This Easter, April 1st

[GLam1761]

It seems appropriate to look at what popular
media looks at Christ, esp. this Easter, since
it lands on April fools day.

I googled “fool on the hill” by the Beatles:

“The Fool On The Hill”

Day after day, alone on the hill
The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him
They can see that he’s just a fool
And he never gives an answer

But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning around

Well on the way, head in a cloud
The man of a thousand voices talking perfectly loud
But nobody ever hears him
Or the sound he appears to make
And he never seems to notice

But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning around

And nobody seems to like him
They can tell what he wants to do
And he never shows his feelings

But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning around

He never listens to them
He knows that they’re the fools
They don’t like him

The fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning around

By: Paul Maccartney and John Lennon

Q: What does this say about
what the world says about
Jesus’ Crucifixion on “the Hill”?

 

[pianistclare]

Wrong. Here’s the word of Paul McCAartney regarding the song:

"…Paul concurs, adding: “’Fool On The Hill’ was mine and I think I was writing about someone like Maharishi. His detractors called him a fool. Because of his giggle he wasn’t taken too seriously. It was this idea of a fool on the hill, a guru in a cave, I was attracted to. I remember once hearing about a hermit who missed the Second World War because he’d been in a cave in Italy, and that always appealed to me.”

 

[angel12]

Q: What does this say about

what the world says about

Jesus’ Crucifixion on “the Hill”?

I don’t think it says anything about Jesus’ crucifixion, actually. Do you have a source where Lennon and/or McCartney said that it did?

 

[Seagull]

John Lennon - said - him and Paul, George and Ringo -

We’re bigger than Jesus

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Yes, but that has nothing to do with Fool on the Hill.
Also, John said he thought Jesus was all right, but his disciples were “thick” and that’s what ruined it in his opinion. John really didn’t have a problem with Jesus, just with hypocritical Christians, which is an issue many people have.

 

[Maximilian75]

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
-Ghandi

 

[Darryl_B]

They filled an obvious void at the time.

 

[deMontfort]

Wrong. Here’s the word of Paul McCAartney regarding the song:

"…Paul concurs, adding: “’Fool On The Hill’ was mine and I think I was writing about someone like Maharishi. His detractors called him a fool. Because of his giggle he wasn’t taken too seriously. It was this idea of a fool on the hill, a guru in a cave, I was attracted to. I remember once hearing about a hermit who missed the Second World War because he’d been in a cave in Italy, and that always appealed to me.”

^^^^^ The correct answer…