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    6 months ago

    While true for some songs, others grow on you or stay good for eternity. My favourite all-time song hasn’t changed in 30 years: Black (Colin Vearncombe) - Wonderful Life

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      That song had a revival recently. I don’t remember hearing it when it came out, but it has been on my coworkers radio every day for the last couple of months. Maybe it has been on a TV show or something. Great song.

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        In the past two decades there’s been a bunch covers that I know of (or just learned of):

        • Ace of Base
        • Seeed
        • Zucchero (didn’t even know about this one until now)
        • Katie Melua
        • Smith & Burrows (the one you heard on your coworker’s radio?)
        • Imany (or did you hear this one?)

        and then a bunch of electronic music mixes.

        I love that song since the 80s; and for a long time - until the early 2000s I knew no covers - so I am very happy that there’s a lot of tributes to Black with lots of different styles :)

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          I just heard it again my radio on my way home. I still don’t know why it’s so suddenly popular again right now and it’s puzzling me.

          Anyway, it has stood the test of time, and I think that’s about the only way to actually find the greatest songs.

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            I just heard it again my radio on my way home. I still don’t know why it’s so suddenly popular again right now and it’s puzzling me.

            Which version, though? :) That sounds like you mean the original?

            Anyway, it has stood the test of time, and I think that’s about the only way to actually find the greatest songs.

            I suppose it’s one way to judge them :) But yes, that’s why my favourite has not changed for over 30 years - I don’t get tired of it. Much like this one.

            PS

            I know, without autoplay it’s not the same, but I didn’t want to use a youtube-link - f*ck google ;)

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              Yes, the original keeps playing on radio stations near me for some reason.

              (Even the piped link gave away the “WqXcQ” in the url)

              I have NewPipe installed, so YouTube links automatically open in that instead.(YouTube must be disabled as default app).That’s the best fix that I know for that issue.

              Also, NewPipe works great because it keeps playing when the screen is off and so, so I highly recommend it if you have issues with Google.

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                (Even the piped link gave away the “WqXcQ” in the url)

                well I was serious, I was basically saying “I never mind if someone rickrolls me, because I’ve been enjoying that song since I first heard it on Vinyl in the 80s” :) so it was a kind of “reverse rickroll” - in that I actually meant to link the song for being good :)