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I'm not sure how to respond to this. Can I name a modern timeless musician? That's a tough one. It's hard to imagine a troubled icon that Hollywood can honour 25 years from now like Elvis or Ray Charles or Johnny Cash. Curt Cobain and Nirvana comes to mind; but then despite his mystique, grunge has quickly fallen out of favour.
Michael Jackson is also a candidate, but it's going to be a long time before his murky reputation is forgiven, and he may never again produce anything like Thriller.
U2 certainly has worldwide iconic status, and they're still going. The Red Hot Chili Peppers might not have the same mass appeal, but they've been putting out solid music of their own sound for what, 20 years now? I don't doubt that their tracks will stand the test of ages. At least for me anyways.
It's something I think about: what entertainments and icons reach beyond living memory. Johnny Depp is an Icon now, but so was Rudolph Valentino, who's films just don't translate today. It seems impossible to predict who will stick like Louis Armstrong, or fade like Louis Jordan.
Generations die out, tastes change, rediscoveries happen. Who knows?
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Building an artificial intelligence that appreciates Mozart is easy. Building an A.I. that appreciates a theme restaurant is the real challenge - Kit Roebuck - Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life
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