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Who is Paul McCartney
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I really hope those tweets are jokes. Otherwise, well, i have no words ...
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I really hope those tweets are jokes. Otherwise, well, i have no words ...
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![]() ![]() so sad to see these posts - if I don't know someone I look them up before showing up my ignorance - great song and partnership
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![]() ![]() so sad to see these posts - if I don't know someone I look them up before showing up my ignorance - great song and partnership ![]() |
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I really think they were joking - well, most of them, anyway.
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Yep. If they can't even be bothered to do a quick internet search and discover how stupid they are then they really are thick, and arrogant.
But yeah, I guess a fair few of the. Were probably jokes. The media etc. don't have a great track record with recognising when people are joking on Twitter or not. Still, having seen what some of the Beiber and 1D worshippers tweet, I can believe some people being that stupid. |
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i hope they were joking!
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I really hope those tweets are jokes. Otherwise, well, i have no words ...
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Just shows how ignorant and slightly off the map some of today's generation are
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Some people aren't going to know who he is and I'm not really sure why it matters. If their parents weren't a fan of the Beatles or never played Paul McCartney around their children, then it's not really their fault. I don't know why you expect all of this generation to be more interested in the music of yesteryear, instead of the music of today and I'm sure they know things that some of you probably don't. I think it's best to just kindly educate, rather than sneer.
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You'd have to be incredibly stupid to believe those comments were anything other than sarcastic.
On the other hand, I thought Kanye West was just some kind of fashion designer. |
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Some people aren't going to know who he is and I'm not really sure why it matters. If their parents weren't a fan of the Beatles or never played Paul McCartney around their children, then it's not really their fault. I don't know why you expect all of this generation to be more interested in the music of yesteryear, instead of the music of today and I'm sure they know things that some of you probably don't. I think it's best to just kindly educate, rather than sneer.
My parents never listened to Joni Mitchell or Kate Bush, but that didn't stop me from knowing who they are and actually becoming fan of them with no influence from others. |
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Paul McCartney, I thought he died in 1966?
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Some people aren't going to know who he is and I'm not really sure why it matters. If their parents weren't a fan of the Beatles or never played Paul McCartney around their children, then it's not really their fault. I don't know why you expect all of this generation to be more interested in the music of yesteryear, instead of the music of today and I'm sure they know things that some of you probably don't. I think it's best to just kindly educate, rather than sneer.
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lol Paul MacArther
It did become hard to tell, as I think there were one or two genuinely dumb tweets and then a flood of sarcastic ones. I always feel sad knowing that some people's music knowledge is so limited. It surprised me just how lazy some people are that they don't experiment with different genres or even look back through the years. Even if they genuinely don't know who someone like Paul McCartney is, I'm surprised they are as accepting of their limited knowledge to just tweet about it. It would take a few mins to google his name and know the basic info about him. |
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Absolutely this. Why would a 16 year old need to know members of The Beatles if they haven't heard their music before/it just doesn't appeal to them? I'm sure some people just love being music snobs.
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Absolutely this. Why would a 16 year old need to know members of The Beatles if they haven't heard their music before/it just doesn't appeal to them? I'm sure some people just love being music snobs.
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Youth isn't an excuse for ignorance nor should expecting a modicum of intelligence and general knowledge be branded as music snobbery as it has been on this thread.
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Because he's world famous, hence Sir Paul McCartney, the first pop music writer/performer to be knighted. Not being familiar with or liking his work is no excuse, any more than not knowing who Sir Winston Churchill or Beethoven were.
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Paul McCartney, I thought he died in 1966?
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I'm sorry but I disagree. He's "sir" in this country. Do you expect every teenager around the world to know who he is? I'm sorry to disappoint his fans but he's no Elvis or Michael Jackson in terms of being a musical icon who is instantly still known even to the younger generation. I can't believe that anyone would compare him to Beethoven!
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Not knowing who Paul M is because parents didn't listen to The Beatles is a very poor excuse.
My parents never listened to Joni Mitchell or Kate Bush, but that didn't stop me from knowing who they are and actually becoming fan of them with no influence from others. |
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lol Paul MacArther
It did become hard to tell, as I think there were one or two genuinely dumb tweets and then a flood of sarcastic ones. I always feel sad knowing that some people's music knowledge is so limited. It surprised me just how lazy some people are that they don't experiment with different genres or even look back through the years. Even if they genuinely don't know who someone like Paul McCartney is, I'm surprised they are as accepting of their limited knowledge to just tweet about it. It would take a few mins to google his name and know the basic info about him. I quite often watch Pointless on BBC and I manage to guess many of the pointless answers, when the guests on the show don't. They do have great knowledge in a wide range of subjects, however the newer something seems to be, the less the adults on the show seem to guess correctly. So limited knowledge works both ways really. There's no difference between people who have more knowledge on things from the 70s vs somebody who has more knowledge on things from the 90s, one is not superior to the other. Also, the younger you are, you are more likely to possess less knowledge. It takes to time to build knowledge in many different areas and subjects, people don't just go to sleep one night knowing nothing, then magically wake up the next day knowing everything. Rock music has never been much to my taste but I absolutely love electronic and dance music, therefore it makes sense that I'm more likely to spend more of my time looking back through the years of my favoured genres and also exploring all the new underground music coming out of those generes, before I decide to study the history of Rock Music. This does not make me lazy but means I only have so many hours a day where I can be sat around focusing on music and the fact the music I actually prefer comes first in my interests, is perfectly natural. |
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