As we all know, The Beatles (Google them) created a
revolution in pop music. This was immortalised in the quaintly pseudo-intellectual
book ‘Revolution in the Head’. The Beatles even wrote two songs about
Revolution: ‘Revolution’ and ‘Revolution No.9’ (I say ‘song’...).
But did this glorious revolution work? Did it? Look at the
charts. No, it didn’t, did it? So, was it just a meaningless revolution?
Russell Brand wrote a book called ‘Revolution’, all about
how our current society needs a revolution. That was 18 months ago (possibly).
One would have thought that a call to revolution by the sexiest and most
charismatic comedian of his generation would have been wildly successful. However,
since the publication of Mr Brand’s revolutionary tome, the Conservative Party has
won a majority of MPs in a General Election. There may be many outcomes to a
revolution, but a Conservative Government run by members of the Bullingdon
Club, generally speaking, isn’t one of them.
Did this glorious
revolution work? Did it? Look at the repulsive, oleaginous face of the Prime
Minister. And the entire Cabinet. It didn’t, did it? So, was it just another meaningless revolution?
St John, of New Testament fame, once ate a field full of
mescaline and wrote an entire Book of Revolutions. This was 2,000 years ago,
and so far, none of his revolutions has happened, not even the one involving
many-headed monsters.
As these revolutions haven’t even happened yet, they must
surely be the most meaningless of all
the revolutions mentioned so far.
And finally, in 1917, the Bolsheviks orchestrated a Communist
Revolution, and we all know how that one turned out, don’t we? Yes. If that wasn’t
a meaningful revolution, then I don’t know what is.
Perhaps the Beatles, Russell Brand, and St John should have
followed Lenin’s (and not Lennon’s) advice:
A revolution without
firing squads is meaningless.
Revolutionaries please take note
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