# Future classic songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 13, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-classic-songs/777000 "2017-01-13T01:19:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-classic-songs/777000/1 "2017-01-13T01:19:50Z")
When today’s youth is old and cranky and complaining about the garbage that “kids these days” listen to\*, what songs from this decade are they going point to as “real music”? When nostalgia radio stations\*\* compile “Best of the 2010’s” playlists, what current-day songs are they still gonna be playing? Your thoughts? - Or upload to their brain brain stems or whatever. \*\* Assuming they still have radio stations, or some equivalent. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-classic-songs/777000/2 "2017-01-13T06:35:12Z")
_Zip City_- **Drive-By Truckers** A tale of teenaged angst and longing, forever relevant and rocks the fucking shit out of your head. Ignore the stupid graphics in the video, just listen to the music. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Z69gW7NFZdw/maxresdefault.jpg "Zip City Illustrated") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z69gW7NFZdw) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-classic-songs/777000/3 "2017-01-13T07:02:09Z")
I dropped in to say “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley, but it actually came out in '06. Crazy! Um, “Teenage Dream” by Katy Perry. “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-classic-songs/777000/4 "2017-01-13T09:42:20Z")
**Gotye** - _Somebody That I Used to Know_ **Sia** - _Chandelier_ **LP** - _Lost on You_ Are the only post-2010 songs on my computer. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-classic-songs/777000/5 "2017-01-13T11:01:54Z")
Sturgeon’s Law is a harsh taskmaster, but here’s a stab at three that are catchy enough to endure: **Adele** - _Rolling In the Deep_ **Pharrell Williams** - _Happy_ **Justin Timberlake** - _Can’t Stop The Feeling_ ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-classic-songs/777000/6 "2017-01-13T11:14:24Z")
**Royals** by **Lorde** will be a song played to represent this era. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-classic-songs/777000/7 "2017-01-13T14:02:26Z")
Not just a song, but the opening sequence of _La La Land_ – “Another Day of Sun” – will be as commonly shown as the clip of Gene Kelly dancing “Singin’ in the Rain.” ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-classic-songs/777000/8 "2017-01-13T15:36:54Z")
It probably won’t be Chuck Prophet, but I’ll go ahead and say it anyway. “[Chuck Prophet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6k4cnIW9Qw)”. And Sturgill Simpson has been nominated for a Grammy this year. He probably won’t be on the future Oldies station either. Still, there’s lots of great music being made today that I’ll be listening to when I’m old. ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-classic-songs/777000/9 "2017-01-13T18:44:37Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Sturgeon’s Law is a harsh taskmaster, but here’s a stab at three that are catchy enough to endure: > > **Adele** - _Rolling In the Deep_ > **Pharrell Williams** - _Happy_ Absolutely, came here to mention both. > [@Gyrate](#): > > **Justin Timberlake** - _Can’t Stop The Feeling_ …is a failed attempt at manufacturing “the song” for the summer of 2016. It will be completely forgotten in short order. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-classic-songs/777000/10 "2017-01-13T19:00:15Z")
**Uptown Funk** - Mark Ronson **Shake It Off** - Taylor Swift and others mentioned above. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-classic-songs/777000/11 "2017-01-13T20:35:07Z")
[Alabama Shakes- _Hold On_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le-3MIBxQTw) because a good Best of 2010s album deserves a non-poppy song. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-classic-songs/777000/12 "2017-01-13T20:47:56Z")
“Timber” - Pitbull and Kesha “Get Lucky” - Daft Punk & Pharrell The good Lord willing, “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. However, I almost never hear it on the radio anymore. Sometimes songs seem to disappear completely for a few years, only to come back after a couple decades when the nostalgia factor starts to set in. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-classic-songs/777000/13 "2017-01-16T10:21:40Z")
> [@Whiskey\_Dickens](#): > > …is a failed attempt at manufacturing “the song” for the summer of 2016. It will be completely forgotten in short order. I’m not so sure - it’s pretty catchy and I’ve seen it referenced multiple times outside the usual pop music circles. Too soon to tell, but I bet it’s another “Happy”. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-classic-songs/777000/14 "2017-01-16T12:30:18Z")
Mogwai, “hardcore will never die, but you will” You’ve probably already heard many of the tracks on that album as incidental music elsewhere. My personal favourite is “[Death Rays](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=typIFjuE7r4)”. As a crusty old-timer I shall point to the radio in years to come and say “there! you young whippersnappers, you can shove your vocoders up yer arse, This’s what a proper guitar sounds like”