But a three-chord stomp can still get a crowd jumping, and concerns about cultural relevance fade when such basic pleasures are invoked.
The focus on growth and lack of true product innovation (the company has largely been one that has created knock-offs of other games) has resulted in a company that appears to lack real direction and whose relevance has largely faded over the past year.
Nelly's impact and relevance might have faded over the past decade, but this Billboard Hot 100 topping hit was prophetic.
Skolkovo faded from relevance, and Platforma lasted only three years.
But a sentence that banned tank tops and bathing wear, among other items, never went away, even as some of its specific restrictions faded in relevance.
Anticipating that establishment rivals would have faded from relevance by now, his campaign poised itself to harness new voters in Nevada, the fourth voting state, but the race remains fluid.
From Wenger's appointment in 1996 until around 2006, games between the two pulsed with antipathy and quality, but eventually Arsenal faded from relevance, going nearly a decade without a trophy and only vaguely challenging for the title, while United won five more Premier Leagues and reached three Champions League finals.
There's been a reluctance for left-leaning voters to embrace a third party ever since, and the Green Party has subsequently faded from relevance, gathering only a fraction of Nader's 2.8 million votes in subsequent elections.
Now owned by Twitter and launched in 2013, Vine dominated pop culture for a short window of time thanks to its bite-size videos with a penchant for randomness, from silly pranks to comedic skits, and in recent years no doubt faded from mainstream relevance.
The flag was tattered, its colors faded, but its relevance was not.
