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 It was 42 years ago today... |
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Roxy (rascal) |
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| Публикувано | 04.03.08 10:15 |
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На тази дата преди 42 години е направено едно изказване, което се оказва повод за продължаването на специфичните взаимоотношения между някои църкви и рокендрола, започнало още от характерните тазови движения на Елвис, но този път "действието" и "противодействието" са по-сериозни:
1966 - Almost as soon as they returned from the Philippines, an earlier comment by Lennon made on 4th March that year launched a backlash against The Beatles from religious and social conservatives in the United States. In an interview with British reporter Maureen Cleave, Lennon had offered his opinion that Christianity was dying and that The Beatles were "more popular than Jesus now". Afterwards, a radio station in Birmingham, Alabama, ran a story on burning Beatles records, in what was considered to be a joke. However, many people affiliated with rural churches in the American South started taking the suggestion seriously. Towns across the United States and South Africa started to burn Beatles records in protest. Attempting to make light of the incident, McCartney said, "They've got to buy them before they can burn them." Under tremendous pressure from the American media, Lennon apologised for his remarks at a press conference in Chicago on 11 August 1966, the eve of the first performance of what turned out to be their final tour
Редактирано от Roxy на 04.03.08 10:15.
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