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SlightlyFabricated
White text with black outline is readable no matter what.
crumpetsandteaforme
Upvoting because theyre scousers like me. +1
kerms
So many dad jokes in here.
spoopinator
Interviewer: "what do you call that hairstyle?" George "Arthur" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl9k3gL6vxw
TheyWillKnowMeByTheTrailOfDead
I wish that last one was true.
the12thletter
Repost so old it's older than the actual Beatles
iAmConno
Tell me the last picture doesn't look like Drake and Josh are sitting side by side.
coolscreenname
John Lennon never said anything about Ringo as a drummer not being good.
Bundttrundler
The last one never happened.
Nearlyburly
Thank you. I didn't know they were funny. I appreciate them even more now.
AardvarkOlive
The last one wasn't said by the Beatles.
meganical
Most don't care. Ignorant swine Imgurians
PsychoPickleTickle
This is pretty much just the standard Liverpool 'Scouse' humour. Very dry and sarcastic.
SchrodingerMil
Ey. Calm down.
ElijahFrost
Reading this while wearing a beatles shirt, drinking coffee out of a beatles mug and listening to the beatles
Your coffee that your beetle wife made you
elfes92
Who knew the Beatles invented banter
ruvalo
Seen this a 100 times, laugh my ass of every time.
snowb1sp19
I've seen this double digit times but still have to read the whole thing each time
PigRepublic
@repoststatistics
tiduszecht
I just read all of the text in Wacko Warner's voice XD
OSCgal
Have you seen the Animaniacs' parody of "A Hard Day's Night"? I didn't even know it existed until recently.
Slothdoctor
Some of these are from the movie Hard days night.
TotallyNotARobot
Based off of real interviews though
bottomrungofhumanity
I read these gifs many times and found the greater meaning in your quotes. http://imgur.com/F8meRzk
What?! Too soon?
PleasePMMeYourFeet
Underrated post. I think some of them just don't have the background knowledge to be amused by this.
iamsometimesbearded
I love A Hard Day's Night (movie). Had to watch it for a music appreciation class because my teacher has a hard on for the Beatles.
haveyouforgotten
Watched it a lot in high school cause I had/have a hard on for the Beatles. Well if he's your grandfather who knowshahahHAHAHAHAHA
Before this class, I couldn't even name you the Beatles. 3 weeks in, I know so many songs and have learned stuff on the guitar too.
I like your teacher. Enjoy the class :)
rouletto
Why were they like that? For kicks or were they stoned?
FaecalEncephalopathy
It's from their movies.
Guyser
Plus they were bright and extremely bored with same stupid reporter questions everywhere they went.
Yeah, but they really were like that. Being smart-assed was a part of Liverpool culture.
Sliquid
That sniffing the Coke bottle... dare you to try it. The fizz will fuck you up. I sometimes do it for the thrill.
Fyrjefe
Good thing the cap was on!
fartharder
The shame about that last one as people took it as a statement of truth.
IKR? People probably won't give Ringo the credit he deserves until after he dies.
ratfaceddog
Or that they mindlessly believe it's a real quote, without bothering to look for the (non-existent) source.
British comedian Jasper Carrott in 1983.
SolidEther
We were just trying to write songs about prostitutes and lesbians. Lmao
Ive been trying to make NW about lesbians and I can't get there. Help...?
In the same interview, they ask what "Eleanor Rigby" is about. Lennon: "Two queers."
AverageSexGod
The wife joke isn't as funny when you remember Lennon used to beat the crap out of her.
THANK YOU!!!
pgdave
I used to be cruel to my woman I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved
Stevefromaccounting
How does this change the humour of Georges perfect girl being John's wife? It's not like he said they all come together and beat her
homerinchinatown
"Come together.... right now.... over me wife... and beat her...." - first draft of lyrics
selfishparsley
He hit Cyn once in the fifties, then promptly never did it again, and he never raised a hand to Yoko.
yellowsub99
What IS funny is that years later it's George's best friend old Slowhand that decides his favorite type of girl is George's wife Patti...
Meanwhile, George decides that *his* favorite kind of girl is Ringo's wife Maureen...
legthief
Ah yes, Slowhand. Otherwise known as Eric "Wogs out, coons out" Clapton.
