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I hated his music for the most part, and I really couldn't care less about his life and troubles, but to suggest he'll be remember a millennia from now is errant rubbish.
As I said, he was a singer, he didn't cure diseases, he didn't save the world (although he cynically hi-jacked that cause) he sang songs, some people liked them.
Perspective is a bitch isn't it?
Again you're totally off. I guarantee you more people know The Iliad and the Odyssey from Homer than who cured smallpox or who made the first heart transplant. People still listen to Mozart and Beethoven more than when their pieces originally made. I've shown you artists whose work has lived hundreds of years and even a thousand years. There are many more. Where's your proof to backup your claim?
You just don't get it. People live and die all the time in this world. You are right about that. The only thing that survives through time is art. It is the only thing in this world that is viewed as priceless. People travel all over the world to art exhibits, architectural masterpieces like the pyramids or the Roman Coliseum, or to see Michael Jackson. They do not travel to see the doctor who invented cloning.
You don't have to be a doctor or a great humanitarian to change the world. Jackie Robinson changed America with the Dodgers. If you look at the world the way you're currently doing, you miss everything including the truth. It shows a total lack of insight and the mindset of a non-intellectual.
It's you're right to not like him. I'm not an Elton John fan but I still respect his music. But if you don't care about his music or "life troubles" then why post?
Edit: *Pat on the back* for moderating this thread.