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Greensleeves is almost 500 years old. I'm sure there were other very popular songs when it came out, but Greensleeves had to staying power to still be here. What do you think is today's Greensleeves?

Not just a song that can be found in the archives, but one that almost everyone can hum, even today.

(Somebody asked what was meant by “today’s…” Throw whatever you want out, somebody tossed out “Love me tender” as being a tune from in the 1860s.)

buh ,
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the entertainer by scott joplin

milkisklim ,

I say this with the deepest respect for the King of Ragtime, but Joplin has been dead for over a century now.

DrBob ,

Happy Birthday has the kind of universal recognition you’d be looking for. Maybe in 300 years there’ll be a lyrical shift towards something more interesting. I know multiple versions of Greensleeves. The Cuckoo is the other song that I can think of with a long history. The wiki article doesn’t fully capture it. I’ll stick something in here later.https://…wikipedia.org/…/The_Cuckoo_(song)

blackbrook ,

Happy Birthday owes it’s place to function. I don’t think anybody actually enjoys it as music.

taiyang ,

My 2 year old begs to differ!

alyth ,

You just dug up the rap song Happy Birthday by Flipsyde ft. Piper from the depths of my memory after it had been buried for 14 years.

sir_pronoun ,

“I like to f*ck” by Tila Tequila.

Essentially the same lyrics, even.

Melatonin OP ,

It’s it a hummer?

mo_lave ,

Today’s Greensleeves

Fixbeat ,

So, 500 years from now people will still be doing this?

Feathercrown ,

I can see it

Melatonin OP ,

I want to click, but I don’t want to click

cygnus ,
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XcQ, link stays blue

NickwithaC ,
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Well, green.

datavoid ,

Damn the Voyager app, no way to view link contents

TokenBoomer ,

He shoots, he scores!

givesomefucks ,

I always forget there was a real historical figure and assume Greensleeves is Gull’s little sister from those old Magic books.

Not sure how well they hold up, but like 25 years ago Arena and the Greensleeves trilogy seemed like the best books ever.

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