Bigger Than Jesus: Difference between revisions

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Its origins, of course, lie in [[John Lennon]]'s famous controversial remarks to the press that [[The Beatles (Music)|The Beatles]] are "more popular than Jesus" but have since come to be remembered [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|a little differently]].

[[Bigger Than Jesus]] is a staple for any story about a band that closely mirrors that of [[The Beatles (Music)|The Beatles]] but can be typically found in any story about characters gaining sudden popularity as musicians (or for anything else). Use of the phrase, or a variant thereof, is typically something that is conveyed to be met with shock by the public at large and lead to widespread protests and rallies to [[Book Burning|destroy the characters' merchandise]] followed by whoever originally [[Invoked Trope|invoked]] the phrase explaining that he meant something completely different, just like what happened with [[The Beatles (Music)|The Beatles]] but [[Played for Laughs]].

[[Bigger Than Jesus]] is a staple for any story about a band that closely mirrors that of [[The Beatles (Music)|The Beatles]] but can be typically found in any story about characters gaining sudden popularity as musicians (or for anything else). Use of the phrase, or a variant thereof, is typically something that is conveyed to be met with shock by the public at large and lead to widespread protests and rallies to [[Book-Burning|destroy the characters' merchandise]] followed by whoever originally [[Invoked Trope|invoked]] the phrase explaining that he meant something completely different, just like what happened with [[The Beatles (Music)|The Beatles]] but [[Played for Laughs]].

Not to be confused with the [[Web Comic]] ''[[Bigger Than Cheeses]]''.

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* A song by band What I Like About Jew (now Good For The Jews and Jewmongous) describes how they are physically taller than Jesus.

* Source of the name for rockers Joe Christ and the Bigger than God.

{{quote| ''The Beatles [[Shout Out|said they were bigger than you]],''<br />

{{quote| ''The Beatles [[Shout-Out|said they were bigger than you]],''<br />

''But I've got the height on The Beatles too.''<br />

''If genes determine the size of your bod,''<br />

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