Julesy
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posted on April 10, 2001 03:54:28 PM new
This afternoon I stopped by my neighborhood Blockbuster as I wanted to rent the Beatles' flick "Hard Days Night." Here's the exchange I had with the clerk/maroon:
me: "I can't seem to locate 'Hard Days Night.' Can you tell me if it's in?
clerk/maroon: "What's 'Hard Days Night?'"
me: "You know...the Beatles' movie."
clerk/maroon: "Who are the Beatles?"
me: "Stop pulling my leg. You know who the Beatles are."
clerk/maroon: "No I don't; who are they?"
Have I crossed over into some world where the mention of the Beatles to a kid brings about a look of puzzlement, or was I dealing with a complete maroon? I am only *31*...a young grasshopper...a mere child...fresh-faced, unsullied, optimistic and full of life.....(haha!) 
Yet this has me feeling really old!
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snowyegret
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posted on April 10, 2001 04:03:46 PM new
Julesy, it's the water.
Shallow end of the gene pool. 
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barrybarris
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posted on April 10, 2001 04:07:07 PM new
The Beatles is the band Paul McCartney played with before Wings...
Barry (love that clerk/maroon line) Barris
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kraftdinner
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posted on April 10, 2001 04:07:28 PM new
I think you should have gotten the Police involved......
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snowyegret
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posted on April 10, 2001 04:09:41 PM new
kraft, that might sting.
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RainyBear
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posted on April 10, 2001 04:16:32 PM new
The... Who?
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kraftdinner
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posted on April 10, 2001 04:16:40 PM new
snowy....one sting is all you need
Edited for grade 2 spelling errors.
[ edited by kraftdinner on Apr 10, 2001 04:17 PM ]
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spazmodeus
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posted on April 10, 2001 05:40:50 PM new
I'd be happy to never hear another Beatles or Beatles alumnus song again.
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spazmodeus
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posted on April 10, 2001 05:42:16 PM new
And now for the O. Henry ending: Spazmodeus goes deaf.
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zilvy
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posted on April 10, 2001 05:43:47 PM new
Spaz.....what do you like?
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Hepburn
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posted on April 10, 2001 06:08:15 PM new
HELP! Spaz needs somebody. HELP! Not just anybody
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zilvy
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posted on April 10, 2001 06:20:03 PM new
May I say MZ. Hepburn you are an instigatordefinitely NOT the weakest link! And I troooly do admire yew hunney!!
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Shadowcat
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posted on April 10, 2001 06:26:47 PM new
I admit it...I never cared for the Beatles.
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toke
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posted on April 10, 2001 06:32:50 PM new
I didn't either...still don't.
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Hepburn
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posted on April 10, 2001 06:40:52 PM new
lol. Im just gently teasing him alittle bit. All in good fun
Me, I didnt much care for the Beatles either. I did when they first appeared, as something new for this young girl. But, as I grew older, I leaned more towards the Rolling Stones.
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toke
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posted on April 10, 2001 06:47:07 PM new
Yeah...and the Animals. House of the Rising Sun...
Jules just likes them 'cause she didn't have to listen to Hey Jude 18,576 times on the radio...in one week I wanted to kill Jude...
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Hepburn
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posted on April 10, 2001 06:49:14 PM new
Eric Burden was my BABY. Oh yes. Yum yum. Homely guy, but still...something about him
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toke
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posted on April 10, 2001 06:54:22 PM new
Yes, indeed... But for all-time artistic depth and appeal...nothing can top Papa Oom Mau Mau...
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Hepburn
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posted on April 10, 2001 07:02:52 PM new
Papa Oom Mau Mau didnt do much for me, sad to say. But the Duke of Earl was mighty fine
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snowyegret
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posted on April 10, 2001 07:05:28 PM new
Toke! Now I'm hearing it! Make it stop, arrrgghhh
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toke
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posted on April 10, 2001 07:06:55 PM new
How could I forget the Duke of Earl??? My husband talked me into junking all my old 45s years ago. But there's Napster...for now, at least... I'm going to go grab the Duke right now. Nite
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spazmodeus
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posted on April 10, 2001 08:06:26 PM new
Zilvy,
Blondes, mostly.
I have no affection for music older than 20 years. The only exceptions might be The Doors and singles like Runaway by Del Shannon (both the original and his later version), Spirit In the Sky by Norman Greenbaum, and In a Gadda Davida by Iron Butterfly. Maybe a couple others.
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zilvy
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posted on April 10, 2001 08:23:53 PM new
Spaz
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debbielennon
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posted on April 10, 2001 09:30:01 PM new
Geez, Julesy. Hope you smacked that clerk upside the head
Even my boys (Mickey & Jagger, ages 6 & 2)know who the Beatles are (they listen to Beatles CDs every night). Maybe it's the last name...how can they not listen to the Beatles?
[ edited by debbielennon on Apr 10, 2001 09:31 PM ]
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krs
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posted on April 10, 2001 10:11:21 PM new
Jai guru deva om
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muriel
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posted on April 11, 2001 05:17:14 PM new
I actually liked Paul McCartney & Wings.
At one time or another, both of my kids have asked to look at my old cassette tapes because they heard an old song on the radio and wanted to know if I had it. My daughter is into the Doobie Brothers an my old disco music, and my son was asking about the Eagles. I love it when a re-make comes out of a song, and I'll be in the car with one of my kids just singing along, and they will look at me and say "How do YOU know the words to this song???". Duh.
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tabbs
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posted on April 11, 2001 05:52:05 PM new
My son and I were at a yard sale last summer and there were some 8 tracks there and he ask what they were.
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figmente
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posted on April 11, 2001 06:09:43 PM new
Back to the 80's I recall a TV newscaster saying that she'd been in a record store and overheard some young teens (maybe preteens) saying "Oh look, Paul McCartney was in another band before Wings" and that nothing had ever made her feel so old.
My ex was at an elementary school career day and was talking about catching the bugs in computer programs.. One class member connected this with how the beatles in his parents' computer kept playing playing this music he didn't like, and how he'd like to get them out...
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petestreats
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posted on April 11, 2001 07:57:30 PM new
What would it take to reunite the Beatles?
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bunnicula
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posted on April 11, 2001 08:06:38 PM new
A miracle, since Lennon's dead...
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