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Useless twisting of our new technology
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this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2025
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Well we could start with a name...
It's so strange for me, having been born in 1988, to hear someone not know who this guy is, and this song.
I fully understand that it's been just about 30 years since this came out, and there are multiple generations of kids that will never have heard it that are fully grown adults now.
Its just that this song was not only massive, one that everyone knew, but it lived on way past its release date, it was played on radio, tv, used in films and tv shows (silicon valley is a recent one of note). The same band also had a meme based on the film "napolean dynamite" with the song canned heat, which the main character did a dance to that made it into games such as world of warcraft and fortnite.
The band is a part of pop culture, and despite it all, there are still places in the world where people dont know instantly what this picture is from and who that is.
I get it. It just boggles my mind how vast the world is. Even 10 years ago there were people living in the north west of england asking who the beatles were. (Beatles are from liverpool in the north west of england and liverpool is littered with beatles murals, staturs and that kind of shit) its insane that anyone could not know who they are.
But hey ho. Just thinking out loud.
Well it's possible people have heard the song and just not know where it is from. I've seen the music video in muted online clips about film production, but I don't think I've ever actually heard the music.
I don't think I've ever heard the music and the video together at once so I wouldn't have made any connection. Assuming that you have heard the music because I have no idea what it would even sound like.
Also, little kids are going around in Nirvana t-shirts, so they can can all the “before my time” natter.
I was born in 1988 as well; I just don't recognize most musicians by their faces. (Is that a normal thing to do?) No need for the freak out.
Sorry for not always seeing every music video for every popular song. My bad, yo.
Hey man, i wanna be clear. That wasn't intended as a freak out. At all. I'm sorry it came off that way. It was a general musing about how vast the world is and that despite thinking everyone must know about a particular thing, there will always be people that don't.
I was more wonder and amazement at that fact. I wasn't having a go at you.
Sorry again my dude.
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
https://youtu.be/4JkIs37a2JE