Lennon's "Fame"

[carr]

"Yes, John Lennon did apologize for the comments he made about The Beatles being more popular than Jesus Christ. I'm sure he regretted having to do this,"

Personally I dont think he needed to apologise except to pacify a voracious media circus..
He did nothing wrong.

It is very difficult to offend someone. Usually it is a case that they choose to be offended by taking a position .

When you balance the reported remark against the joy they brought to people , before during and after that episode its hard to see that they (he) did anything wrong

[stanley]

In a PC world sometimes one cannot state the obvious. At the time The Beatles were better known than Jesus in many parts of the globe. It was a fact that was unacceptable to the PC crowd of that era. BTW, I am RC and believe in Jesus.

[joeyr]

It is similar to the Ron Nasty episode.

The slightly deaf journalist heard "God,", when actually it was "Rod." Rod Stewart, in fact, would not become popular for several years.


Joey