Biblical View of Beatle Music

I grew up in the 60's and very much a Beatle fan. My perspective of those four lads has changed quite a bit since those early days. I still love the music. The likes of Lennon-McCartney compositions may never be heard of again. I have been on a bit of a roller coaster ride in determining what their music really accomplished that no bands seem to have accomplished before or since their arrival into pop music. If I lay aside the musical arrangements and really listen to the lyrics then I get a better idea of why they had such great impact. They really stirred the pot. They had a whole generation of young people ecstatic and at the same time they had the church and the establishment going absolutely bonkers. The only thing different about them at the beginning was their mop top hair styles. Their songs were innocent and pure in comparison to today."I Want to Hold Your Hand" was not very suggestive and neither was "Do You Want to Know A Secret". The Beatles seemed to enrage the adult population because of the devotion that they received from their children.

At first their music was melodic Rockin Roll with plenty of beautiful love songs and ballads. These four young British pups were constantly harrassed and challenged by the media about their hair style and popularity. I really think that in some sort of way the media attack from the church and establishment started a new kind of songwriting by the Beatles. John and Paul began writing about life beyond romance. The famous Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Album was probably the first move into deeper ideas and thinking by Paul and John.
"Within You Without You" was one of the song titles on Sgt Pepper as well as "When I'm 64".
That is quite a departure from "She Loves You, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah".

It appears to me in retrospect that the Beatles were asking a lot of good questions in their music. They were a bit older now and started to think more about life in a deeper sense. They also began to recall their childhood experiences with people and religion and they weren't buying into all that they saw. I'm sure that this was disturbing to those setting the pace and in control.

In the days ahead, I will occaisionally post about a Beatle song just to see what kind of questions they were asking as well as their world view. I believe God is active in the world and often times uses public figures for His own purposes. There are many accounts of that in the Bible. The Lord is involved with the world more than we will ever know. I remember a prophecy about the Beatles in the late 70's. It was quite astounding. It spoke about God having His hand on them at the beginning but that His hand lifted when they moved toward eastern religion. I took that prophecy with a grain of salt back then. Now, I'm not so sure.

Is God a player in this World? You betcha! Let's see if there was anything that we can learn from the questions the Beatles were asking in their latter years. Were their questions mirroring the questions that we are still asking today? Lets' take a look and let's hope that none of us become "Fools on a Hill" in the process.