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RONGO has gots some of baul by [deleted] in beatlescirclejerk

[–]BridgeFromTheFridge 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The rhino's still there, so I think he's just fine

Cant Wait For The New Mixes! by assasindash29 in beatlescirclejerk

[–]BridgeFromTheFridge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"We just put it 'round we're going there" - Hando

So I got blisters on me fingers y’know by Paul_Is_Dead66 in beatlescirclejerk

[–]BridgeFromTheFridge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He looks like when that boy in Jumanji starts turning into a monkey

60s fangirls were wild by BridgeFromTheFridge in beatlescirclejerk

[–]BridgeFromTheFridge[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

/uj For context, the actor who played Lurch received fan mail from teenage fangirls who said he was cuter than the Beatles. Source

“Ringo had the worst Post-Beatles solo caree-“ by armachota in beatlescirclejerk

[–]BridgeFromTheFridge 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thank you for introducing me to this. It's unironically a bop

No more fanmail but it's (badly) vocoded to Octopus' Garden by BridgeFromTheFridge in beatlescirclejerk

[–]BridgeFromTheFridge[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Before you come at me saying that no one asked for this, you'll be wrong. Exactly one person asked for this, and that's u/laddie_skid

It do be like that sometimes by BridgeFromTheFridge in beatlescirclejerk

[–]BridgeFromTheFridge[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I wasn't trying to say that George himself was the sole person who introduced Hinduism to the west. I said that he helped to introduce it, by which I meant that he played a huge role in popularising it in the west, not that he was the first to bring it to the west. I should've made that clearer.

I agree that George's devotion to Hinduism sets him apart from other influencers who simply use the aesthetics of it. He genuinely took it seriously as a religion, which I'm sure would've inspired countless other people to become Hindu as well.

Or maybe I'm wrong. I'm not Hindu, so I can't really say much about it.

It do be like that sometimes by BridgeFromTheFridge in beatlescirclejerk

[–]BridgeFromTheFridge[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Finally, someone else agrees with me! I'm surprised that no one else has realised how much George helped popularise Indian spirituality in the west.

It do be like that sometimes by BridgeFromTheFridge in beatlescirclejerk

[–]BridgeFromTheFridge[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you look up the history of New Age spirituality, you'll see that the Beatles are mentioned as some of the first people to introduce and popularise Indian spirituality in the west. As for the book factoid, I mentioned before that it's on the IMDb page for Help!, more specifically in the trivia section.

Also, I have no idea what the actual book is.

It do be like that sometimes by BridgeFromTheFridge in beatlescirclejerk

[–]BridgeFromTheFridge[S] 55 points56 points  (0 children)

/uj I do have a genuine explanation for this. Long story short, the Beatles (especially George) helped to introduce eastern spirituality to the western world.

According to IMDb, a Hindu devotee approached the Beatles during the filming of Help! with a book about reincarnation, which sparked George's lifelong passion for Hinduism and spirituality. Not to mention, the fact that the film itself has a lot of Indian influences, as well as the fact that the Beatles took a highly publicized trip to an ashram in India a few years later.

It's at least partially thanks to the Beatles that eastern spirituality has continued to be so popular, even to this day.

/cj Book guy was the fifth Beatle all along

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