MetalSkeletal
Yeah, but on the other hand, it was Yoko Ono.
QuasiIntellectualChimpanzee
I think they're referring to John's first wife.
He never hit Yoko. He hit Cynthia once when they were teenagers, and he promptly never did it again.
NurseSlacky
Is this the basis for the lyric "I used to be cruel to my woman and beat her" in Getting Better? That line always disturbed me.
I believe so, even tho Paul sings the lyric!
ICantThinkOfAU
Hitting somebody once as a teenager sounds very different to "used to beat the crap out of her" Think the guy might have been overselling it
John had a bad temper- it was definitely his worst fault. But Cynthia has never said he beat her constantly. She told him if he were to 1/2
2/2 hit her again she'd never speak to him again. He then stopped- at the time he didn't want to lose her. He repented.
dfg12
Not trying to advocate the devil but he only slapped her once and later come to deeply regret it
I've read he was really trying to reconnect with his first son and atone at the time he was shot.
SoupIsNotAMealVera
Yeah, I read that biography she wrote (because I have no life) and she said the only physical abuse he gave *her* was that one slap.
He did admit to hitting several other teenage sweethearts though. On top of being often unfaithful and publicly calling his son an accident.
shatter3ddr3ams
Is that so? I've seen a lot of sources that explicitly call John a woman-beater, and I'd be pleased to know if that's mostly incorrect
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mortaljoy
You mean "Getting Better" perhaps?
javer80
How do you listen to an album on repeat for six years and mix the damn songs up? Thanks, buddy.
Cisforstupidthatsgoodenoughforme
Slugworth is pissed that he won't hand over the Everlasting Gobbstopper ?1
ultramegalisk
That's not Slugworth. That's his friend, Mr. Wilkinson.
TheRealMikeyRamone
He's quite a dirty old man, isn't he?
Moylsie
That's not Slugworth. It's Wilfred Bramble. He was the father in Steptoe & Son and he was actually born in Dublin.
Itspronouncedimmature
Damn!! Nice reference!
Rob3rt88
This is a scene from the motion picture "A Hard Day's Night" starred by them. And that actor is portraying the role of Paul's grandfather
LadyThecure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Brambell - For anyone wondering who he is.
LearnedCoward
Cool. The original Sanford And Son
bax498
But Aarrollllld! Loved step toe.
hexmuch
Clever! 1^
Ubruni
That's just my granfatha
He's concealed about my person.
Is he snorting coke? Jesus, what a bad role-model for kids!
ButterfaceTaintClown
Well, i hope that image below bring your parents into focus.
crispmagnets
Read, looked back, got confused, read again
Tomigami
Fuck's sake. Sometimes a comment just hits the spot and makes you laugh uncontrollably. Well done.
Ktt5000
Lennon was the soul of the Beatles, Harrison was the spirit, Paul was the heart and Ringo was the drummer
LujoFromLimouzi
top kek
GoCorral
Ha! =D Ringo was the heart for real though.
methaiasgrey
No Beat, no life... value realized
Have you read Lennon's bio? He was a sexist. Just saying. Beatle's soul is sexist?
Whatever. People are sheep. He was rude to women. Keep believing he and Marilyn were perfect when you know nothing about them
He was the first to admit he was sexist.
"Lennon's bio." Like there's just one.
tangopianista
The drummer is the bones.
TheWalkingApocalypse
*Lennon was the soul, Harrison was the spirit, Paul was the heart, and Ringo was just happy to be in the band
I've heard it said that Ringo was not lucky to get in The Beatles, The Beatles were lucky to get Ringo
jaminjimmyjames
Sounds like something Paul would say
Paul would say it, George would sincerely believe it.
cpanda
The fact they actively sought Ringo out to replace Pete Best after EMI hated the latter tell you something.
shawnemack
That line about to ringo not being the best drummer always gets me
SJohnson23
Seriously, Lennon never said it - it was a British comedian called Jasper Carrott in 1983.
ExperimentKraj
As a drummer, he's a hack and it makes me so mad he's so famous.
