Sir Paul McCartney: I was the anti-war Beatle.

The Times (UK) ^ | December 14, 2008 | Maurice Chittenden

[PotatoHeadMick]

Sir Paul McCartney claims that it was he – and not John Lennon – who politicised the Beatles. He has shunned music magazines to give an interview to an intellectual journal in which he describes how he introduced the group to the “very bad” Vietnam war.

It paints a picture at odds with the conventional view of the Beatles, that McCartney was writing pop ditties such as Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da while Lennon was composing overtly political songs such as Revolution.

McCartney says he began his political awakening by meeting Bertrand Russell, then in his nineties, at the latter’s home in London in the mid1960s.

Russell, author of the seminal work A History of Western Philosophy, was one of the world’s best known pacifists and had been imprisoned during the first world war for warning British workers about the American army and its role in strike breaking in the United States.

[PotatoHeadMick]

Yeah right Paul, it was you all along, we believe you.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bollocks.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Bet Sir Paul doesn’t get a Christmas card from Yoko this year.

[omega4179]

So some ancient peace fag met Paul, indoctrinated him into Hippyism then he turned around and inspired John to write those songs, yeah. yeah right Paul.

[AnAmericanMother]

Listening to that silly goofball Bertrand Russell was his first mistake.

[irishjuggler]

Okay, but the anti-tax Beatle was George. “It’s one for you, nineteen for me, ‘cause I’m the taxman, yeah, I’m the taxman.”

[word_warrior_bob]

Another moron still proud about supporting vicious Communists against the United States of America. How come these lefties are never asked about the aftermath of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge?

[Mr. Peabody]

Paul was the Boat People Beatle! Meet Congressman Cao, a Republican!

[RepublitarianRoger2]

Uh huh. Right.

To quote Lennon: “How do you sleep?”

[Mr. Mojo]

Russell...was one of the world’s best known pacifists and had been imprisoned during the first world war for warning British workers about the American army and its role in strike breaking in the United States. He told McCartney about America’s increasing role in the war in Vietnam, which the musician knew little about.

Bertrand Russell -- a consistently anti-American commie bastid from way back.

[Dallas59]

Didn’t stop you or John Lennon from making millions of $$$$. It’s so easy to be Socialist when your rich.

[dfwgator]

I thought Paul was the Walrus.

[LongTimeMILurker]

Rod Blagojevich is now being referred to as the FIFTH BEATLE. I’m not surprised. Besides the hair analogy, there’s the politics of John Lenin (sic).

[Tribune7]

Maybe he’s right. Ob-La-Di was a pretty hippie song and I always thought Revolution was sort of an anti-hippie song.

[angkor]

>>>>>he describes how he introduced the group to the “very bad” Vietnam war. <<<<<<<

Yes, it was a very bad war for the RSVN and for the people who are still suffering to this very day from Communist thievery, beatings, torture, blacklisting, and general oppression in Vietnam.

[chris_bdba]

Sir Paul lost his mind sometime in the 60’s and now that he is getting up there in years it is getting worse.

[fortunate sun]

I wouldn’t go as far as to agree with Sir Paulie but the lyrics to “Revolution” were very supportive of the capitalist status quo of the time.

“But if you go carryin’ pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain’t gonna make it with anyone, anyhow”

“But if you’re talkin’ bout destruction, don’t you know that you can count me out”

just a few

[lilylangtree]

Here we all thought it was dopehead Lennon & his slut, Onoyoko.

[PotatoHeadMick]

Fair point, “Revolution” is in fact a decidedly anti-revolution song.

[citizencon]

Well, Paul it’s because of wars that America have fought that you are what you are today...