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The New American Songbook

Here's a link to the article.  It's a list of popular songs from the past 25 years that the writer thinks will endure for 100 years.  It's part of a series of articles on the Slate.com website.
I'm no better at predicting the future than anybody else, so I can't really say whether I agree and disagree with the songs mentioned or their rankings, but I did find the the list interesting.  Pop culture is an all consuming monster.
TRIGGER WARNING:  the list includes songs from the rap/hip-hop genre.
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schubert
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You can fool most Americans all the time .
johnto
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You can fool some of the people some of the time.
n80
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I agree. In the scope of the last 25 years there is a lot higher quality and higher selling stuff out there.

Sales aren't everything of course. If they were then the Big Mac would be one of the best foods in the world. ;-)
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roxy54
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On second thought, I think that I was too kind. It is all mediocre but mostly disposable garbage except got the Mariah Carey Christmas song.
rpeluso
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I thought the list was okay, I like many of the songs there.   Many I never heard too.  
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bdp24
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Ultimately, it comes down to what constitutes, or qualifies as, a "song". Thoughts on that question vary greatly.
kb54
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The only one which I believe may be around in 100 years will be All I Want For Christmas, due to it's holiday use, and traditional style.
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roxy54
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I went through the list, and it was apparent from the beginning that it was almost exclusively tilted toward hip-hop and urban contemporary. If I stretched it, there were three songs of note, but none of them would be on my list, and some were just a joke. Put a ring on it?...come on. 
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