Let It Be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9SgDoypXcl

Sometimes I wonder: will there ever be a band or a singer bigger than the Beatles, at least in our lifetime? People might say that some have come close-the Rolling Stones, Lady GaGa, etc., but they just haven't stuck around in the gigantic way the Beatles have. And from what I can tell, most people in the 60s and 70s liked the Beatles. People still love them. My grandparents like them. My aunts and uncles like them. My cousins, whether they are twelve or seven or twenty-eight, like them. Maybe this is just a Zaremba family thing, but I kind of doubt it.

I think when someone pioneers a genre of anything-books, movies, music-it becomes very, very hard to erase their influence from future artists of that genre. It's hard to then admit that someone could be better or more popular than these pioneers, so we keep them elevated, away from competition-forever the best until some talented new artist forces everyone to grudgingly pass on the torch.

Now, I'm not saying that I want that to happen to the Beatles. I know it will though, eventually.

In many years, people will forget about the Beatles. They won't see what was so great about them, how new their sound was. Music that was influenced by them will be forgotten as well. Then there might be a band that is bigger than the Beatles. I hope it's not in my lifetime. That would just be kind of saddening, regardless of how great the new band would be. It's hard to let something go when it's part of your past, your present, and your identity.