When George Harrison died in 2001, a coworker in her late 20s didn’t know who he was. She had heard of the Beatles but wasn’t sure of the names of the individual band members.
I’m sure she doesn’t. It’s not like we watched reruns of He and She around her.
That’s pretty surprising. Not so surprising was the reaction among my co-workers at the time (women in their late 20s or so) when I mentioned that Jerry Garcia had died. “Who’s Jerry Garcia?” they asked. I would not have expected them to be Deadheads, but I would have thought they would have at least heard of him.
I was not working in the radio biz at the time, by the way. Radio people of any age or gender would have known the name Jerry Garcia.
are you going to tell us what a pan flute is?
Better than that, I can show you!
(The pan flute is apparently named that because Pan, a Greek god, was often depicted playing such a flute.)
Is that different from Panpipes?
Same thing.
I wonder where they think Ben & Jerry’s ‘Cherry Garcia’ comes from.
I am in my late 50s and I have heard of Jerry Garcia but had no idea he was in the Grateful Dead. In fact my only notion of the Grateful Dead is that they are a band that is famous for their die-hard fans and not their music. I imagine they are some kind of rock band, but which sub-genre I have no idea.
I am NOT a musical snob or a hermit.
And I’d never heard of Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia until this thread. And I’ve stocked a few ice cream cases in my time, so I’ve probably handled it and just not realized what it was a play on.
This is the only assertion here that is really hard to believe.
Once upon a time, we were all inundated with Zamfir commercials on late night TV, prompting one standup comedian to ask “Zamfir? MASTER of the Pan Flute? I mean, how much competition did he really have?”
You haven’t convinced me you’ve ever heard of him…
In a recent work conference, the hostess asked some trivia questions about Taylor Swift. I know of her because of the Kanye West thing making headlines, and they show her in the pressbox during KC Chiefs games, but I couldn’t recognize any of her songs. I just answered “Freebird” and the hostess was mortally appalled.
We visited a Pittsburgh brewery last night and spent some time chatting with Rick Sebak. The dude is a Pittsburgh icon.
After he moved on, a woman we know came over and asked who our friend was (she noticed everyone saying hi to him). I told her it was Rick Sebak and she had no clue. I gave some details of his career, still no clue.
I’ve seen (and loved) several of Rick Sebak’s documentaries, and know his distinctive voice. But I doubt I would recognize him if I saw him. He’s on camera relatively rarely, at least in anything that I’ve watched.
Must be my Pittsburgh roots. I failed to recognize my ex-wife at an event recently, but the second I saw Sebak I knew who he was.
Yes, I’m sure actually being from Pittsburgh would help.
In reference to the Grateful Dead, mentioned above, I can’t quite remember when I worked out who Jerry Garcia was. For a long time, the only Dead song that I knew was “Touch of Grey” (I’m sure all the Deadheads in the crowd despair at that), and I had no idea who the individual members of the band might be. I remember when he died, and the name was somewhat familiar, but I didn’t really get what the big deal was.
Yes, yes we do.
Never heard of Rick Sebak. Looked him up - no wonder.
I teach teenagers, so I long ago gave up being surprised at who they don’t know.
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For a Pittsburgher, Rick Sebak, Fred Rogers, and Sally Wiggins are the holy trio. Oh, and Mike Lange. I’ve had the honor of buying Mike a beer 4 or 5 times.
I spoke with a young woman who was in theater arts, particularly musical theater, and she didn’t know who Gilbert and Sullivan were.
I attend at least one G&S production every year. My niece also gave me a funny look when I said, “Gilbert and Sulllivan. You know, 19th century light opera. Comedy operettas.” When I then hummed a brief segment from one of their more popular pieces, she said, “Ohhhh…like Captain Crunch cereal.”