Thread: Who will be more popular 500 years from now: Babe Ruth or John Lennon?
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Old 10-28-2005, 03:09 PM
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Default Who will be more popular 500 years from now: Babe Ruth or John Lennon?
Posted By: J Levine

Lyrics stand the test of time...there are lyrics from ancient greece still around. In fact, you probably all sung a truly depressing dirge about the middle age outbreak of the black death...Ring around the Rosey is the song...it has lasted for no other reason than the lyrics are simple, silly, and passed down...

Jabberwocky from Alice's Adventures is a poem that has lasted 100 years (give or take) and it is total nonsense...so is some of Poe, Shakespheare, etc. A lot of there more forgetable poems and writings are going to be forgot (how was that for an astute statement) but lyrics from such songs as Let It Be, Revolution, Imagine, etc. will be around for a long long time.

Joshua

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