FWIW, having a Christmas movie has been a good way to achieve something like immortality, at least so far. Burl Ives has been almost completely forgotten, but your grandchildren may know this guy:
.....But with Christmas time being, all those old chestnuts are played again.
Speak for yourselves.
But then, I was raised on old stuff so much It is my habit to enjoy it and explore on my own.
I can only hope the Beatles are brought down a notch.
One of the reasons people have been forgotten in the past is that their work was ephemeral. Now, you can go to YouTube and see Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Red Skelton. Even if they fall out of fashion for a while, there are always fans, and they could suddenly become well-known and popular again for a variety of reasons.
The Beatles records are still selling quite well, with many listeners among the millenials.
The artists of the 30s, 40s and 50s are largely unknown to the current generation. I’m a child of the 60s and can’t say I am all that familiar with Hope, Crosby, Sinatra, et. al. I knew of them, but not with the body of their work. I knew Frank Sinatra had a wonderful ear for music and marvelous voice. He also liked his Scotch. But I only knew his most popular songs like “New York New York.”
The Beatles, on the other hand, seem to have some enduring qualities. We have a Beatles cover band play at the amphitheater across the road from us every year. It’s a packed house, lots of young people. and they know all the songs. Will this still be the case in 30 years? Who knows. Maybe not.
The who?
The answer is no one but a dwindling, aging minority cares about the entertainers and artists that were once popular & influential in an America that no longer exists.
Several of my friends (18-25) have no idea who Bob Hope or Bing Crosby are. Myself, I watched “White Christmas” with my kids last night and thought it was a beautiful movie. Nothing like that could be made in Hollywood today. The perverts in Hollywood would have the two male characters have ‘flaws’ to make them ‘human’ instead of making them role models to exemplify.
I love Bing Crosby. I think his Christmas albums are my favorite to listen to during Christmas.
Will we forget the beatles?
One can always hope!
All the crooners are terrific. They will not be forgotten.
Beatles?
Probably.
Don’t even have to read it to call total BS
FWIW, having a Christmas movie has been a good way to achieve something like immortality, at least so far. Burl Ives has been almost completely forgotten, but your grandchildren may know this guy:
Some only know Bing from when he did that duet with David Bowie.
I’ll always remember the Beatles in their different forms and variations. I’ve always admired Bing Crosby’s singing, and I know to keep that separate from Bing the person. I’ve heard his first four sons were never that close, and Bing seemed okay with that. I would speculate that being world wide famous for so long, changes a person profoundly. It’s hard to go back to being ‘just you’.
Bob Hope, when I’ve seen him in movies and musicals, I could only take in small doses. Bob Hope, frankly, seemed annoying, like a Groucho Marx, or Robin Williams type who could almost never stop performing in some other character than their own. Everyone has their day in the sun, some longer than others.
Hopefully.
I was surprised to recently find DVD copies of a number of the Bing Crosby TV Christmas Specials. I guess the entertainment industry is trying to squeeze the last few dollars out of him before interest finally dies.
A great Bob Hope movie line
From ‘The Ghost Breakers’ - 1940
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWpU8sX10_4