Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too?

@thecarpathian 

‘’I humbly withdrew my post….’’

Point noted and respected.

"Happiness is a Warm Gun" is a song by The Beatles. The song is a parody of typical love songs and refers to the pleasure some people take in violence. The message here is about human nature and the disturbing way that we embrace violence rather than peace. The song was inspired by a story titled "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" about a father taking his son shooting for the first time. The title of the song has an obvious sexual innuendo, and some people interpret it as a reference to drugs. 

@immatthewj ,

And now, the rest of the story...

@thecarpathian 

And now, the rest of the story..

"Janis Joplin, John Frusciante -- the list goes on and on. There’s nothing fun about dancing with Mr. Brownstone, but Lennon was using the drug in the late ’60s, and ‘Happiness Is a Warm Gun' is about that push-and-pull of addiction, and "shoot, shoot" may be a reference to, well, shooting up. Luckily, Lennon beat the habit and avoided becoming another drug casualty.Heroin is a mistake a lot of great rockers have made. Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley,"

But if you wish to believe there is no smocking gun, I have no wish to shatter your illusions.

"I need a fix 'cause I'm going down
Down to the pits that I left uptown
I need a fix 'cause I'm going down

Mother Superior jumped the gun
Mother Superior jumped the gun
Mother Superior jumped the gun
Mother Superior jumped the gun
Mother Superior jumped the gun
Mother Superior jumped the gun

Happiness is a warm gun (bang, bang, shoot, shoot)
Happiness is a warm gun, momma (bang, bang, shoot, shoot)

When I hold you in my arms (ooh, oh, yeah)
And I feel my finger on your trigger (ooh, oh, yeah)
I know nobody can do me no harm (ooh, oh, yeah)"

@immatthewj ,

Oh, I've no illusions. They were drug taking hippies pure and simple.

From Benzedrine to LSD, they sampled it all.

A very interesting read is 'The Beatles Bible' website.

If you like the Beatles, that is.

In reality,  @thecarpathian ,   I do not actually  hate The Beatles.  In truth, many times in the way distant past I engaged in the illicit use of both licit and illicit drugs while their music was blasting on the stereo.  Just for the fun of it I was joining in on all the hate-posts for a while.  There is not a lot that I truly hate, although some of what I mentioned would fit into that category . . . as far as The Beatles,  I feel quite neutral about them--which to some would be synonymous with hate because I am referring to The Beatles.

However, quite seriously, I’d rather listen to Darkness On The Edge Of Town or Blood On The Tracks as opposed to anything by The Beatles.  But that does not mean that I  hate them.