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Had a young patron who didn't know who Billy Joel is?

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Juliet
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Had a young patron who didn't know who Billy Joel is?

Just had a young college aged student who came into the library looking for some info on Billy Joel (for a class) and she didn't know who he was and that he was from LI. I told her he was once married to Christie Brinkley and they have a daughter together. She knew who Christie Brinkley was.

How do you grow up on LI and NOT know who Billy Joel is? Even just one song?Chat Icon

Posted 9/1/06 12:00 PM
 
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AimeeE2006
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Re: Had a young patron who didn't know who Billy Joel is?

Wow. My dad works in a middle school library and has a poster of the Mona Lisa up - one of the students asked why he had a picture of Cher up on the wall!!! C'mon now.

Posted 9/1/06 12:02 PM
 

Maathy317
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Re: Had a young patron who didn't know who Billy Joel is?

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Posted 9/1/06 12:02 PM
 

Nicole728
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Re: Had a young patron who didn't know who Billy Joel is?

I know, but i think kids these days are more likely to know who "Diddy" is than Billy Joel, sad but true...

Posted 9/1/06 12:04 PM
 

Juliet
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Re: Had a young patron who didn't know who Billy Joel is?

I know we all have different tastes in music but most LI'ers at least know who he is even if they don't listen to his music.

Posted 9/1/06 12:04 PM
 

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Re: Had a young patron who didn't know who Billy Joel is?

Posted by AimeeE2006

Wow. My dad works in a middle school library and has a poster of the Mona Lisa up - one of the students asked why he had a picture of Cher up on the wall!!! C'mon now.



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Posted 9/1/06 12:04 PM
 

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Re: Had a young patron who didn't know who Billy Joel is?

Posted by AimeeE2006

Wow. My dad works in a middle school library and has a poster of the Mona Lisa up - one of the students asked why he had a picture of Cher up on the wall!!! C'mon now.

I'm scared for today's youth! Chat Icon

Posted 9/1/06 12:05 PM
 

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Re: Had a young patron who didn't know who Billy Joel is?

wow! Chat Icon that's def strange! Chat Icon

Posted 9/1/06 12:20 PM
 

SweetTooth
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Re: Had a young patron who didn't know who Billy Joel is?

Thats really wierd, its not like Billy Joel was popular for a year and then faded away. He is still extremely popular, even today. Thats almost like saying you don't know who the Beatles are!

Posted 9/1/06 12:21 PM
 

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Re: Had a young patron who didn't know who Billy Joel is?

thats sad to me. it just means that they don't look outside of their own world.

Posted 9/1/06 12:23 PM
 

islandersgirl74
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Re: Had a young patron who didn't know who Billy Joel is?

That is just wrong. How could you now know who the "piano man" is??Chat Icon

Posted 9/1/06 5:29 PM
 

june262004
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Re: Had a young patron who didn't know who Billy Joel is?

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How do you NOT know him especially here. Seriously im in my early 20's and Im a huge fan.

Sometimes you just gotta wonder how they tie their shoes in the morning!


When I worked in retail someone saw the cover of TV guide. This was like 2 weeks after Sunny Bono died... They were like HE DIED... His funeral was pretty much on TV I mean there was so much media coverage... Do you live under a rock Chat Icon

Posted 9/1/06 5:33 PM
 

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Re: Had a young patron who didn't know who Billy Joel is?

what cave does she live in??

Posted 9/1/06 5:33 PM
 

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Re: Had a young patron who didn't know who Billy Joel is?

That's really surprising! How do you not know anything about billy joel?!

Posted 9/1/06 5:39 PM
 

Jenziba
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Re: Had a young patron who didn't know who Billy Joel is?

What?!? There's no way....Chat Icon

Posted 9/1/06 5:42 PM
 

curliegirl
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Re: Had a young patron who didn't know who Billy Joel is?

because kids today live in their own little bubble and don't have parents who teach them how to expand their horizons and look beyond their own front yards.

They grow up sitting in front of a TV or computer listen to prefabricated, computer-generated music and not to an actual artist who plays an instrument, writes music, and actually has talent!

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DH LOVES Billy Joel, so I answered for him.

Message edited 9/1/2006 5:44:49 PM.

Posted 9/1/06 5:44 PM
 

Goldi0218
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Re: Had a young patron who didn't know who Billy Joel is?

It is really scary when they dont know who the Beatles are. Makes me feel old and they broke up the year before I was born.

Posted 9/1/06 5:46 PM
 

june262004
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Re: Had a young patron who didn't know who Billy Joel is?

Posted by curliegirl

because kids today live in their own little bubble and don't have parents who teach them how to expand their horizons and look beyond their own front yards.

They grow up sitting in front of a TV or computer listen to prefabricated, computer-generated music and not to an actual artist who plays an instrument, writes music, and actually has talent!

Can you tell I'm in a bad mood? Chat Icon

DH LOVES Billy Joel, so I answered for him.



While I agree with SOME... Its not like billy joel isn't on tv Chat Icon

Posted 9/1/06 6:00 PM
 

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Re: Had a young patron who didn't know who Billy Joel is?

To defend today's youth, I can say that all of my students know who Billy Joel is and all of them know who the Beatles are. Well, maybe with the exception of the first graders, their my raw meat that I get to expose to everything this yearChat Icon

Posted 9/1/06 6:04 PM
 
 

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