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The Rolling Stones will be forgotten
This is a band that can't get no satisfaction in the long term.
By 2361, nobody on earth will have heard of them, except for a handful of music historians. So says Archivillia, an upcoming television series that is a school of history 350 years in the future. They study 20th century music like we study Shakespeare today. Here's the problem with the Stones. Almost none of their songs are played at traditional occasions like weddings, funerals, graduations and Christmas. I'm not sure why that is. Christmas, for example, brings to mind, "You can't always get what you want." Weddings — "Oh Baby (we got a good thing going)," or "I just want to make love to you," or "Under my thumb" Funerals — how about "Get off of my cloud." But what is more timeless than including Bakersfield in a song such as "Far Away Eyes" which begins, "I was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield, Listening to gospel music on the colored radio station, And the prescher said, "You know you always have the Lord by your side." So do you think this group is accurately predicting that the Stones will gather too much moss to be remembered? More is available at http://www.archivillia.com. Posted by Steve E. Swenson 15 comments from 9 users
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posted by
blognroll
on Dec 28, 2006 at 11:43 PM
I love lots of the old classic Stones songs, like Ruby Tuesday, Paint it Black and Jumpin' Jack Flash. On the other hand, I've always said, when it comes to the Stones:Time Was Never On Your Side Dr. BLT (c) 2006 http://www.drblt.net/music/... posted by
adampayne
on Dec 28, 2006 at 04:08 PM
Mattloch, Some Girls was a really good album but so are Tattoo You, Voodoo Lounge and Bridges to Babylon. But all of their later work does pale against their peak years closing out the 60s and ushering in the 70s. There aren't many records in pop history that stand up to Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street. Those four records alone will stand the test of time, regardless of what some tv writer wishes to posit. To say the Rolling Stones will be Salieri-ed in a few hundred years is a punk charge by people looking for free publicity today! To argue that Jagger-Richards songs will disappear because they don't have a traditional setting to play them means a guy like Paul Stookey with one insipid "Wedding Song" will become the king of pop for this TV show. Thanks for the heads up so I can avoid the tv series.
posted by
dusty1215
on Dec 28, 2006 at 01:25 PM
I haven't bought a CD in a few years now. Of course every time I blow up a computer, I lose a LOT of music..think I would learn to put them on a CD..nah..that would make too much sense.
posted by
TomW
on Dec 28, 2006 at 01:20 PM
Jermox, part of that is lack of recording devices. But songs like London Bridges survive, as does "Ring around the Rosie" even though no one associates it with the Black Plague anymore. Big Band is still around, but we never really had music like we do now, where you listen to music for hours on TV in shows and commercials, on iPods and computers, on the radio etc.
posted by
Hardliner4freedom
on Dec 28, 2006 at 01:16 PM
Title Typo: That's "Rolling Stones," not "Rollings Stones." And my favorite is Ruby Tuesday.
posted by
mattloch
on Dec 28, 2006 at 01:12 PM
You forgot the next line to Far Away Eyes: "I was so pleased to be informed of this that I ran 20 red lights in His honor. Thank ya, Jesus. Thank ya, Lord." (Some Girls was the last decent album that band ever put out.) I'm not sure about the Stones, but I firmly believe that Beatles tunes will still be played in 350 years.
posted by
jermox
on Dec 28, 2006 at 01:04 PM
Man, we are talking about 350+ years. I doubt many of us can really tell us about the music of the 1600s. Who really knows what will be remembered that late into the future? Shoot, America may just be a chapter in textbooks by then. Although if America is around then maybe "Courtesy of the Red, White, & Blue" by Toby Keith will be sang in school assemblies with "The Star-Spangled Banner."
posted by
TomW
on Dec 28, 2006 at 12:40 PM
They nail it on Madonna and Michael Jackson. They were products of MTV, not of better music. But almost every person I know knows "Wish you were here." In fact, if you've ever played guitar, you probably learned that song.
posted by
anonymous
on Dec 28, 2006 at 12:31 PM
Posted by Drummel:
It's all rock n' roll baby! :) posted by
TomW
on Dec 28, 2006 at 12:31 PM
If you want to know which songs will last and which ones won't, go to a karaoke night.
posted by
dusty1215
on Dec 28, 2006 at 12:28 PM
But that is Neil Young..not the Stones Drummel :P
posted by
anonymous
on Dec 28, 2006 at 12:19 PM
Posted by Drummel:
Hey hey, my my... Rock & Roll can never die...
Nuff said.
posted by
dusty1215
on Dec 28, 2006 at 12:08 PM
lol..I agree Robb :)
posted by
robbwillis
on Dec 28, 2006 at 12:04 PM
If the next 355 years of music are as horrible as the last 15, I'd say the Stones will be as hot as ever in 2361.
posted by
dusty1215
on Dec 28, 2006 at 12:02 PM
The song "Far away Eyes" was one of my all time favorite songs..and that was LONG before I knew what a "Bakersfield" was Steve :PMy dad played it for me the first time I heard it. The former assistant warden at Lompoc Federal Prison..isn't that a hoot?
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