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Music navigator Chris Peppler named The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” as his top pick for “the rock album that will still matter in 100 years.” The 5ch thread that followed argued less about whether the pick itself was right and more over generational lines — whether young people today actually listen to this kind of old rock at all. One camp pointed to Spotify streaming numbers as proof nobody listens to it anymore, while another countered that plenty of young people discover old songs through streaming services and short-form video. Led Zeppelin, Guns N’ Roses, and Oasis were all floated as alternative picks.
What rock album does Chris Peppler pick as one that will still matter in 100 years? “Those four guys were a terrifying quartet.”
Mon, Oct 5, 13:00
Chris’s first pick for a classic rock album built to last was The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
You mean that XG — the one that, despite being just an Avex act, dragged out the hype only to get completely upstaged by HANA?
That album's full of mediocre tracks, and its reputation's been tanking lately anyway.
Do you change your own feelings based on public opinion?
Go ahead, recommend something better then.
'Tanking lately,' lol. You should just stop listening to music.
Actually, you were never into music to begin with, were you.
It's the landmark track for pioneering the technique of overdubbing an intricate bass line after the fact.
'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'
and Led Zeppelin's
'Led Zeppelin II'
— I wonder how today's teens, 20-somethings, and 30-somethings actually rate these two.
Bye bye, Mii-chan! lol (a stock 5ch meme send-off phrase)
Already…
There's no way teens and 20-somethings are listening to that stuff in the first place.
Rock is old-man music.
Lately plenty of young people get into old music regardless of era, often via streaming or as BGM in short-form videos.
Not sure it goes all the way back to the Beatles, but '80s tracks get a lot of plays these days —
there are even young people making music styled after the '80s.
No such people exist.
Nobody listens to rock at all anymore.
There's zero chance little kids are listening to that.
Queen still sounds cool even now, though.
1962 Love Me Do
1963 She Loves You
1964 A Hard Day's Night
1965 Yesterday
1966 Tomorrow Never Knows
1967 Strawberry Fields Forever
1968 Hey Jude
1969 Something
1970 Let It Be
Not many bands have undergone such a dramatic transformation in just seven and a half years.
The leap from Love Me Do to Tomorrow Never Knows in under four years is especially staggering.
Mop-top haircuts lol.
I like it because I found out The Red Warriors covered it ❤
Coldplay — 94.86M
Queen — 51.68M
Oasis — 41.75M
Red Hot Chili Peppers — 46.46M
Radiohead — 46.92M
Green Day — 44.50M
Everyone else is sub-40M scrubs.
Not even worth existing.
Well hello there, Spotify grandpa!
People split into the 'II' camp, the 'IV' camp, and the 'Physical Graffiti' camp.
Young people around the world aren't listening to the Beatles.
You guys can't even hear it properly anymore, lol.
Ha, look who's talking, lol
That's your answer right there.
Classical music still gets listened to, but when it comes to recorded songs —
Japan's first-ever commercial record was apparently:
>Released in 1928, "Japan's earliest commercial record"
>Titled "Habu no Minato" ("Habu Harbor")
So at nearly 100 years out, it's possible literally nobody listens to it anymore.
When you think about it that way, classical music really is amazing, huh (´・ω・`)
Louis Armstrong, for instance.
Meanwhile, the Gallagher brothers belt out Ace of Base's 'The Sign' in full while insisting they hate the song, leaving British kids rolling their eyes.
Background and Key Points of the Debate
Chris Peppler is a radio music navigator, and “albums that will endure for posterity” segments like this are a recurring staple of Japanese media. The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” a 1967 concept album, has long been regarded as a turning point in rock history, so naming it the top pick is hardly a shocking choice within music-criticism circles.
What actually divided the thread wasn’t whether the pick itself was good, but the very standard for what counts as a “classic album.” One side pointed to Spotify’s monthly listener counts as evidence young people no longer listen to it, while the other argued that plenty of young people encounter old songs through streaming platforms or short-form video — but current streaming numbers reflect listening habits of the streaming era and are a different measure entirely from critical-historical standing or lasting influence, a distinction that’s easy to lose sight of. Buried under the streaming-numbers argument were other points worth a second look too, like the sheer speed at which the Beatles’ sound transformed in under eight years.
*This article is an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “What rock album does Chris Peppler pick as one that will still matter in 100 years? ‘Those four guys were a terrifying quartet.’“
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