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OftenBen  ·  2636 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: If thoughts could kill?

Unrelated to the topic but related to Lennon -

I have listened to the Beatles full discography at least twice. 'Hey Jude,' 'Blackbird,' and 'Let It Be' are some of my favorite songs to play and sing for my own benefit. I still don't understand the mass hysteria that John Lennon inspired. I understand the Beatles conceptually, where they fit in the history of music and mass culture in the 20th century, but I don't understand why Lennon specifically incurs so much strong emotion.

Anybody have an explanation?