Do you think current music will ever become legendary. (like Beatles)?

Question

Will any rap, hip-hop ect.. artists or songs become classics like Michael Jackson, Beatles, Hendrix, ect.. or is the music of this generation just not the same.

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but will they be recognized by almost every ableminded member of society?

Answer 1

I'm 21 and very well rounded in all genres of music from Pop to Regae to Punk to Death Metal, and all things in between.
I dont think a second musical revolution comparable to the beatles has occured yet, but I do think some band or band's sound/style will change the way music sounds and become a legend(possible by integrating a diff instrument or way of singing into the band) Maybe not beatles status, but a close second perhaps.

The Beatles are unmatched by any band that currently exixsts...No band has had more success or has more hit songs, not to mention has changed music so significantly...paving way for such styles as surf, punk, pop rock and even alternative music.

Answer 2

I am a white male, 38 years old and I have to say that The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Hendrix, and The Who will never be forgotten for what they did to pop music. Micheal Jackson has ruined his image and has fallen far from the public's memory as a recording artist.

Certain modern acts will also gain the status of the ones I listed above. Red Hot Chili Peppers and Madonna will definitely. Green Day should also make it to the top. Phish will struggle to get up there and might have to settle for second tier status (with The Mommas and The Poppas, Led Zeplin and The Grateful Dead).

As far as rap artists, I think few will ever reach the level Run DMC, The Beastie Boys, Public Enemy and Ice Cube reached during the 80's. 50 Cent and Enenim might, but I doubt if anybody else will.

Answer 3

Artist like the Beatles and Jimmie Hendrix came up with a whole new sound. No one had heard anything like it before in the mainstream. I think that's what made them so legendary.

As for the music of my generation, we have Nirvana. Who most would consider legendary , though not as big as the Beatles.

Currently I don't think there will be any legendary artist strictly because everything is recycled, we have heard it all before.


(also I'm 24 and white)

Answer 4

I am a white, 57 year old. I was 15 when the Beatles started conquering the world. There will NEVER be anything like them, EVeR again. They were in the newspapers EVERY day . I saw their very first American concert...4th row ticket, $4 !!!!! ( I still have the ticket stub, program and a few pictures that I took when i wasn't hysterical!!) Here is a clip of that night. Remember this,please....and I am not kidding...we heard no music that night. The Beatles couldn't even hear themselves. This clip has been worked on so the crowd noise is WAY down and the music is turned up. At the part when John starts stomping his feet and clapping his hands.....well, when he did that I almost went insane....I was screaming,crying,banging into my girlfriend and almost air-born!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-qQTefSftw

Answer 5

I don't think so.

I am fairly old and I tend to like the older singers like Elvis,Jerry Lee Lewis and others from that era.

The music had a beat and the songs had some kind of a story.
Rap is the worst but there are just to many insipid songs being produced now IMO.

I do like some of the music from the 8o's and 90's and a few new ones as well but a lot of todays stuff sounds like crap to me.

It may be an age related thing but I really don't think anyone will be listening to 99% of todays songs 20 years from now.

Answer 6

No. Right now they are just releasing these one or two time singles. I think that current music will not become legendary at all. I do believe that in the next 5-10 years there will be a major musical break through, and that will become classic.

Answer 7

What do you mean by current? 2006? or like in the last 20 years?

This year, by far, has been the worst in the history of recorded music. That's why nobody's doing big numbers. People of just tired of crap.

As far as the last 20 years. Hip-hop has lasted for over 30 years. People are singing "Rapper's Delight" from 1978, so why wouldn't they be singing 2pac songs or Biggie songs 28 years from then. Music never dies. Even that '80s hair metal crap that is so maligned is in somebody's Ipod right now.

So, as far as legendary.

In hip-hop, 2pac, Biggie, NWA, Public Enemy, Run-DMC, Grandmaster Flash, Ice-T, KRS-ONE, LL Cool J, and a few other guys are legends, and have lasted over 15 years already, but the next generation after them Jay-Z, Puffy, Eminem, DMX, Ja-Rule, 50 Cent, Game and the rest of them I don't think are legendary, just products of MTV exposure, radio payola, and major record label politics.

As far as rock, there's nothing around today messing with Nirvana, Guns-N-Roses, REM(in their heyday), and Pearl Jam, and stuff like that. Emo, and stuff like that, are just trends.

I'm black, of drinking age, and from the Midwest.

Answer 8

I am a white 41 year old woman, and I love the music that came out of the 60's and 70's. I think that music today is not as good as that time period was...there's a few good ones but not that would be what you're talking about...classics....

Answer 9

I think U2 has already reached that level. Their longevity might even give them the edge. I'm 37 and I've been watching them crank out fantastic albums for 26 years now and I don't think they'll stop anytime soon.

Answer 10

Sure, I can't wait til 2025 when the music of my generation will be on the "My Music: Sounds of the 1990's" PBS pledge-drive special. lol (You should be able to tell how old I am based on that info...) :)