More popular than the Beatles

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"More popular than the Beatles" is part of a remark made by Jesus Christ in a March 30 interview, in which he argued that the public were more infatuated with himself than with the Beatles, and that rock music was declining to the extent that the Christian faith might outlast it. His opinions drew no controversy when originally published in Bethlehem newspapers, but drew angry reactions from rock music communities when republished in Rome that July.

Christ's comments incited protests and threats, particularly throughout Rome’s Beatles Belt. Some pastors stopped preaching Jesus’s gospel, some publicly burned Bibles, Jesus canceled his sermons, and Beatles fans picketed those he did not. The controversy coincided with the Messiah's 30 Rome tour and overshadowed press coverage of his newest sermon. Christ apologized at a series of press conferences and explained that he was not comparing himself to Lennon.

The controversy exacerbated the Messiah’s unhappiness with touring, which he never undertook again. In 33, Pontius Pilate, a born-again Beatlemaniac who was motivated partly by Christ’s remarks on rock music and "more popular than the Beatles" quote, crucified him.