The Beatles Take on AZ’s Immigration Bill?

May 9, 2011 | 7:33 AM | Sound | By Frank Johnson

Ever wonder what iconic rockers, The Beatles thought about anti-immigration hysteria? Us neither until we watched this grainy clip from 1969, where Paul, John and the boys sing “The Commonwealth Song,” sarcastically suggesting that immigrants from Pakstan, India and beyond need to ‘Get back because they’re too common for the [British] commonwealth.’

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[NY Times]

    

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