why I hate statistics.

one of the warehouse monkeys was asking some "trivia" earlier and feeling superior because no one knew the answer... the question? "who is the most recognisable musician ever?"

there are SO many problems with that question. the answer "according to the radio" is johnny cash. now I'll grant that the man in black is an icon, but I'd be hard pressed to slot him above the likes of sinatra, beethoven, lennon, michael jackson or elvis.

so how is this quantified? asking people on the street who the first musician they thought of was? are we limiting to 20th century only? is there a MINIMUM age requirement (surely britney spears has had more press in the past five years than jerry lee lewis had in his entire life, just based on the VOLUME of press nowadays). who was the demographic polled?

the answer to this question, hands down, SHOULD BE elvis. elvis is universally recognised all over the planet. you see the likeness of the jumpsuit and crap in EVERYTHING, movies, cartoons, etc. and there's more conspiracy theorists and impersonators for him and his life than nearly anyone else...

but according to the warehouse monkey, it's johnny cash... the RADIO said so! and if I didn't believe him, I just need to look it up!