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LeonardCohen · 3586 days ago · link · · parent · post: Which music artists from our time (if any) will be looked back on and revered by future generations?
The musicians that are most obvious to me would be The Beatles, Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley. Are these artists too dated to be considered of our time? I think that these artists impacted so many other musicians and the broader culture that their influence will reverberate through generations. A couple hundred years from now, I don’t think a person could write a history of Western music without mentioning them. As much as I want to add some of my favorite artists, like Bob Dylan, I don’t know if he is too specific to a certain place and time. Maybe hundreds of years from now he will have a thriving subculture following, but may not be a household name the way I expect The Beatles, Michael Jackson and Elvis still will be.