What current music will still be listened to in 30-40 years?

gusmahler · #1 10-30-2006, 07:39 PM

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If they are obscure now, nothing is going to change 30 or 40 yars from now.

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Velvet Underground?

Stellastarr · #2 10-31-2006, 04:34 AM

M. Ward

private joker · #3 10-31-2006, 04:42 AM

I really think R.E.M. is at the top of this list, and I'm not trying to be biased (because I like them a lot).

The reason I say this is that when Dominic did his "best songs of the '80s" thread, he totally forgot R.E.M. -- why? Because when you think '80s you don't think REM. They transcend the time period. Likewise, you don't think of them as '90s music or '00s music. They've never sounded like a fad or a trend. They have this weird timeless quality... like, listen to "Gardening At Night" or "Country Feedback" and try to figure out what year -- hell, what decade -- the song was written in. In the way we're still listening to the Beatles, the Stones, and Phil Spector, we'll be listening to R.E.M. late into the 21st century and they will always be fresh and interesting.

gisb0rne · #4 10-31-2006, 05:00 AM

Any band/musician with a lot of hits and albums will be listened too, no matter how trite or bad you personally think they are now.

crubfrush · #5 10-31-2006, 06:24 AM

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If they are obscure now, nothing is going to change 30 or 40 yars from now.

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Velvet Underground?

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They're the exception. And I'm a huge fan, FWIW.

Of the more obscure people listed, I'd put my money on Sufjan Stevens.