The religious views of the British rock band The Beatles evolved over time and differed between members of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.
Although the four Beatles were associated with Protestantism or Roman Catholicism in their childhood, they all abandoned their religious education in 1964. In 1965, while filming for Help! in the Bahamas, a Hindu gives each one of them. they copied a book about reincarnation. This meeting is widely considered to have sparked band interest in Indian culture.
In March 1966, Lennon had told the London Evening Standard that the Beatles had become "more popular than Jesus". The remark missed attention until August of the same year, the American magazine Datebook published it, inciting protests against the Beatles. The band was threatened, their records burned in public, and the radio stations refused to play their songs.
After the 1966 United States tour of The Beatles, Harrison expanded his interest in Indian culture to Hinduism. He and his wife, Pattie Boyd, went on a pilgrimage to Mumbai to meet teachers. In 1968, all four Beatles went to Rishikesh in northern India to learn meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Although the Beatles did not continue their relationship with Maharishi, Harrison was involved in the Hare Krishna tradition until his death in 2001.
After the breakup of The Beatles, Lennon continued to reject religion and his single, "Imagine", was considered an "atheist song". In 2010, Starr said he had just returned to monotheism, while McCartney, in 2012, says he has "personal faith."
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McCartney and Harrison were both baptized as Roman Catholics during childhood, although McCartney was raised in a non-denominational way; Her mother was Roman Catholic and her father was a Protestant who turned into agnostics. Harrison was raised by Roman Catholics.
Lennon attended St. Peter's Anglican church in Woolton, South Liverpool, where he became a member of a youth group and sometimes sang in the choir.
Starr attended the evangelical Anglican church during his childhood.
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According to band press officer Derek Taylor, the four Beatles had left their religious education in 1964. In an interview for The Saturday Evening Post, in August of that year, he stated that The Beatles were "completely anti -Christ I mean I am anti-Christ too, but they are very anti-Christ they surprise me which is not an easy thing. Â € <â € <
In February 1965, the band gave an interview to Playboy magazine, where they defended themselves against claims that they were anti-religious, while at the same time expressly declaring themselves to be agnostic.
In February 1965, filming for Help! started, at a location in the Bahamas. During the filming, a Hindu devotee presented each Beatle with a book about reincarnation. This incident is widely considered to have sparked band interest in Indian culture.
In August 1966, on the eve of the 1966 Beatles American tour, American adolescent magazine Datebook published a statement by Lennon that The Beatles had become "more popular than Jesus". Lennon, in fact, originally made a statement to the London Evening Standard and when it was first published in England, in March 1966, his words had provoked no public reaction. After the Data Book quoted his comment five months later, however, intense protests took place in the United States. Note The Beatles were burned in public, threats were made and some radio stations refused to play their music. Protests also spread to other countries including Mexico, South Africa and Spain.
Two press conferences were held in the US, where both Brian Epstein and Lennon expressed their regret that Lennon's words had been taken from the context and the offenses taken. At one conference, Lennon describes his own belief in God by quoting Bishop Woolwich, saying, "... not as a parent in the sky, I believe that what people call God is something in all of us." The US tour goes according to plan , despite some disruptions and precautions from their concerts.
Harrison's interest in Indian culture extended to Hinduism and after the 1966 American tour, until the start of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, she and her first wife Pattie Boyd went on a pilgrimage to Mumbai where Harrison studied sitar, visited various shrines and met with several teachers, including Maharishi. Two years later, in 1968 all four Beatles went to Rishikesh in northern India to study meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Although the band later fell with the Maharishi, Harrison continued his interest in Eastern philosophy. He embraced the Hare Krishna tradition and, in the summer of 1969, produced the single "Hare Krishna Mantra", performed by worshipers of the Radha Krishna Temple in London.
Post-Beatles
After the breakup of The Beatles, Lennon continued to reject organized religious and religious teachings. Her 1971 "Imagine" single has been described as an "atheist national anthem". She sings about her belief in the song "God", in which she states, "I do not believe in" magic, I Ching , Bible, tarot, Jesus, Buddha, mantra, Gita and yoga. In his 1973 song "Out the Blue", he sings for his wife, "Every day I thank God and Lady for the way you came to me." In his 1980 song, "Dear Yoko", he sings: "The goddess really smiles at our love." (On the demo tape of this song, he also sings the line as "The gods have really smiled on our love.") Although he often rejects religious ideas, he claims to have a spiritual side. In an interview conducted in September 1980, Lennon told Playboy Playboy journalist David Sheff "People always get the idea that I am anti-Christ or antireligion, I am not I am the most religious. " When talking about the newly discovered Christianity of Bob John, John says, "But the whole business of religion suffers from 'Onward, Christian Soldiers'.It is too much to talk about soldiers and march and change.I do not encourage Buddhism, because I" I am not a Buddhist than I am a Christian, but there is one thing I admire about [Buddhist] religion: No preaching. "After his death in 1980, his wife Yoko Ono said" John loves and prays for mankind. Please pray for him. "
Harrison continued to embrace the Hare Krishna tradition (especially japa-yoga with the beads) and became a lifelong devotee, in connection with him until his death in 2001. Harrison was also a vegetarian, based on religion, from 1968 to his death.
Speaking at the Grammy Museum, Los Angeles, in February 2010, Starr stated that he had just returned to monotheism, saying, "I left the road there for years and found my way back, thank God." He also reportedly said "For me, God is in my life I am not hiding from it... I think search has been around since the 60s.."
In a 2012 interview for McCartney's Independent newspaper, McCartney said, "I have some kind of personal belief in something good, but that's not really more than that." He also goes on to say "Jesus I can see, it is a historical character."
See also
- The Beatles in India
- "More popular than Jesus"
References
External links
- Church website of St. Peter (former church of Lennon, where he met McCartney)
- Catholic Herald : The Beatles never completely get rid of Catholics from their youth
- Catholic San Francisco : Beatle John Lennon has a Catholic bond, and his life speaks to the power of family reconciliation
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