A conversation that you might have today with a time-traveling musician pulled from the past…

“Ah yeah, Mr. Sinatra, ummm sir, ummm…you see, in 2018, we don’t really use the term ‘broads’ anymore.
It’s ahhm…, I mean they don’t really, ahhh…

Well it’s not really the preferred nomenclature here in 2018…

No, no…’dames’?; no, that one not really, ahh…either, umm…

Here, let me just take that cigarette and ahh...

here, go ahead and sit down and enjoy this bottle of vitamin water…

 

John Lennon

Hey Johnny,
You're still more popular than Jesus.

 

Hi Chuck/Mr Berry.

Could you describe what went througb your mind when you took that famous call from your cousin Marvin on that fateful day in 1955?

 

Excuse me, Mr. Patton, would you care to e-nun-ci-ate?

*gets beaten with guitar*

 

“Yes, I know, but how many times do I need to apologize for Justin Bieber? I had nothing to do with it!”

 

Please resist the temptation. Everything from this decade is going to sound stupid and dated.

 

"I've got good news and bad news. The good news is your music will now be instantly accessible to everyone on the planet. The bad news is that none of them will be willing to pay for it."

 

Brian Jones.
Yeah, can you believe it?
Your band still exists nearly 60 years after you founded them.

 

Jimi, don't take too many sleeping pills.

 

I think in the OP's scenario, the musician is being pulled into the present and being shown the present day. Not us going back in time to warn them or change things or whatever.

 

Yes, correct. Maybe I was trying to be too clever with my initial thread phrasing.

Essentially a musician from the past time-travels to present day and you get to have a conversation with him/her.
Your a big fan, so you feel obligated to help get them get acclimated to the times. Maybe you'll want to explain what's happened since their time and/or give them some tips that might help them get by in the year 2018; especially if they want to stick around for a while.

 

Gram Parsons

"You won't believe what they did to your body after you died!"

 

"Elvis, you don't need to tour anymore, they've turned you into a hologram."

 

The bad news is you're opening for Michael Jackson...



The worst news is, well, remember your daughter...

 

Remember on Life on Mars when Sam met Marc Bolan? "Hey, Marc, drive carefully, huh?" (I couldn't be the only one screaming at my television screen that he wasn't the driver in the accident...)

 

Yeah Joey, the kids are all wearing your t-shirts...but they don't own any of your records.

 

Hey Ritchie, Mr Valens. About that coin toss.... you'd better make it the best outta three.

 

Or while we're at it, maybe talk the audience into taking up a collection so they could just rent a bus with a working heater!