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* Arguably, [[Weezer]]'s music video for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kemivUKb4f4 "Buddy Holly"] is the ultimate illustration of the 20-year cycle: a video made in [[The Nineties]] about a [[Happy Days|TV show]] from [[The Seventies]] that was itself nostalgic for [[The Fifties]].

* [[Pink Floyd]], most specifically ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]'', has been described in a book as this:

* The [[Spice Girls]] ' popularity and fame could easily be described as a challenging hike through a treacherous mountain range. They first came into the scene in late 1996 and eventually ended up spreading their recognition into various parts of the globe through 1997, then in 1998, their popularity and fame eventually began to decline, especially with Geri "Ginger Spice" Halliwell ditching them when they were about halfway through their world tour, so the remaining four had to continue on and eventually release a third album without her, then they disbanded altogether and went their "separate" ways like Halliwell did. The group then surprisingly reunited in 2007 for a special tour, though it wasn't that widely known, considering that it ended in early 2008. However, there still may be hope for the group to reunite once again for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

* [[Elton John]] began as a critically acclaimed singer-songwriter celebrated for classic albums like ''Elton John'', ''Tumbleweed Connection'', ''Madman Across The Water'' and ''Honky Chateau''. His public popularity grew in 1973 with the albums ''Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player'' and the double album ''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road''. which spawned some of the biggest hits of [[The Seventies]]. His popularity increased through the first half of the decade, and his outrageous image, employing crazy costumes and glasses made him a phenomenon and [[Teen Idol]], [[Critical Backlash|even though the reviews were less enthusiastic]]. An infamous ''Rolling Stone'' magazine interview in 1976, where he [[Straight Gay|declared himself bisexual]] (later he'd claimed homosexuality), costed him much of his Middle American fanbase, and his own wish to stop touring, saw his fame taper off. Although he had a successful free concert in Central Park in 1980, sales and airplay were nowhere near as they were in the 1970's. He returned in the mid-1980s with albums like ''Too Low For Zero'' and ''Breaking Hearts'', and enjoyed more success in [[The Nineties]] after going sober (especially after co-writing songs for [[The Lion King]]), and he still has occasional comebacks to this day.