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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Somehow, I have a hard time believeing that, in 20 years, people are going to remember Nickelback or Eminem.
I quite positive that we're still going to be talking about Queen and Metallica though.
Bands that have been listed here have defined entire genres and even generations themselves. Without Black Sabbath and Metallica, there's no Korn or even Tool. Without Queen, there's no Radiohead, Coldplay, Nirvana etc.
What makes them good isn't that they're "classic." What makes them good, is they actually are good. In fact, they are so good they defy age itself.
"Hammer to Fall" and "Stone Cold Crazy" sound just as awesome to me as they did when I first heard them 20 years ago as a teenager.
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Hmm I get what you are saying but I am not entirely buying the whole concept of "Without X there's no Y." I mean without Edison we're still sitting in the dark? But I digress.
I am kinda torn on Metallica, I don't really appreciate their early trash era, and their new stuff is hardly noteworthy IMO. But during their "middle period" they created some great music, I will agree with that.
Last but not least, I truly don't care about Nickelback or Eminem. My point was that what sets musicians like Bob Dylan apart from other songwriters? I am not saying he is not good (however we define good,great,etc.) Many artists write deeply moving lyrics and you hardly ever hear about them, but he kind of gets into every TOP list by default. It's like the Orr vs Lidstrom (or insert any other great Dman name here) argument, Orr always wins because, well, he played during childhood eras of people who make the NHL Best Of lists
/rant