As so many sources, including Brooklyn Vegan, have posted in the post grammy frenzy, one of the top trends on Twitter was the question "Who the F is Paul McCartney?", and I for one, am ashamed to even be included as part of the American music scene afet such nonsesne. The aptly named "Twit"-ter apparently is filled with numbskulls, but moreover, I personally feel this is a problem with American education. I shall indulge you as a reader, and for the record, these are my own personal opinions, not that of buffaBLOG.

For those who are connected to the internet, are reading about music, and still don't know who he is (a number I expect to be around zero), Paul McCartney is one of the primary songwriters, and bass player for the Beatles; the most influential rock band of all time. The Beatles are bar none the afformentioned mecha-band, and the predications of the modern music industry have been forged on have been based around their accomplishments, and have been attempt to find the next Beatles. The Beatles marked a cultural transition into the turbulent times of the 60's, and essentially played the soundtrack to things like civil rights, and the anti-war movement.

The Brittish Invasion was not only a piece of musical history, but human history as well; it is a time period and movement that have gone down in history books, and as stated earlier, the entire foundations of modern recording have been based around the accomplishments of the Beatles, of which Sir Paul was a humongous influence in. Paul has written some of the most notable, highest grossing songs of all time, and has paved the way for artists the likes of Madonna and Michael Jackson. Without the Beatles, labels wouldn't have understood the potential influence one group of artists could have on the world. The Beatles were a tremendous influence on society and politics, on the recording industry, and for song writing and pioneering studio techniques. What they accomplished in their time together was literally a surreal happening, the likes of which will never happen again.

But perhaps this has been where Sir Paul has done himself in. With the progression of music as we know it, the industry's realization of billion dollar sales, and musical mass production, the music industry subdivided into the plethora of genres that the Beatles invented; the primary of which is popular music. Labels saw how lucrative the Beatles were, and they have all tried to repeat what was a one time occurance. Right after they exploded, labels were clamoring to sign acts like the Rolling Stones and the Who, and that eventually into acts like Led Zeppelin; all of which were fantastic in their own right, however didn't have the "landing" that the Beatles did.

This brings us to where we are today; we are a society of popular music that people who actually follow music dismiss. We as a culture have just begun gobbling up pop stars by the minute with things like "American Idol" and "The X Factor", but digest them just as quickly. Even the indie scenes are becoming so dependent on the next big thing, without any of us realizing that there will never be another Beatles. It happened, and has become entrenched in the fabric of our popular music whether we like it or not. Unfortunately for us, one of the greatest musical collaborations in history may have convuluted that history to such an extent, that people will just eat whatever slop is fed to them. Like an an animal on an Orwellian musical Animal Farm, we are destined to eat what the industry pigs feed us whilst they feast immaculate on that which was created by Beatles. These events further prove to me that there is no going back, and that the influence of profits (unless debunked by online music and piracy) will continue destroy music, and water down the opinions and tastes of mainstream music "listeners". It seems it may be time for real music fans to abandon all hope, as even one of the greatest and most renowned musicians of all time is a relative nobody again. Maybe if he flashed his nipples or wore a dress of meat he might once again make himself a star...I think our option here was phrased best by Paul himself...