Here are some quotes from people with FAR more credibility than you: http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/index.php?topic=10139.0
raviolihummingbird
What's a "hack"? Sounds like something out of the Matrix
As a drummer, my appreciation of Ringo has grown a lot over the years. Maybe yours will too...
I've never heard a drummer who could nail the groove to "Get Back" or "Rain" say that.
..."Get Back"? He hemorrhages tempo on the studio version, and at one point he almost completely fails to get back on beat after a fill.
can you give specifics (with reference to lyrics)? I think Get Back is a great track & can't hear any problems with the percussion.
SometimesISayHistoryStuff
Huh, I had always read that Ringo was the friendly guy who kept Lennon, Paul, and Harrison from throwing bitch fits and murdering each other
HowardMoonsHotpants
That's interesting to hear and might possibly move me from disliking him due to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAU0l7325w0
CindyTheTVsLeaking
Aww... well, to be fair, the poor guy is like 107 years old. I'm sure he doesn't want to spend the rest of his life signing things for fans.
Yeah, fair enough, it's just the way he comes across. I've never heard of anyone warning people with 'peace and love' before!
CthulhuandOdinareBFFs
At least he's honest. I'm sure there's plenty of rock/pop stars that have a secretary take care of it and never sign anything from fan mail.
NayroTheAdventurer
That last one got me.
thebanshee171
I just love how high they are in that one
udmurt
They never said that.
GameDayBucketGoBoom
They actually did say that. It's in one of their documentaries. They even said Paul was the best drummer in the band.
Bullshit.
mcsofserv
Oh yeah? How do you know that? Also, you're wrong.
rudejohn
With sources: https://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/john-lennon/ringo-isnt-even-the-best-drummer-in-the-band/
opaltotem
It was a joke by British comedian Jasper Carrott in 1983. If you think you've heard Lennon say it, you're mistaken.
Athere is no record of it being said and was traced to a joke made by a British comedian. Anyway, he was the best drummer in the band.
I researched it and retract my comment (should've googled first). It's weird that Lennon never explicitly denied saying it.
Because the joke was made after he died. Plus there are so many stories about The Beatles they can't take it seriously.
TheHuntedSnark
When Lennon said that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus, the US press took it at face value and a shitstorm ensued.
JamesSylar
Since then, Jesus and the Beatles had been in a death match, but we all know Ringo would bury us all.
HarunRasheed
I don't think he said 'bigger than Jesus'. He said 'more popular than Jesus'. This comment 'bigger than Jesus' was made by Noel Gallagher.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_popular_than_Jesus
glacialbae
https://ucdramacritics.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/biggerthanjesus.jpg
Herosanoj
I mean, people were pretty small back then.
therealtexas
Nice 420 upvotes
With the irony being, if they'd read the context, that Lennon thought that this was a bad thing.
JohnnyWalkerTexas
There's a swedish band with the slogan "more than Jesus" as no one could argue with that.
PascalsBookie
what about, Kooler than Jesus!
AJCanuck
So unlike them to do that...glad they've learned there lesson and don't do that anymore
Wow, no idea there were so many whiny bitches that love the media these days...
*their
Hypen
Yeah in the south they had burning beatles parties
LadyGrakle
My dad lived in South Africa when they said that and they were banned from entering the country and being played on tv and radio!
Rednelo03
Except that one time when Jesus said "Apache Chief!"
Pjnla
I got you on that bud! Good work.
eyedungivaslxdge
Most underrated comment +1
PianoMan2112
He later said "If I had said television was more popular than Jesus, I might have got away with it." Years later, he was killed for it.
PeteVenkmann
Was he really killed for that, though?
Of course they're bigger, it's 4 against 1.
Trollingmywaythroughtheusersub
CardboardPizzas
Not to mention, people were a lot shorter 2000 years ago.
LowerLands
Google puts jesus at like 6ft if you Google how tall he is, I always thought the same as you
HornyZebras
4 against 3*
SnickSnackPaddyWhack
Thank you
ChocloMan
that's a good one
DamageControl89
*snorts* HAH!
theducnceinthecorner
BeardicPerformance
He's talking about the Trinity
Username checks out.
SandpaperCock
the father, the son, and the holy spirit. - it's a bible reference.
horrocj1
At the time he said that, more people around the world had heard of the Beatles than Jesus.
