>That sounds like so much piffle. Our grandparents, getting down to songs like "Shine on Harvest Moon", "Some Enchanted Evening", etc., etc., would have said the same about the young upstarts like Glenn Miller, Judy Garland. And so on through the generations.
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>Yeah, we might like to sing along with the Drifters, Elvis, Neil Young, (heaven forfend) Bruce Springstein, The Bangles, White Snake or whatever, but who's to say which will or won't be classics. Besides, with the exponential growth of the musice industry and new bands, there'll be more to choose from.
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"(heaven forfend) Bruce Springsteen"? Give me one good reason I shouldn't have you assassinated right now ;-)