alt Hacker NewsWhen old art gets a revival like that it's usually because the work is being reused (e.g. song used in an ad, Tv show, movie), something that costs time and money to license when done legally. How many artists lost their chances because navigating copyright is tedious and expensive?
The two biggest examples I can think of were because of a joke (Never Gonna Give You Up) and a glitch (Plastic Love).