Beatles Influence On Religion
How the Beatles Compare and Contrast Politics and Religion
Britain was a Christian country (Church of England) before the 1960s.After the Second World War, church membership grew and there was also an economic boom and in the process fuelled consumerism. The Beatles “were beneficiaries of new attitudes toward money and leisure. The emphasis moved from thrift, duty, and service to consumerism” (Turner 2006:13). The Beatles were one of the most influential pop groups of the 1960s and had considerable influence on the youth.
Apart from their musical success, The Beatles were actively involved in Politics and Religion “There’d never been anything like the Beatles who were about music but also about something more far-reaching” (McCartney, 2004 in Turner, 2006: 1). Notably, John Lennon was more involved with Politics …show more content…
“They travelled the world, smoked pot, took acid, snorted cocaine, lived to excess, became addicted ,consulted psychics, spent millions, meditated, and then wrote their reports up in the form of songs” (Turner 2006:7) and in doing so affected the institutions of society greatly both positively or negatively. Their Fans, looked forward to the next album to know what was going on in the world and what the Beatles real thoughts were and more often than not they conformed to these ideas , that was why what the Beatles thought and what they portrayed in their songs correlated to how people acted in the British society in the coming months or years .The Beatles in a way made the youth important in society and even today, they are still regarded as important even in general elections “The prominent place accorded to youth culture in Blair’s political strategies was indicative of Youth’s broader economic and social importance in contemporary Britain” (Addison and Jones 2007:
Britain was a Christian country (Church of England) before the 1960s.After the Second World War, church membership grew and there was also an economic boom and in the process fuelled consumerism. The Beatles “were beneficiaries of new attitudes toward money and leisure. The emphasis moved from thrift, duty, and service to consumerism” (Turner 2006:13). The Beatles were one of the most influential pop groups of the 1960s and had considerable influence on the youth.
Apart from their musical success, The Beatles were actively involved in Politics and Religion “There’d never been anything like the Beatles who were about music but also about something more far-reaching” (McCartney, 2004 in Turner, 2006: 1). Notably, John Lennon was more involved with Politics …show more content…
“They travelled the world, smoked pot, took acid, snorted cocaine, lived to excess, became addicted ,consulted psychics, spent millions, meditated, and then wrote their reports up in the form of songs” (Turner 2006:7) and in doing so affected the institutions of society greatly both positively or negatively. Their Fans, looked forward to the next album to know what was going on in the world and what the Beatles real thoughts were and more often than not they conformed to these ideas , that was why what the Beatles thought and what they portrayed in their songs correlated to how people acted in the British society in the coming months or years .The Beatles in a way made the youth important in society and even today, they are still regarded as important even in general elections “The prominent place accorded to youth culture in Blair’s political strategies was indicative of Youth’s broader economic and social importance in contemporary Britain” (Addison and Jones 2007: