Posted by happyuk
(here)
An interesting perspective on the Beatles and their role in society, given in an interview with the late Dick Gregory, who
was once good friends with John Lennon.
From approximately 6:30 onwards, but the whole interview (as was anything by this splendid man) is well worth listening to. He recalls a conversation he once had with John Lennnon:
"Who are you? Do you really know who you are?"
"No, but why do you ask?"
"A poor little ignorant redneck cracker like you out of that part of Britain ain't never made it big. How'd you do it?"
"He said 'Our whole thing was CIA and British Intelligence.' He said 'All our songs was to turn white children onto drugs'"
"He said 'You know how high you got to be to see a yellow submarine? Hey Jude - that's about heroin. LSD - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'"
"And when they came over here for the Ed Sullivan Show and 200,000 white women was waiting'. All that was a trick. All that was a game."