Re: A New Standard? NJC now

[David Sadowski]

It becomes a "standard" after being played a lot, to the point where some large portion of the general public would recognize it. Take YMCA by the Village People, for instance. In the 20+ years since it came out, this song has been all over the place.

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In a message dated 1/22/2003 11:38:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, FMYFL writes:

Up until then, the songwriter and the performer had separate roles.People like Dylan, Joni Mitchell and the Beatles changed all that.

Thanks for sharing that info, Jimmy...I sort of alluded to that thought in my mentioning the 'post-rock era'. If you look at the vast majority of the pre-rock era standards, they're mostly theatre show tunes. While show tunes still become standards today, I would imagine that the shift has been towards pop songs (like Yesterday, Both Sides Now, The Times They Are A-Changing) becoming standards as opposed to show tunes.

It will be interesting to see 25-30 years from now which songs are still being recorded and which have been laid to rest. Hopefully we'll all still be here to debate them! :~)

Bob

NP: Fleetwood Mac, "Silver Springs" (demo)