Posted on 01/05/2015 12:41:05 PM PST by Red Badger
It's becoming more and more apparent that a new generational gap is forming. Whereas one generation didn't grow up with iPhones and high-speed internet, the newest generation sees these things as everyday commodities. It's natural for gaps like this to form, and with those gaps come plenty of hilarious consequences.
With how quickly technology is advancing, these gaps show themselves more frequently nowadays. There are the usual complaints (like 'those darn kids never put their phones down'), but it's really the disconnect between the two generations that stings. For instance, it seems unimaginable that the younger generation doesn't know who the Beatles are.
Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened this past week after a collaboration between Kanye West and the legendary Paul McCartney debuted. It's hard to imagine that McCartney would ever be 'discovered' by Kanye West, but according to Twitter, that's how it happened:
OVOJosh @OVOJosh Follow
I don't know who Paul McCartney is, but Kanye is going to give this man a career w/ this new song!! 9:27 PM - 1 Jan 2015
As is the usual, Twitter was soon overtaken with tweets about the aging Beatles star. Aside from the standard outrage, there were plenty of tweets that were obviously sarcastic: people trolling for a quick laugh at the younger generation's expense. That being said, many of the tweets asking who this 'Paul McCartney' guy was seemed legit:
Justin Morello @Morello_Justin Follow
Kanye West really knows how to expose great new talent. Bet this Paul McCartney guy is gonna be HUGE after this song. 8:12 PM - 2 Jan 2015
Cocolish @BeCoco77 Follow While seeing a story like this is still all sorts of sad, it's really just a byproduct of aging in a culture that glorifies a new celebrities seemingly every 15 minutes. Sir McCartney has seen something of a career revival over the past few years, and in the end, the older generation should just be happy that the newer, younger generation is being exposed to the legendary performer. After all, how many people went out and researched his music once all of this started? There are going to be hundreds of new Beatles fans once all of this is done; it's almost guaranteed. Even so, that doesn't stop tweets like this from summing up how we feel: There's a whole generation of people that think Kanye is about to make Paul McCartney a super star. Epic fail folks. End times are near. 8:33 AM - 5 Jan 2015
It’s not a lone instance either, the trolling of playing dumb is actually a recurring game on twitter. It makes the news cycle every couple of months.
I’m tired of seeing the internet (twitter, facebook, and youtube) reported as “news” in the MSM.
Name some who write better. McCartney is notable by the numbers alone. The most successful popular songwriter in history.
As far as the top 10 highest grossing artists of 2014, not one of them made as much as a single penny from me. I don't even know who half of them are nor do I want to. On the other hand, some of the freshest rock&roll on the planet these days is coming out of Japan. Rock&Roll will never die but it mutates every once in a while.
oh, did I mention Cleveland Style Polka?
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>>85 to 100 year old music streamed on the Internet.
There is a terrestrial station on the East Coast that plays such music once a week. The shows are archived and can be streamed anytime.
The Ragged Antique Phonograph Program with MAC and Mike the Barber
Playlist for December 30, 2014
New Years
http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/58773
Thomas Edison’s Attic: Playlists and Archives
The audio curator at Edison National Historic Site rummages through the archives of the legendary Edison Laboratory of West Orange, New Jersey. Tune in for Edison cylinder and disc record rarities, many not heard since “the old man” himself stashed them away, featuring: Tin Pan Alley pop songs, ragtime, vaudeville comedy sketches, flapper dance bands, old-time country tunes, historic classical music, laboratory experiments and other artifacts - all dating from 1888 through 1929.
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Hello. My name is Morm. And I’m a racist.
I thought it was WZAZ - Where Disco Lives Forever.
I had to confirm that my two 17-year old daughters knew who Paul McCartney was. (They did). “And John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and, and - um - who was that other guy?” Poor George. (They knew it once I told them.)
On the other hand, I once saw a conversation between an older man and a woman in her 20s about history in which he was saying that her generation had no knowledge of world history or even the cold war. He said, I'll bet you don't even know who Lenin was. She said “John?”
Coo coo cashoo. I’m a belever.
I saw on TV this story was put to the test with man-on-the-street questions by a reporter who stopped young people at random and asked them if they knew who Paul was. Many didn’t. Some thought he was a politician, some a singer of some kind, some just didn’t have a clue........................
Kanye West and Paul McCartney each have won 21 Grammy awards.
You can tell that West is obviously much more talented. He won his 21 Grammy awards from 2004-2012, it only took him 8 years. He is nominated for two more for 2014.
McCartney won his awards from 1964-2013. It took him 49 years to only win 21 Grammy awards. Pitiful. If he was as talented as Kanye West, he should have around 128 or so by now.
FReegards
Can I West? (with apologies to Elmer Fudd)
Thanks much ! Will check it out.
Hey I’m “only” 42 and I would have got it. But then again my dad was born in ‘36 and I had a big collection of records spanning the 30’s-50’s inherited from my grandparents, so I listened to a whole lot of oldies along with my ABBA and Prince. ;) Plus I have a vague recollection of it being part of a Looney Tunes episode. Those old cartoons were great at referencing even older cultural stuff.
Yes, I learned a lot of music of the era from my Dad, as well (born in ‘28). I had the DJ at my wedding play a couple of Big Band tunes, you would have thought Dad was 16, again :)
Thanks for your reply.
Excellent point. It’s funny how each generation has its “timeless artists” that turn out to be very much of their time.
Ahh, sweet!
When I was around 6 or 7 (end of the 70s) my dad got a brand new Firebird, rust red with a racing stripe (he always had hot cars despite his old fogey musical sense). He was all excited about the 8-track player. His favorite tape? The Glen Miller Orchestra’s Greatest Hits!
Actually I do give him credit for introducing me to Hank Williams. That one stuck. :)
Meaning that they shouldn’t know?
“Dr. Dre $620,000,000”
Isn’t the majority of that figure from the sale of his music company/headphones?
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