Episode 150: “All You Need is Love” by the Beatles
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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The Beetles - A Review
The beetles were booked to play five shows at the buda can. Many in japan saw the buddacan as sacred ground, and they were the first ever western group to play there. This led to numerous death threats and loud protests from far right activists offended at the beetles filing their religious and nationalistic sensibilities. As a result, the police were on high alert, so high that there were three thousand police in the audience for the shows - though i'll take lewison's word over that footage. The beetle was also asked publicly for the first time their views on the war in vietnam. And john replied: "We think about it every day, and we don't
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