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“Who Is Paul McCartney?”

We may end up hearing more Beatles songs in movies and on TV very soon.  It seems that the kids don’t know much about the Beatles, so this is a way to learn ’em.  From the New York Times:

As Paul McCartney closed the Grammy Awards last year with an all-star Beatles medley, Owen Husney, a veteran music executive, read Twitter in horror. In one message after another, young people asked a question that could give a baby boomer a heart attack: “Who is Paul McCartney?!”

“I was so angry,” said Mr. Husney, who is best known as one of Prince’s first managers. “But I realized it was only natural. There is a whole audience born around 1990 that knows the Beatles, but is wholly unfamiliar with their writing.”

Their efforts are the result of a little-known kink in the Beatles’ business history.

Continue reading.  (Thanks to John for the link.)

In response, Mr. Husney has teamed with a small music publisher on a project to introduce the songs of the Fab Four to a younger generation. One project is an album of Beatles covers by young bands, but if Mr. Husney and his partner, Herb Jordan, are successful, they will also get more Beatles songs onto television and in the movies, something that has long been difficult — and correspondingly expensive — for Hollywood producers.

Alan Cross

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One thought on ““Who Is Paul McCartney?”

  • I'll never understand why these Twitter kids are so shamelessly open about their ignorance. Is it really that hard to use Google?

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