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hungrytheheretic — 8 years ago(November 21, 2017 06:53 AM)
A recent study at a major university (University of Pittsburgh POLISCI dept., I believe) has found that students aged 18-25 are only able to successfully identify, on average, 8 of the names/events referenced in this song and properly explain their historical and/or cultural significance in proper context. Kids today sure are stupid. How many do you "get"?
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nimda — 8 years ago(November 21, 2017 07:07 AM)
song holds up. billie joel doesn't like it for some reason.
ones i didn't know or wasn't comfortable with:
johnnie ray
south pacific
walter whinchell
studebaker
panmumjom
the king and i
santayana goodbye
malenkov
nasser
prokofiev
campanella
roy cohn
toscanini
dacron
dien bein phu falls
peyton place
pasternak
chou en-lai
starkweather homicide
syngman rhee
belgians in the congo
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hungrytheheretic — 8 years ago(November 21, 2017 07:13 AM)
I think it's one of his best songs.
Johnnie Ray is the only one I didn't/have never had a clue about. Guess it's time to find out who he is and why I should care.
ETA: Deaf and secretly gay artist in the 50's who did Cry. Looks just like the gay guy who got killed on TWD last week. lol
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Marcello Polo — 8 years ago(November 21, 2017 07:49 AM)
Walter Winchell was the Matt Drudge of his time. He had a very entertaining radio news show and then a less successful television career.
The King and I is a musical.
Nasser was the leader of Egypt.
Prokofiev was a composer. His 'Troika' was used in Woody Allen's 'Love and Death'. It is a good tune.
Roy Cohn was a homosexual anti-Communist and considered to be one of the most miserable men who ever lived.
Dien Bien Phu, as my old history teacher Mr. Bennett taught me, was where the French forces were defeated by the Viet Minh in Indochina.
Peyton Place was a smutty television show.
Boris Pasternak was a Russian writer. He wrote Dr. Zhivago.
Zhou Enlai was premier of China.
Belgians used to rule Congo, but I don't know what specifically he is referring to.
Stranger in a Strange Land is a sci-fi novel by Robert Heinlein about an Earthling who grew up on Mars and came back to Earth.
Everything else on your list is fake, especially the Studebaker.
Disney is CIA for kidz!