My mother was built-in into a carefully religious family, which is not that aberrant considerring it was Boston in the aboriginal 1940's, a awful religious burghal still to this day. It was a time that I, and others in my mid-twenties bracket, cannot imagine. Masses said in Latin, bodies wore their best apparel and dresses, the aliment and wine were absolutely Jesus Christ, the Pope was as able as his name declared him to be, there was no ability of the priests messing with any kids. In added words, it was a purer and added able time for the church.
Then, lo and behold, the 1960's appear on by and accord the kids, who didn't alike appetite to try to apprentice latin, some ammunition to action aback in boyish angst...Rock n' Roll. Bedrock advance faster than Christianity through a 3rd apple country (almost like the crusades of the 11th century, if you will). John Lennon and his aggregation were the figureheads of the accumulation media bedrock n' cycle movement and John knew it. He grew up aloof like my mother did, but England was alike added frought with religious affray than America. The Beatles had become bigger account than the Protestants and Christians alarming anniversary added up in his citizenry or the Israelis demography aback their acreage or Iraq architecture their own religious state. Given John's history of political involvement, he apparently begin this to be absurd. I'm abiding he admired his music as abundant as any fan, but he apparently acquainted there were added good things in the apple to allocution about.
I don't anticipate John was refering to Jesus or his bandage in accurate terms, but instead metaphorically as institutions apery the old clashing with the new. The parents with the teenagers. Change is a actual able affair and can rip afar those who go with it from those who action it. And change was happenning everywhere. The funniest affair is that both the Beatles and Jesus are angry for all they can to abide in the accessible eyes these days. John Lennon's asleep and Paul McCartney aloof becomes added antic everyday. I don't alike accept what bodies accept done to their religious representatives, warping them to fit their political agenda...be it Jesus, Mohammed, Abraham or Vishnu.
So, afterwards account this, try to anticipate absolute hard, what's bigger than both the Beatles and Jesus these days? American Idol? Oil? Your T.V.?
