I have now officially heard everything!!  I am just flabbergasted...........

 

I live halfway between Buffalo and Rochester NY in a City called Batavia. 

 

This starts Sunday night:

 

I had gotten home from Beatlefest Sunday evening.  That night I went out for a beer at a local bar in town.  It was totally dead there so it was just me and the bartender.  The bartender is this girl that is a 20-Something with  children......Here is the dialog:

 

BARTENDER:  Hey Jules!  What's up?  What did you do all weekend?

 

ME:  I went down to Jersey to go to Beatlefest!!!! It was SO great...music everywhere...cool memorabilia...blah blah blah....we should have done the whole 3 days...blah blah blah....I can't wait to go to the one in Vegas....Yadda yadda...Ringo is coming to Niagara Falls!!!  I'm SO psyched!!!

 

BARTENDER:  Who is Ringo?

 

ME:  Um, you know, Ringo Starr.

 

BARTENDER:  I've never heard of him.

 

ME:  Excuse me?

 

BARTENDER:  I don't know who that is.

 

ME:  Come ON!  Are you serious?

 

BARTENDER:  Yeah. 

 

ME:  Give me a break!  Does John, Paul George and Ringo ring a bell?

 

BARTENDER:  No.

 

ME: Are you kidding?  Well, you know who Paul McCartney is right?

 

BARTENDER:  Who's that?

 

<at this point I'm pretty sure my jaw dropped and left a dent on the bar>

 

ME:  You HAVE to be joking.  Uhhhhhh  The BEATLES...you know?  "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" "Drive My Car" "Yesterday"?

 

BARTENDER: No.  I don't know those songs.

 

<Jules pulls out her iPod>

 

ME:  OH MY GOD!!!!!  Yes you do!  You just may not know that it is them.  Listen to this....

 

<I put in "Here Comes The Sun">

 

BARTENDER:  I've never heard this song before.

 

<Jules thinks: Is this chick from outer space>

 

ME:  Ok, How about this one?

 

<With a Little Help from My Friends>

 

BARTENDER: (blank stare).

 

ME:  Come ON!!!  You just can't be serious!!!  How about THIS

 

<Come Together>

 

BARTENDER:  I've heard that one before.  (turns out the girls mom is a HUGE Aerosmith fan)

 

ME:  I just can't believe this.  How can someone NOT know who the Beatles are??  They are THE most important rock band EVER! 

 

SOME DRUNK IN THE BAR:  Well she IS young. <he wipes drool from the corner of his mouth>

 

ME:  MY daughter is younger than her and LOVES them!

 

THE DRUNK:  Well that's because she had YOU.

 

ME:  No it's NOT!!!  ALL of her friends are Beatle fanatics, and I didn't raise THEM!! 

 

I am just stunned and amazed.................................The girl really had no clue at all.............

 

 

there are a bunch of people at the bar.  I happen to know all of them and told them that this girl didn't know who the Beatles were.  Then proceeded to pull out my iPod yet again, this time with speakers.  I started playing Beatle tunes and of course within a second EVERYONE at the bar is singing along.....Except for the bartender chick!  She was just standing there looking totally confused! 

 

ME:  Do you feel like everyone has had a secret and no one ever told you?

 

BARTENDER:  (blank stare)

 

ANOTHER DRUNK:  Hey Jules!  Do you have "Rocky Raccoon" on that thing?

 

ME:  (grin)

 

ME:  Honey, you are a deprived child!  You have no idea how much pure JOY you have been missing out on! 

 

 

This went on for the rest of the night....

 

 

I Mean REALLY!!!  Who are this girls parents?  This is child abuse!!!  If there are still young children in that home, they should be removed!  I have NEVER encountered ANYONE in ANY country for that matter that didn't know who the Beatles are.  This poor girl has only been exposed to Country music and Aerosmith.  That's it!! 

 

It's just a SIN!!!  So, I told her that on the first warm sunny day (which hasn't happened here yet grrrrrrrrrr), I'm going to take her for a ride in me convertible and listen to "Here Comes The Sun".  Hopefully she will have a musical epiphany.
 

I'm still just FLOORED!!!!

 

 

<scratching my head>

I originally sent this out via email.  Here are some choice comments that I recieved back from readers: