Hey I love this meme everytime I see it, but I want to point out that that point about growing up in "similar circumstances that nurture their skill’ is contingent upon working musicians being able to afford to raise children. Children that will also need to work.
Maybe I’m wrong but I don’t think there is a comparable proportion of the population that are working musicians, that earn enough money to support children, but not so much that the children don’t have to learn a trade, as there were in “Enlightenment” Europe where if a person wanted to hear music they had to make it themselves, or pay someone to make it, and every rich asshole had a chamber orchestra following him around.
Also parents don’t teach children their trades the way they used to, and they aren’t expected to support their parent’s businesses the way they used to. (I’m not lamenting this). There used to be a lot of pressure on children to contribute economically. Mozart, and his siblings probably faced what we’d consider child abuse if he didn’t practice. He was certainly exploited.
Michael Jackson is a Mozart of the 20th century. He was put to work at a young age to support his parents and siblings, that were also working musicians.
As much as I love Weird Al (and I do) I don’t think he was groomed and exploited the same way MJ/WM were. Kudos to his parents for that I guess.
fhqwgads@possumpat.io 8 months ago
I continue to contend that Weird Al would put on the greatest Superbowl halftime show of all time.
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’d be OK with a National Anthem with an accordion solo.
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 8 months ago
But instead of hours of football, a break for music and commercials, then more hours of football, it should be hours of Weird Al concert, a break to let some jocks throw a ball around for a few mins while he takes a break to grab a drink, pee, etc, and then return for a couple more hours of Weird Al concert.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Eh, you can have both.
Have the Weird Al Concert be in the middle while the football match is happening, have balls and players swarm around the podium while Weird al is singing some parody of a sports song.
I’m sure he can pull that off.
grue@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I contend that you’re correct, except that he would put it on for the Puppy Bowl instead (and incorporating the usual kittens into the act, of course).
TetraVega@lemmings.world 8 months ago
I’d tune in for that.
jballs@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
There’s gotta be a way to make this happen
Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Www.weird.ai