SomethingSomethingThisGuy
Also had more album sales as well...
That was the thing: He was trolling with the truth. American Pastors told their flock to burn Beatles records.
Treblaine
"but we don't have any Beatles stuff" "then you better buy a shitload of it so you can burn it!" Beatles become insanely rich.
BatChild9000
I just imagined sheep running into a music store and burning all theme beetles CDs
DemonKiller44
"Give the beetles your money for their records I'm sure that will stop their spread of fame and success"
boogaloobear
Wouldn't that just mean more people would need to buy another copy of the album, making their sales go up?
MadDucks
Genius, wasn't it?
dunecat1337
And rebellious teenagers never want stuff their parents and pastor say is bad.
It's almost as if people who take something that's suppose to be a joke as an offensive statement are dumb
6thDegreeKevinBacon
Isn't that the definition of being an American?
kapp70
Never get between Americans and Jesus, their guns or their perceptions of freedoms.
MisterPokeylope
"Don't mess with Texas."
StarrrryNight
+1 for adding the caveat of their perceptions.
Blrp0
It's really just the word that they like. They want people to be able to do the things they like but not the things anyone else likes.
boroq
That's advice worthy of being hung on a wall. +1, fucking well done.
quallis
Yeah. Fuck our guns.
Yeah, because enough innocent blood hasn't been spilt in the name of the 2nd amendment yet. I agree, guns god and murica
TechnicallyRight
But.... but GUNS!!!! Why shouldn't we have them? Right? They don't just kill people, they protect people... By killing people!
SlightlyFabricated
White text with black outline is readable no matter what.
crumpetsandteaforme
Upvoting because theyre scousers like me. +1
kerms
So many dad jokes in here.
spoopinator
Interviewer: "what do you call that hairstyle?" George "Arthur" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl9k3gL6vxw
TheyWillKnowMeByTheTrailOfDead
I wish that last one was true.
the12thletter
Repost so old it's older than the actual Beatles
iAmConno
Tell me the last picture doesn't look like Drake and Josh are sitting side by side.
coolscreenname
John Lennon never said anything about Ringo as a drummer not being good.
Bundttrundler
The last one never happened.
Nearlyburly
Thank you. I didn't know they were funny. I appreciate them even more now.
AardvarkOlive
The last one wasn't said by the Beatles.
meganical
Most don't care. Ignorant swine Imgurians
PsychoPickleTickle
This is pretty much just the standard Liverpool 'Scouse' humour. Very dry and sarcastic.
SchrodingerMil
Ey. Calm down.
ElijahFrost
Reading this while wearing a beatles shirt, drinking coffee out of a beatles mug and listening to the beatles
meganical
Your coffee that your beetle wife made you
elfes92
Who knew the Beatles invented banter
ruvalo
Seen this a 100 times, laugh my ass of every time.
snowb1sp19
I've seen this double digit times but still have to read the whole thing each time
PigRepublic
@repoststatistics
tiduszecht
I just read all of the text in Wacko Warner's voice XD
OSCgal
Have you seen the Animaniacs' parody of "A Hard Day's Night"? I didn't even know it existed until recently.
Slothdoctor
Some of these are from the movie Hard days night.
TotallyNotARobot
Based off of real interviews though
bottomrungofhumanity
I read these gifs many times and found the greater meaning in your quotes. http://imgur.com/F8meRzk
bottomrungofhumanity
What?! Too soon?
PleasePMMeYourFeet
Underrated post. I think some of them just don't have the background knowledge to be amused by this.
iamsometimesbearded
I love A Hard Day's Night (movie). Had to watch it for a music appreciation class because my teacher has a hard on for the Beatles.
haveyouforgotten
Watched it a lot in high school cause I had/have a hard on for the Beatles. Well if he's your grandfather who knowshahahHAHAHAHAHA
iamsometimesbearded
Before this class, I couldn't even name you the Beatles. 3 weeks in, I know so many songs and have learned stuff on the guitar too.
haveyouforgotten
I like your teacher. Enjoy the class :)
rouletto
Why were they like that? For kicks or were they stoned?
FaecalEncephalopathy
It's from their movies.
