THE BALLAD OF JOHN & YOKO
While the quotation about “more popular than Jesus” itself faded quickly – particularly after the band released their monumental Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album the following year – its effects never really went away. Here is the chorus in the Beatles’ final #1 single, “The Ballad of John & Yoko” (and clearly John Lennon is addressing Jesus, not voicing an oath): “Christ, you know it ain’t easy / You know how hard it can be / The way things are going / They’re gonna crucify me.”
(September 2014)
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