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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

How can any person NOT KNOW any Beatles songs????

Yeah I watch American Idol.  Hello, Steven Tyler???  Plus Randawg and J Lo?  You know I'm gonna watch that.  Mostly for Mr Steven Tyler.  He's always been a big Beatles fan.  Aerosmith covered a Beatles song or two.  Tonight's show had the contestants destroying singing Beatles songs.  To my shock, a few of these youngsters looked bewildered.  Why?  THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANY BEATLES SONGS. 


EXACTLY.  

I am both outraged and perplexed.

Maybe other people's lives are different from mine, but... wouldn't you have had to be living in total isolation for the last 50 years to not know any of the music the Beatles recorded?  There's so much of it. I don't even know all of it.  It's everywhere.  How could you not know it, especially if you claim to be a musician!!!

I guess it's possible some of these kids actually did know a song or two, but may not have ever known it was the Beatles.  In that case I could excuse them.  Otherwise, it's bordering on tragic for a kid to grow up with no Beatles.  Tragic.  And maybe, may I say, lazy.

Here's the thing: my mother, in her teens, lived way out in the country in a house with no electricity, and still managed to become a huge Beatles fan.  That takes some effort and dedication.  

To be born within the last 20 years, surrounded by TV and radio and  commercials and not know?   I just can't listen to your pitiful excuses.  


So tell my wonderfully gnarled and refried rock star hero what Beatles song is your favourite.

Mine might be "Oh Darling."  No wait, "Twist and Shout."  No wait, "Octopus's Garden!"  No wait...


5 comments:

Paul Tee said...

Actually last night I was bouncing between American Idol and Survivor. The shows might be separated by thousands of miles and generations, but thanks to modern technology that ties them together with a single click.

So it was, I was watching the usual preaudition hype, with all the contestants sweating with anxiety, trying to buy a Beatles song... click...

Watched Boston Rob smirking through another subliminal manipulation trying to wind up his troops... click...

Steven Tyler was eating J Lo with his eyes, I mean just devouring her (actually I would too...)... click...

A Bikini Babe on Redemption Island was digging in the sand looking for grubs? (how boring)... click...

A trio was gyrating through something, could it really be a Beatles' song? No way, I don't recognize it, ugh, clicl click click...

Russell is foaming at the mouth because someone may have disrespected him... click

Just caught J Lo letting someone down easy on the rejection path with tender words, "I don't want to prolongs this for you..." but then wallows a few more minutes in sympathy before the rejected contestant crawls off the stage. I predict in 2 years (maybe less) the show will bring Simon back with a zillion dollar contract... click

Philip, the government ex-secret agent is tooting his horn again but no one is listening. I can't wait until they vote his sorry ass off the island...click

I'm mesmerized as Tyler's face goes through its stages of transformation. From an epicentre on the right side, shock waves roll through, followed by a tsunami of emotions spreading across his visage. click...

Blond sunshine Matt trying to infuse the show with wholesome Christian values. The boy is trying to be sweet and charitable. Is he for real? He is on Survivor, the most paranoid inducing, unethical thing on the air. Go ahead, Rob, blindside him! click

Holly Mackarel! J Lo just had a melt down, "I can't do this anymore..." Do what? Listen to repackaged and brutalized Beatles? No, she can't let a contestant go, because she loves him/her so much. Or is it classic diva tactics? "This show is about me me, don't you know?" click...click.. Offer Simon two zillion, please... click...

Yeah, they got Matt. He never saw it coming. The only trouble is that they left Philip around for another week. Maybe I will watch Big Bang Theory next week... click ... click ... click...

Heidi Willis said...

Crazy.

I admit, I am not a Beatles fan. I'm just not.

But I know most of their music.

(and if any of these hopefuls watched AI in the last two years, they should have too.)

Heidi the Hick said...

You guys... EXACTLY!

Heidi the Hick said...

Paul, Bucky was talking about the ex-secret agent guy with great disdain!

It would funny if the two shows completely melded...although I cannot imagine J Lo on Survivor...maybe put a bunch of aspiring singers on an island and they have to sing their way off the island???

That can be your #13 novel!!!

Paul Tee said...

Or have the Survivors sing for a challenge. Can you see it? Sing country... opera! Rap for heaven sake.

But J Lo on the island? No way! I couldn't vote her off if my life depended on it. There would be only one alliance, J Lo's!

Everyone would be running around digging in the sand, looking for the American Idol to guarantee immunity.