Guyser
Plus they were bright and extremely bored with same stupid reporter questions everywhere they went.
Guyser
Yeah, but they really were like that. Being smart-assed was a part of Liverpool culture.
Sliquid
That sniffing the Coke bottle... dare you to try it. The fizz will fuck you up. I sometimes do it for the thrill.
Fyrjefe
Good thing the cap was on!
fartharder
The shame about that last one as people took it as a statement of truth.
OSCgal
IKR? People probably won't give Ringo the credit he deserves until after he dies.
ratfaceddog
Or that they mindlessly believe it's a real quote, without bothering to look for the (non-existent) source.
fartharder
British comedian Jasper Carrott in 1983.
SolidEther
We were just trying to write songs about prostitutes and lesbians. Lmao
haveyouforgotten
Ive been trying to make NW about lesbians and I can't get there. Help...?
OSCgal
In the same interview, they ask what "Eleanor Rigby" is about. Lennon: "Two queers."
AverageSexGod
The wife joke isn't as funny when you remember Lennon used to beat the crap out of her.
meganical
THANK YOU!!!
pgdave
I used to be cruel to my woman I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved
Stevefromaccounting
How does this change the humour of Georges perfect girl being John's wife? It's not like he said they all come together and beat her
homerinchinatown
"Come together.... right now.... over me wife... and beat her...." - first draft of lyrics
selfishparsley
He hit Cyn once in the fifties, then promptly never did it again, and he never raised a hand to Yoko.
yellowsub99
What IS funny is that years later it's George's best friend old Slowhand that decides his favorite type of girl is George's wife Patti...
OSCgal
Meanwhile, George decides that *his* favorite kind of girl is Ringo's wife Maureen...
legthief
Ah yes, Slowhand. Otherwise known as Eric "Wogs out, coons out" Clapton.
MetalSkeletal
Yeah, but on the other hand, it was Yoko Ono.
QuasiIntellectualChimpanzee
I think they're referring to John's first wife.
selfishparsley
He never hit Yoko. He hit Cynthia once when they were teenagers, and he promptly never did it again.
NurseSlacky
Is this the basis for the lyric "I used to be cruel to my woman and beat her" in Getting Better? That line always disturbed me.
selfishparsley
I believe so, even tho Paul sings the lyric!
ICantThinkOfAU
Hitting somebody once as a teenager sounds very different to "used to beat the crap out of her" Think the guy might have been overselling it
selfishparsley
John had a bad temper- it was definitely his worst fault. But Cynthia has never said he beat her constantly. She told him if he were to 1/2
selfishparsley
2/2 hit her again she'd never speak to him again. He then stopped- at the time he didn't want to lose her. He repented.
dfg12
Not trying to advocate the devil but he only slapped her once and later come to deeply regret it
QuasiIntellectualChimpanzee
I've read he was really trying to reconnect with his first son and atone at the time he was shot.
SoupIsNotAMealVera
Yeah, I read that biography she wrote (because I have no life) and she said the only physical abuse he gave *her* was that one slap.
AverageSexGod
He did admit to hitting several other teenage sweethearts though. On top of being often unfaithful and publicly calling his son an accident.
shatter3ddr3ams
Is that so? I've seen a lot of sources that explicitly call John a woman-beater, and I'd be pleased to know if that's mostly incorrect
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[deleted]
mortaljoy
You mean "Getting Better" perhaps?
javer80
How do you listen to an album on repeat for six years and mix the damn songs up? Thanks, buddy.
Cisforstupidthatsgoodenoughforme
Slugworth is pissed that he won't hand over the Everlasting Gobbstopper
?1
ultramegalisk
That's not Slugworth. That's his friend, Mr. Wilkinson.
TheRealMikeyRamone
He's quite a dirty old man, isn't he?
Moylsie
That's not Slugworth. It's Wilfred Bramble. He was the father in Steptoe & Son and he was actually born in Dublin.
Itspronouncedimmature
Damn!! Nice reference!
Rob3rt88
This is a scene from the motion picture "A Hard Day's Night" starred by them. And that actor is portraying the role of Paul's grandfather
LadyThecure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Brambell - For anyone wondering who he is.
