"Madonna and Justin Bieber will probably be far more remembered than both"
I really wouldn't bank on either. Madonna is the sort of turdpile that people pay lip service to in order to try and have a frame of reference when it comes to evaluating a new female act. All of her much vaunted 'reinvention' isn't much of a disguise for the fact that she's always been as appealing as a bucket of flat Coke. She's cited as an influence or an industry icon purely as an institutionalised form of asskissing, sucking up, and pandering.
And as for Justin Bieber - I just don't see it. He might have a quaint Rick Astley sort of appeal in thirty years hence, but if that's what being 'remembered' means then I'm not sure Brian would be turning handsprings for that sort of accolade.
Like Zappa said it - 'people like George Bush want to be remembered'.
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Zebonka12 wrote:[/b]
she's always been as appealing as a bucket of flat Coke.
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What an insult to flat Coke. It has its merits.
Zaza Gabor · Member since
They will all be remembered for different reasons.
I guess Madonna will be remembered in the same category where Simon Cowell is XD Justin Bieber would go to kid sex symbols and you can’t miss The Queen when it’s about rock song arrangements. I wouldn’t gamble and say what might really matter in hundred years though. Music has changed quite mad in the hundred years we just had.
The Real Wizard · Member since
We have to wonder what from the last 100 years will actually be listened to 100 years from now..
The true movers and shakers - Elvis, Beatles, Michael Jackson, Sinatra, John Williams ?
I reckon the majority of the last 30 years will not be looked at as having had much relevance in the grand scheme of things. Over-saturation (think Huxley) and corporate greed are the two things that come to mind.
Zaza Gabor · Member since
The technology has it. What 18th or 19th century music stars you know? All whom we remember basically are composers because notes were the only way how to distribute music. Last century changed it from music records to radio to TV to internet; from electric sound to digital, big names practically all performers. Lately, it’s been sound producers introducing performers and vice versa. I start to fear the future XD
Sebastian · Member since
Those things are really unpredictable. Very few people remembered any of Johann Pachelbel's compositions a few years after he died ... then suddenly there was the whole hype about his Canon in D in the 20th century and now that piece is far far far more famous than it was in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries combined (literally).
It's 99.99% sure that 22nd century people will know who The Beatles were, and Michael Jackson, but others aren't guaranteed either way.
waunakonor · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Zebonka12 wrote:[/b]
And as for Justin Bieber - I just don't see it. He might have a quaint Rick Astley sort of appeal in thirty years hence...[/QUOTE]
So in 30 years is a JB song going to become a ubiquitous Internet meme? Oh boy, I can't wait for that.
Zaza Gabor · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]
It's 99.99% sure that 22nd century people will know who The Beatles were, and Michael Jackson, but others aren't guaranteed either way.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't guarantee anything to anybody. It's a long time. Many things can happen that can make even The Beatles and Jackson seem unimportant.
However, it's even more fun if we try to predict the development of things in much closer future. So, there's been The Queen in CD format, then The Queen remastered... is there anything new to expect in ten years from now?
