I'm just saying, I do feel they will still be remembered and people will talk about them but I doubt in 100 years ALOT of people will be listening to them like the generation nowadays with Rihanna, Lady Gaga etc

I mean i'm 19 and everyone I know, knows who The Beatles are etc but I don't really know any who listen to their music much but just know who they are and stuff.

Will Michael Jackson, Madonna, Whitney all the people at the top still be listened to alot in 100 years?

Surely there were very popular musicians say in the 1800's who no one seems to know or care about now so say in 2102 will people be in awe of Madonna and people or will a new generation of people stamp all over that?

And also, alot of people who say bands like Pink Floyd, The Beatles are great actually were ALIVE when they were big whereas NO ONE (unless you live to around 120) will be around in a century from now so them people will never of experienced any of this music.

Some people will but I think the majority of people wouldn't give two hoots about them, as the generations that listen to them get older their grandchildren will probably dismiss them as the music from their grandparents day and then as that generation gorw up and die a lot less people will look back and listen to them.

How many of the general population still listen to the popular artists from when their grandparents were kids?

I don't care about them now.

I think about this sometimes. People like Madonna and MJ...they sold millions and millions and it's unlikely any artist will ever sell that amount of records ever again, so for that reason, I think even in 100 years time they will still live on and people will still listen to their music as people will want to know about these people who've sold more records than anyone else.

Of course they will

Artists, regardless of success and sales, will always be discovered.

Not sure about 100 years down the line but Marilyn Monroe is still talked about so 50/60 years down the line then maybe

Who were the top music acts of 1912?

This morning a man in the supermarket was whistling It's a Long Way to Tipperary and that's exactly one hundred years old ... who knows?

The difference between now and the early twentieth century and before is that it is now much easier to hear and have music. In the past alot of music was published in notation form so people played it themselves and songs wernt associated with one artist. In 100 years time some of the music today may not be available as technology may advance but the actual recorded format may not keep pace and only be available to a few

Yes Michael Jackson and Madonna will be remembered and played on radio if that is still going in 100 years time. Will people buy the music again it depends on what source for music is, if things stay as they are right now (downloading and physical cd) then yes i think people will still buy them. Both especially Madonna in my case have made some really great songs that people will still enjoy in 100 years time.

We can only compare this to more recent history. Take Abba Gold it is one of Britains biggest selling albums ever. I was not around (buying music anyway) in the 70's when Abba were huge but i rushed out and bought Abba Gold in 1992, the same goes for The Beatles there no.1's album sold masses it was not only people that listened to The Beatles in the 60's that bought no.1, like Abba it was a cross section of the public across many ages that bought them both.

Teenagers only listen to things other teenagers listen to, they're the most conformist group in society, but as people get older they become less conformist and their taste in music, films, TV etc, changes to things they never would have paid attention to when they were young.

So you can't really judge what will be around in 100 years by what teens are listening to now. The Beatles is a good example - the only times teenagers were interested in them was the 60s and 70s, but if Lennon was still alive and they reformed they could pack Wembley stadium with older people who were teenagers in the 80s and 90s and not the 60s when they were cool, just as Cher can still pack them in, the Rolling Stones can still pack them in, etc. If you look at the audience of a Cher concert, they're not all people in their 50s and 60s that would have been teenagers when she was at her coolest.

Gaga might still have a following in years to come, but Rihanna won't.

Of course they will. They're two of the biggest pop icons of the last 40 years that it would be almost impossible for anyone in 100 years time to look back at pop culture of today and not know who they are.

it would be a sorry place to live in if todays big artists are still worshipped then... god i hate to think what jacko fans will be like by then... lol

Who was the biggest name in British popular music (i.e. the Music Hall) one hundred years ago?

Answer:- Marie Lloyd.

How many of you have heard of her?

But it's her iconic image, death and private life people tend to reflect on. People tend to forget she was a rather good actress. Her comedic timing was perfect and rare. Today's Rom-Com actresses comedic timing is nothing like how Marilyn Monroe's was.

Yes, but how many of her performances have been recorded so we've had chance to see them?

Ummm...I do.

I think they will both be remembered.

Jackson will. There is a whole industry based around over-emphasising his importance to popular music. They won't let him be forgotten whilst there's still money to be made.

Good point. A lot of these artists - Vesta Tilly is another - you'd would have to travel to London to see them actually perform. Reputation therefore would be word of mouth.

We shall have to wait and see, the difference for past generations was that there was no medium for recording and when the recording medium came they were recorded badly or they were so past their prime it wasn't great (Adelina Patti i believe is an example).

Robert Johnson died 74 years ago, his small handful of records are still highly influential in music circles, and spawned many other later artists such as Bob Dylan, Cream etc, Cream fans would then look back on Johnson. The White Stripes covered some Robert Johnson songs for example as well.

In the future I would imagine covers of songs that have become standards like Yesterday would link back to the Beatles.

It's funny though with some songs, one of the Kinks' most popular songs today I'd say is 'Days' but that song never got into the top 10 and the album it was linked with was infamous for originally being a massive flop.

Am sure they will

I think there are some artists that will always be remembered like Elvis Presley and The Beatles because they are iconic, and i think that Micheal Jackson and Madonna fall into the same catagorie, although Madonna only because she is female, and there is'nt really that many females that are as big as Madonna.

Thing with the Beatles, Elvis and Jacko is they were all very different artists. With Madonna, she's influenced so many that you go back to the original - her.

Exceptions are Kate Bush, because of the songwriting and ABBA - but aren't as global as Madonna.

If you go back 100 years, it was the heyday of Ragtime. Scott Joplin is still well known for 'The Entertainer' and 'The Maple Leaf Rag' which were big hits of the day, mainly as sheet music, and were revitalised partly because of the popularity of the movie, The Sting.

At the same time, Claude Debussy and Igor Stravinsky were writing some of their best works, most of which are still played and both composers are still well known.

A bit later in the 1920s many of he famous Jazz musicians like Louis Arrmstong, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Bessie Smith etc. emerged and that's when recorded music got popular. Most of these artists are still well known. This was followed by the The Swing era with big bands like Glenn Miller and Count Basie. Again still well known.

It's quite possible that Michael Jackson will still be played in 100 years. But equally it might be Joy Division, The Velvet Underground, U2 or Nirvana that get remembered mainly because of their innovations, influence on other music as well as their success.

i think the writers will be remembered more than the performers

for example, how many people today play music recorded 100 years ago?

but then how many people today play music that was written 100 years ago or more? a far bigger number

what was recorded 100 years ago sounds twee or outdated to most people now, but the tunes can still stand up if rerecorded or played live

so the beatles music will live on to that respect. some of the early stuff from the first 4 albums sounds quite dated, the same with some of elvis early material, but the songs will live on a while longer

in the same way that few people today will know johnny ray and woodie guthrie, people will forget about other performers as time goes on