BarryProfit said:
aTmAg said:
I have always wondered what somebody like Beethoven would think of Hans Zimmer or John Williams. Would he think they were crap or awesome? Then vice versa. What if Beethoven never existed, and some modern guy came up with his symphonies, would people think? Would they say, "yeah it's good, but it's not John Williams"? How much of music is talent and how much is hype? If the Beatles were born 20 years earlier or later, would anybody know their name? If Elvis was ugly would anybody know or care about him? If Drake was trying to make music in the 80's would they laugh him out of the studio?
Personally, I think that if we rewind time, but had the same music, then what would and what would not be popular would be a luck of the draw for 95% of it.
I get your point but the Beatles were transformational, no one had ever really written music like that before. I suppose someone would have been transformational in their void but it would have obviously been much different. Whether we would we have eventually gotten to where we are today is hard to say.
What's also hard to fathom is the ripple effect of greatness and innovators - the influence they have on their peers and those who follow is even greater than their direct output.
Seems like a cool movie.
Obviously, we will never know.. but it's interesting to think about (and it's good that a movie is making us think about things).
I think there would be a big butterfly effect type thing. That for music to hit big it has to be timed right. Yellow Submarine was #1 in the 1960s, but I don't think it would be popular at all if released now. I think most of my daughter's music is crap. I know my parents thought most of my music was crap. I assume we each have similar experience. I personally have thought that if Led Zepplin was in the 90's they would have been at the Beatles level, since they were "too hard" for many people back in their heyday (of course I can't prove that).
I think it's highly likely that there would be another group every bit as big and influential as the Beatles, who's music was quite different than the Beatles. That music like that is not "discovered" like math or physics, that it's just a matter of taste and what's hot at the time.