a British
rock group popular in the 1960s and 70s. They were the biggest-
selling recording artists of all
time; each of their records sold over a million copies. A few months before this lecture (August 1966), one of the Beatles made a
statement to the
press that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus
Christ. At that
time, a number of radio and television
stations banned the Beatles' records in the USA and other countries. Some even proposed bonfires where listeners might incinerate Beatle disks, books and memorabilia.
a British
rock group popular in the 1960s and 70s. They were the biggest-
selling recording artists of all
time; each of their records sold over a million copies. A few months before this lecture (August 1966), one of the Beatles made a
statement to the
press that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus
Christ. At that
time, a number of radio and television
stations banned the Beatles' records in the USA and other countries. Some even proposed bonfires where listeners might incinerate Beatle disks, books and memorabilia. They still have some
Christian prejudices which were interesting enough to make them
burn all the Beatles records the other
day.