It Was Fifty Years Ago Today

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Originally Posted by The Poet

And today is the golden anniversary of the live worldwide broadcast of "All You Need Is Love", which remains to this day the single most misunderstood song that The Beatles ever produced. It was and is hailed at the anthem of the Summer Of Love, yet everything from the meaningless platitudinous prattle of the lyrics ("There's nothing you can do that can't be done/There's nothing you can sing that can't be sung" . . . well, duh!) to the braying horselaugh of the brass (Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!) clearly declares the whole Flower Power generation was full of crap. Whether this is due to Lennon's brilliance or some unconscious insight shall forever remain buried with him.

Regardless, that broadcast was a landmark in musical history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS85r9mfpGk