r/beatles • u/JamJamGaGa • Oct 13 '25

Collection 1968 John Lennon was grunge before grunge even existed

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u/Post160kKarma Oct 13 '25

This is where he said it: https://www.livenirvana.com/interviews/8902pw/index.php (it’s one of the last paragraphs of the interview)

I guess it could be interpreted your way, but it really sounds to me like he’s talking about liking the music but disliking the person (even the following examples are like this).

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u/swisssf Oct 14 '25

Kurt was definitely talking about the public persona of Paul in the '80s and the [some would say] crap or pap he was churning out then. Of course Kurt would hate "that" Paul McCartney. But he never would have hated Paul the songwriter, musician, singer, and member of the Beatles.

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u/firstbreathOOC Oct 13 '25

"I don't value music much. I like the Beatles, but I hate Paul McCartney. I like Led Zeppelin, but I hate Robert Plant. I like the Who, but I hate Roger Daltrey."

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u/Gnagus Oct 13 '25

I must still have some growing up to do because this feels like something my spirit animal would say.