The Beatles As A Whole

Hi there. Just making another blog post for my World Religions class. As seen in my last two posts, you've probably recognized that I am writing about The Beatles for my Independent Project and how they are related to the religion of Hinduism. I thought that instead of jumping full heartedly into how they are related to Hinduism, I should first explain who The Beatles are. All right, I'm sure that most people have heard of The Beatles, but you would be surprised as to how many people have either never heard of them or have never even looked into who they are. Like I've explained, I've grown up my entire life eating, breathing, and sleeping Beatles. Would you believe that John Lennon and Paul McCartney met at a park when John was playing for a church? It's crazy to think where they came from and what they did and how they came to be the people that they were and still are. The two had began to write songs together and later on that year, McCartney had convinced Lennon to let George Harrison to join the group. It's really surprising to read this and realize that there were several different performers for the band before it all came down to John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. They were playing regularly for awhile there until about November ninth, where they were discovered by Brian Epstein who later on became their manager- of course, after he discovered they weren't German and were actually quite popular in Liverpool- and decided to change things up a little bit and changed them from leather jackets to nice gray suits. Seemingly, he "cleaned" up their act as stated by Rolling Stones Magazine. At this time, it had been Pete Best who was the drummer and had become a certain kind of symbol for the band and was eventually asked to leave. That is when Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best as the new drummer. The Beatles went on to sell many records and top the charts for years after that until they decided to go their separate ways. John Lennon was murdered, George Harrison died from lung cancer, and the last two left spend their time secluded.