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Which songs from the last decade (2014-2024) will become classics? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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So far I think "Uptown Funk", "Blinding Lights", and "Old Town Road". That doesn't mean I love those songs. It means I think they answer the question. I know you may love "Irony x3" by Zigbones. But they ain't it.

Edit: I'm sorry for the poorly worded question. I think it's autism related, but I don't see possibilities or alternative understandings easily, and when I wrote "decade" I thought 10 years and that was it.

Of course anyone answering from the perspective of 2010-2020 was making a perfectly reasonable and rational answer and I was very dismissive. I'm really sorry for that.

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[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 46 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Anyone over 35 should just not answer this question, very little chance we’ll be right

[–] xkbx@startrek.website 38 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Also, for anyone over 35, our ability to understand “last decade” means the last 10 years, decreases over time. I read this question and still thought about songs that came out 2009.

[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I think that is up for interpretation a little bit. "The last decade" I think grammatically it means the last 10 years. In this case 2014-2024. But I am so used to it referring to the years ending in zero that my head immediately goes to 2010-2020 not 2014-2024. Especially in the context of music. Music is historically is reference as the years ending in zero 60s, the 70s the 2000s 2010s etc..

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It depends. It can mean either. Technically though, I believe each decade is 1-10, not 0-9, although this mistake is so common I don't think it matters and can mean either.

[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Ahh true.

[–] xkbx@startrek.website 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Woah, slow down there professor calculus, not all of us have 10 fingers to count on

[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

Well take off your shoes and socks.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

https://xkcd.com/891/

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 18 points 8 months ago

The chart being from 2011 made me feel old

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think I disagree. Only a very small subset of music from the decade permeated my oblivion of modern music. I expect the songs that managed to do that are the ones that will be remembered. I agree with OP's list, I know those songs.

Add to that:

Born this Way
Wake me up
Shake it off
Someone that I used to know

[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Taylor Swift probably has at least 5 that will be considered classics.

Just go to her top played songs and you could put any of them on that list. Which is wild