. Not the voices. Not the production. Not even the individual playing. There’s a ton of hack artists trying to get a hit from covering them but it’s not even close. I’m not a big fan. This is coming from the production side / experience with a lot of live music. The older I get the more impressed I am by what they were able to accomplish with some of their records.
The Chicks and Smashing Pumpkins both did better versions of Landslide. Neither of those bands are hack musicians.
Kerala Dust does a very interesting (and in my opinion better) “The Chain”
There are lots of others I’d choose but those are ones I have easily to mind.
Waylon Jennings did a pretty great Gold Dust Woman as well
Black Magic Women?
There is a version of “Dreams” by Girl Blue I enjoy. Give it a listen and lmk what you think? Fair warning it is modernized.
Fleetwood Mac had such an original vibe. Just the bass run in Dreams "du dudu dudu dudu" is so simple yet so effective and recognizable.
this is my opinion but the beatles
I can definitely agree about Dylan, but not Mac. Their songs can be covered, but the work of Buckingham and Nicks will never be surpassed.
ACDC and Metalica
I declare AC/DC as the greatest band from the entire southern hemisphere
I die to be able to see AC/DC live in concert back at their peak.
Yes
Roundabout
Such a great song. It rocks like a MF (that bass line!), then seems like its trailing off, only to wind back up and kick into a higher gear with the best organ solo ever recorded, by Rick Wakeman. Exhilarating!
You my friend have impeccable taste. Awesome
And Winger!
No
The Beatles
Can’t believe no one has said the Beatles yet so I guess I’ll be the one.
I don't know if it's just because it's not cool to say the Beatles or if it's just so obvious that people overlook them. If you made a songbook of modern "standards" from the pop/rock era, half of them would be Beatles songs.
It seems like they’re so permanently cemented into culture that they wouldn’t even need to be mentioned in this thread. They’re timeless like Doctor Who or the royal family.
The toppermost of the poppermost
It’s the cliche answer but it’s cliche because it’s correct
Specifically Revolver. That album is always fresh.