I am not at all surprised that a kid who was a young teenager when Prince died, and who probably never had access to his music, wouldn't know who Prince is. It's part of why I like sharing Prince's legacy, so folks can discover these things. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yd3... - ThreadSky

anildash.com • 91 days ago

I am not at all surprised that a kid who was a young teenager when Prince died, and who probably never had access to his music, wouldn't know who Prince is. It's part of why I like sharing Prince's legacy, so folks can discover these things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yd3DvktmiY

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codarobo.online•90 days ago

Rick Beato is also the guy who was like, “it’s too easy to make music these days and that’s why music is bad”

rsidd120.bsky.social•91 days ago

Hm, I was not born when the Beatles broke up but was very aware of them growing up. Prince was huge in his time, is he already forgotten?
Classic rockers (McCartney, the Stones, the Who, Dylan, even the Dead...) are still going strong. Do later stars have less staying power? Interesting thought...

lookitup.baby•90 days ago

As a Minnesota resident, everyone knows who Prince is regardless of age

davidgs.com•90 days ago

As required by law, I believe.

charissagrace15.bsky.social•90 days ago

Prince.

A man I thought I disliked and refused to listen to...and got dragged to the movie Purple Rain and left there that night tears on my face becus I had witnessed a minor god

just wow what an amazing amazing talented person

himham.bsky.social•90 days ago

Bombshell news about Mr Beast serves only to make him more popular. I encourage you to leave this behind and stop engaging.

mblaber.bsky.social•91 days ago

If he’s 26, he was 18 when Prince died. That just shows a complete vacuum of news and lack of curiosity.

amockingbird.bsky.social•91 days ago

I was horrified when my friend told me she hadn’t made sure her kid knew who Prince was. But I guess I get it, my parents weren’t into music either, so I know no bands between The Beatles and Sha Na Na. Last one they liked, first one I did. All of classic rock is 🤷‍♀️for me.

388shark.bsky.social•90 days ago

His parents failed him.

livinginarcata.bsky.social•90 days ago

The failure of democracy is deciding that lying, cheating, miserable rat bastards get to speak freely and destroy our country from the inside out.

jeffbach.bsky.social•91 days ago

People (rightfully) give Spotify a ton of shit but the way it enables easily dabbling and exploring artists who’ve passed and one might never go buy an album of is kinda amazing

anildash.com•91 days ago

Oh! And: it's time to discover Prince. https://www.anildash.com/2017/02/12/its_time_to_discover_prince/

bakerblue.bsky.social•91 days ago

Good post-such a seminal artist. Broke ground in so many ways-and many ways we’ll probably never know..

https://youtube.com/shorts/0N-qxyLdw9k?si=6hJxcXxqob2IR0dQ

sirwilliam.bsky.social•91 days ago

It also a time to rediscover Prince!

snotrocket.bsky.social•90 days ago

Probably dating myself here but yes rediscover. I remember discovering him back when first ave was a thing.

hannibabblealphab.bsky.social•90 days ago

📌

chinajoeflynn.bsky.social•91 days ago

Spread the word

chreke.com•90 days ago

Controversy is such a banger. Have never heard such funky synths, before or since

anildash.com•90 days ago

And it was INCREDIBLE live. I literally teared up a few times it was so joyous when he had Maceo Parker and his horns come in on it.

anildash.com•90 days ago

Here, this gives you a feel https://youtu.be/fBQauCNPVmw?t=1970

trey-swindu744.bsky.social•90 days ago

📌

4863media.com•90 days ago

just did video/sound for an incredible Prince tribute for the Purple Rain 40th anniversary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7yj6-YZxjI

thatac.bsky.social•90 days ago

thatac.bsky.social•90 days ago

Oh crud... I forget to put out the cookie dipping sauce!!
Hope you saved room!!

bb0728.bsky.social•90 days ago

Prince live was a religious experience.

He made eye contact with me and was NOT happy to see me, a guy sitting in the second row dead center surrounded by beautiful women.

He made that look when you smell a fart...at me. I felt his scorn, and disappointment. Second best show of my life.

poppastring.com•91 days ago

"All of us were ordinary compared to Cynthia Rose
She always stood at the back of the line
A smile beneath her nose" 💜

artworms.bsky.social•91 days ago

It always irks me that adults, who have spent their whole life in the world and then also helping raise or teach kids, don't get that kids don't know everything they know. And use it as an excuse to pull rank. :/

mblaber.bsky.social•91 days ago

Expecting him to know who Prince is is not even close to expecting him to know everything I know.

