Sir Paul of Beatles was on Colbert last night. An occasion to do the math and think about how the kids today might relate to the Beatles. I didn't really know anything about them until I was 15 or so, 1987. I'm not saying I'd never heard of them or never heard their music - of course I had - I mean... I knew there was this band that sang Twist and Shout and Yesterday and Love Me Do, but I didn't have any sense of their place in musical or cultural history until I was well into high school. And that was a time when there was a 60s revival thing going on (MTV, etc., promoting) so I went from knowing not much to knowing a reasonable amount.
Doing the math, the Beatles ended 1970 or so. 17 years before I was 15. Going 17 years back from today brings us to... 1996.
No deep point. Just perspective from an old guy. Get the fuck off my lawn.
