"Somewhere in the cacophony of last night, during what might have been the world’s largest Twitter storm, this nugget emerged: Hey Jude was No. 1 on the charts the day Smith and Carlos raised their fists — and that single’s B-side was Revolution."

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Opening ceremony a celebration — of protest and dissent (via wallofdis)

» Says Mark: Suddenly, the use of one of the Beatles’ most boring hits to conclude the opening ceremony makes a little bit of sense.

(via wallofdis)