Songs that Sound Like They Were Made in a Different Time

Music changes overtime and it's pretty sad to hear a certain genre go. But what makes it weird is this list I just made right here.
The Top Ten
1 On the Run - Pink Floyd

Makes me think that people back in the 70s that heard this song were probably like "WOAH! Music from the future! ". That's probably what made this album so iconic right?

2 Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-lot

Yeah, you get the point.

3 Popcorn - Hot Butter

It was known for being one of the first electronic songs of all time. When people guess the year, they would be like "Hmm... 2003 maybe? 1995? Or maybe... 80s? " Nope, this came out in 1969. (This is the 1972 version by the way)

4 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Truckturner, what you said is exactly what I have always thought about this song. I was happy to learn I wasn't the only one.
For example, when I hear the Beatles, it instantly speaks "the 60s." Some bands speak "the 70s". But Bohemian Rhapsody doesn't sound like a song from a certain decade.

It's from the 70s but doesn't sound like anything else past or present. Freddie and the boys clearly had some window into the very distant future.

5 It's Still Rock and Roll To Me - Billy Joel

Sounds like a classic rock song from the 60s but it came out in 1980.

6 Elephant - Tame Impala

Yeah, it sounds like 60s psychedelic rock, 70s top (it has those heavy distorted riffs that Black Sabbath used in the 70s a lot, too).

Released in 2012, Very underrated, and sounds partly classic. Enough said.

7 Firepower - Judas Priest
8 Number Thirteen - Red Fang

Released in 2011, very underrated and awesome, and is a rock song.

9 Rock This Town - Stray Cats
10 Oh Babe, What Would You Say - Hurricane Smith

Britgirl, you're seeing this?

The Contenders
11 Oxygene, Pt. 4 - Jean-Michel Jarre

Now this sounds futuristic

It was released in 1976.

12 When the Curtain Falls - Greta Van Fleet

Anything by Greta Van Fleet, really.

Another 2018 rock song? Alright!

13 Bad Dancer - Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band

IT'S TERRIBLE. Yoko is trying to mix 1960s style with horrible butt fashion. This song was made in 2013.

14 F**k the Police - N.W.A

It came out in 1988. think about it (Maybe)

I mean it does sound late 80s to me.. Ok maybe it sounds slightly early 90s but it's still not too much out of its time.

15 You Really Got Me - The Kinks

Disagree with this. Although the song's sound was a breakthrough in mainstream music, it has a distinctively 60s vibe, with the vocals and the rhythm and the vocal harmonies.
Although I agree it was very innovative.

16 Kids Wanna Rock - Bryan Adams

I didn't expect to hear the expression "computerized crap" in a song of 1984. But Bryan Adams was ahead of his time.
"Turned on the radio
Sounded like a disco
Musta turned the dial for a couple of miles
But I couldn't find no rock 'n roll
This computerized crap ain't gettin' me off
Everywhere I go the kids wanna rock"

Another classic rock song from the 80s.

17 Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

Blinding Lights sounds like it was made in the late 80’s when Take On Me was released, as if it rearranged it.

18 $$$EX - Vanessa Hudgens & YLA
19 Night Crawling - Miley Cyrus & Billy Idol
20 Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes

I was shocked to find out that this was released in 1983 at first. Always used to think it was released around the late 90s.

21 Nightmare - Dry Kill Logic
22 To My Face - Tribal Ink
23 Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr - Trivium
24 I'm Going In - Pain
25 March of the S.O.D. - Stormtroopers of Death
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