Based on the overall bands or album list, which albums/acts do you think will become mostly forgotten once the current generation of amateurs passes the flame on to the next and then on to the next ...
I for myself think that Oasis will become mostly unheard of once the current fans are no longer in the driver seat. I expect the same for many of the top albums/bands that feature so prominently on the NME 's 100 Best Albums Of All Time, albums and acts such as The Stone Roses, My Bloody Valentine, Pixies (though not as sure about this one).
I really wonder what will happen to acts like The Smiths and am particularly curious about whether Jack White has earned his place in the music history books as a main force or as a side note? I suspect he earned his seat but sometimes Rock'n Roll can be a vicious game.
What about Radiohead, Muse or your current favorite band?
The popular acts will be more likely to be heard, such as The Beatles. The really obscure stuff, unless it gets recognized as classics, will probably stay obscure.
I for myself think that Oasis will become mostly unheard of once the current fans are no longer in the driver seat. I expect the same for many of the top albums/bands that feature so prominently on the NME 's 100 Best Albums Of All Time, albums and acts such as The Stone Roses, My Bloody Valentine, Pixies (though not as sure about this one).
funny that none of those bands are in your top 50 haha. but really. i'm betting they will most likely be as remembered as many of the bands that are. NME doesn't have as big an influence over people as you think it does, believe me. people aren't just putting them on their charts to be trendy and cool. many users could probably make a case for any of the bands you've mentioned, and they're still influencing up and coming bands today. just because you don't get it doesn't mean they'll be completely forgotten, and just because NME puts them on their top 100 albums list, perhaps in an effort to appear hip, doesn't mean that the only reason people like those bands is because they're cool to like.
but back to the original question. actually.. first one of my own. robert, according to your bea profile, you're 79. shouldn't your children already have children? 🤣
okay. here's what's gonna happen. some people will be listening to old music and some people will be listening to new music. most will listen to both. some people will enjoy pink floyd and others will enjoy the stone roses. simple as.
Most of the big, and I don't mean had a few hits I mean constantly making hits, will still be listened to and talked about by most people. Assuming most people's grandparents started really getting into music around the 50's then the sort of people who were succesful when they were teenagers, Chuck Berry, Elvis and the sort are still famous, obviously elvis much more so but still. And most people still listen to them now.
Oh snap.
By the time most of us become grandparents, let's say around 35 years time it'll be 2046.
Assuming most artists die at 85 then pretty much everyone born before 1961 will be gone or retired.
They will listen to the trendy music and talk about how this band and that band will be bigger than the Beatles.
Then they will get older and realize, though still not admit, that nobody has been bigger than the Beatles nor better.
As they get older and wiser and everything is not about being cool and trendy anymore they will, as generations before them have, that the music of bands like Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Who, and others from the 1960's and 70's was the best and nobody will have many of the top bands from 2000 onward on charts anymore.
But you will for sure still see Beatles and Zeppelin on charts.
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