Getting back to where The Beatles once belonged
Inevitably, his comments were jumped on by media headline creators who were quick to equate the 19-year-old Londoner’s comments with those of John Lennon who in 1966 told a reporter that “The Beatles were bigger than Jesus” and thus enraged America’s Bible belt.
Styles’s comments are unlikely to be met with the same fury. Since The Beatles split in 1970 there have been a multitude of bands who have claimed the ‘big as The Beatles’ throne. Paul McCartney has given his blessing to many of them, including One Direction. Macca does this safe in the knowledge that although there are and have been bigger bands than The Beatles, they are unlikely to be matched in terms of quality, originality and overall cultural influence. Of course the boy band does have one up on The Beatles in that they have a true Irish member in Niall Horan.
