Does anyone else have a fear that future generations will allow classic stuff to fade away?

[420Rachel]

Classic music, classic cartoons and shows and movies, etc. Music and media are the big things that come to my mind though. I don't know why but I have a strange fear that future generations won't want to enjoy the music and shows that my parents raised me on. When I was younger I didn't fancy oldies as much as I do now. I don't want the greats such as Neil Young, Aretha Franklin, The Bee Gees, The Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, Simon and Garfunkel, etc., to be forgotten.

[nolabels]

Yes.
I've tried as hard as I can to preserve and continue the memory of my family, my ancestors, and the culture which has made us who we are, only to find that my descendants seem to have no interest at all in continuing to remember our familial and cultural legacy.
I've felt responsible to do so from a young age.
I can only hope that the efforts that I've made will some day be appreciated by my descendants before they are lost to history.
The reason that I feel that it is important is that future generations may wish for that knowledge, but if the chain is broken by just one generation, that knowledge will most likely be lost forever.
But, what can you do?
My entreaties to my descendants are mostly met with an attitude of, "Who cares?"
I find that to be rather sad.
I feel that there is a duty to future generations to pass on our legacies.

[Leavesbound]

I recently had a disturbing conversation with someone who insisted that books are no longer necessary and therefore neither were libraries and we should do away with both or at least completely defund public libraries. Sadly he is not the only one. I fear a time soon when I will try to visit a library to do research with materials that do not exist on the internet and find a sign reading: "CLOSED DUE TO LACK OF INTEREST OR FUNDING." and another one reading "BONFIRE TONIGHT CELEBRATING THE CLOSING OF THIS LIBRARY, DON'T FORGET TO BRING FUEL (BOOKS).

The most significant cultural disaster in human history was the burning of the library at Alexandria.

I remember "SILENT SUNDAYS" at a local independent TV station years ago. Every Sunday morning from 7am to 11am they would show silent movies. I saw nearly every Chaplin movie that way.

[Jenngirl00]

Yes. I do. They only thing a song or show is great after it is in a movie or referenced by a dang youtuber

[kyleelyn199723]

It’s sad that they already are gotten. Rap has taken over. Rap is mostly played at a lot of events now.

[EnglishEuropean]

You never heard of classic rap? Sheesh! You look like you would enjoy rap anyway. What gives?

[kyleelyn199723]

You just assumed so much and guessed correctly so little… yikes.

[EnglishEuropean]

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

[kyleelyn199723]

You don’t even know what my reality is lol oh the foolery of this one

[420Rachel]

Old school rap is alright. And there's some good modern rap artists. I like stuff Childish Gambino, Tyler the Creator, Kendrick Lamar, stuff like that. Not the stupid crap they put on the radio though.

[ADFSDF1996]

I do fear that future generations will try to censor Classic stuff. Because future generations will probably be composed mostly of pinkos.

That’s why we must save as much classic stuff as possible before the movie Red Dawn becomes a reality.

[abc3643]

I don't fear it because I know it will happen.
It ALWAYS happens.
How many classic songs do you know of from Ancient Egypt or were on "Sumeria's Top 40"?

Especially soon because we are storing WAAAAAAY too much information digitally know. A good EMP or terrorist attack and *POOF* it's gone. In fact, this was something that is alluded to called "The Blackout" in "Blade Runner: 2049".
www.thewrap.com/.../

[DJB72]

My friends who were into the 80s "metal" music mostly now go to classical concerts. I played orchestral music then and now I love Bon Jovi's early stuff from the late 80s, early 90s.

Tastes change as we grow. The really great stuff of the 20th Century won't die out any more than Beethoven or Brahms have.

I studied Smetana for one set piece in music, and Queen's "The Works" album for my other. Quality always survives, just don't look for "Chumbawumba's Greatest Hit" in the future...

[IAMNathanael]

I don't know what everyone else is doing but I'm raising my future children on the music and things my parents did for me. Not that I feel like I need to... It's just I have no doubt I'll still be thrashing to mastodon

[IAMNathanael]

Until I die
https://youtu.be/XMXO_oqOCnE

[420Rachel]

MASTODON!!! 🤘🤘🤘

[IAMNathanael]

It's GNAAARLLLLLLY!!!

[IAMNathanael]

I think as long as there remain fans then the classics will never die. Even when our favorite bands eventually have to end.

[eightbitvideo]

I think the rolling stones still sell out every show so I believe they are safe. And at least when I was a kid and picked up a guitar classic rock was what you learn first. Smoke on the water is everyone's first song on the guitar. It is like the law I think. We should be safe in music but I don't know about movies or shows with everyone being offended by everything.

[stargazeraug1989]

It's a thought that haunts me everyday. The first time I heard someone say "Frank Sinatra? Who is that?"...…well, this is why I keep my distance from most people.

[420Rachel]

Omg... WE'RE DOOMED 😭

[stargazeraug1989]

I'm guessing you know who Frank Sinatra is?

[420Rachel]

Of course.

https://youtu.be/ZEcqHA7dbwM

[420Rachel]

The king of swing. 🙌

[kevyhanma]

No way human beings are too curious to not discover them remember every child born is new to everything the arts are immortal especially music I just heard this really old ray charles song that I fucking love I’m sure future generations will be the same even though it’s old it’s new to them i don’t plan on having kids but I always thought it would be exciting to expose them to the classics I’m pretty sure my niece is the only 3 year old who knows what cow and chicken is

[888theGreat]

They have. The people that buy antiques are older , my age and older. The younger people want newest phones, and games. They want "new" bands. New and improved products. If it doesn't say new , they don't want it. Even homes must be built.

[Brett18]

That's already starting with cancel culture. Eventually one of two things will happen.

#1. Cancel culture will find a flaw in everything from music to history and try to erase and outlaw it all

#2. People will fight back for freedom and say "enough is enough"

[exitseven]

The technology to preserve these works of art has improved so that copies of music and video can be stored for centuries. But I see your point about this.

[007kingifrit]

yes its very important to preserve the past. why even make new kids shows? it seems like a waste of money. just show them the ones that already exist i mean its all new to them

[Kaneki05]

Shrugs a lot of old stuff = bad to me so i am mostly fine with it. I more hope the day when no one knows who the Beatles are or who Elvis is. Anything more 2000s should stay tho.

[Anonymous]

I don't have that fear but then that is because the world will probably end before this present generation is close to being parents

[EnglishEuropean]

I don't think there's any chance of that, since literally everything is online now.

[ItsMeItsMe1989]

Like how the past, has forgotten about the salem witch trials

[genericname85]

no. cause that stuff has always happened and it will always happen.

[SupremeWarlord]

Nah, I'm much more interested in the new stuff becoming as great as the classic ones.

[Adam_West]

who gives a fuck about classic stuff
future generations can do whatever they want

[magicclown]

nahh i think most stuff will stay. we'll always have archivists in our society's that preserve the majority of that stuff after all.

[magicclown]

you should follow Tatianamay back :o

[SmokinAces2000]

What kind of classic stuff?