Re: dumbing down of academy awards song winners

Pavel314 wrote:

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How far down the award winning songs have gone- all the wayto "I'm a
Pimp on the Street" (or something trashy like that). This is the
absolute bottom, the absolute pits, the absolute hell hole of
popular(?) music. We have met the enemy and it defeated us. A sad, sad
commentary on ....????.

Every day, millions of people listen to and enjoy works written hundreds
of years ago by Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, etc. In another hundred years,
millions of people will still listen to and enjoy those works. Do you think
anyone will remember "Pimp on the Street" six months from now?

Yes, people still listen to works written hundreds of years ago. Just like
how millions of people still listen to and enjoy works written several decades
ago by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc. In another hundred years, millions
of people will still listen to and enjoy the Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc. The
same goes for any type of music. Any genre of music will have outstanding pieces
that will survive the test of time and still be listened to hundreds of years
later. Of course, there will be a lot of material that falls by the wayside and
doesn't survive. I agree that much of today's music is trash and won't be
popular anymore after a few months or years, but the same is true of music
from any era. Do people still listen to ALL music from the Beatles era or ALL
music that was written hundreds or years ago? Of course not, surely some lower-
quality works have been forgotten. But just as with other types of music, I'm
sure some of today's music will still be listened to hundreds of years from now.
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