Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "The 4 Bands That Will Still Be Played In 2100" video.

A lot of that has to do with the fact that the recording industry hadn't completely consolidated. There was a lot more room for some experimentation, especially in the '60s. Now, all the music that I hear is pretty much the same, I have no idea who did any of it and have a hard time identifying that it was different groups.
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@thomastimlin1724 A lot of that has to do with the consolidation of the media. Also, you shouldn't underrestimate how much of an influence the Looney Tunes had in terms of making children aware of classical music back in the '80s when the shows managed to find their way onto TV.
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I bought The Man Who Sold the World because I loved the Nirvana cover. And the whole album pretty much blew my mind. It's just such a great bit of work.
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Sort of, but don't underestimate how many people first really connected with their music via Wayne's World.
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@JamesJoyce12 Don't forget about Schwarzenegger's next film. He'll be Bach.
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That's mostly due to the recording techniques being relatively primitive and how hard it is to preserve the music. There were some absolutely amazing artists back then. I was fortunate enough to have my eyes opened to it by an old-school Jazz musician that had actively played with, and met, many of the greats from the previous decades. Once you get into it, there is some amazing stuff. It's just a shame that it can be so hard to come by in quality recordings.
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@johnharrison6522 I definitely got Zep and Beatles because, duh, but I wasn't really thinking about anybody from the '80s or more recently. It's hard to say just because The Police and Nirvana haven't had as much time. But, then again, they also aren't actively touring as far as I can tell.
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@strqrt70 It blew my mind hearing the origins for some of the William's Star Wars themes being decades old by the time Star Wars was actually made.
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@stevegottenbass Yes, Gershwin and Berlin in particular have the added benefit of having their music added to movies that still retain relevance. Also, they wrote a bunch of standards that everybody records in order to have a sense of where they are in comparison to artists from other generations and as a way of learning the craft.
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Yes, and IIRC, they hold the record for most #2 records without ever achieving a #1.
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@bobbynoe1 IIRC, he was also sued for sounding too much like himself.
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@NJGuy1973 But, Freddie Mercury was the only one that was still active in any meaningful way. Elvis was already well past being relevant and MJ hadn't released much of anything notable in years.
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@jdenino6022 I saw The Who a few months before the Pandemic when they played Seattle. It was awesome that they weren't just doing what they had, they redid things to be accompanied by the symphony. It's a shame, but completely expected, that there aren't going to be any more tours for them. But, I wasn't expecting there to be any more after that due to legal issues and hearing loss.
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@Salmagundiii Yes, my guess is that it's ultimately going to be whatever groups recorded the most standards and were able to get into the most movies that people still listen to. Especially anybody that manages their way into the Christmas Canon. Getting in there ensures that you'll be listened to forever. I was kind of surprised that nobody has mentioned Bing Crosby as he's been the best selling vocalist ever, with outright sales that are competitive with the number of times some of these songs have been played. And he's recorded Christmas canon songs, been incorporated in movies that retain popular appeal many decades later as well.
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TBH, I think the most likely answer is going to be whatever artists created the most standards or were associated with the most popular movies/musicals. Part of what keeps folks in the public's mind for so long is when they are the one that has a bunch of standards. You hear about this song by so and so, and it turns out that it's been recorded by a bunch of people and listen to some of them. It doesn't take very many people doing that for different songs for an artist to remain relevant.
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@levindeed He probably wasn't innocent though. Just google the stuff that was undeniably found in his residence after he died. He had a bunch of stuff that makes no sense being there if he hadn't done it.
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@JHimminy So David Hasselhoff still has a chance!
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