Q: Is this a running
joke from A Hard Day's Night or a
sick joke from the 2012 Grammy Awards?
Sadly, both.
Apparently the dominant Twitter chatter while Paul McCartney was on was, "who's that old guy?' and "who is Paul McCartney?"
So, it has come to this. In a culture of 8 billion units, with individual playlists and nothing shared, people don't know one of the most influential musicians of all time. And that, friends, is no culture, since culture is defined as customs and civilization of a particular time or people. Not 8 billion persons.
Ironic that in a world dominated by social media and sharing, we have lost our shared culture. I mean, I knew who Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Rudy Vally and John Phillip Sousa were. Sousa died when my grandfather was a child, but I still knew about him. Paul is still alive and revered by your parents and grandparents Twitter people!
The Twitter chatter didn’t seem to happen during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee concert or the Olympics. Maybe by then these people had informed themselves. Or maybe that stuff was only watched by the inmates of old folks homes.
Sadly, both.
Apparently the dominant Twitter chatter while Paul McCartney was on was, "who's that old guy?' and "who is Paul McCartney?"
So, it has come to this. In a culture of 8 billion units, with individual playlists and nothing shared, people don't know one of the most influential musicians of all time. And that, friends, is no culture, since culture is defined as customs and civilization of a particular time or people. Not 8 billion persons.
Ironic that in a world dominated by social media and sharing, we have lost our shared culture. I mean, I knew who Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Rudy Vally and John Phillip Sousa were. Sousa died when my grandfather was a child, but I still knew about him. Paul is still alive and revered by your parents and grandparents Twitter people!
The Twitter chatter didn’t seem to happen during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee concert or the Olympics. Maybe by then these people had informed themselves. Or maybe that stuff was only watched by the inmates of old folks homes.
But it did happen during the
Grammies. A sad reflection of our times,
especially for one who has given - and continues to give - so much joy.
And he's very clean.
And he's very clean.
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