LearnedCoward
Cool. The original Sanford And Son
bax498
But Aarrollllld! Loved step toe.
hexmuch
Clever! 1^
Ubruni
That's just my granfatha
haveyouforgotten
He's concealed about my person.
SoupIsNotAMealVera
Is he snorting coke? Jesus, what a bad role-model for kids!
ButterfaceTaintClown
Well, i hope that image below bring your parents into focus.
crispmagnets
Read, looked back, got confused, read again
Tomigami
Fuck's sake. Sometimes a comment just hits the spot and makes you laugh uncontrollably. Well done.
Cisforstupidthatsgoodenoughforme
Ktt5000
Lennon was the soul of the Beatles, Harrison was the spirit, Paul was the heart and Ringo was the drummer
LujoFromLimouzi
top kek
GoCorral
Ha! =D Ringo was the heart for real though.
methaiasgrey
No Beat, no life... value realized
meganical
Have you read Lennon's bio? He was a sexist. Just saying. Beatle's soul is sexist?
meganical
Whatever. People are sheep. He was rude to women. Keep believing he and Marilyn were perfect when you know nothing about them
LearnedCoward
He was the first to admit he was sexist.
ratfaceddog
"Lennon's bio." Like there's just one.
tangopianista
The drummer is the bones.
TheWalkingApocalypse
*Lennon was the soul, Harrison was the spirit, Paul was the heart, and Ringo was just happy to be in the band
homerinchinatown
I've heard it said that Ringo was not lucky to get in The Beatles, The Beatles were lucky to get Ringo
jaminjimmyjames
Sounds like something Paul would say
haveyouforgotten
Paul would say it, George would sincerely believe it.
cpanda
The fact they actively sought Ringo out to replace Pete Best after EMI hated the latter tell you something.
shawnemack
That line about to ringo not being the best drummer always gets me
SJohnson23
Seriously, Lennon never said it - it was a British comedian called Jasper Carrott in 1983.
ExperimentKraj
As a drummer, he's a hack and it makes me so mad he's so famous.
ratfaceddog
Here are some quotes from people with FAR more credibility than you: http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/index.php?topic=10139.0
raviolihummingbird
What's a "hack"? Sounds like something out of the Matrix
homerinchinatown
As a drummer, my appreciation of Ringo has grown a lot over the years. Maybe yours will too...
ratfaceddog
I've never heard a drummer who could nail the groove to "Get Back" or "Rain" say that.
ExperimentKraj
..."Get Back"? He hemorrhages tempo on the studio version, and at one point he almost completely fails to get back on beat after a fill.
haveyouforgotten
can you give specifics (with reference to lyrics)? I think Get Back is a great track & can't hear any problems with the percussion.
SometimesISayHistoryStuff
Huh, I had always read that Ringo was the friendly guy who kept Lennon, Paul, and Harrison from throwing bitch fits and murdering each other
HowardMoonsHotpants
That's interesting to hear and might possibly move me from disliking him due to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAU0l7325w0
CindyTheTVsLeaking
Aww... well, to be fair, the poor guy is like 107 years old. I'm sure he doesn't want to spend the rest of his life signing things for fans.
HowardMoonsHotpants
Yeah, fair enough, it's just the way he comes across. I've never heard of anyone warning people with 'peace and love' before!
CthulhuandOdinareBFFs
At least he's honest. I'm sure there's plenty of rock/pop stars that have a secretary take care of it and never sign anything from fan mail.
NayroTheAdventurer
That last one got me.
thebanshee171
I just love how high they are in that one
udmurt
They never said that.
GameDayBucketGoBoom
They actually did say that. It's in one of their documentaries. They even said Paul was the best drummer in the band.
ratfaceddog
Bullshit.
mcsofserv
Oh yeah? How do you know that? Also, you're wrong.
rudejohn
With sources: https://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/john-lennon/ringo-isnt-even-the-best-drummer-in-the-band/
opaltotem
It was a joke by British comedian Jasper Carrott in 1983. If you think you've heard Lennon say it, you're mistaken.
cpanda
Athere is no record of it being said and was traced to a joke made by a British comedian. Anyway, he was the best drummer in the band.
mcsofserv
I researched it and retract my comment (should've googled first). It's weird that Lennon never explicitly denied saying it.
cpanda
Because the joke was made after he died. Plus there are so many stories about The Beatles they can't take it seriously.
