Reverend David A. Noebel
"Lets make sure four mop-headed anti-Christ beatniks don't destroy America."

Dean of the Christian Crusade Anti-Communist Youth University, and author of classic 1965 pamplhlet 'Communism, Hypnotism And The Beatles' (see right). Not a big Fabs fan. Was quoted in Newsweek as saying that the Beatles "were propelling U.S. youngsters into an excited state in which they would do whatever they were told, and that when the revolution was ripe, the Communists would put the Beatles on television on order to hypnotise U.S. youth." Noebel was certain that the Beatles were planting subliminal satanic message in their music, citing Ob Li Di Ob Li Da (wherein Macca can be heard to intone "I devil, he devil" if played backwards) and paranoid psychotic's fave Helter Skelter, which supposedly includes the line 'I like Satan, yeah.'

Noebel's most famous work was The Marxist Minstrels, which was later developed into a spoken word LP, itself now something of a cult item.

"This book proves that the riots in Berkely... the insurrection at Watts... were in part inspired by the jungle beat Communist planned music, and personally directed by the "generals" of this ungodly "communist music" crowd."

The issue of Noebel's pamphlet and their part in a red plot was raised at a number of press conferences in the US, with the Beatles responding with typical dry humour:

Paul "How could we be communists? We're the four biggest capitalists in the world!"

I give the right-on Rev Noebel a fruit & nut bar rating of: 8  ¶ 5:27 AM