Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Maureen Cleave on the "More Popular Than Jesus" Controversy

"I was astonished that John Lennon's quotation was taken out of context from my article and misinterpreted in that way. I don't think for one moment that he intended to be flippant or irreverent, and he certainly wasn't comparing the Beatles to Jesus Christ. He was simply observing that, to many, the Beatles were better known. He was deploring, rather than approving this. Sectors of the American public were given the wrong impression, and it was totally absurd."

1 comment:

Erica said...

Absurd is certainly a good word for it. I always love how the article was originally published in Britain and yet there was absolutely no fuss made about it over there. Leave it to us Americans.