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Who Is Paul McCartney?!
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I'll be honest, I don't seem to care about his solo stuff now but one cannot deny who he was and still is. Similar to that, it pains me to see some tool bag sing a Beach Boys song and look slightly confused about how these guys are. Like them or not, they're icons, just like Paul McCartney.
The music world is scary. The only saving grace, as far as I can see, is that Adele did well and the Foo Fighters won. However, they hand awards to men who beat women at the same time.
The music world is scary. The only saving grace, as far as I can see, is that Adele did well and the Foo Fighters won. However, they hand awards to men who beat women at the same time.
Sad that they don't know that. Even sadder are the grammar skills. I know it's twitter, but srsly?? 
EDIT: Of course, they might think I'm crazy for not knowing who that led-faced big-eared mouse thing playing what sounded like an extended electrical malfunction was. That thing was creepy.
EDIT: Of course, they might think I'm crazy for not knowing who that led-faced big-eared mouse thing playing what sounded like an extended electrical malfunction was. That thing was creepy.
Wow, that makes me feel really old, and I am FAR from it.
That said: Paul's solo stuff these days is rather crap.
That said: Paul's solo stuff these days is rather crap.
I saw this on Reddit earlier, and I've come to the conclusion it has to be trolling. If it isn't I weep for the future. Even if it is legit, you're already on the freakin' internet! How about typing a name into Google?
It's not the 1st time, for Sir Paul....
Long time ago he was in a studio, with Wings, recording an album. They were having a problem with one of the transitions and called it a day so they could work on it the next day.
The next morning a (junior) recording engineer brought in an LP, and said that during evening he had been listening to music from his collection, and had heard this "cool band" solve a similar transition problem. Perhaps Paul had heard of them? It was, of course, a Beatles Album.
Poor Sir Paul.... he gets no respect....
Long time ago he was in a studio, with Wings, recording an album. They were having a problem with one of the transitions and called it a day so they could work on it the next day.
The next morning a (junior) recording engineer brought in an LP, and said that during evening he had been listening to music from his collection, and had heard this "cool band" solve a similar transition problem. Perhaps Paul had heard of them? It was, of course, a Beatles Album.
Poor Sir Paul.... he gets no respect....
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There is a poster here who has never heard of Whitney Houston until yesterday.
There is a poster here who has never heard of Whitney Houston until yesterday.
I remember seeing that. Crazy.
But to be fair, Paul had a 20-year head start and his little four-piece had a hell of a bigger influence on music in general than Whitney did IMHO.
Most kids know--and many love The Beatles--never thought about it but I suppose many have no idea the names of The Beatles.
Sad, sigh. A lot of these kids know nothing - and care less - about anything that happened not just before they were born, but, before they came to human or, 'musical awareness'. To them, Paul McCartney is as unknowable, as distant in time & space and as unfathomable as someone from the age and era of the Pharaohs....
Basically, most of these kids have no sense whatsoever of historical perspective, nor have they the knowledge to place things in some sort of pattern, or perspective. If it didn't happen while they could experience it or remember it, then, it didn't happen at all.
Re Sir Paul himself, agreed, much of his solo stuff leaves a lot to be desired, but his some of his earlier material with The Beatles is simply classic. Not to mention timeless.
Around ten years ago, I had a class of Modern European History students (not first years) in my country's best university to whom I was teaching an elective course in Modern Russian and Central & Eastern European History (so, one assumes an interest in the subject matter and a slight intellectual curiosity concerning the topic) confess that they had never, ever heard of Lech Walesa. I was stunned. And shocked. The assumptions I had made concerning 'assumed' knowledge had to be radically revised.......
Basically, most of these kids have no sense whatsoever of historical perspective, nor have they the knowledge to place things in some sort of pattern, or perspective. If it didn't happen while they could experience it or remember it, then, it didn't happen at all.
Re Sir Paul himself, agreed, much of his solo stuff leaves a lot to be desired, but his some of his earlier material with The Beatles is simply classic. Not to mention timeless.
Around ten years ago, I had a class of Modern European History students (not first years) in my country's best university to whom I was teaching an elective course in Modern Russian and Central & Eastern European History (so, one assumes an interest in the subject matter and a slight intellectual curiosity concerning the topic) confess that they had never, ever heard of Lech Walesa. I was stunned. And shocked. The assumptions I had made concerning 'assumed' knowledge had to be radically revised.......
Someone somewhere in the world hasn't heard of Paul McCartney? Well ****, how will I sleep tonight?
Mother of god, that performance was just brutal.
Most kids know--and many love The Beatles--never thought about it but I suppose many have no idea the names of The Beatles.
I'd have to agree with this. Without his solo career hits to freshen the mind (as they were in the 70s and 80s), most folks who might only have a passing interest in Beatles music would not necessarily know the names of all 4 Beatles.
And I would have to say a lot of 'kids today' like the classics like the Beatles, Stones and Led Zep.
It's kind of odd because I wouldn't have been caught dead listening to 45 year old music when I was a teen...that would have been Big Band music from 1940 for me! (And I do enjoy me some Benny Goodman these days, but in high school??? Forget it. What could be less cool than listening to your grandparent's music?)
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I've thought a lot about that too and the only thing I can come up with is that rock is rock--I formed most of my music tastes in the 60s and was primarily driven toward rock music. So today, I can listen to new rock music or alternative music and still "get it" Not sure any of the previous generations can really say that.
I've thought a lot about that too and the only thing I can come up with is that rock is rock--I formed most of my music tastes in the 60s and was primarily driven toward rock music. So today, I can listen to new rock music or alternative music and still "get it" Not sure any of the previous generations can really say that.
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I've thought a lot about that too and the only thing I can come up with is that rock is rock--I formed most of my music tastes in the 60s and was primarily driven toward rock music. So today, I can listen to new rock music or alternative music and still "get it" Not sure any of the previous generations can really say that.
This.
-Billy Joel
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I did exactly this. In middle school and high school, I listened to The Beatles without shame! When I was 14, my mother took me to see a Beatles tribute band for my birthday.
Paul McCartney was never just "a voice." Not even close. Just take a look at the vast majority of The Beatles' works; whose name(s) appear as the writers?
Several years ago one of my young nieces wanted me to listen to this cool song she (and her friends) had just discovered. It was, of course, a cover of a classic rock song (I wish I could remember which group and which song now) by a modern band.
I think the intent was show me how "out-of-touch" I was with "modern" music. She was a bit taken aback when I started singing along, more-or-less in tune. And then horrified when I started to reminisce about hearing that song for the 1st time.... a couple of decades before she was born.
Kids now-a-days... think they invented everything....