jimc5.bsky.social•90 days ago

Me to Mr Beast

dutchcowboy.bsky.social•91 days ago

Intergenerational differences are fascinating. Gregory Bateson on this in 1966 https://youtu.be/0RR-k8O3ksY?si=kfsvg_Hv_kYzuhMR

romabysen.bsky.social•91 days ago

Beato has become a bit tiresome as of late.

tbqtalks.com•91 days ago

I love his interviews but he can be a little old man yells at cloud. I remember in his interview with Sting he kept trying to get Sting to say modern technology and the like was horrible and Sting refused and said he liked how it made music more accessible for newcomers.

anildash.com•91 days ago

he's always been tiresome, but I mean... he's literally an old shouty guy on YouTube talking about music

romabysen.bsky.social•91 days ago

I've mostly watched some of the interviews he's done with folks like Vai and Satraini so maybe his other stuff was always like this.

anildash.com•91 days ago

I like his breakdowns of songs and stuff, mostly I like his work. But I expect he's probably also insufferable.

artwells.com•91 days ago

Why would anybody be surprised by or even note something Mr Beast is ignorant of?

I don't think anyone thinks he's particularly enlightened or curious. Point to something random in your house. He probably doesn't know what it is.

What's surprising is that we make stupid people famous.

beaverstanacct.bsky.social•91 days ago

tbf I think MrBeast doesn't know a lot of important stuff

jakeduhjake.bsky.social•91 days ago

I just learned that Mr. Beast is 26. I had assumed he was somehow the same age as the Vlogbrothers

scriptor.bsky.social•91 days ago

zoomer coworker of mine had never heard of red hot chili peppers. it happens, time marches on, the joints keep crackling

lowpursuit.bsky.social•91 days ago

I still only have a vague idea who Beast even is so whatevs lol

weepynomad.bsky.social•90 days ago

I don't really care if you don't know music legends if you're just a regular joe, but I do get surprised when I hear Gen Z artists say they've never really listened to important artists of the past, especially in the genre they make their own music in.

jimothy63.bsky.social•91 days ago

this is why so many of us hate mr. beast

dystopiandanceparty.com•90 days ago

Honestly, biggest surprise for me here is that Beato rates Prince; MrBeast strikes me as someone who doesn’t care about music or really anything outside of, like, brand equity. But I agree that there’s a better way to keep artists relevant than scolding young people about it.

anildash.com•90 days ago

Beato is a pretty standard Rick dude, but tolerant of pop. Prince is straight down the middle for him, especially as Prince is seen as classic rock by these guys now.

dystopiandanceparty.com•90 days ago

Yeah, I guess as someone who's fully Prince-pilled I've just noticed his name not coming up in the Beato videos I've seen... but I know he also avoids talking about artists that will copyright strike him, so that may have something to do with it. Also, I know "Rick dude" was a typo but I love it lol

anildash.com•90 days ago

lol autocomplete for rock dude

jimprosser.bsky.social•91 days ago

I’m 42, and I think the most exposure I had to his music growing up in California was, like, the Batman soundtrack?

arik.org•90 days ago

It's probably no consolation, but I barely know who Mr. Beast is, and only just now heard his voice for the first time.

celsas.bsky.social•90 days ago

You're doing the important work!💜

mikemcinnis.bsky.social•91 days ago

This reminds me of an interaction a few years ago with a young music fan on Twitter who had never heard of James Brown.

I introduced her without talking down to her or scolding her. But JAMES BROWN?!?? I couldn’t believe it.

trishussey.com•91 days ago

Geez my nine year old knows who Prince is. Of course this is due to a concerted effort on my part to instill a love of the classics. I knew I was doing something right when one of her top bands on Spotify Wrapped was Queen.

matthewoliphant.com•91 days ago

https://xkcd.com/1053/

timcosgrove.bsky.social•91 days ago

Who is Mr Beast?

Only half-joking. He creates real life hunger games for people ands sells really bad hamburgers or something, right?

t13r.bsky.social•91 days ago

It’s a bit surprising how it seems like it rings no bell at all. But he likely never cared about music one bit.
I’d be curious to know if he has any knowledge of television. He’s a super nerd of how YouTube works, so it’d make sense *to me* to have spent time learning about what came before.

thatbberg.omg.lol•91 days ago

nope, very little respect for it. he considers movies and TV too "old school" and has talked about how they're too slow paced and not engaging enough because they're not optimized for retention rate. 🫠

his only interest in them is in "YouTube-ifying"/"Beastifying" them 😬

t13r.bsky.social•91 days ago

Thanks for the insight! Totally unsurprising. He doesn’t come off as a paragon of taste, culture, or curiosity. 🤷🏻‍♂️

computerjones.ing•91 days ago

mrbeast sucks, you don't have to give him an excuse

anildash.com•91 days ago

It’s not really about him

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