Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site osu-dbs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!amd!dual!zehntel!ihnp4!cbosgd!osu-dbs!karl From: karl@osu-dbs.UUCP (Karl Kleinpaste) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Paul McCartney Message-ID: <700@osu-dbs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Oct-84 12:42:49 EDT Article-I.D.: osu-dbs.700 Posted: Tue Oct 9 12:42:49 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Oct-84 05:30:19 EDT References: <3737@decwrl.UUCP> <2807@mit-eddie.UUCP> <1539@nsc.UUCP>, <1193@pyuxn.UUCP> Organization: Society for the Advancement of Raw Weirdness Lines: 23 Keywords: Wings, any other bands he may have been in... ---------- >From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen) >> I heard about someone >> overhearing a couple of teeny-boppers in a record store saying >> something like "You mean Paul McCartney was in a band before he >> was in Wings?" Arghhh! >OK. I've heard this story before, and it's one of my favorites. >But I'm willing to bet that it's apocryphal. Has ANYONE ever >actually heard someone say this (and mean it)? ---------- Actually, it's not apocryphal. I have myself heard an 8th-grader say it about, um, 2 years ago. Also, a friend of mine was a camp counselor for a bunch of 6th-graders once, and he heard one astounded kid relay this information to a pal. It's true, all right: the younger generation (younger!? I'm only 24 myself!) has no knowledge of the Beatles at all, other than "nostalgia" shows. (Ever catch one of MTV's "closet classics" with the Beatles? Those videos are already 20 years old!) -- Karl Kleinpaste @ Bell Labs, Columbus 614/860-5107 {cbosgd,ihnp4}!cbrma!kk @ Ohio State University 614/891-5058 cbosgd!osu-dbs!karl karl.Ohio-State@Rand-Relay