List of albums that will still be popular 50 years from now...

2nd Note;
Jimi Hendrix
Bob Dylan

Well another way to look at this ... what are we listening to today that was composed/ recorded/ etc. from 1916?  And by listening, I mean more than passively listening to.  Possibly Stravinsky?  


Rich  

Rich, classical music is no contest. Will survive another 500 years.
Inna, forget the old music and emerge new please.

“Disco Baby” by Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony.

Fo’Shizzle.

I'll bet on:

Chuck Berry as the moving force in delivering a "race music" soundtrack for the counterculture of the 1960s and Elvis and The Beatles (very possibly Brian Wilson, too) as the moving forces in co-opting that back for mainstream Western culture and commerce.

The social context of rock n roll is important and my guess is that the r n r music that survives the longest will be that which played a pivotal cultural role, per the above.

Some of the Brill Building music (Carol King Tapestry, etc) may survive, too - but that's a different (not r n r) kettle of fish, IMO.