Melody most likely to survive 1000 years?

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Melody most likely to survive 1000 years?

Post by treble king » Tue May 23, 2006 10:55 am

So, of all the tunes you've ever heard, what song comes back to you again and again? The melody that you're sure is so perfect, so sublime, that it will be hummed, sung, performed on instruments made from the sun, or groaned out by radioactive mutants while staring at the falling stars.

I'm really looking for verses or choruses, though bits like Beethoven, or that John Coltrane Blue Train theme are acceptable - anything you think will have an 1000 year lifespan.

I'm thinking it's going to be "Backpack, Backpack" from Dora the Explorer. :shock:
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Post by AstroDan » Tue May 23, 2006 11:22 am

For the next 1000 years, Disney will put out as many movies about little kids kicking soccer balls into adult's groins to a soundtrack featuring 'Bad to the Bone' and James Brown's 'I Feel Good'.

'Hey Jude' will never die, either.
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Post by JASIII » Tue May 23, 2006 11:38 am

AstroDan wrote:For the next 1000 years, Disney will put out as many movies about little kids kicking soccer balls into adult's groins to a soundtrack featuring 'Bad to the Bone' and James Brown's 'I Feel Good'.
that's fucking funny....
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Post by digitaldrummer » Tue May 23, 2006 12:07 pm

fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads. fish heads, fish heads, eat them up YUM!
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Post by Electro-Voice 664 » Tue May 23, 2006 12:14 pm

"My Humps"

What you gon' do with all that junk?
All that junk inside your trunk?
I'ma get, get, get, get, you drunk,
Get you love drunk off my hump.
My hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump,
My hump, my hump, my hump, my lovely little lumps. (Check it out)
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Post by ;ivlunsdystf » Tue May 23, 2006 1:30 pm

(sadly)

Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll Part II"
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Post by kdarr » Tue May 23, 2006 1:41 pm

"Yesterday" would be a pretty safe bet, seeing as how it's the most covered song of all time.

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Post by globalsize » Tue May 23, 2006 1:51 pm

Computer Love by Kraftwerk. Specifically the mix on "The Mix"
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Post by JGriffin » Tue May 23, 2006 1:56 pm

<geek mode> According to Dr. Who, the song that will be playing when the Earth explodes in 18 billion years is "Toxic" by Britney Spears.</geek mode>
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Post by ;ivlunsdystf » Tue May 23, 2006 2:19 pm

The good stuff, now that Gary Glitter is out of my system:

Brubeck's "Take Five"

Dvorak's 9th Symphony 2nd movement (Steven Foster "Going Home" deal)

Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"

Dylan's "Visions of Johanna"

I could go on like this all day.
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Post by pulse_divider » Tue May 23, 2006 2:20 pm

globalsize wrote:Computer Love by Kraftwerk. Specifically the mix on "The Mix"
Seconded on both counts.
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Post by John Jeffers » Tue May 23, 2006 2:23 pm

Tatertot wrote:Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"
Only if United Airlines is still around in 1,000 years.
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Post by ;ivlunsdystf » Tue May 23, 2006 2:27 pm

John Jeffers wrote:
Tatertot wrote:Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"
Only if United Airlines is still around in 1,000 years.
They will be, and they will still be insolvent.

Luckily I don't watch much TV, so that Gershwin thing hasn't yet been ruined for me.
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Post by cgarges » Tue May 23, 2006 2:34 pm

AstroDan wrote:For the next 1000 years, Disney will put out as many movies about little kids kicking soccer balls into adult's groins to a soundtrack featuring 'Bad to the Bone' and James Brown's 'I Feel Good'.
We have a winner!

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Post by BAM » Tue May 23, 2006 7:29 pm

AstroDan wrote:For the next 1000 years, Disney will put out as many movies about little kids kicking soccer balls into adult's groins to a soundtrack featuring 'Bad to the Bone' and James Brown's 'I Feel Good'.
LOL

I been bringing my 8-month old daughter out of tears and into laughter (on the changing table) with "I Feel Good" for the last six months. Works every time.
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