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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: John, Paul and Ringo are generally portrayed with their familiar traits taken up to eleven, but for some reason Shipper decided to make George a self-righteous, uptight Christian. Presumably it was meant as a commentary on his Hindu/Hare Krishna leanings, to make the point that the {{Anvilicious}} religious material in his music wouldn't be so easily accepted if it were done with a Western religion. But given that George was the Beatle who engaged in the most SelfDeprecatingHumor, the portrayal just seems very odd and is the book's most obvious misstep.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: John, Paul and Ringo are generally portrayed with their familiar traits taken UpToEleven, but for some reason Shipper decided to make George a self-righteous, uptight Christian. Presumably it was meant as a commentary on his Hindu/Hare Krishna leanings, to make the point that the {{Anvilicious}} religious material in his music wouldn't be so easily accepted if it were done with a Western religion. But given that George was the Beatle who engaged in the most SelfDeprecatingHumor, the portrayal just seems very odd and is the book's most obvious misstep.

* HarsherInHindsight: The events of [[Music/JohnLennon December 8, 1980]] would prevent any full Beatles reunion from ever happening.

** For their reunion tour, they end up as the opening act for Music/PeterFrampton, who after the book was published co-starred in the film version of ''Film/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''.

* HarsherInHindsight: The events of [[Music/JohnLennon December 8, 1980]] would prevent any full Beatles reunion from ever happening, and also briefly put the book's irreverent treatment of the band into DudeNotFunny territory.

* HilariousInHindsight: The 1979 reunion album ''Get Back'' includes two songs where Music/GeorgeHarrison tries to mix preachy Christian lyrics with contemporary-sounding music. In RealLife, 1979 would be the year that Music/BobDylan released the similarly-oriented NewSoundAlbum ''Slow Train Coming''.

* HilariousInHindsight: The 1979 reunion album ''Get Back'' includes two songs where Music/GeorgeHarrison tries to mix preachy Christian lyrics with contemporary-sounding music. In RealLife, 1979 was the year that Music/BobDylan released the similarly-oriented NewSoundAlbum ''Slow Train Coming''.

** The disappointed reaction to the reunion album foreshadowed the initial reception of ''Double Fantasy'', which got some really savage reviews at first suggesting Lennon shouldn't even have bothered making a comeback.

** More ominously, one of John's songs for the reunion album is about death (well, it's called "Please Freeze Me" and is about becoming a HumanPopsicle).

* HarsherInHindsight: The events of [[Music/JohnLennon December 8, 1980]] would prevent any full Beatles reunion from ever happening, and also briefly put the book's flippant treatment of the band into DudeNotFunny territory.

* CultClassic: Long a favorite among Beatles fans.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: John, Paul and Ringo are generally portrayed with their familiar traits taken UpToEleven, but for some reason Shipper decided to make George a self-righteous, uptight Christian. Presumably it was meant as a commentary on his Hindu/Hare Krishna leanings, to make the point that the {{Anvilicious}} religious material in his music wouldn't be so easily accepted if it were done with a Western religion. But given that George was the Beatle who engaged in the most SelfDeprecatingHumor, the portrayal just seems very odd and is the book's most obvious misstep.