Do you think prince's music will be listened to in a couple of hundred years like beethoven and mozart do you think his music has that lasting appeal? Was just wondering how history will look back on prince and his musical output.

Highly unlikely, doesn't matter how good he is he'll be forgotten before Elvis, Dylan, Bob Marley, The Beatles, Chuck Berry, James Brown and Michael Jackson are. He's probably around the same level as Queen and the Rolling Stones based on my completely unscientific analysis of "do they have 3 or 4 big songs that transcend them as artists and a visual gimmick that sticks in your mind".

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yes many of his songs are about timeless issues like love, loss, and loneliness...

Not at all.
Perhaps SOTT will age best.

Just as any other big artist, I think he will be remebered for a couple of songs.

Even Mozart and Bach are remembered for just some pieces of music.

But if Billy Jean will be rememberd, so will Kiss.

Yes!

I think his 80s music will stand the test of time, because the music spoke of the time period and culture. Parade is probably the most 'date-less' timeless album. After the 80s the music existed but did not really speak of it's time period like the 80s music.

Purple Rain music 2 me still seems so futuristic. Like we haven't caught up to the year that it would be made... 2030 maybe?

jaawwnn said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

I think his 80s music will stand the test of time, because the music spoke of the time period and culture. Parade is probably the most 'date-less' timeless album. After the 80s the music existed but did not really speak of it's time period like the 80s music.

Purple Rain music 2 me still seems so futuristic. Like we haven't caught up to the year that it would be made... 2030 maybe?

I think many of his songs have a timeless quality and will be remembered long after we are gone...

I think his 80's music will age well. It still sounds fresh to me especially the 1984-1988 period.

Part of his 90's music already sounds dated to me, so I don't think so.

00's and 10's it is too soon to tell, but it could be that some songs will be more popular in the future then they are right now. Prince was also famous and well known for his live concerts, so probably some concerts will be favourites in the future as well.

lonelyalien said:

Do you think prince's music will be listened to in a couple of hundred years like beethoven and mozart do you think his music has that lasting appeal? Was just wondering how history will look back on prince and his musical output.

It would because as a stand alone individual he is second to none. History will look at him probably as one of the most complete artist in pop. I doubt that we have witnessed something similiar in last 70yrs...Bowie is up there, Dylan maybe, Elvis? I think Prince represents embodiment of R.Wanger's term Gesamtkunstwerk aka 'total work of art' or 'universal artwork'... or at least he is one of the finest examples of that in pop world.

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stpaisios said:

lonelyalien said:

Do you think prince's music will be listened to in a couple of hundred years like beethoven and mozart do you think his music has that lasting appeal? Was just wondering how history will look back on prince and his musical output.

It would because as a stand alone individual he is second to none. History will look at him probably as one of the most complete artist in pop. I doubt that we have witnessed something similiar in last 70yrs...Bowie is up there, Dylan maybe, Elvis? I think Prince represents embodiment of R.Wanger's term Gesamtkunstwerk aka 'total work of art' or 'universal artwork'... or at least he is one of the finest examples of that in pop world.

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I think in terms of musical ability stevie wonder but then stevie could'nt dance through now fault of his own of course. Prince is the most complete there ever was possibly ever will be.

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lion88 said:

I think his 80's music will age well. It still sounds fresh to me especially the 1984-1988 period.

Part of his 90's music already sounds dated to me, so I don't think so.

00's and 10's it is too soon to tell, but it could be that some songs will be more popular in the future then they are right now. Prince was also famous and well known for his live concerts, so probably some concerts will be favourites in the future as well.

Yes, the 80s stuff has such freshness to it. so blended that time periods and genres cannot pin it so easily.

Yes the concerts over his lifetime, for sure will have a wide span hold in the future.

purplethunder3121 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

I think his 80s music will stand the test of time, because the music spoke of the time period and culture. Parade is probably the most 'date-less' timeless album. After the 80s the music existed but did not really speak of it's time period like the 80s music.

Purple Rain music 2 me still seems so futuristic. Like we haven't caught up to the year that it would be made... 2030 maybe?

I think many of his songs have a timeless quality and will be remembered long after we are gone...

Yes, many of his song do. I always find the stuff that sounds closest to 'purple music' ...that Prince style from the 80s, found in the 90s and 2000s have a timeless quality

His music will forever be tied to the 80s, where it deserves to be alongside MJ and Madonna. As with those two, the future humans who are adventurous enough to dig in will be pleasantly surprised.

mynameisnotsusan said:

It will certainly last my lifetime - I've been listening for 30+ years and hope to have at least another 30+ in me. I think his legacy is comparable to Hendrix, with people still interested in his creativity more than 40 years after his death.

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Especially if the legacy/family is preserved via merch and message in due time.

when his so-called better music is released ....

nextedition said:

Just as any other big artist, I think he will be remebered for a couple of songs.

Even Mozart and Bach are remembered for just some pieces of music.

But if Billy Jean will be remembered, so will Kiss.

I'll buy that take, which is very plausible.

StrangeButTrue said:

Prince's music has been aging well. Way before he died on April 21, 2016

luvsexy4all said:

when his so-called better music is released ....

in the next generation when NO ONE will have anything worthwhile to listen to

StrangeButTrue said: