In reply to Meteorite.

I think people need to either stop assuming that the current generation is totally ignorant to who came before them or stop dismissing that ignorance when they are. When I was a teenager, I was probably am aware (had heard of) of the bulk of the superstar/hitmakers from when my parents were teenagers, even if by that point they were no longer having hits or were commercially relevant. Music lingers and a hit song is a hit forever. How have I always been aware of some of the biggest artists and hits from decades before I was born, but other people are acting like a teenager today wouldn't know anything from before Lady Gaga and One Direction? It makes no sense that a kid who is at least 10 years old wouldn't know who Missy Elliott is. Hell, she was having hits during their lifetime and her music is all over the Internet. Seriously, who is oblivious to those artists who were popular when they were in the first and second grade? What kind of bubble would a person have to live in to be that unaware of what happened before a few years ago?