TheHuntedSnark
When Lennon said that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus, the US press took it at face value and a shitstorm ensued.
JamesSylar
Since then, Jesus and the Beatles had been in a death match, but we all know Ringo would bury us all.
HarunRasheed
I don't think he said 'bigger than Jesus'. He said 'more popular than Jesus'. This comment 'bigger than Jesus' was made by Noel Gallagher.
TheHuntedSnark
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_popular_than_Jesus
glacialbae
https://ucdramacritics.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/biggerthanjesus.jpg
Herosanoj
I mean, people were pretty small back then.
therealtexas
Nice 420 upvotes
OSCgal
With the irony being, if they'd read the context, that Lennon thought that this was a bad thing.
JohnnyWalkerTexas
There's a swedish band with the slogan "more than Jesus" as no one could argue with that.
PascalsBookie
what about, Kooler than Jesus!
AJCanuck
So unlike them to do that...glad they've learned there lesson and don't do that anymore
AJCanuck
Wow, no idea there were so many whiny bitches that love the media these days...
TheHuntedSnark
*their
Hypen
Yeah in the south they had burning beatles parties
LadyGrakle
My dad lived in South Africa when they said that and they were banned from entering the country and being played on tv and radio!
Rednelo03
Except that one time when Jesus said "Apache Chief!"
Pjnla
I got you on that bud! Good work.
eyedungivaslxdge
Most underrated comment +1
PianoMan2112
He later said "If I had said television was more popular than Jesus, I might have got away with it." Years later, he was killed for it.
PeteVenkmann
Was he really killed for that, though?
AverageSexGod
Of course they're bigger, it's 4 against 1.
Trollingmywaythroughtheusersub
CardboardPizzas
Not to mention, people were a lot shorter 2000 years ago.
LowerLands
Google puts jesus at like 6ft if you Google how tall he is, I always thought the same as you
HornyZebras
4 against 3*
SnickSnackPaddyWhack
Thank you
ChocloMan
that's a good one
DamageControl89
*snorts* HAH!
theducnceinthecorner
BeardicPerformance
He's talking about the Trinity
HornyZebras
Username checks out.
SandpaperCock
the father, the son, and the holy spirit. - it's a bible reference.
horrocj1
At the time he said that, more people around the world had heard of the Beatles than Jesus.
SomethingSomethingThisGuy
Also had more album sales as well...
TheHuntedSnark
That was the thing: He was trolling with the truth. American Pastors told their flock to burn Beatles records.
Treblaine
"but we don't have any Beatles stuff" "then you better buy a shitload of it so you can burn it!" Beatles become insanely rich.
BatChild9000
I just imagined sheep running into a music store and burning all theme beetles CDs
DemonKiller44
"Give the beetles your money for their records I'm sure that will stop their spread of fame and success"
boogaloobear
Wouldn't that just mean more people would need to buy another copy of the album, making their sales go up?
MadDucks
Genius, wasn't it?
dunecat1337
And rebellious teenagers never want stuff their parents and pastor say is bad.
DemonKiller44
It's almost as if people who take something that's suppose to be a joke as an offensive statement are dumb
6thDegreeKevinBacon
Isn't that the definition of being an American?
kapp70
Never get between Americans and Jesus, their guns or their perceptions of freedoms.
MisterPokeylope
"Don't mess with Texas."
StarrrryNight
+1 for adding the caveat of their perceptions.
Blrp0
It's really just the word that they like. They want people to be able to do the things they like but not the things anyone else likes.
boroq
That's advice worthy of being hung on a wall. +1, fucking well done.
quallis
Yeah. Fuck our guns.
kapp70
Yeah, because enough innocent blood hasn't been spilt in the name of the 2nd amendment yet. I agree, guns god and murica
TechnicallyRight
But.... but GUNS!!!! Why shouldn't we have them? Right? They don't just kill people, they protect people... By killing people!
TechnicallyRight
But.... but GUNS!!!! Why shouldn't we have them? Right? They don't just kill people, they protect people... By killing people!