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Thread #65085   Message #1068708
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
09-Dec-03 - 04:21 PM
Thread Name: Lennon/McCartney -- who are these guys?
Subject: RE: Lennon/McCartney -- who are these guys?
"Come on, it ain't Mozart is it? And they did split up 32 years ago!

That's a really strange sentence, when you think about it. For some reason the fact that one lot of Music is as much as 32 years old is supposed to somehow mean that it is less worthy of respect than more recent music. And yet in the first half of the sentence the fact that another lot of music is 200 years ago is a reason to see it as especially worthy of respect.

If it was "it is only 32 years since they split up" there could be some logic in it - ie, they haven't been around long enough for us to be sure they can transcend their generation.

No it ain't Mozart, and Mozart ain't the Beatles. I'm grateful for both of them.