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Originally posted by Cynthetiq
well let's start with the 3 gimmes you have up there...
* This includes legitimate trivia questions (What's Paul's middle name?)
* This includes bizarre, stupid questions (How long was John's penis?)
* This includes discussion/essay questions (What was the significance of "Hey Jude" being a 7-minute single?)
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Ah, thank you, honorable Cynthetiq.
1) Paul's middle name is Paul.
2) John's penis was 5 inches (based on the cover of the Two Virgins album).
3) Since AM radio was based on the 3-minute single format, the AM stations were forced into a dilemma with the 1968 7:40 Beatles single "Hey Jude." Their only options included a) playing the song in its entirety, which would screw up the timing on their formats, or b) playing a chopped-down 3-minute version which fit the format but pissed off everybody who wanted to hear the bulk of the song. The majority of AM stations chose Option B, which encouraged a large number of pissed-off people to try out those new-fangled FM stations which were just starting to appear on the dial playing album-oriented rock, and were quite happy with playing the whole 7:40 original version. Therefore, the Beatles gave FM radio the first big kick it needed to steal away mainstream listeners from AM radio.