A great song is a great song. I don't think WHEN it happened has too much to do with it. And I will explain a bit.

You mentioned Billy Joel. I still very much love A LOT of his music. To me, it doesn't sound dated so much as it sounds from a time. I find that with songs I tend to like. They just don't have that "trendy" sound of an era so much as the sound of an era. This is probably making no sense. It's more about using TOO MUCH of something in a song than using it. A great song can have the "sounds" of an era without overdoing it. To me, that's what it's about. There are songs in the 80's that used synth drums in a great way (my opinion), then there were many that took it too far and made it a cliché type of sound. The same could be said for reverb of that time. EVERY era has these. The difference is in knowing how to use various elements.

ALL of that being said, your song is excellent in every aspect. It's a whole song put together by someone that has the knowledge of how to do that. It's the production, it's the instruments, chord choices, the lyrics...all of it.

When you put all of that away and just listen like a kid who doesn't know or care about that stuff. It's a memorable song. I think we as musicians forget that. Not only in what we produce, but in what others do as well. It's fun to pull back the reigns and just enjoy a song. That's what this song was for me.

If I had to pick it apart, it's great.
If I can take myself away from that, it's great.

There is a big difference between dated and reminiscent.

Don't want to forget to mention the art work! It's great you can express yourself in so many ways. Really nice piece there as well.

Thanks for the share. I really enjoyed it!

Chad (Hope that makes it easier)

TEMPO TANTRUM: What a lead singer has when they can't stay in time.