The Rest in Peace Thread (RIP)

[SGR]

Originally Posted by Marie Monday

That's not how musical legendary status works. Being a legend doesn't mean the average kid knows you; there are only a few musicians from the 60s-70s who are widely known among kids and Jeff Beck wasn't one of them either. In that respect, Taylor Swift is comparable to neither Carole King and the Carpenters nor to Ed Sheeran. I don't think Taylor Swift will ever have a legacy interesting enough to rank with the former, but she will certainly have a substantial legacy whether you like her music or not, unlike Ed Sheeran, who has never done anything or interest to music

I bet if you were to ask your average American high schooler who George Harrison or John Paul Jones are, the vast majority wouldn't be able to tell you.

[Chula Vista]

Originally Posted by SGR

I bet if you were to ask your average American high schooler who George Harrison or John Paul Jones are, the vast majority wouldn't be able to tell you.

Those are band dudes though. Not quite apples to apples.

[SGR]

Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Those are band dudes though. Not quite apples to apples.

Fair enough.

Originally Posted by Queen Boo

As for Taylor, no one can really say what her future legacy will be.

I'm hoping for a Taylor Swift house record.

[Chula Vista]

Originally Posted by SGR

I'm hoping for a Taylor Swift house record.

Jeez, if she'd come out in the 70s we could have looked forward to:

- 8 tracks of her albums
- cassettes of her albums
- her albums on CD
- a CD box set
- her albums remastered on CD
- her albums remastered again, but using the original analog tapes
- a remastered box set
- remixed versions of her albums by Steven Wilson
- etc.