Dumbest things ever overheard at a record store!

Kind of funny with people being annoyed with younger employees not knowing some of the older acts. Have you ever been to a local shop with older folks that don't know when you are asking about an act they never heard of? That crap happens all of the time. I don't even care, they just go on the computer and look it up in their system.

There's too much stuff to memorize and know off the top of your head.

 

Many of the posts to this thread seem to be from people who do not realize how damn old they are and how much pop culture has transpired since they quit being young and part of it.
I do.
I don't expect everyone younger and the few who are older to have lived MY past.

 

Ugh the way that's playing out in my head is infuriating, If I was there I would've loved to have shut him down

 

Back when record stores rented VHS I heard a customer asking for a movie with Martin N. Lewis. The clerk told the customer it wasn't Martin N. Lewis, it was the comedy team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lee Lewis.

 

Not sure if the "Jerry Lee Lewis" part is a goof you made or if the clerk actually said "Jerry Lee Lewis"!

 

That is what the clerk said. It was a double SMH moment.

 

let's flip the script. throw these old farts in a record store and have a teenager come in and ask for the new Cardi B album.

 

Okay - I thought so, but I wanted to confirm that you didn't has a Senior Moment when you wrote "Jerry Lee Lewis"!

At least the clerk knew Martin and Lewis was a comedy team - beats the customer!

 

He's just saying what we're all thinking.

 

I just read something on Twitter today which sums it up pretty well:

"When I hear '30 years ago', I think of the 1970s. In a couple of years, '30 years ago' will refer to the 90s."

 

When "Sgt. Pepper's" came out on CD in 1987, they used the "it was 20 years ago today" line as the natural promotional tie-in.

20 years earlier seemed like an eternity to me back then - probably because I was 20 at the time and had zero memory of June 1967.

Now "20 years ago" = 1998, which seems like yesterday!

 

Yes, that's the point I've been trying to make. I don't care if the employee has heard of the music I'm looking for- I just want them to help me find it in the store or order it for me.

 

Kid around 16 years old asks employee: “Where can I find the new Black Sabbath album?”

Clueless clerk: “Not exactly sure, but I would try the gospel section.”

 

"Is she one of those hippity-hoppers? You don't want to listen to that crap. Here, check out Janis Joplin."

 

Guys, I turn 42 next month...post like this make me feel really bloody old! And I'm not!

 

My response:

1.) Did they record an album before 1994?
2.) Are they Black Keys?

If the answer to both questions is no, then I probably have no idea who they are.

 

"They"? Do musical groups even exist anymore?

 

Bender!

 

Maybe they thought it was a band name like Belle & Sebastian. These days you can never be too sure.

 

"Nah, that was the other Paul McCartney...you know, the one who's dead."

 

Two guys behind the counter opening new stock:
1-Would you look at this crap?
2-OMG! Cher does a couple bad movies, and now she thinks she can be a singer too?

 

What shop was this?

 

The proprietor's initials are R.R.
I can discreetly say no more...

 

"We don't sell sweaters."