Grollub
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Joined: 10/9/2005 From: Lulea, Sweden Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: HansBolter One of the principals of the architecture firm I work for, who is in his mid forties (all three principals are younger than me...and I am the resident FOG), has a tee shirt with that image on it and none of the young hipsters had a clue what it is. The insert to be able to play a 45 rpm record on a turntable spindle designed for a 33-1/3 rpm record. Ask the hipsters, without context, what a "B-side" was. Crickets. As I still consider myself a "youngster", I can't in good conscience answer you what a "B-side" is. Starting to feel old though ... It's the opposite of the A-side. A 45 RPM record had one song on each of two sides. A-side, B-side. The A-side was the "hit", or what the record company hoped would be the hit. The B-side was filler. But music history is replete with B-sides that became hits, even huge ones. Sorry if I didn't manage to get through - being 52 yo with a couple of LP players behind me, I know perfectly well what the A- & B-side was, but I don't want to admit that Anyway, kudos to you for the flawless explanation though
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