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I know that this generation is in trouble.
My clerk was sitting in my office with me in between waiting on customers last Saturday morning, just sitting and talking. She likes to sit right at my elbow and look over my shoulder while I'm working. Since she's a cute little 18 year-old blonde, I tolerate it.
When I'm here in the mornings, I usually listen to an Internet radio station out of Richmond, Virginia. In between the morning radio team's hilarity, they'll play some pretty cool music. Some of it stuff that I haven't heard in quite a few years.
One of those was a tune by the Beatles. (When was the last time you heard the Beatles on the radio, outside of one of those oldies stations?) Unless you have a really cool classic rock station that you listen to on a regular basis, it's probably been a few years.
This is how I know this generation is in trouble; she didn't know it was the Beatles.
Now, not being able to identify the Beatles is, to me, inexcusable. I don't think you can go anywhere without hearing or seeing some bit of their influence. Their "Best Of" compilations alone dwarf most other artists' total output.
And she wasn't able to identify the Beatles when they came on the radio.
The single most influential musical group of the past century, and arguably one of the most powerful cultural influence in the history of mankind.
And she wasn't able to identify the Beatles when she heard them.
She even asked me if they were more popular than some rapper named "Lil Wayne". It took all of my restraint to not say that "Lil Wayne" would pay all of his money to carry just one of the Beatles' worn jockstraps across the room.
I was nice about it. (I really was - I swear!) But that just stuck in my mind.
I know, it's been over 30 years since they broke up, and over 20 years since John Lennon's murder.
But still...
Just mind-blowing.
Or am I showing my age? Were the Beatles good for the age, but it's time to embrace newer (and therefore, to some people's minds, better - don't get me started on that particular rant) artists in general and music styles in particular?
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Posted by Kaptain_Krude on 2008-06-15 16:40:26 | Rating: | Views: 56
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You're not just showing your age! I'm young, and I can identify the Beatles. I completely agree. Good music is rare these days... it's hidden behind the top hits (like Lil Wayne, perhaps)
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Posted by frizzlesnits
on 2008-06-20 04:32:16
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