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Re:Why Prince Changed His Name to an Symbol 30 Years Ago, an... by mattclarkdotnet on Friday January 12, 2024 @02:58AM (#38965335)
Agreed, not exact, but as a grizzled old man it still astounds me the number of people I meet that don’t know Nothing Compares 2 U was written by Prince, and also (though not necessarily intersecting) those who don’t know Killing Me Softly isn’t an original Fugees track. I suppose it only bothers me because people just don’t seem to care about the history of things?
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Re:Why Prince Changed His Name to an Symbol 30 Years Ago, an... by boomboomsubban on Friday January 12, 2024 @03:55AM (#38965691)
Do you immediately check the Wikipedia article for every song you hear on the radio? I imagine almost nobody you know actually owns a Sinead O'Connor or Fugees album, they heard it on TV/radio and never thought of it outside that context.
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