Bowie

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Literally only boys name I can think of...

Every one we think of either me or dh knows some chav we don't like with that name...

Fine as a middle name but silly as a first name IMO.

You are making assumptions then? Bowie is a name in its own right

No, I wasn't making assumptions. My point was backed up by all the PP's who also made the David Bowie connection. There is no point even trying to deny that will happen.

It's a name of Gaelic origin, quite common in Scotland

It's really not.

Not common as a forename I meant.

Tbh I dont think many kids of this generation are going to make the automatic connection that it is after David Bowie anyway.

upside Of course they will.

That's like saying children these days won't know who The Beatles were, or who Michael Jackson was. Ludicrous.

oh just dont.
the great man himself allowed his son to change the name he burdened himself with.

the great man himself allowed his son to change the name he burdened himself with.

Suppose he did

His son was called DUNCAN. No great man 'allowed' him to change it. He was already called Duncan!

All my kids know who David Bowie is. All under 10. They’d tell him that he reminds them of the babe, at every opportunity too.

That's like saying children these days won't know who The Beatles were, or who Michael Jackson was. Ludicrous

Most children don't! Why would a ten year old now know who the Beatles were? They broke up half a century ago! And JAckson has been dead for a decade.

Sorry sounds like a dog.

My seven year old knows the Beatles. And Michael Jackson. If you aren’t a music listener or someone in to history or even particularly interested in popular culture then no, or walk around with your ears and eyes shut, I guess your kids won’t know.

Have they never listened to the frog song? That’s kind of sad.

Yours might. Mine do. A great many will not though.
Lots of people listen to music but not old music. You can be into history but never mention the Beatles, and popular culture generally refers to current pop culture, not that of your grandparents.
Don't be smug.

also the frog song is from 1984 and not the Beatles, just one ex beatle, and I'd hardly call it missing out not to be familiar with it!

SIL's children know older music because MIL plays it to them. She calls it "modern music" though, stuff from the 70s, and they were teased about saying that at school apparently.

I find that quite sad, it’s a lovely song for children. Something being old doesn’t devalue it - look at classical music.

Also historically they were massive and have permeated popular culture since - just off the top of my head they have guest starred on the Simpsons, they write children’s books, the wife of a Beatle lives on in vegetarian food. Their music is in jingles, on adverts, covered by Elbow on the John Lewis 2017 Xmas ad.

My grandparents listened to Nat King Cole, not the Beatles. I listened and drank it up. Children should be exposed to as much as possible, not told that just because something is old so ergo it should be written off. By that logic old films and books aren’t worth reading

I find that quite sad, it’s a lovely song for children. Something being old doesn’t devalue it - look at classical music

Nothing sad about it, its an awful song. Please don't compare 80's Paul McCartney and some fake frogs to classical music.

We are talking about children in 2018. The simpsons episode with Ringo in is from 1991. The one with Paul and Linda is from 1995. This is not current pop culture.

You are being very daft. Who is writing anything off? Who made any comment on the quality or importance of the music? No-one, you made massive leaps. The point made was that the majority of younger children in 2018 will not be very familiar with the beatles.

So keep your silly logic when you haven't understood what you are responding to!

George Orwell? Who’s he? Some dead idiot from 50 years ago. Totally not relevant to today’s kids. They’d rather watch tv, the new series of Big Brother is on.

OP, it’s not chavy, it’s just a bit ridiculous.

There’s a Disney show called Andi Mack and that has a character with the name Bowie, pronounced as OP suggests. I quite like it.

George Orwell? Who’s he? Some dead idiot from 50 years ago. Totally not relevant to today’s kids. They’d rather watch tv, the new series of Big Brother is on

Now you're just being a dick.

Noone made any comment at all about relevance or importance.

The Simpson’s is on every night on sky1. In 2018. Today’s kids can still watch it. The Beatles were on the JL Xmas ad. In 2017.

I’m not comparing the musical composition of the frog song to classical music, I am comparing the relevance of some historical music to other historical music. And making the point that regardless of your personal feelings on whether it is awful, it’s there in history for people to listen to. If some choose to ignore huge swathes of music then fine, they can live like that. Others won’t.

who made any comment on the quality or importance of the music? That was you. You said it was awful and not something that matters. I said it was lovely. I think you’re a stupid person. You think I’m daft. Swings and round abouts isn’t it.

I know Luca I was just joking really 😂. Mine do know Michael Jackson because they listen to it at dance class and did Thriller for Halloween show. They know the Beatles as well, don’t know how. Just picked it up i imagine.

That was you. You said it was awful and not something that matters

I said the frog song was awful , and it doesn't matter.

But since that wasn't by the Beatles, its not at all relevant to your point.

You call people stupid because the point out the massively obvious fact that ten year old kids are not generally au fait with the music of 60 years ago?
Get a life love