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I like the Beatles, and there's the obvious clique joke of "John beats his wives, ya know?"
I like a grand total of one Megadeath song, "Hanger 18". That bad is very troublesome. I feel bad for enjoying it, but I don't pay for it, so I guess that's better? But it's nostalgic for me, and I like the words "Military intelligence, two words combined that can't make sense."
I'd have to go through each bands' wikipedia page, but I think some of the worst things are;
Disagreed on who wrote what, leading to members leaving or the band breaking up
Disagreed on who owns the name, leading to court battles and the band splitting in two
Important members leaving, and while the band is still fun to listen to both new and old songs, its not the same
And of course the dreaded sin of "Why does no one know who I am talking about, they need more fans." but that's not really a thing of their own.
Fun pop lyrics or psychopathic threat of violence?
I've been surprised to read some of the Beatles lyrics, they seem quite rapey/threatening sometimes.
and you know what I mean
I mean, one is lyrics for a fictional killer, the other is real life spouse abuse. I don't know about you, but real life events are worse than written words.
John physically abusing his family is way worse than lyrics of an intentionally creepy song.
You're preaching an imaginary point here.
I was just making the observation that knowing about John's penchant for domestic abuse makes looking at Beatles lyrics an interesting thought experiment.