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> Fifty years ago, the number one song was “Hey Jude”. Number four was “Sittin’ on the dock of the bay”—both regularly performed, enjoyed and reinterpreted toda
by DEbCB 9y ago
> Fifty years ago, the number one song was “Hey Jude”. Number four was “Sittin’ on the dock of the bay”—both regularly performed, enjoyed and reinterpreted today
Largely because the Boomers and Gen-Xers are still alive and kicking, and still refusing to grow up, still hanging onto the music of their adolescence. When the last of them passes away, I predict they'll take rock and roll, including its so-called "classics," along with them.
In fact, rock is already fast dying:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/lifestyle/the-slow-secret-death-of-the-electric-guitar/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/lifestyle/the-s...
https://newrepublic.com/article/139572/happened-rock-music https://newrepublic.com/article/139572/happened-rock-music
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dannyross1/2017/03/20/rock-n-roll-is-dead-no-really-this-time/#71bad5694ded https://www.forbes.com/sites/dannyross1/2017/03/20/rock-n-ro...
- compiler-guy 9y agoFine. Let’s go back 100 years instead. In 1918 we find Irving Berlin began composing significant parts of what was to become known as The Great American Songbook. The staying power and quality of the GAS shouldn’t need any defense, but if it does, skim through Wikipedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Songbook https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Songbook Most of rock and roll will disappear, but the good parts will endure similarly. Just like the music from the GAS era. And if the electric guitar’s waning popularity is a sign of the death of rock, then I’ve got bad news for the lovers of classical organ.