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David Meets His Idol

Now, now with the Beatles, what was it with? It was— okay, well, first of all, the, the new movie that's coming out is, is— sounds so fucking fun. It's basically, everyone knows the Beatles, they're a huge band. But one day everyone's memories get like swiped and no one remembers the Beatles except this one guy. This one guy is the only one that remembers all the songs from the Beatles. He's a failed musician and he just starts singing the songs and writing them as if they were his own. So he comes up, he writes all the Beatles songs in like a week and everyone's like, how the fuck is he coming up with this music? And it's because it's already been written, but everyone's forgotten the Beatles. I love that. Very fucking interesting concept. Yeah, I had that same idea, but it was like— I mean, it's not really an original.

March 9, 20197:23David
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Jason7:09
You love movies with conceits like that. Like, you, you love that, um, that Danny Boyle movie that's coming out about the Beatles.
David7:14
Oh yeah, there's a movie coming out about the Beatles. Oh, it's the best. It's, um, I had this exact idea like 5 years ago.
Jason7:22
Exact.
David7:23
Now, now with the Beatles, what was it with? It was— okay, well, first of all, the, the new movie that's coming out is, is— sounds so fucking fun. It's basically, everyone knows the Beatles, they're a huge band. But one day everyone's memories get like swiped and no one remembers the Beatles except this one guy. This one guy is the only one that remembers all the songs from the Beatles. He's a fa…
Jason8:05
I think in reality, if someone did do that, do you think that they could—
David8:10
yeah, they could get away with it?
Jason8:11
Not that they couldn't get away with it, but do you think those songs would pop like that? Are they that good?