roebeet
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My 2 cents on the matter, being a 40 something. In the 1980's, I listened to mainly college radio and alternative and thought the drivel that was Top 40 was just god-awful. Just looking back ten years earlier to the 1960s/70's, I had wondered what had happened to "real" popular music like the Beatles, Stones, Hendrix, Doors etc.
Fast forward to today. Bands like the Smiths, Replacements, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Cure are "classics" and some new bands even emulate the 80's sound. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that the alternative music I loved would become so popular, after-the-fact. And we have the same complaints about Top 40 being just awful trash, just like I did 25 years earlier.
My guess is that young people who really enjoy music will continue to flock to Indie / Alternative just like I had done all those years ago, and those same bands will be the "classics" of the future. Examples off the top of my head of artists that might eventually carry that torch:
The New Pornographers
Bon Iver
Midlake
Fleet Foxes
Shearwater
St Vincent
MGMT (listen to the new album - interesting avenue they are exploring)
Young Love
Ladyhawke
The Flaming Lips
The Shins
Rogue Wave
Vampire Weekend
Spoon
British Sea Power
But, only time will tell.
Fast forward to today. Bands like the Smiths, Replacements, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Cure are "classics" and some new bands even emulate the 80's sound. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that the alternative music I loved would become so popular, after-the-fact. And we have the same complaints about Top 40 being just awful trash, just like I did 25 years earlier.
My guess is that young people who really enjoy music will continue to flock to Indie / Alternative just like I had done all those years ago, and those same bands will be the "classics" of the future. Examples off the top of my head of artists that might eventually carry that torch:
The New Pornographers
Bon Iver
Midlake
Fleet Foxes
Shearwater
St Vincent
MGMT (listen to the new album - interesting avenue they are exploring)
Young Love
Ladyhawke
The Flaming Lips
The Shins
Rogue Wave
Vampire Weekend
Spoon
British Sea Power
But, only time will tell.