Is the age of the Great Entertainer Over?

[dejr_8]

On the music side you had Frank Sinatra, then Elvis and then MJ. But it seems now there isn't one person that is at the top. And anyone that gets near the top falls just as quickly.

 

[npmommie]

Yes, there is, look at my avatar

 

[disneyworldluvr349]

There will never be another like them...

It is sad, but now music is just like a fad. Nobody cares about what they are singing about.
Passion in music has evaporated, and until that returns, and until an entertainer touches the hearts of millions with his/her words... there will not be another Great.

 

[Mickeyistheman]

There will never be another like them...

It is sad, but now music is just like a fad. Nobody cares about what they are singing about.
Passion in music has evaporated, and until that returns, and until an entertainer touches the hearts of millions with his/her words... there will not be another Great.

I agree with you on this one. I also think there is no passion, its only about here and now. Notice there really aren't anymore one hit wonders because they just drown us on the radio with song after song. You eventually like it because its catchy not because you FEEL the song, if that makes sense.

I miss when songs moved me, there are very few that do that now. I do like Michael Buble' and Josh Groban but they don't get the airplay they deserve. The new music sounds the same to me. NO one is different anymore, its a shame.

 

[KristaTX]

Yes, there is, look at my avatar

Is that Bono?

 

[Praying Colonel]

Bruce Springsteen says hi.

 

[ma2jr]

Yes, there is, look at my avatar

lol

 

[sbell111]

We still have Miley.

 

[teacups]

It's over for me. If another comes in my lifetime I bet I'll be too old and crotchety to know it anyway.

 

[moon]

Paul McCartney says hello too.

Did anyone see him on the Late Show Marquee?

Wow, just wow.

 

[daisax]

Elvis on Ed Sullivan - 1955

Michael Jackson performing Billie Jean at Motown special - 1983 (Yes, he was famous before then, but had spent years in post-Jackson 5 obscurity and was emerging as an adult artist before that moonwalk freaked people out)

That's almost 30 years. Give it some time!

 

[declansdad]

I don't think they are over. There are people who are great entertainers but not everyone will agree on what is a great entertainer. There are a number of people who have been at the top of their genres for years and years.

 

[luvmy3]

I don't think they are over. There are people who are great entertainers but not everyone will agree on what is a great entertainer. There are a number of people who have been at the top of their genres for years and years.

 

[blissventure]

I don't think they are over. There are people who are great entertainers but not everyone will agree on what is a great entertainer. There are a number of people who have been at the top of their genres for years and years.

Yes. And heck, I'm hoping there are some awesome folks yet to come that don't have major psycho/social "issues."

 

[gina2000]

There are always new faces on the horizon.

 

[pooh6890]

I tend to agree. We have had numerous discussions since MJ's death. For me, there was Elvis, The Beatles and MJ. Period! There are really special performers such as U2, Bruce, and even Motown in general. But, the above 3 are the real ones that have changed music throughout history so far to affect SO many people. If you think about the first 3, who else has changed music to a degree that affected so many people worldwide. I would say only those so far.

(by the beatles, I mean to group all 4)

 

[happygirl]

I think Josh Groban is amazing
Garth Brooks I know we have all had this discussion
I think Whitney Houston have been HUGE if she hadn't messed her life up

 

[sbell111]

 

[Nie0214]

You should modify it to "Great POP Entertainer" because there's plenty of entertainers of other genres. What one person considers a good entertainer isn't the same as another person's opinion.

 

[teacups]

You should modify it to "Great POP Entertainer" because there's plenty of entertainers of other genres. What one person considers a good entertainer isn't the same as another person's opinion.

But I think that is the point of the question.
Even if you or I dont agree that MJ was the best (as if) he is generally recognized as such. I did not post the original question so I should not speak for the OP.