Which currently shat-upon bands/albums will be singular touchstones in years to come?

Given how vehement I remember the 80's hate being before the DX7s came back with a vengeance, and how jaded snottiness is now within the reach of the humblest soul, what current message board pariahs will be re-evaluated/cited as influences in 20 years hence?

John Mayer

i don't know why, but it's just something I feel could happen.

Coldplay

disagree - everyone will always know how bad Coldplay sucks

science will have proven their suckiness in the future.

coldplay are okay and the Eno thing is a pretty good narrative for the pitchforks of the 2020's to latch onto ("ppl said they were bland but they were secretly weird")

There's a site called Long Bets that does this stuff for, y'know, important issues, but obviously it'd be much harder to judge for more nebulous things.

I'm not sure what that phrase "end of history" means but I feel like there's an "end of history" thing going on w/r/t cultural touchstones.

Like how likely is it that a future coldplay faction can comprise any significant portion of a population relative to anything else?

also coldplay is too popular to fit this

I dunno, Hall & Oates were pretty popular.

And they're on the crest of a wave right now.

Toby Keith

coldplay are okay and the Eno thing is a pretty good narrative for the pitchforks of the 2020's to latch onto ("ppl said they were bland but they were secretly weird")

you are trying to make me kill myself

the dx7 came back? the only thing i hear it in is the nu-softrock stuff like that new ariel pink song

I had a friend say, "Train is one of those bands people like now, but that you know they'll appreciate even more in 20 or 30 years."

the hall & oates revival in in full effect.

gay dad obv

louis i just candymanned you on the lansing dresden thread but you did not appear

Mansun - Six

train has classic singles tho, do ppl even argue that? xp

in 2020 chris gaines will be cited as an influence in every interview by everyone

Ha! I bought that CD along with a string quartet tribute to Korn and a Skin Graft Comp from the same cut-out bin.
I've yet to listen to the Chris Gaines and the Korn CDs. maybe in 10 years...

Mansun - Six

― PaulTMA, Thursday, 8 April 2010 00:24 (14 minutes ago) Bookmark

lol I thought this was an LJ zing but it appears to be sincere! if so I certainly hope you are correct. for sure it's the only album they did that people still talk about, really - and still one of my all-time favourites

I'm guessing Coldplay will be like, say, U2 are now where there's nothing to revive because they never went away. They'll still be huge with people who were our age now, but not cool to the kids. John Mayer is a better answer, but really it's the emos.

^^actually otm

wonder what the gapdy stats ll b in 10 yrs also

pretty sure that one day Adam Green will be a beloved troubadour ala Jonathan Richman...pretty sure

oh yeah, juno'll have ppl "discovering" the moldy peaches for years

bieber i said bieber i will bieber

I'm having trouble thinking of any critically shat-upon bands, let alone ones whose music will be re-appreciated in 20 years. I can only think of the Dave Matthews Band, Coldplay, Creed, Nickelback, Daughtry, and Limp Bizkit, and at least two of those bands don't even exist anymore.

maybe change to Pitchfork shat-upon...

ok here goes

The Dandy Warhols - Odditorium Or Warlords Of Mars will come to be seen as a modern psych masterpiece and their best record

XDDDDD

Oh, I have a good answer: Jet. Because 20 years from now, all people are going to remember is "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" (which is an admittedly fine song) as opposed to that album they did later on that had the gorilla pissing in its own mouth.

Who wants to be the one to break it to Mr. Snrub that Creed has already reformed and Limp Bizkit has an imminent reunion?

ppl will be talking abt the early panic at the disco imo

Metallica - St. Anger

President Keyes had the right answer (and right genre in general) upthread.

The Black Eyed Peas.
I wouldn't be surprised if a number of emo bands start sounding more interesting 10 to 15 years down the line.

NASHVILLE COUNTRY: THE MUSIC OF THE FUTURE

This is sort of a different question, but I was just thinking the other day how Green Day is probably a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band at this point, and at no point in their first 10 years would anyone have predicted that.

ppl will be talking abt the early panic at the disco imo

yah stuff like this & the 2nd my chemical romance album feel like they cld easily be reappraised once they get kinda divorced from the scene that birthed them

yes & fall out boy

before the DX7s came back with a vengeance

It isn't the DX7s that came back. Rather the knob-based analog synths that predated them.

pretty sure that one day Adam Green will be a beloved troubadour ala Jonathan Richman...pretty sure

― henry s, Wednesday, April 7, 2010 8:47 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^This

Also everything Bobby Conn did will be dug up from the post-apocalyptic ashes and revered mightily.

Muse is gonna be a huge touchstone when todays 12-year-olds start forming the bands of tomorrow

and Mars Volta.

Muse and Mars Volta are gonna be the Radiohead/Tool of "hey i make SMART rock aren't I WEIRD?"

i like mars volta

Muse and Mars Volta are gonna be the Radiohead/Tool of "hey i make SMART rock aren't I WEIRD?"

Well that'll be an easy swathe of bands to ignore, then.

gay dad obv

― the c4venger extort plan (acoleuthic),

already happening imo

Insane Clown Posse, but mostly because Juggaloism will by then be a widely recognized religion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-agl0pOQfs&feature=player_embedded

Muse and Mars Volta are gonna be the Radiohead/Tool of "hey i make SMART rock aren't I WEIRD?"

aren't radiohead and tool basically still playing that role?

Oasis.

Just kidding.

aren't radiohead and tool basically still playing that role?

― iatee, Wednesday, April 7, 2010 11:51 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah, thats what i'm saying.

My vote goes for The Killers. They are going to have a doozy of a greatest hits record, people. Holy moley. They're hitmakers!!!!!

The Black Eyed Peas.
I wouldn't be surprised if a number of emo bands start sounding more interesting 10 to 15 years down the line.

― MumblestheRevelator, Wednesday, April 7, 2010 10:43 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

um actually BEP will be blowing people's minds 20 years IN THE PAST

(via Hot Tub Time Machine)

cosign on the black eyed peas - they will be the kool and the gang of the 00's (ie. kool and the gang are awesome in retrospect, though as a 12 year old burgeoning metalhead i naturally hated them back when they were popular)

Owl City. :)