Some people just forget how easily disposable most music is nowadays.
When EDM dies a slow death, people won't remember Hardwell or Above and Beyond. I doubt people will remember Martin Garrix or Deadmau5.
It's like that with a whole lot of musical acts that come and go like the wind.
Linkin Park I feel won't be memorable past those 2 albums.
Music has always been disposable. It usually drops into a place and time and dates incredibly quickly mostly due to association. In fact music probably has the most association of any media.
No one starts off crafting their record as though it is going to be timeless. Master of Puppets of Nevermind or what have you just happen to hit that near perfect sound that remains somewhat contemporary.
Culture Club, Hall and Oats, Glass Tiger, Amy Grant, or whatever had their moment and it then passed on. Voice of a summer or part of a decade and then used as a nostalgic throwback to set a time.
I like EDM right now simply because I get the game around it. Create a song that people are into for 6 months and then disappear. If you want to stay on top you better have a new song out every 3 months. It creates a flood of new disposable music that is trying to top pwhat was done before. Yeah people still listen to Tiesto but I imagine few people are listening farther back than his latest release.
Any decade is lucky to create a dozen acts that are still relevant going into the next one. Fashion is a big part of it.
Technical skill, brilliant lyrics, etc means nothing. Sometimes simplicity is better. Fast intricate guitar means nothing if the song has no impact. People would still be enamoured with classical music if layers and depth were appreciated hallmarks.
So maybe "I'm about to break!" says more to someone than a paragraph of poetry.
