> young people’s familiarity with Elvis or even the Beatles is dwindling
I'm not surprised you mentioned Elvis, but his catalog isn't as deep, the songwriting wasn't as good, and between his stint in Vegas, death, the impersonators, and rumors that he's not really dead, he seems like more of a punchline.
I do wonder how this will play out with the Beatles, though.
Funny enough, I think part of what will keep songs going is their inclusion in movies and TV shows, something artists are often reluctant to do.
quite a lot of songs that Elvis had in his catalog were by the top professional song writers in his day, the thing is though that a lot of those songs are in a style of songwriting that was rendered somewhat outdated by Dylan and the Beatles.
I'm not surprised you mentioned Elvis, but his catalog isn't as deep, the songwriting wasn't as good, and between his stint in Vegas, death, the impersonators, and rumors that he's not really dead, he seems like more of a punchline.
I do wonder how this will play out with the Beatles, though.
Funny enough, I think part of what will keep songs going is their inclusion in movies and TV shows, something artists are often reluctant to do.