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yodanole
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Location: La Florida
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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I saw that...I can't decide if I feel old or if I'm a genius because I know about all of those things and people!  |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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I wonder if the inclusion of Paul McCartney in the image with two other, dead celebrities is a reference to the cover of Abby Road and the silly "Paul is dead" rumors it started (because he wasn't wearing shoes or something?!.) Also something the younger generations are unaware of I'm sure. Is this clever journalism on Yahoo's part, or coincidence?
I admit, I Googled to see if he was dead yet.
Edit: Nothing quite so clever. I read the rest of the article and there was mention of him at the bottom, still alive. I guess he appeared on the Grammies and a bunch of people twittered "OMG WTH is Paul McCartney" or something. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:18 am Post subject: |
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| the silly "Paul is dead" rumors |
Silly? You know not what you speak of. 'Paul is dead' did not mean Paul was dead. Had he been half as cool as John...or even a quarter...he would have been 'dead' and therefore still alive and relevant, rather than the 'alive' and irrelevant living Paul we've been stuck with for forty years. Alas and alack... I am assuming you are in Korea, but started out life elsewhere...and now you are denigrating people who wanted to be elsewhere than where they were born? Do you even know who Prudence was? Pepperland means nothing to you. I think not. |
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Nowhere Man
Joined: 08 Feb 2004
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There's two things: age and being on the other side of the world.
When I first arrived in Asia, I spent a long time under the lingering assumption that everyone knew who Kurt Cobain was before I came to realize that Michael Jackson and Madonna were the only sure-fire entities that everyone knew.
On the flip side, I started appreciating music I'd have previously written off based on American airplay. Finlay Quaye comes to mind.
This week, I was in Mongolia. My guides were listening to "We Are Young". They were sure I knew it, but...
I'd have hated that had I been home during its rise to the top of the charts.
From my perspective now, it sounds like a lost track by Queen. |
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Squire
Joined: 26 Sep 2010
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:33 am Post subject: |
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| I don't see anything wrong with younger generations being ignorant of famous people who haven't been in the spotlight for years. In some cases it's shows a lack of education and awareness of the world they live in, but in many it just shows that not everybody has an encyclopaedic knowledge of victims of police brutality going back 20 years |
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