Worst. Development. Ever. Earth stopped spinning for a moment 2day.

[HeyManThatsCool]

My 18 year old niece asked me.......
WHO THE BEATLES ARE. Yes, it's true. Imagine was on & her stepsister was singing along. She said, "This is a lame song, what is it?"
So we said Imagine by The Beatles. & she said Who are they?


Had NO clue who John Lennon, Ringo Starr or George Harrison were/are.
She did recognize Paul McCartney's name... but followed that up by asking if he was some designers dad?

As I was trying to recover from that, her step-sister asked her if she knew who the Eagles were (because Hotel California came on the radio). And she said NO.


Why do so many kids today have no appreciation for good music?



WHAT DID SHE MEAN SHE HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE BEATLES?

[mr_hat]

1. Imagine isn't by The Beatles.

[Maestro]

2. Beat me to it.

Darn! Too bad though. I guess it is time to expose them to The Beatles.

[HeyManThatsCool]

4. crap. your right

regardless, she wouldnt have known who it was

[HeyManThatsCool]

6. Oh, and Mr_Hat

I love your screen name!!

Does anyone here have Mr. Garrison?

[mr_hat]

12. That's a different Mr Hat.

[4_Legs_Good]

3. That *is* horrible, but mr_hat is right

Imagine is a John Lennon solo song, as I understand it inspired by some of Yoko's writings.

Great song.

I'm totally into the Beatles again right now, because my son (2 years old) LOVES Yellow Submarine (the movie). It makes me so proud!

david

[Maple]

5. The Beatles

are from the last century.

Ancient history.

[HeyManThatsCool]

8. What? What? What??? Nooo.

Music appreciation.
It's very important to me.

For almost every era of my life, I can bring it right back to mind by listening to certain songs.

I love music.


as Stevie wonder says:


"Music is a world within itself
With a language we all understand
With an equal opportunity
For all to sing, dance and clap their hands"

[11 Bravo]

15. Aaaaaarrrrrggggghhhhhhhh!

n/t

[Maple]

18. LOLOL

the Beatles are like, sooooo last century. :D

[SmileyBoy]

7. I had to tell my brother (age 16) who the Beatles were.

This was like a couple years ago.

He also didn't know what a record was (musically). He didn't know that a record was a device used to store recorded music on a turntable.

[bloodyjack]

9. The who?

[HeyManThatsCool]

10. Noooooooooooo

Although she wouldnt know who THE WHO are either.

[HeyManThatsCool]

13. She could tell me 50 Cents weight, height & favorite designer tho

[SmileyBoy]

11. No, not The Who, The Beatles.

:D

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

14. Exactly!!!

;-)

[RevolutionaryActs]

16. Holy fucking gawd!

That is just SAD! If she's an 18 year old girl, and I'm an 18 year old girl, does that make it ok for me to smack her upside the head?

I mean damn... how do you not know WHO THE BEATLES ARE!!!!!!!!! :wtf:

[HeyManThatsCool]

17. exactly!! WTF??? It wasnt like she said she didnt know Peter Frampton!

this was THE BEATLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RevolutionaryActs]

20. GAH!

She is your niece and you must help her! YOU MUST! :o

[HeyManThatsCool]

Yes. I feel I am being "Called" by a higher musical power to help her

That would be John & George going WTF????

[name not needed]

19. whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

:wow:

[MrSlayer]

21. Apparently you are a bad Uncle/Aunt.

Why haven't you done anything in all these years to educate her in this important matter?

[HeyManThatsCool]

22. I've only been her aunt for 6 years.

I swear to god I listen to good music with her all the time!!!!
Somehow The Beatles, The Who & The Eagles werent on the list.

But she does know Elvis, Metallica, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Billy Joel, Tori Amos, Weezer........

Obviously I have work to do before she starts college this fall.

[Stop_the_War]

23. OMG your niece is dumb...

[Flaxbee]

24. I got my driver's license in 1986, and

the first tape (ha ha) I bought was a Beatles' Greatest Hits or something like that; they made so much great music and I just fed off the songs for about 6 months straight. But also, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" had recently come out and "Twist and Shout" was being played on all stations, not just oldies ones.

I'd always been familiar with the Eagles, for some reason. Must be b/c my sisters are 10 and 12 years older than I am and they played more Eagles in the 70s in my formative years than the Beatles.

Then, I moved on to the Beach Boys, and I STILL think "Good Vibrations" is one of the best songs of all time, musically speaking.

Music today, general "pop" music, is utter crap. Some rap is interesting, esp. if the lyrics are political, but every time I see an MTV rap video it all sounds like gibberish, they're talking about their cars or women or shizzle or whatever the fuck it is and the videos are all about women in short skirts waving their asses at the cameras. Not much better than Tawny Kitaen writhing on whatshisface's car, admittedly.

[specedteacher]

25. Yeah, I got the same response from my 8th graders...

I mentioned Paul's name and they just said, "Who?"

Am I that damn old?

[HeyManThatsCool]

26. No. You arent. Beatles are mandatory knowledge

[Stop_the_War]

28. I'm 16 and I know full well who the Beatles are...

Your niece is really dumb if she doesn't know who the Beatles are.

[HeyManThatsCool]

30. You've called her dumb twice now... I get it

Actually the most upsetting thing is that she just got first honors in her school & was accepted to every college she applied to. She's not an Einstein but shes very smart.

[RevolutionaryActs]

27. No.. you're not old. they're just stupid!

:P

[SOteric]

29. Well then, your mission is clear.

You alone must teach these children a love and appreciation of the classics.

[HeyManThatsCool]

31. I'm sitting here wondering if she knows how to GET THE LED OUT?

[LeftyMom]

32. My 3yo knows who the Beatles are for pity's sake!

Paul is his favorite, for some reason.

How could someone become old enough to vote, live on thier own, drive a car and join the military without knowing about the Beatles?

Parents, this is why you can't let the kids pick the radio station all the time!

[SemiCharmedQuark]

33. If the Beatles aren't remembered, what chance dos FogHat stand?

[HeyManThatsCool]

34. LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL!!!!! & bands like Player.

"Baby come back" just doesnt rate