Wings.....they make me think of the term, "jumped the shark"."What?!", exclaims the 13y/o girl in 1985.
"Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?"
Tom
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Wings.....they make me think of the term, "jumped the shark"."What?!", exclaims the 13y/o girl in 1985.
"Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?"
Tom
That was not needed. Only Lennon should have been told that he was saying an incorrect thing. Right, please?The OP is in reference to a news event that took place back in the 60's. John Lennon made an offhand remark that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus. Some of the devoted burned their Beatle records in retaliation, and some made death threats.
Anyone still in denial?
Sure I have a question....
You do know back at the time John Lennon of The Beatles made that statement.
I was 15 years old at that time.
Have you any clue or idea how many people took the Beatles albums and burned them.
If you we're there at that time when the news media did coverage that event...by the thousands kids were burning their Beatles albums.
All because John Lennon said the Beatles were greater than Jesus Christ.
Wham boom bang went the Beatles albums went in the fire.
And to say..our parents had nothing to do with us kids burning our Beatles albums.
That was us kids back to the reply of John Lennon of his statement that the Beatles were greater than Jesus Christ John Lennon soon apologized for his statement on national TV.
John Lennon came real close in destroying the Beatles at that time. For his statement.
Wings.....they make me think of the term, "jumped the shark".
From America? Didn't happen in the UK as I recall, unless I missed it. Shows what a tolerant bunch we are and ...
But he wasn't.That was not needed. Only Lennon should have been told that he was saying an incorrect thing. Right, please?
Regards
Form what I remember of the news media coverage.. kids over in London England we're doing the same..
So it wasn't just here in America..
Not according to this:
More popular than Jesus - Wikipedia
"More popular than Jesus" is part of a remark made by John Lennon of the Beatles in a March 1966 interview, in which he argued that the public were more infatuated with the band than with Jesus, and that Christian faith was declining to the extent that it might be outlasted by rock music. His opinions drew no controversy when originally published in the London newspaper The Evening Standard, but drew angry reactions from Christian communities when republished in the United States that July.
That is, Christian communities in the USA, not in the UK.
That's exactly what I said..did you not read what I posted.. so I was wrong on the year.
But still John Lennon made the statement and he soon apologized on national TV.
You said this:
Form what I remember of the news media coverage.. kids over in London England were the first to start in burning their Beatles albums and it boomerang over here in America.
And the Wiki doesn't say this. It says that when the remark came to the attention of the Americans later in July, and when they toured America it all kicked off. I don't recall anything happening here in the UK.
His opinions drew no controversy when originally published in the London newspaper The Evening Standard, but drew angry reactions from Christian communities when republished in the United States that July.
Christian communities in the USA, not in the UK.
Well it seems that had no idea about what happened back then.. had you it would be very doubtful that you would have had to search it out..to find you answers.
Which I didn't have to...I remember the events from back then..I might not remember to much where exactly where or who may started the burning..
But I do know it did happen 54 years ago.
It's hard to believe it was that long ago.
Seems like it was just yesterday.
But Thank you for your in put and information..brings alot back to my remembrance of 1966..
Well I wasn't that interested in the Beatles then or now so I might have missed it but as I recall there wasn't a fuss here because religious people are and were not so militant as appears to be the case in the USA. And the Wiki article appears to support this.
I was watching Bob Dylan at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester in 1966 - a lot better.
If you don't hate others then you must hate yourself? That's imbecilic logic.You the opposite of xenophobia? I think it's spelled oikaphobia - a fear or
hate of self. It's quite common (nay universal) in people who accuse others
of xenophobia.
Self loathing, hate of your institutions, history, culture, enterprises, even
these days, your own skin color or race. Look it up.
Mine, too. As far as that era goes.My choice is Pink Floyd though.
Lennon wasn't gloating or bragging; more like lamenting the fact that a band was more respected and popular than a religious leader.That was not needed. Only Lennon should have been told that he was saying an incorrect thing. Right, please?
Regards
If you don't hate others then you must hate yourself? That's imbecilic logic.
Thanks for clarifying remarks of Lennon.Lennon wasn't gloating or bragging; more like lamenting the fact that a band was more respected and popular than a religious leader.
He did make a more critical assessment of religion after the band broke up, on his and Yoko's Plastic Ono album:
I don't recall anyone burning any albums for this cynical lament.
Thanks for clarifying remarks of Lennon.
Regards
Mine, too. As far as that era goes.