When it's all said and done and we're all dead 100 years from now what five musicians will be remembered from the 20th century like Mozart, Bach and Beethoven are remembered? Who defines 1900-1999 the best? Honestly it's so hard to make a list but you have to say that The Beatles are there. Maybe they're the only ones that truly belong..they pretty much defined the era.
Beatles are the only English speaking one I can think of. Shakira is definitely that artist in Latin American countries. Haven't most of those jazz musicians been forgotten already? I'd say Beatles, Queen, Shakira, Tupac, and Britney Spears (for all the wrong reasons). Elvis in place of Spears as far as music. Britney remembered for being a loser.
Like Mozart, Bach and Beethoven? Nobody. Maybe a few Haydns, Mendelssohns, or perhaps even a Rachmaninoff - but nobody transcendent like the first three.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BG7 Lavigne @ Jan 6 2008, 09:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Beatles are the only English speaking one I can think of. Shakira is definitely that artist in Latin American countries. Haven't most of those jazz musicians been forgotten already? I'd say Beatles, Queen, Shakira, Tupac, and Britney Spears (for all the wrong reasons).</div> you make a good point, of a lot of the music we listen to now is a direct influence, it may not be the names per say, but the influence the direct genre had is a large piece of the past 100 years, those names top it.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (peg182 @ Jan 6 2008, 09:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>How bout Michael Jackson?</div> its sad because its so true, but because of what happened to him in the last 15 or so years, people will remember him for Wacko Jacko instead of Thriller Michael
Bob Dylan should be included in any list. Any list is going to be pretty long. The 20th century introduced many forms oof music. You have to factor in the doo-wop sound of the 50's and 60's, the counterculture music of the late 60's, the disco era, 80's rock and pop, folk, hard rock and metal, hip/hop, rap, reggae, soul, country etc.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MyNetsForLife @ Jan 6 2008, 09:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>What about Avril?</div> Her first album came out in 2002, Let Go. She has to wait for the 21st century thread. Unless her performance on Canadian Star Search was truly defining of the 20th century. She got started out by winning a contest to sing with Shania Twain at her concerts. <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FCM6bI4O0Z4&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FCM6bI4O0Z4&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> lol, she's come along way.
I think some other names to be considered. Queen, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Eagles, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath, James Brown, Neil Diamond, The Police, Eminem, Tupac, NWA, Run DMC.
The musicians you named were known as much for their compositions as their chops, so I'll name: Sergei Rachmaninoff George Gershwin Duke Ellington Miles Davis Elvis Presley (just too influential to ignore) p.s., you could add Scott Joplin and John Philip Sousa to the list also, but half their lives were spent in the 19th century. the thing about these musicians in not just their talent, but that they either created or popularized an entire genre of music.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dumpy @ Jan 6 2008, 09:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The musicians you named were known as much for their compositions as their chops, so I'll name: Sergei Rachmaninoff George Gershwin Duke Ellington Miles Davis Elvis Presley (just too influential to ignore) p.s., you could add Scott Joplin and John Philip Sousa to the list also, but half their lives were spent in the 19th century. the thing about these musicians in not just their talent, but that they either created or popularized an entire genre of music.</div> I'd probably add Claude deBussy, Igor Stavinski, Stephen Sondheim, Richard Strauss, Aaron Copland, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Leonard Bernstein, and, to be honest, John Williams and andrew lloyd webber will obviously be remembered.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AEM @ Jan 6 2008, 10:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>...waiting for someone to see my little joke......</div> what, waiting to see if anyone knows what century Haydn and Mendelsson lived?
