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Re:Know how the Beatles ended? Peter Jackson may change your... by skinnymuch on Saturday November 13, 2021 @07:31AM (#29209314)
I don’t think virtually everyone knows a Beatles song. I hadn’t heard a song by them until I got into indie music. And began going thru who influenced modern indie rock.

I remember The Beatles being brought up in 10th grade. Someone did a project on it. The teacher said something like “you don’t even need to say the album name. We all know.” I didn’t. I had no clue what was happening. It was just assumed every one knew.

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Re:Know how the Beatles ended? Peter Jackson may change your... by Hallucinaut on Saturday November 13, 2021 @09:03AM (#29209770)
From my standpoint that boggles my mind that someone could never hear Yellow Submarine, or Let It Be, or Imagine, or Hey Jude even incidentally throughout all media at least in the English-speaking world.

I suppose you could hear them in a store and never think to ask who that is. I'm sure I've probably heard an Ed Sheeran song but I could name or identify precisely zero and he's had a billion dollar tour...

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