Monte Cook in Elk: "I was scrolling through YouTube and saw ..."

I was scrolling through YouTube and saw one of those "first reaction" videos for a guy listening to Stairway to Heaven.

I I could think of was, "you big liar." (I didn't actually watch it, it might be true, but come on)

March 21, 2024 at 4:20:57 AM

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All I'm saying is, the guy would have to either be quite young, or have lived a cloistered life to have not heard it unintentionally or unknowingly in a movie or something.

I saw one of those in which the drummer listens a song for the first time and tries to follow along, and the track was: ENTER SANDMAN.
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The guy was like 25~30yo. Like... It's statistically impossible !!

there's def an SNL sketch about this topic!

Found it https://youtu.be/Sf-sMJ2PwyY?si=iCC76ROfhfFTiLRm

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Weekend Update: TwinsTheNewTrend on Songs They’ve Never Heard Before - SNL

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I think that sitting and listening to a song can produce a very different reaction to hearing it incidentally.

In this case, a reaction I’d expect is “Oh it’s still going? … cool”

David Bowie was the one that got me. Mentioned him to a mid-20s coworker and they had no idea who he was. I died a little inside that day.