Posted on 11/30/2001 6:05:29 AM PST by dtom
"IMAGINE"
I too was put off by the Beatles' advocacy of left wing politics. I always think of Imagine as having the line: "Imagine no possessions. It's easy if you have $200 million."
But they were great. True, they were in the right place at the right time to capitalize on the burgeoning baby-boomer music market. But they rose to the challenge of their fame, when it would have been easy for them to just be a lucrative fad and fade away in a few years. They were true musical innovators, and their music was great and important.
I loved their music growing up, and their whole mystique. Now that I'm 52, my 3-year old has just discovered them, and she makes me play their music over and over. I bought the "1" CD for her, and hearing those songs again after all these years only reinforces my opinion of how great they were.
This post, and your comment, are appallingly mean-spirited. You should be ashamed. Personally, I am saddened by Harrison's passing.
For the record, Beethoven was an asshole too. Doesn't mean his music isn't worthy of the acclaim it has received in the last 200 years.
Ok, who died and left you the Walrus?
Sincerely,
The Eggman
Such egos
Such a waste
May we never take an entertainment entity as seriously as the Flaky Four
The rock you cast is pretty big. Intolerance is not part of the Christian faith- hate the sin, but love the sinner (as we all are) is.
There's a no-brainer.
I had always found it interesting that "Give Peace A Chance" Mr Womens Rights was well-known as abusive to women.
The Beatles were musicians. They weren't the anti-Christ.
As a Christian, it always confounds me to see people who say they love Jesus, spending so much time spewing cruel things such as this.
This is one of the reasons society won't listen to Christians; fringe people like this scare everyone away.
The Beatles were blessed by God with immense talent and they used it, for the most part, well. The amount of joy they brought to people cannot be measured.Perhaps they didn't use it for His will; that is sad. But not as sad as this completely un-Christian diatribe.
They gave their last concert when I was 5 years old, I learned this on Fox News this am. In fact I learned a lot about the Beatles today, more than I EVER wanted to know. Today all the news channels are All Beatles All The Time. I turned off the TV for the day.
They interviewed a guy at that mosaic thing in Central Park this am that said the Beatles changed his life, they were his reason for living.
Made me want to puke on my shoes, HELLO loser they are singers. They have not done anything of import in this world except write songs and sing them badly (my opinion only).
I don't begrudge anyone their love of the Beatles but to be so obssesed with anyone is just plain sick.
MKM
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