On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Adam Piontek wrote:
quoted 3 lines I hate to say this, but I really don't think that NIN> I hate to say this, but I really don't think that NIN
> or even Coil will still be remembered or thought of
> much a few hundred years from now.
Coil has a better chance than NIN, of course, because
it's better music. But think about how few artists in
popular music from the 1920s has any current interest.
It's Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and maybe Bix
Beiderbeck (who is probably unknown unless you're either
a complete jazz nut or from Iowa). Compare that to
the thousands of people who made records back then.
When I was a kid adults were gaga over swing music
from the 40's. that was maybe 20 years after the fact.
Now that generation is starting to die off and all sorts
of people that were household names are languishing in
obscurity. Right now, the crap I listened to in high school
is the staple for oldies stations. People generally
are obsessed with what they listened to in their teens,
which is what they imprint on.
I'm probably an exception in that I've been obsessed with
whatever is new and cool. No one my age even hears my favorite
stuff as musical... my wife's famous line when she heard something
i was listening to is "is there something wrong with the stereo?"
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