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Title: Cry For A Shadow
Webmater: Beth
Launched: 24 Dec 2006
Contact: beatles@cryforashadow.com
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Get Some Help
There is a huge difference between someone who thinks they're obsessed with The Beatles and someone who actually is. Those of us who just claim an obsession are the people who listen to their music all the time, think they're attractive, make fansites dedicated to them, etc. People who truly are obsessed are not healthy and should seriously consider psychiatric treatment. If one or more of the symptoms below apply to you, seriously...GET. SOME. HELP. I'm not kidding.
YOU THINK YOU'RE THE REINCARNATION OF JOHN LENNON
No. You. Are. Not. I know you want to believe all those strange ways your life parallels John's means something, but it isn't true! I know it hurts to hear it, but you just aren't. And why on earth would you want to curse John with your life? What a fitting punishment for his sins...reincarnate him as a loony Beatles fan.
YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO MARRY A BEATLE
Every girl at some point in their fandom had those little fantasies about a Beatle falling in love with them. That's normal and healthy. But to really believe you are going to meet Paul, he's going to fall in love with you, and you'll get married in Paris, is just insane. To joke about it or fantasize is one thing, but to really believe it is kind of...weird. Snap out of it, get over it, and meet a real man. Jesus.
YOU REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR FAULTS
Hey, guess what? The Beatles fucked up. A lot. And their awesome music and latter-day charitable acts don't erase the fact that they acted like assholes at some point in their lives. Everyone screws up. It's human. Stop pretending like they didn't do drugs, stop insisting John would never hit a woman, and crawl out of your denial dungeon and accept the fact that they all cheated on wives/girlfriends. Learn this hard lesson now, while you can: Musicians are DICKS. For real. I don't think I've ever met one that wasn't.
YOU THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THEM BETTER THAN OTHER PEOPLE
You really, really don't. It annoys me when people speak on behalf of a Beatle as if they knew what they were thinking or feeling, or how they'd act or react in a situation. Watching some interviews and reading twenty bios doesn't make you an expert on them as people. You might know more about their careers and histories, but you do not "truly understand" the way they thought and felt. No one did (or does). Except them. And pretending as if you did doesn't mean they would like you if you ever met them.
YOU THINK JOHN OR GEORGE IS WATCHING YOU FROM THE AFTERLIFE
They've probably got more important and interesting things to do than shine their heavenly light on you when your parents ground you. And who's to say they're in heaven anyway? John was violent, cruel, adulterous, and blasphemous. Writing a hit song doesn't guarantee him a spot in heaven. Playing all that devil rock'n'roll probably made it more likely that he'd be hanging upside down from his nipples over a firepit than floating in the clouds basking in God's love.
YOU CLAIM TO LOVE ALLLLL THEIR SONGS
Ugh, why? They wrote some real stinkers. I'm not telling you which ones to dislike, but there's got to be at least a couple that you don't like. You should never let your infatuation get in the way of taste. Don't listen to crappy music just because your favorite band made it.
YOU HATE ANYONE THAT DOESN'T LIKE THE BEATLES
I understand where you're coming from. I think it's weird when someone claims to hate The Beatles, and I tend to question their taste and good sense, but please. Everyone can't like the same stuff! Don't disregard a potentially awesome person just because they don't happen to share your taste in music. There's more to life than one band.
