I just think the stuff from the 50's was the most original, the most inspiring, and took the most real talent to make. Seriously, how could any of the these modern tweens and twenty somethings who look far better than they sing compare to the brilliance of Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Hank Williams Sr., George Jones, Elvis, etc. etc. etc.

Those guys hammered day in and day out honing their craft and achieved stardom when their music reached the masses and fans demanded them. Unlike today where someone who is merely mediocre musically, but a perfect specimen of what society deems to be sexy and attractive, is molded into a star by relentless advertising and the music industry telling the music consumers "hey, this person is cool, buy their stuff!"

I just don't see anybody in modern music achieving the legendary status, even so far back as the 80's. Probably the closest for me would be Alan Jackson.