Time Warp

[RonBoyd]

It is hard to believe that the Beatles release date of "Love Me Do" is closer to the start of World War I than it is to today.

Time really is speeding up

How about Bill Clinton? Is he a present-day president? Sort of, but his election (1992) is as close to Richard Nixon’s administration (1969-74) as to today. While we’re at it, Baroness Thatcher’s selection as Tory leader (1975) is as close to Neville Chamberlain’s government (1937-40) as it is to us.

Bill Haley’s Rock Around the Clock (1954) is as close to the Spanish-American war (1898) as it is to us. There is nothing hipper than hip-hop, but the Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” (1979), the first rap song, is closer to Al Jolson’s last hits than to the songs in the rap charts now.

 

[HFWR]

Thanks, I didn't feel old enough...

 

[Amethyst]

Somehow, this reminds of my father assuring me that as I got older, he got younger, because the ratio of our ages was getting smaller and smaller.

Amethyst

 

[freebird5825]

Space age baby here, so the time warp effect didn't hit too awfully hard.

Anybody got a BandAid?